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Boeing, GE Announce New Jetliners (Associated Press)
Boeing announced Tuesday it will build two new versions of its twin-engine 777, one of which will have the longest range of any commercial aircraft.
- Feb 29 5:04 PM ET

Airbus loses niche as Boeing develops new 777s (Reuters Securities)
European plane-maker Airbus Industrie [ARBU.CN] lost its monopoly in a niche of the aerospace sector on Tuesday as rival Boeing Co launched longer-range versions of its 777 widebody twinjet.
- Feb 29 4:29 PM ET

Pratt & Whitney Shares in V2500 Order from S.A.L.E. (PR Newswire)
International Aero Engines, in which Pratt & Whitney is a major partner, announced today that Singapore Aircraft Leasing Enterprise, one of the world's leading aircraft leasing companies, has chosen the V2500 turbofan engine to power its latest fleet of Airbus Industrie A320 Family aircraft.
- Feb 23 1:33 PM ET

Singapore Aircraft Leasing Enterprise Commits To IAE (PR Newswire)
Singapore Aircraft Leasing Enterprise, one of the world's leading aircraft leasing companies, has chosen the V2500 turbofan engine to power its latest fleet of Airbus Industrie A320 Family aircraft.
- Feb 23 10:34 AM ET

Rolls-Royce says new contract worth $90 mln (Reuters Securities)
Rolls-Royce Plc, the British aero engine group, said on Friday its share of an engine order from Scandinavian Airlines System was worth up to $90 million.
- Feb 18 2:22 AM ET

Boeing Cleared For 717 Production  (ABC NewsWire)
Boeing is set to produce a new aircraft. The new short range 7-17 has been certified for commercial use and has been cleared for production. The 100-seat plane was designed by McDonnell-Douglas before Boeing bought out the company back in 1997. There are already 115 firm orders for the seven-17, with options for 110 more. The first dozen of the planes will be built in Long Beach, California, and delivered this year.
- Sep 02 6:21 PM EDT

Airbus gets top marks in aircraft survey  (Reuters)
PARIS, Sept 3 (Reuters) - European civil aircraft consortium Airbus Industrie [ARBU.CN] was rated top manufacturer of narrowbody aircraft in an annual survey of airline operators and investors by trade publication Airfinance Journal.
- Sep 03 12:38 PM EDT

Airtran Reports August 1999 Traffic Load Factor Increases 3.6 Points  (BusinessWire)
AirTran Friday reported a 66.6 percent load factor for the month of August, up 3.6 points from a year ago. Traffic increased by 3.1 percent versus August 1998, on 2.5 percent less capacity.
- Sep 03 3:06 PM EDT

Pan Am Receives Final Federal Approvals for Passenger Service  (BusinessWire)
Pan American Airways received final approval this week from the Federal Aviation Administration to resume regularly scheduled passenger service. This follows the recent approval from the Department of Transportation that was granted on August 18, 1999.
- Sep 02 9:18 AM EDT

Delta unit buys seven ATR aircraft  (Reuters)
PARIS, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA), a wholly owned subsidiary of Delta Air Lines, has signed a deal to buy seven passenger ATR 72-210 aircraft, ATR said in a statement on Thursday. The aircraft are currently being operated by Air New Zealand Mount Cook , which has already announced that it wanted to replace the planes with seven ATR 72-500s.
- Sep 02 5:13 AM EDT

China Eastern to lease 10 Airbus planes - paper  (Reuters)
SHANGHAI, Aug 17 (Reuters) - China Eastern Airlines Corp (NYSE: CEA - news ) plans to lease 10 Airbus 320 aircraft within the next two years, the official Shanghai Star reported on Tuesday. The news follows China Eastern's signature of an agreement with GE Capital Aviation Services for the sale of its 13 MD-82 aircraft, the newspaper said.
- Aug 17 3:53 AM EDT

Aviation Sales Company Closes TIM-TAM Transaction With Kitty Hawk, Inc.  (BusinessWire)
Aviation Sales Company today announced that it has closed on the previously-announced agreement with Kitty Hawk, Inc. to acquire the assets of Kitty Hawk's airframe and JT8D engine maintenance operations located in Oscoda, Michigan and to provide heavy airframe and engine maintenance services to Kitty Hawk on its fleet of Boeing 727 airplanes and JT8D engines under a three year exclusive business partnership.

