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FAA awards provisional approval for Embraer 170

Brazilian jet manufacturer Embraer has secured a so-called provisional certification from the FAA for the Embraer 170, allowing launch customer US Airways

January 31, 2007

OceanAir to be Bombardier rep

Brazil’s OceanAir Aéreo and Canada’s Bombardier have announced a joint venture that will increase the airplane manufacturer’s exposure in Brazil.

January 31, 2007

Arab air transport is slowly evolving to free-market system

As the emirate of Dubai helds its biennial international airshow last month, travelers from anywhere but a major city were feeling first hand the pressures

January 31, 2007

Pilot incapacitation eyed in Brit Air crash

Pilot incapacitation at the end of the approach phase might have caused a Brit Air CRJ100 to crash about a mile-and-a-half short of the runway at Brest Gui

January 31, 2007

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Airbus A380 unveiled at French plant

Airbus last month unveiled its first complete A380 double-decker, making the European consortium the builder of the world’s biggest passenger airplane.

January 31, 2007

New appointment at RSK MiG could doom Tu-334 RJ project

Appointing a Sukhoi man to the top position at RSK MiG is becoming a tradition.

January 31, 2007

First Chinese ERJ-145 complete, but no takers

The first Embraer ERJ-145 built in the People’s Republic of China rolled out of its assembly hangar on December 16 in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, and fl

January 31, 2007

Decision on Galileo Postponed To Review Contract Bids

The biggest question remaining about Europe’s homegrown satellite navigation project appears to be not whether the satnav network will ever be built but ra

January 31, 2007

File slot requests now for ’04 Games

Corporate aircraft operators wanting to fly to Athens, Greece, for the summer Olympic Games have once again been urged to file slot requests sooner rather

January 31, 2007

Germany planning network of GPS precision approaches

Germany’s air navigation service provider (ANSP), Deutsche Flugsicherung (DFS), is working toward the national implementation of differential GPS-based pre

January 31, 2007

High-speed Data System Certified in Gulfstream V

A new high-speed data system developed by Arinc Direct has cleared the final hurdles for certification in the Gulfstream V.

January 31, 2007

ATC Held Mostly Responsible for Fatal Crash

In a rare decision, a federal judge in Jacksonville, Fla., ruled last month that the FAA was more responsible for a fatal accident than the pilot.

January 31, 2007

Delta in Talks To Sell Regional Subsidiaries to SkyWest

SkyWest COO Brad Rich said last month that Delta Air Lines has “expressed its desire specifically to us” to sell one or both of its regional subsidiaries–A

January 31, 2007

Air Wisconsin-US Airways Pact OK’d

A bankruptcy court judge has approved a deal between Air Wisconsin and US Airways that will see the Appleton, Wis.-based regional take an equity stake in t

January 31, 2007

China Eastern To Take Next Harbin-Embraer Jets

Embraer commercial vice president Fred Curado told AIN last month that he expected an order from China Eastern Airlines for 10 Harbin-Embraer ERJ 145s “soo

January 31, 2007

Comair Pilots OK Pay Freeze

Comair pilots have agreed to forego salary increases for the next 2.5 years in return for a promise by the airline to add 20 fifty-seat and 15 seventy-seat

January 31, 2007

CRJ700/900 to fly farther, for less

Bombardier has answered the call for a series of improvements to its line of 70- to 86-seat RJs, ranging from new engines on the CRJ700 to wing modificatio

January 31, 2007

Republicnext to stake claim on US Airways

Republic Airways became the second regional airline to claim a stake in US Airways last month when it inked a conditional deal to commit $125 million in eq

January 31, 2007

High-flying regionals work hard to maintain altitude

It had been a somewhat quiet year since the RAA staged its annual convention in St.

January 31, 2007

AvCraft’s German unit falls into bankruptcy

AvCraft Aerospace GmbH, the German subsidiary of AvCraft Aviation of Leesburg, Va., has declared insolvency at a German court at Weilsheim, near the compan

January 31, 2007

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