BEIJING – GE Aviation of the United States and AVIC Systems of China today announced agreement on forming a new joint venture company to develop and market integrated avionics systems for commercial aircraft customers. (more…)

WICHITA, Kan. – Hawker Beechcraft Corporation (HBC) is participating in the annual gathering of the aerospace industry at the Dubai Airshow Nov. 15-19 with the display of five models of its family of aircraft, along with Hawker 4000 owner and professional golfer Sergio Garcia on hand for the event. (more…)

TORONTO – At approximately 10:10 a.m. (Atlantic Standard Time) today, the captain of Porter Airlines flight 243, from Halifax to St. John’s, NL, fell ill. (more…)

TORONTO, ONTARIO – Canada’s Bombardier forecasts a steady growth for airlines in the Middle East and Africa region over the next 20 years and is well-positioned with aircraft products and after-sales support to meet the requirements of both established and start-up airlines, as well as other operators. (more…)

An experimental airplane of the same series that the National Transportation Safety Board urged the Federal Aviation Administration to ground seven months ago, until a flight control problem could be corrected, was involved in another fatal accident last week. (more…)

DENVER – In response to a forecast for significant snow in the Denver Metro area for the next 48 hours, Frontier Airlines has put the following travel policy guidelines into place for all customers scheduled to travel on Nov. 14 and 15, 2009, who purchased tickets on or before Nov. 13, 2009: (more…)

HALIFAX – Jazz Air LP has been advised by the Canadian Auto Workers that the ratification vote for the tentative agreement which was reached on October 27, 2009 with its Customer Service Agents and Aircraft Services employees resulted in a 56% no vote. (more…)

DALLAS – Southwest Airlines confirms that passengers are NOT avoiding travel today, Friday the 13th. Traditional superstitions are cast aside by many travelers looking for a low fare and great Customer Service. (more…)

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Aviation Administration is updating training and procedures for handling the loss of two-way communication with aircraft and how other agencies are notified, after a detailed review of air traffic contact with Northwest Airlines Flight 188 on October 21, 2009. (more…)

DAYTON, Ohio – BAE Systems has successfully flown the largest fully-autonomous unmanned aircraft ever to be built in the UK. The next generation autonomous system, MANTIS, completed its maiden flight in Woomera, South Australia.

During subsequent flights, MANTIS successfully completed a series of trials demonstrating the capability of the system and the potential of large unmanned systems to support future UK Ministry of Defense (MOD) operational needs. The MANTIS program is jointly funded by UK MOD and UK Industry. (more…)