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Embraer Legacy 500 Is Ready for Wings

Work is progressing on the prototype of Embraer’s new midsize Legacy 500, and the Brazilian aircraft manufacturer says it is on schedule to fly the $18.4 m

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September 8, 2011

EASA Restores Falcon 7X Flight Envelope

Effective yesterday, an EASA Airworthiness Directive (AD) has restored the

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September 6, 2011

Boeing Mulls Production Site for 737 MAX

Boeing made its plans to re-engine the 737NG official on August 30, when it announced <a href="news/single-news-page/article/boeing-board-approves-cfm-leap

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September 2, 2011

Passenger Traffic Hits a Speed Bump in June: IATA

June traffic statistics released by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) showed a slight softening in demand for both air travel and freight

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September 2, 2011

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North Atlantic Trials Demonstrate Fuel, Emissions Reductions

Flight trials to demonstrate new procedures intended to improve fuel efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of international flights crossing

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September 2, 2011

First Delivery of Boeing 747-8 Freighter Set for September 19

Boeing announced today that it will deliver the first 747-8

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September 2, 2011

NATO Airpower Costly But Effective Over Libya

By the time that Tripoli fell with surprising ease to rebel forces, NATO had flown more than 20,000 sorties during Operation Unified Protector.

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September 2, 2011

MAKS 2011: Upgraded Mi-26 Shown As Russia Contemplates Successor with China

The Mil Mi-26T2 upgrade made its debut

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September 2, 2011

China’s Military Modernizes, Stays Focused on Taiwan

The first publicly observed flight of the Chengdu J-20 stealth

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September 2, 2011

Is It A Bird? No, It’s an American UAV

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September 2, 2011

Bombardier Profits Soar, Aerospace Not So Much

Yesterday Bombardier reported a healthy overall jump in fiscal second-quarter profits to $211 million, a 53-percent leap from last year’s $138 million.

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September 1, 2011

Charter Demand Set To Flatten as Prices Wobble

Demand for charter flights during September looks set to flatten out, according to the latest projections from online charter portal Avinode.

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September 1, 2011

Soft Market for Regional Aircraft Will Prompt Bombardier To Revisit Rate Cuts This Fall

Bombardier Aerospace continues to suffer from what executives characterized as a soft market for regional aircraft.

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September 1, 2011

Mitsubishi to Delay Launch of MRJ100X Beyond mid-2012

Mitsubishi Aircraft’s official launch of the proposed 100-seat MRJ100X will likely have to wait at least another year–or until after the first flight of th

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August 31, 2011

Fate of EAS Program Far from Ensured

When Congress adjourned for summer recess last month without extending FAA funding for the 21st time, leaving thousands of furloughed workers in a state of

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August 30, 2011

Aviation industry defies economic drag

Democrats and Republicans wrangling over the debt ceiling, spending and tax increases and tax cuts have come up with a deal nobody really likes.

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August 30, 2011

Boeing Finishes 787-8 Type Certification Tests

Boeing completed all flight tests required for type certification of the Rolls-Royce-powered 787-8 Dreamliner last month.

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August 30, 2011

Boeing Board Approves CFM Leap-1B for Re-engined 737NG

Boeing made its plans to re-engine the 737NG official today when it announced board approval to proceed with development of a CFM Leap-1B-powered version o

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August 30, 2011

Brazil gets first fractional program

The Latin American Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition in São Paulo last month marked the dawn of fractional jet ownership in Brazil, with two compan

Charter & Fractional

August 29, 2011

Blue Panorama to confirm SSJ order next month

The new Western European launch customer for the Sukhoi SuperJet 100, Italy’s <a href="http://www.ainonline.com/news/single-news-page/article/superjet-100s

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August 29, 2011