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MiG Troubled by Debt and MiG-29 Grounding

The Russian government has bailed out the MiG Corporation after it lost more than $300 million last year and reported total debts of $1.25 billion.

Aircraft

February 17, 2009

Cessna: Business Aircraft Are Good for Businesses

Cessna Aircraft yesterday kicked off an initiative to debunk myths about business aircraft and outline how t

Aircraft

February 12, 2009

P&WC To Lay Off 1,000 Workers

Pratt & Whitney Canada said yesterday it planned to lay off 1,000 workers in the coming months, due mainly to falling demand for the engines it supplie

Aircraft

February 12, 2009

NIAR Partners with Bombardier on Learjet 85

Bombardier Aerospace has tapped the National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) at Wichita State University to provide material and structural testing

Aircraft

February 10, 2009

More 787 Cancellations Announced

Dubai-based leasing company LCAL has opted to shrink the size of its order for 787 Dreamliners from 21 airplanes to five, Boeing confirmed today.

Aircraft

February 5, 2009

Rolls-Royce Working On More Thrust for Falcon SMS

Rolls-Royce hinted at a size increase for the still-under-wraps Falcon SMS super-midsize business jet, revealing it received a higher thrust requirement fr

Engines

February 3, 2009

Grob SPn Light Jet Program Draws Bidders

A new proposal for restarting the former Grob Aerospace SPn light business jet program appears to be taking shape less than a week after H3 Aerospace and F

Aircraft

February 3, 2009

Grob Aerospace Deal Paves Way for SPn Resurrection

An agreement for German investors to take over the trainer aircraft activities of the insolvent

Aircraft

January 30, 2009

MA700 work gets under way in Xi’an

China’s Xi’an Aircraft Industry Company (XAC) has started preliminary work on the Modern Ark 700 (MA700), a 70-seat turboprop regional aircraft that it exp

Aircraft

January 30, 2009

Colgan Doubles Q400 Order

Pinnacle Airlines subsidiary Colgan Air signed a firm order last month to acquire 15 more Q400 NextGen turboprops worth some $432 million.

Aircraft

January 30, 2009

Airbus Breaks Ground on A350 Line, Pledges mid-2013 First Delivery

Having badly burned its fingers with production delays on the A380 program, Airbus is determined not to fall into the fire again with its next large airlin

Aircraft

January 30, 2009

Cessna Delivers First XLS+

Cessna has delivered the first Citation XLS+ to an undisclosed U.S.-based customer.

Aircraft

January 29, 2009

JAARS Takes Quest Kodiak Delivery

The eighth production Quest Kodiak turboprop single was handed over to JAARS last month, marking the first delivery to a missionary or humanitarian organiz

Aircraft

January 29, 2009

Horizon Settles On Q400 Deferrals

Horizon Air has negotiated a deferral of Q400 deliveries with Bombardier to re-time the shipments to coincide with the removal of the Seattle-based regiona

Aircraft

January 29, 2009

Second SSJ Takes Flight

The second of four planned Sukhoi SSJ100 prototypes–S/N 95003–took to the skies on December 24, joining the flight-test program started in May with the fir

Aircraft

January 29, 2009

Great Lakes Boosts EAS

Cheyenne, Wyo.-based Great Lakes Aviation announced it would launch EAS routes to four Montana destinations from Billings on February 1, marking an end to

Aircraft

January 29, 2009