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M7 Offers Wet Processing for Parts Producers

San Antonio-based M7 Aerospace launched a quick-turn wet processing program available to aerospace parts manufacturers that need to outsource chemical proc

FAA Settles for $7.5 Million Penalty against Southwest Airlines

The FAA yesterday reached a settlement with Southwest Airlines that reduces the civil penalty it proposed to levy against the carrier on March 6 last year

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.

Garuda Indonesia To Lease Eight 737-800s from DAE

DAE Capital, the aircraft leasing and financial business arm of Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE), yesterday signed an operating lease agreement with Garuda

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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

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

New President at Mitsubishi Aircraft

Mitsubishi Aircraft’s board of directors last month appointed Mitsubishi Heavy Industries director and senior vice president Hideo Egawa to succeed Nobuo T

BAE Regional Reports Busy 2008

The asset management team of BAE Systems Regional Aircraft placed 75 aircraft last year through new leases, extensions and sales, the company reported in l

Air Dolomiti takes first of Lufthansa’s 30 E195s

Embraer delivered the first of 30 E-Jets ordered by Lufthansa–a 116-seat E195–to its Italian subsidiary Air Dolomiti on January 27, marking the start

NatureAir Gets Green Light to Sell Biofuel

Costa Rican regional airline NatureAir has entered talks with the government of the Central American republic for permission to sell biodiesel fuel to othe

SAL books entire portfolio

All 125 turboprops in Saab Aircraft Leasing (SAL)’s portfolio had found homes by the end of last year, leaving the company with not one of its aircraft ava

Q Series cushions blow for Bombardier

Bombardier Aerospace plans to raise production of its commercial aircraft by about 10 percent this year, the manufacturer announced last month.

Mexicana gets ready to launch new regional

A new regional airline subsidiary of Mexicana Airlines will start service from Guadalajara on March 15 with used Bombardier CRJ200s, the company announced

Taiwan’s AIDC Joins MRJ Team

Taiwan’s Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation (AIDC) has agreed to design and build the composite flaps, belly fairings, rudders and elevators and

Aviation Specialties Trains South Korean pilots with NVGs Aviation Specialties

Unlimited (ASU) has completed a cockpit modification for night-vision-goggle compatibility in a Eurocopter AS 365N3 Dauphin, the first helicopter to get su

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Boeing “Feeling Good” About Production Plans

Boeing Commercial Airplanes plans to maintain current production rates through the end of this year and projects little likelihood that it would have to tr

February 27, 2009

Mexico Growing Beyond a Bit Player on Aerospace Stage

The first decade of the 21st century has seen Mexico’s aerospace sector quietly expand at an impressive rate, and, according to its cheerleaders, the count

February 27, 2009

Q400 Crash Renews Scrutiny on Regional Airlines

The crash of a Colgan Air Bombardier Q400 that killed 50 people outside Buffalo on February 12 once again has the industry group that represents U.S.

February 27, 2009

2009 Order Tallies a Sign of the Times

A firm order announced on February 27 for six A330-200s from Korean Air helped ease the sting of an exceedingly sluggish sales year so far for Airbus, but

February 27, 2009

Airbus Retrenches, Rejects Ryanair’s Advances

Should anybody harbor any doubts, two recent events confirmed that the mid-decade airline-order boom has ended: Airbus announced A320 production cutbacks a

February 27, 2009

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