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Engines
Boeing Plans another 777 Rate Hike
Boeing plans to raise its production rate for the 777 program to 8.3 airplanes per month, or 100 airplanes a year, starting in the first quarter of 2013, t
Aircraft
Ceremony Marks UK Retirement of Harriers
Sixteen Harrier GR.7/9 V/STOL (vertical and/or short take-off and landing) jets flew over the UK Midlands Wednesday to mark the type’s retirement from Brit
Aircraft
F135 Engine Progresses as F136 Alternative for F-35
Pratt & Whitney has delivered the first F135 production-standard STOVL engine to Lockheed Martin for the F-35B Joint Strike Fighter program.
Aircraft
Unmanned Helos Make Rapid Progress in the U.S.
Remotely controlled helicopters could be delivering cargo to U.S.
Aircraft
Japan Replaces UH-60Js...with More UH-60Js
Japan’s Ministry of Defense has selected Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to supply 40 license-built Sikorsky UH-60J+ helicopters for the Japan Air Self Defence
Security
Bombardier Fined $319,000 for Denial of Pilot Training
The Quebec Human Rights Tribunal has ordered Bombardier to pay a Pakistani-born Canadian citizen more than $319,000 for denying him Challenger 604 flight t
Rotorcraft
Proposed Rules Challenged by Norwood Helo Ops
Norwood Memorial Airport (Mass.) manager Russ Maguire has proposed
Aircraft
Southwest Lays Plans for Larger 737s
Southwest Airlines expects to take delivery of its first Boeing 737-800 in March 2012, the company’s chairman, president and CEO, Gary Kelly, revealed duri
Maintenance and Modifications
DAE Puts StandardAero Up For Sale
Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) is accepting offers “for part or all of StandardAero,” accordi
Maintenance and Modifications
Jet Aviation Opens New Jeddah Facility
Jet Aviation is scheduled to move into a new FBO facility in Jeddah by the end of the month.
Maintenance and Modifications
CRS Jet Spares Shows Sales Up for Last Quarter
“We are grateful to announce that, for the first time since the international economic downturn
Maintenance and Modifications
Elliott Adds ANAC Approval for King Air TCAS 4000
Brazil’s Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil (ANAC) has awarded Elliott Aviation an STC for the i
Maintenance and Modifications
ATI Offers JT15D Mobile Response Team
Aviation Turbines International of O’Fallon, Mo., is offering a mobile response team to serve i
Maintenance and Modifications
DAE Puts StandardAero on the Block
Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) is accepting offers “for part or all of StandardAero,” according to a Reuters report last Friday.
Regulations and Government
Carson Crash Triggers Criminal Probe
The August 2008 fatal crash of a Carson Helicopters Sikorsky S-61
Security
Dorgan Urges Hearings on Aircraft Registration
Reacting to news reports that the FAA has missing data on nearly 120,000 of the nation’s 357,00
ATC
GAO Warns NextGen Costs Could Quadruple
A recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report to the House Transportation and Infrastructure
Rotorcraft
Sikorsky S-76D Enters Production
Final assembly of the first production Sikorsky S-76D medium twin has begun in Coatesville, Pa., the helicopter manufacturer announced this week.
Regulations and Government
FAA Withdraws Action Against Boston Charter Pilots
The FAA has withdrawn the two certificate actions it previously proposed against the pilots-in-command of the pair of Boston Air Charter (BAC) Citations t
Rotorcraft
Russian Medium Twin Helo Program Resumes
Russian Helicopters (RH) said its second prototype of the Mi-38 medium twin started flight test
Aircraft
Gulfstream Plans G650 Cabin Completions
Gulfstream Aerospace is preparing an assembly plant for its new G650, and the U.S manufacturer is also readying an adjacent building for cabin completion w
FBOs
Signature Evaluating Middle East FBO Market at MEBA
FBO chain Signature Flight Support, with 103 facilities around the world, is interested in opening a Middle East FBO, said Steve Gulvin, regional vice pres
FBOs
VIPport is the gateway to Russia
Russia represents a fast-growing region and increasingly popular destination for business aviation, with a significant rise in traffic between Moscow and t
Charter & Fractional
MEBA 2012 signs first exhibitor
This year's MEBA show hasn't even closed yet, but already the organizers, F&E Aerospace (Stand E313), has signed up the first exhibitor for the next event,
Charter & Fractional
Hangar8 to base Citation XLS in India
Oxford, UK-based charter and aircraft management company Hangar 8 announced this week at MEBA that it will begin operations in India with the basing of a C
Aircraft
Forecast International report says business jet sales 'not yet in recovery'
A study released last week by Forecast International projects that the decline in business jet production, which began in 2008, will continue through 2011.
Aircraft
OCRA Aerospace notches up 328 Jet sale
OCRA Aerospace (Stand E225) has announced the sale of a Dornier 328 Jet to an undisclosed customer in southeast Asia.
