HALIFAX, N.S. – Today, Jazz Air LP announced that it has signed a Letter of Intent with Bombardier Commercial Aircraft subject to the satisfaction of customary conditions, to finalize a binding purchase agreement for a firm order of 15 Q400 NextGen aircraft with options for an additional 15 aircraft.

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MONTREAL, QC – Esterline CMC Electronics has received initial orders from Hawker Beechcraft Corporation to supply its Cockpit 4000 integrated avionics suite for 24 T6-C trainer aircraft for the Royal Moroccan Air Force.

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FAIRBANKS, AK – The world’s largest aircraft, the Antonov 225, with a 290-foot wingspan and 32 wheels, lands at the Fairbanks International Airport (FAI) Tuesday, Feb. 9, during a stopover en route Port-au-Prince Haiti with more than 250,000 pounds of earthquake relief supplies.

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Balli Aviation Limited, a UK based company, is pleased to confirm that today it has concluded a comprehensive settlement with the US Departments of Commerce, Treasury, and Justice.

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SAN DIEGO – Wagner Aeronautical, Inc. today has announced that the company has entered an agreement to license Boeing engineering data to pursue a Supplemental Type Certificate for an MD-80 passenger-to-freighter conversion.

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WOBURN, MA – Iscon Video Imaging is introducing two new airport passenger scanners with a patented Thermal-Boosted Infrared Detection System that only shows objects and clothing without any harmful radiation. It is currently being tested by the Transportation Security Administration.

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EVERETT, Wash. – The Boeing 747-8 Freighter successfully took to the sky for the first time today before more than 5,000 employees, customers, suppliers and community leaders. The flight begins a test program for the world’s most efficient freighter.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Coast Guard terminated broadcast of the North American Long Range Navigation-C signal at 3 p.m. Monday with the U.S. Coast Guard Navigation Center in Alexandria, Va., coordinating the shutdown.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Balli Aviation Ltd., a subsidiary of the United Kingdom-based Balli Group PLC, pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to a two-count criminal information in connection with its illegal export of commercial Boeing 747 aircraft from the United States to Iran

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CLEVELAND – Constant Aviation, LLC, headquartered at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, has been awarded the European Aviation Safety Agency repair station certification.

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