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King Air 250 Makes Public Debut

Hawker Beechcraft’s King Air 250 made its public debut

IWG Settles Dispute with Bombardier

International Water-Guard Industries and Bombardier settled a pending patent infringement lawsuit in Canada early last month.

ATR Lands Big Russian Order

Russia’s UTair placed a firm purchase order last month covering 20 new ATR 72-500s.

Hawker Ramps Up 400XPR Program

Hawker Beechcraft is accelerating Hawker 400XPR development by adding a second aircraft to the test program.

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First A350 XWB main landing gear set delivered to Airbus

Airbus has received the first set of Messier-Dowty-built A350 XWB main landing gear, the European airframer announced today.

Rafale and Typhoon Go Head to Head in India

The Indian Ministry of Defence on Wednesday, April 27, asked Dassault Aviation and Eurofighter to extend their commercial bids beyond the April 28 deadline

G650 Deliveries Still Planned for 2011 Despite Crash

After getting peppered with questions from investor analysts yesterday about how the <a href="http://www.ainonline.com/news/single-news-page/article/gulfst

Eagle Preps for Spin-off

The management and pilots of American Eagle are “aggressively” preparing for an <a href="http://www.ainonline.com/ain-and-ainalerts/aviation-international-

Conforming HondaJet Speeds Along in Flight Testing

The first production-conforming HondaJet achieved the design’s planned maximum speed during flight testing, Honda Aircraft said last month.

US Air Express To Go First Class

US Airways announced last month it would add first-class seating and service on 110 US Airways Express regional jets operated by Republic Airways, Mesa Air

Conforming Nextant 400XT To Make Debut at EBACE

The first production-conforming Nextant Aerospace 400XT will make its public debut next month at EBACE in Geneva.

DOT Releases Final Rule on Airline Passenger Protections

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Sukhoi To Deliver First Superjet Tomorrow

Sukhoi confirmed that it plans to deliver the first production Superjet SSJ100-95–S/N 95007–to launch customer Armavia tomorrow.

Southwest Scare Prompts Tighter Inspection Intervals For Some 737 Classics

Operators of certain Boeing 737 Classics will need to perform eddy current inspections on parts of their fuselages every 500 flight cycles, forcing interru

Boeing Will Show New Narrowbody before Re-engining 737, Says Airbus

Airbus has moved forward by six months its target to introduce the <a href="ain-air-transport-perspective/single-publication-story/browse/0/article/airbus-

GKN To Build HondaJet Fuselage

GKN Aerospace has been selected to build the entire fuselage for the HondaJet, the UK-based aerostructures specialist said today at a press conference in L

Metalcraft Buys SJ30 Assets for Only $3.5M

Late last week, the parent company of Cedar City, Utah-based Metalcraft Technologies purchased the assets of the SJ30 light jet program from Emivest Aerosp

NTSB Launches Investigation into JFK Ramp Collision

The NTSB has launched an investigation into the wingtip clipping that occurred between an Air France Airbus A380 (F-HPJD) and a Comair Bombardier CRJ700 (N

AIN Blog: Southwest Incident Raises Questions for Boeing

Now that the FAA issued an <link http://rgl.faa.gov/Regulatory_and_Guidance_Library/rgAD.nsf/0/77979606b642117286257869006afb63/$FILE/2011-08-51_Emergency.

AIN Blog: Test Pilots Push the Envelope So the Rest of Us Don’t Have To

As a general rule, AIN does not discuss aircraft accidents with reporters from the general media for the simple reason that we can’t really add much

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