WestJet buys two more planes  (Reuters)
(Full text of press release from Canadian Corporate News) AUGUST 16, 1999 WestJet Airlines Announces Purchase of Two New Aircraft CALGARY, ALBERTA--WestJet Airlines Ltd. today announced the company's purchase of two additional Boeing 737-200 aircraft.
- Aug 16 10:46 AM EDT

AeroCentury Corp. Completes Aircraft Acquisition  (PR Newswire)
AeroCentury Corp., an independent aircraft leasing company, announced today that it acquired two Saab 340A aircraft and a GE turboprop engine, currently on lease to Express Airlines I, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Northwest Airlines, doing business as Northwest Airlink.
- Aug 16 8:00 AM EDT

Bombardier in 20-jet ACA order  (Reuters)
(Full text of press release from Canadian Corporate News) AUGUST 16, 1999 Bombardier Sells 20 More CRJ200 Series Aircraft to Atlantic Coast Airlines TORONTO, ONTARIO--Bombardier Aerospace has announced the sale of 20 additional CRJ200(i) Series regional jets to Atlantic Coast Airlines (ACA). The transaction increases to 63 the number of CRJ200 Series aircraft ordered by the Dulles, Virginia-based airline, 20 of which have been delivered.
- Aug 16 9:04 AM EDT

Cockpit Smoke Diverts Jet to Denver  (Associated Press)
A United Airlines Boeing 777 was diverted to Denver on Friday evening after a report of smoke in the cockpit, and six crew members were hospitalized and treated for dizziness, officials said.
- Jul 10 3:49 AM EDT

FAA, airlines test new navigation technology  (Reuters)
By Tim Dobbyn WILMINGTON, Ohio, July 10 (Reuters) - A new aviation technology aimed at improving safety and cutting delays by making pilots and traffic controllers better informed about aircraft positions underwent a major test on Saturday. Two dozen aircraft from three cargo airlines and the federal government took part in trials over the Ohio Valley.
- Jul 10 4:05 PM EDT

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 6, 1999--International Airline Support Group, Inc. (``IASG'') (AMEX:YLF - news) today announced a consignment agreement with World Airways, Inc. (``World'') (Nasdaq:WLDA - news). Under the consignment agreement, IASG will sell rotable and expendable DC-10 parts that were recently declared surplus by World as they move towards a more simplified fleet.

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 9, 1999--International Airline Support Group, Inc. (``IASG'') (AMEX:YLF - news) today announced the sale of one Embraer EMB-120RT Brasilia aircraft. The Company had acquired the aircraft, along with one other Brasilia aircraft, in late May.

DALLAS, July 6 (Reuters) - Air freight company Kitty Hawk Inc. (Nasdaq:KTTY - news) said Monday it executed a binding agreement with aviation maintenance and inventory provider Aviation Sales Co. (NYSE:AVS - news) to sell certain assets of Kitty Hawk's JT8D engine and Boeing 727 aircraft maintenance operations.

Boeing Sells Information Unit  (Reuters)
Aircraft maker Boeing Co. said Friday it will sell its Information Services unit to Science Applications International Corp. for undisclosed terms, leaving Boeing to focus on its core businesses.
- Jun 14 12:06 AM EDT

Small Aerospace Cos. Able To Compete  (Associated Press)
From rockets built in China to passenger jets made in Brazil, a growing number of smaller aerospace companies are carving successful niches and even competing head-on with industry heavyweights like Boeing Co.
- Jun 13 6:08 PM EDT

FOCUS-Airbus and Boeing slug it out at Paris show  (Reuters)
(Recasts throughout) By Pierre Tran LE BOURGET, France, June 13 (Reuters) - The two titans of the commercial aircraft industry Airbus and Boeing slugged it out in a marketing war on Sunday on the first public day of the Paris air show. As the public strolled among the aircraft parked on the runway, company leaders tried to persuade the world's media they held the better products and the winning market strategy.
- Jun 13 1:17 PM EDT

Bombardier Aerospace to Have Largest Display of Civil Aircraft at Paris Air Show  (BusinessWire)
Bombardier Aerospace features the largest display of civil aircraft of any manufacturer at the Paris Air Show - exhibiting a total of seven aircraft and two mock-ups representing its business, regional and amphibious aircraft divisions.
- Jun 13 11:36 AM EDT

Horizon agrees to buy 15 planes for $321 million  (Reuters)
SEATTLE, June 14 (Reuters) - Horizon Air, a unit of Alask Air Group Inc (NYSE: ALK - news ), said on Monday that it plans to acquire 15 new 70-seat turboprop airplanes from Bombardier Aerospace for a total value of about $321 million. The company said delivery of the 70-seat Dash 8 Q400 aircraft is slated to begin in August 2000 and it has also taken options on an additional 15 planes.
- Jun 14 4:54 AM EDT

International Study Names BFGoodrich Aerospace Premier Provider of Airframe Maintenance Services  (PR Newswire)
Paris Air Show at Le Bourget -- The Airframe Services Division of BFGoodrich Aerospace has been independently voted the premier provider of airframe maintenance services in a recent worldwide study conducted by Air Transport World.
- Jun 14 8:59 AM EDT

NTSB Recommends Autopilot ChangesNTSB Recommends Autopilot Changes  (Associated Press)
The autopilot system in the Boeing MD-11 jetliner should be modified to prevent severe reactions when pilots try to make flight course changes while the automatic flight system is engaged, the National Transportation Safety Board believes.
- May 26 11:27 AM EDT