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In a down economy it usually makes sense to focus on the finer details of running a business.

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Rotorcraft Update: Tltrotor flight-test proceeding satisfactorily

A pair of Bell Boeing MV-22 tiltrotor transports have joined the remedial developmental flight-test program that’s hoped to get the cause of tiltrotor oper

Rotorcraft

May 9, 2008

Rotorcraft Update: Coast Guard goes for unmanned tiltrotor

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Rotorcraft

May 9, 2008

ITT Wins Nexcom Contract

The FAA has awarded an initial $20.5 million contract to ITT Industries aerospace/communications division to provide the agency with multimode VHF digital

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May 9, 2008

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FAA Unions Form Coalition

The unions representing nearly 20,000 employees of the FAA have joined in a coalition “to hold the FAA accountable” for meeting its modernization goals and

ATC

May 9, 2008

Sales slump threatens Bombardier debt ratings

Low demand for corporate aircraft and small airliners has led New York-based financial advisor Moody’s Investors Service to review, and possibly downgrade

May 9, 2008

Boeing 717 in renewed European sales campaign

Boeing signaled its new resolve to target regional airline applications for its 100-seat 717-200 by putting an aircraft on static display at Salzburg Airpo

May 8, 2008

ATR poised to pounce as RJ economics wobble

Turboprop manufacturer Avions de Transport Regional (ATR) believes that European regional airlines’ ardor for the 50-seat regional jet may be cooling and w

May 8, 2008

Salzburg hosts solemn ERA general assembly

There was no disguising the subdued, even solemn, mood of Europe’s regional airlines as they  gathered for their annual general assembly in Salzburg,

May 8, 2008

Air Nostrum wins top ERA honors

Spanish regional carrier Air Nostrum has won the ERA’s Airline of the Year Gold Award for the second time, having previously claimed top honors in 1999.

May 8, 2008

Association elects new board members

ERA members elected four new board members at the end of their general assembly in Salzburg, Austria.

May 8, 2008

BAE chalks leasing deals

Attending its first ERA assembly since abandoning development of the Avro RJX regional jet series late last year, BAE Systems was able to announce a wave o

May 8, 2008

Embraer 170 stayed home for flight-testing

Embraer had to scrap plans to bring one of its new 70-seat regional jets to display at the ERA assembly in a bid to catch up on slight technical delays in

May 8, 2008

Lufthansa evaluating 728JET alternatives

Lufthansa CityLine is looking at the Bombardier and Embraer regional jet families as alternatives to the firm order for sixty 728JETs that it had placed wi

May 8, 2008

Flybe answers the no-frills threat

“If you can’t beat them, join them” might well have been the theme for a debate on the challenge posed by the so-called no-frills carriers during last mont

May 8, 2008

Pilots asked to take sides in Freedom Airlines fight

Mesa Air Group’s designs for a new non-union subsidiary to fly its planned fleet of 64- and 84-seat jets continues to face stiff resistance from the powers

May 8, 2008

Newcomers look to trump Russian bid for Fairchild

As receivers of bankrupt regional jet manufacturer Fairchild Dornier awaited a takeover bid from a partnership led by Russian conglomerate Basic Element la

May 8, 2008

Pilots plan R-lines takeover

As one French regional airline bites the dust, another is ready to take its place, operated by the company’s former pilots.

May 8, 2008

Mesaba-Big Sky deal raises red flags at ALPA

Big Sky Airlines will operate as a subsidiary of Mesaba Holdings by year-end if the Billings, Mont.-based Fairchild Metro III operator meets “certain labor

May 8, 2008

Concorde’s return to service is imminent

British Airways (BA) flew a modified Concorde to Shannon, Ireland, on August 7 before conducting refresher crew-training operations last month.

Aircraft

May 8, 2008

Aerospace & Defense

Latest

Avionics shops adjust to persistent downturn

In a down economy it usually makes sense to focus on the finer details of running a business.

Rotorcraft Update: Tltrotor flight-test proceeding satisfactorily

A pair of Bell Boeing MV-22 tiltrotor transports have joined the remedial developmental flight-test program that’s hoped to get the cause of tiltrotor oper

Rotorcraft Update: Coast Guard goes for unmanned tiltrotor

The U.S.

ITT Wins Nexcom Contract

The FAA has awarded an initial $20.5 million contract to ITT Industries aerospace/communications division to provide the agency with multimode VHF digital

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FAA Unions Form Coalition

The unions representing nearly 20,000 employees of the FAA have joined in a coalition “to hold the FAA accountable” for meeting its modernization goals and

Sales slump threatens Bombardier debt ratings

Low demand for corporate aircraft and small airliners has led New York-based financial advisor Moody’s Investors Service to review, and possibly downgrade

Boeing 717 in renewed European sales campaign

Boeing signaled its new resolve to target regional airline applications for its 100-seat 717-200 by putting an aircraft on static display at Salzburg Airpo

ATR poised to pounce as RJ economics wobble

Turboprop manufacturer Avions de Transport Regional (ATR) believes that European regional airlines’ ardor for the 50-seat regional jet may be cooling and w

Salzburg hosts solemn ERA general assembly

There was no disguising the subdued, even solemn, mood of Europe’s regional airlines as they&nbsp; gathered for their annual general assembly in Salzburg,

Air Nostrum wins top ERA honors

Spanish regional carrier Air Nostrum has won the ERA’s Airline of the Year Gold Award for the second time, having previously claimed top honors in 1999.

Association elects new board members

ERA members elected four new board members at the end of their general assembly in Salzburg, Austria.

BAE chalks leasing deals

Attending its first ERA assembly since abandoning development of the Avro RJX regional jet series late last year, BAE Systems was able to announce a wave o

Embraer 170 stayed home for flight-testing

Embraer had to scrap plans to bring one of its new 70-seat regional jets to display at the ERA assembly in a bid to catch up on slight technical delays in

Lufthansa evaluating 728JET alternatives

Lufthansa CityLine is looking at the Bombardier and Embraer regional jet families as alternatives to the firm order for sixty 728JETs that it had placed wi

Flybe answers the no-frills threat

“If you can’t beat them, join them” might well have been the theme for a debate on the challenge posed by the so-called no-frills carriers during last mont

Pilots asked to take sides in Freedom Airlines fight

Mesa Air Group’s designs for a new non-union subsidiary to fly its planned fleet of 64- and 84-seat jets continues to face stiff resistance from the powers

Newcomers look to trump Russian bid for Fairchild

As receivers of bankrupt regional jet manufacturer Fairchild Dornier awaited a takeover bid from a partnership led by Russian conglomerate Basic Element la

Pilots plan R-lines takeover

As one French regional airline bites the dust, another is ready to take its place, operated by the company’s former pilots.

Mesaba-Big Sky deal raises red flags at ALPA

Big Sky Airlines will operate as a subsidiary of Mesaba Holdings by year-end if the Billings, Mont.-based Fairchild Metro III operator meets “certain labor

Concorde’s return to service is imminent

British Airways (BA) flew a modified Concorde to Shannon, Ireland, on August 7 before conducting refresher crew-training operations last month.

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There was no disguising the subdued, even solemn, mood of Europe’s regional airlines as they gathered for their annual general assembly in Salzburg,