WASHINGTON, D.C. – The nation’s largest airlines had a rate of on-time flights this past March that was higher than the same month last year and the rate posted in February 2010, according to the Air Travel Consumer Report released today by the U.S. Department of Transportation.

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ST. LOUIS – The Boeing Company today unveiled the fighter-sized Phantom Ray unmanned airborne system, a test bed for advanced technologies.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Transportation is proposing to award four routes to Tokyo’s downtown Haneda Airport to American Airlines at New York, Delta Air Lines at Los Angeles and Detroit, and Hawaiian Airlines at Honolulu when the airport’s fourth runway becomes operational later this year.

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EVERETT, Wash. – Boeing today announced it began assembly of the first 747-8 Intercontinental at the factory in Everett, Wash. Late this week, mechanics took the first step in major assembly for the new airplane by loading its wing panels and spars in the assembly tools.

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NORWALK, Conn., and KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, – Southern Air Inc. and Malaysia Airlines Cargo Sdn Bhd (MASkargo) announced today that they have entered into a multi-year, multi-aircraft wet lease agreement.

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GENEVA, Switzerland – Viking Air Limited of Victoria, BC, Canada has now completed the heavy maintenance and engine upgrade contract awarded on behalf of the Government of Argentina by the International Civil Aviation Organization, and has reached an agreement for repairs on a second DHC-6-200 Twin Otter to be completed in co-operation with Argentine Air […]

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PIQUA, OHIO – Embraer has awarded Hartzell Aerospace a $50 million long-term contract to design, test and supply the low pressure ducting system for the new Embraer Legacy 450 and 500 mid-light and mid-size business jets.

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GENEVA, Switzerland – Viking Air of Victoria, BC, Canada has appointed Team JAS of Jacksonville, Florida, and Universal Avionique Inc. of Miami, Florida, as the first two Factory- Endorsed Component Centers in the Twin Otter Series 400 and legacy de Havilland Canada aircraft support network.

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Washington, DC – In addition to the decisions and actions of the flight crewmembers, overwater safety equipment likely saved lives that might have otherwise been lost to drowning, the NTSB said.

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GENEVA, Switzerland – Viking Air of Victoria, BC, Canada and the Vietnam Navy have finalized a purchase agreement for six DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 400 aircraft. With this historic purchase the Vietnam Ministry of Defense has acquired its first ever western built aircraft, and the formation of the Navy’s initial fixed-wing-aircraft Air Wing.

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