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Eagle’s latest batch of CRJ700s starts to arrive

American Eagle’s first shipment of new airplanes in some five years began last month as the Dallas-based regional airline took delivery of two new CRJ700s

Falcon 900LX wins EASA, FAA certification

Dassault’s Falcon 900LX, the newest member of the Falcon line, has won certification from both the EASA and FAA.  The large-cabin 900LX i

First Learjet 85 Fuselage Manufactured

Bombardier Aerospace has built the first all-composite manufacturing validation unit (MVU) for the Learjet 85’s pressure vessel.

Product Support Survey 2010 Part 1: Aircraft

Gulfstream once again takes the number one slot for jets (those built in the U.S.); Hawker Beechcraft takes the top spot among newer turboprops.

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Airbus to Boosts Single-Aisle Production to 40 per Month

Airbus will raise the monthly production rate of its A320-family aircraft to 38 per month in August 2011 and to 40 per month in first quarter 2012, the com

First Conforming HondaJet Powered On

Honda Aircraft this week said that power was switched on in its first conforming flight-test HondaJet light jet, while the fuselage and wing assemblies wer

Airbus A321 Crashes in Pakistan, Killing 152

An Airbus A321 operated by Pakistani airline Airblue crashed this morning in the Margalla hills, north of Islamabad, killing all 15

Extra 500 Composite Turboprop Single Resurrected

Extra Aircraft announced plans Friday to produce the dormant carbon-fiber-fuselage Extra 500 turboprop single in Montrose, Colo., for $1.65 million per cop

Piper’s New Leader Jump Starts PiperJet Program

According to Piper Aircraft’s recently appointed executive vice president, Randy Groom, a year ago only 12 people were actively working on the single-engin

Klapmeier Confident of Kestrel Capitalization

Alan Klapmeier, the former chairman of Cirrus and new CEO of Kestrel Aircraft, told AIN yesterday at EAA AirVenture that the company still needs to raise a

Irkut Makes Breakthrough with Sales Announcement for MC-21

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Superjet Pledges First Superjet 100 Deliveries by Year-end

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Mubadala Plans Homegrown Bizjet by 2018

Abu Dhabi-based Mubadala Aerospace is aiming to be not only a tier-one supplier of large composite structures to Airbus or Boeing, but also a business jet

AIN 2010 Product Support Survey: Part One - Aircraft

How the Survey Was AdministeredContinued weakness in the business aviation market appears to be reflected in a low response rate to the 2010 <

International partners drive Joint Strike Fighter recovery

Lockheed Martin vice president Tom Burbage delivered a business-as-usual update on the Joint Strike Fighter program.

Carrier-borne UCAS nears first flight

Northrop Grumman rolled out the X-47B UCAS-D (unmanned combat air system-demonstrator) in December 2008 and since then has been busy preparing the first of

CASA in it for long haul with military transports

Robust and versatile, the series of small-medium tactical transports designed by CASA in Spain are still enjoying steady sales after more than 40 years.

Italy’s C-27J fleet Passes 10,000-hour Milestone

This month the Italian air force’s fleet of 12 Alenia Aeronautica C-27J transports racked up its 10,000th flying hour, during the course of which the type

Life begins at 50 for upgraded Sea Kings

Some aircraft fulfill their missions so well that they seem to last almost forever.

NewGen Tanker still under wraps

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