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Airbus Order Tally Remains in Negative Territory

Airbus continued to register a negative sales tally this year as the company booked orders for just a pair of A380s from Korean Air while it saw cancellati

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March 17, 2009

Cessna’s Columbus Program Hits Six-month Setback

Cessna Aircraft, which announced layoffs totaling roughly 13 percent of its workforce late last year, on Friday sent an e-mail to employees outlining a del

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March 17, 2009

Another Group Formed To Bid on Eclipse Assets

Eclipse 500 owner Mike Press and deposit-holder Mason Holland on Friday launched a new company called Eclipse Jet to bid on assets of bankrupt Eclipse Avia

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March 17, 2009

UAE Selects Master for Advanced Trainer and Combat Roles

The United Arab Emirates has selected the Alenia Aermacchi M-346 Master to fulfill its advanced trainer and combat support requirement.

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March 16, 2009

UAE Boosts Airlift Capabilities

Dramatically expanding the country’s airlift capabilities, the United Arab Emirates plans to add Boeing C-17s and Lockheed Martin C-130Js.

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March 16, 2009

Boeing Opts Out of C-27J Production

Negotiations between Alenia Aeronautica and Boeing concerning an industrial partnership to build the C-27J Joint Cargo Aircraft (JCA) came to an end last m

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March 16, 2009

Typhoon Tranche 3 Takes Small Step Forward

The four Eurofighter partner nations (Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK), reached an agreement early this month on a course of action concerning the third t

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March 16, 2009

Fatal Crash Won’t Halt NAL’s Saras Project

India’s National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL) still plans to go ahead with the project to develop the country’s first indigenous airplane despite the March

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March 12, 2009

UT Finance Asks To Repossess DayJet Eclipses

UT Finance has asked the bankruptcy court overseeing the liquidation of the assets of Eclipse Aviation to allow it to take possession of the 28 Eclipse 500

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March 10, 2009

Multiple Groups Vying To Buy Eclipse Assets

Yesterday a judge verbally approved the motion to convert Eclipse Aviation’s bankruptcy from Chapter 11 to Chapter 7, which means the company’s assets will

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March 5, 2009

ViaSat, Satcom Direct Team on Yonder Broadband

ViaSat today named Satcom Direct a reseller of its new Yonder Ku-band satellite broadband service for business jets.

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March 5, 2009

Simulated Gulfstream G650 Makes First Flight

Gulfstream Aerospace yesterday said it reached a milestone in development work on the large-cabin G650 and announced that it achieved first flight of a sim

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March 4, 2009

FAA Not Planning To Ground Eclipse Fleet

Addressing the question of what happens when a manufacturer goes bankrupt, the FAA has issued a Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin (CE-09-14) that

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March 4, 2009

Airbus Delivers 500th A321

Airbus delivered the 500th A321 ever produced to Air France during a ceremony held last Friday at the manufacturer’s Hamburg, Germany delivery center.

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March 3, 2009

New Delta Unit To Run Regionals’ C/S

Delta Air Lines plans to base a new subsidiary in Minneapolis that would take over all customer service duties for Delta Connection unit Comair and Northwe

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March 2, 2009

Rex Offers Wildfire Aid

Australia’s Regional Express (Rex) has established a fund worth A$200,000 ($135,000) in the form of air fares and other means to aid victims of the wildfir

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March 2, 2009