WASHINGTON – Boeing and Copa Airlines today announced an order for 22 Next-Generation 737-800s at a signing ceremony at the U.S. Department of Commerce in Washington, D.C.

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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – Aerolineas Argentinas, the flag carrier of Argentina, has signed an agreement to join SkyTeam in 2012.

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LOS ANGELES – The Federal Aviation Administration proposes to assess a $221,650 civil penalty against Flying Vikings, Inc. a flight school in Hayward, Calif., for allegedly failing to complete the required training for its staff and failing to maintain training records, as required by Federal Aviation Regulations.

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MOOSE JAW, SK – Following a rigorous selection process and months of preparation, five Canadian Forces pilots were introduced this week as the latest members of 431 Air Demonstration Squadron – the “Snowbirds” – at 15 Wing Moose Jaw, Sask.

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19 WING COMOX – Wednesday afternoon a Cormorant helicopter and a Buffalo aircraft from 442 Squadron were tasked by the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre to assist a bulk carrier vessel Pan Uno.

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KIEV, Ukraine – NATO and Ukraine are discussing final provisions for extending the lease of heavy-duty transport aircraft – Antonov An-124-100 Ruslan.

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EVERETT, Wash. Boeing is developing minor design changes to power distribution panels on the 787 and updates to the systems software that manages and protects power distribution on the airplane.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Transportation Safety Board today released a final report on a fatal crash involving a transport-category helicopter caused by a bird strike.

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LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas – Dassault yesterday delivered the 100th Falcon 7X during a ceremony at its completion center in Little Rock, Arkansas. The aircraft was delivered to a Brazilian financial services company.

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ST. LOUIS – The Boeing Phantom Ray unmanned airborne system successfully completed low-speed taxi tests on Nov. 18 at Lambert International Airport in St. Louis.

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