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Optimism for Further Easing of Cuba Limits

The recent decision by the U.S. government to re-establish scheduled air service between the U.S. and Cuba is fueling optimism that the remaining travel restrictions will be eased in upcoming months. U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx last week signed an agreement with senior Cuban transportation officials that paves the way for renewal of scheduled air servic...

New York Says Hallo! to Swiss’ Boeing 777-300ER

The newest Flagship of SWISS Airlines has arrived to New York, the first revenue transatlantic flight of the airliner. The aircraft touched down at New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport at 16:01 local time (21:01 GMT), operating flight LX14 from Zurich. Interestingly, the first triple seven of the airline wears a special “Faces of Swiss” scheme, in which are depicted the faces of...

Bell 505 poised to answer hovering questions

Bell Helicopter arrived at Heli-Expo in 1966 with the prototype 206 JetRanger and a business formula that would launch an entire industry: the packaging of a single turbine engine into a light airframe with a price point accessible to an individual entrepreneur. Fifty years later, Bell returns to Heli-Expo with another prototype of a short light single (SLS) helicopter – the 505 JetRanger...

Lawsuit withdrawn but Gogo, American still at odds

The legal action between American and its domestic inflight connectivity provider Gogo, pending in Texas for the past 10 days, has been withdrawn by the airline. American filed a Declaratory Judgment Action on February 12, 2016 as a means to force Gogo to acknowledge the carrier’s right to invoke provisions in the parties’ agreement to serve notice that a rival connectivity provider...

Why Boeing's 787-10 Is Critical for Dreamliner Profitability

Shares of Boeing have slumped more than 20% since late December. The primary culprits have been investor concerns around aircraft demand and -- more recently -- reports of a possible SEC investigation into Boeing's accounting for the 747 and 787 widebody jet programs. At an investor conference last week, Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenberg offered a spirited defense of the company's profit and...

United orders 25 more Boeing 737 worth $2 billion: sources

Boeing Co  has won an order for 25 current-generation Boeing 737 aircraft from United Continental Holdings Inc (UAL.N), beating rivals including Canada's Bombardier Inc (BBDb.TO) for the second time in a month, two industry sources said on Monday. The deal, which is said to involve the 126-seat 737-700 model, would be worth just over $2 billion at list prices. Boeing and United both...

Two Aerospace Giants Held Merger Talks

 Aerospace component suppliers HoneywelInternational and United Technologies have held talks about a merger, CNBC reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the situation. A deal would create a company with combined sales of more than $90 billion, combining a maker of jet engines with a supplier of airplane cockpits. United Tech’s shares, part of the Dow Jones industrial...

Muilenburg Elected Chairman of Boeing Board of Directors

The Boeing board of directors has elected Dennis A. Muilenburg as its next chairman, effective March 1. He succeeds W. James (Jim) McNerney, Jr., who is stepping down from the board, while Boeing independent Lead Director Kenneth M. Duberstein continues in that role. Muilenburg, 52, succeeded McNerney as Boeing’s 10th chief executive and joined the board last July. At that time, McNerney,...

XTI Aircraft Company to Create Liquidity for Its Shareholders

XTI Aircraft Company (XTI) today announced that it will establish an over-the-counter secondary market so current and future shareholders will have the ability to buy and sell XTI shares on a public market.  After garnering $20.6 million in non-binding expressions of interest, the excitement around the TriFan 600 and interest by investors in the company's equity crowdfunding...

Second Boeing 737-8 MAX Emerges From Factory

The second Boeing 737-8 MAX has emerged from the paint shop. Photos By: Brandon Farris / Published: February 20, 2015 On a rainy night, similar to the morning of the first Boeing 737-8 MAX First Flight, the second Boeing 737-8 MAX emerged on the company’s Renton Flight Line this week.  It adorns a “Light” Company scheme similar to what we’ve previou...

Fourth Gulfstream G500 test aircraft completes first flight

Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. today announced that the fourth Gulfstream G500 test aircraft, T4, has completed its first flight and officially joined the G500 flight-test program.  The G500 took off from the Savannah-Hilton Head International Airport at 9:47 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 20, with Flight Test pilots Eric Holmberg and Brian Dickerson at the controls. Flight Test engineers Dominic...

Helicopter crashes into Pearl Harbor

A private helicopter with five people on board crashed Thursday into Hawaii’s Pearl Harbor, leaving a teenager in critical condition, officials said. The Bell 206 aircraft made a hard landing and sank near the Pearl Harbor Visitor Centre, a popular tourist destination on Oahu, US Navy spokeswoman Agnes Tauyan said. The names of the five people on board were not immediately released....