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Embraer rolled out the first Phenom 300 light jet and ground testing will begin shortly in advance of its first flight. Work has already begun on the second Phenom 300. “We are thrilled to see the Phenom 300 become a reality,” said Lus Carlos Affonso, Embraer Executive Vice President, Executive Jets. “The Phenom 300… will […]

Delta Airlines and Northwest Airlines have agreed to merge in a no-cash deal that trades stock only. The airline will be called Delta. The deal was reached early Monday evening and is worth $17.7 billion. The merger creates the world’s largest airline, for the moment, at least. News of the merger has sparked speculation that […]

The FAA will publish a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Tuesday that makes more than 20 revisions to the rules for Sport Pilot certificates. According to Paul Hamilton, the author and DVD producer of Sport Pilot materials for ASA, there are some significant changes being proposed but nothing that should upset most involved in the […]

Frontier Airlines says customers weren’t inconvenienced (any more than usual) on the first day of operations under a Chapter 11 (restructuring) bankruptcy. The Denver-based carrier announced it had filed for Chapter 11 early Friday and then got to work serving more than 29,000 passengers on 405 flights. According to the company, none of its flights […]

A Colorado bankruptcy court has approved the sale of the assets (and some liabilities) of Adam Aircraft Industries to AAI Acquisition Inc. for $10 million. The company is a subsidiary of Russia-based Industrial Investors, which, according to a company release, owns Russian air taxi operator Dexter and what it calls a business jet airline called […]

Diesel aircraft engine maker Thielert AG’s board of directors has removed founder Frank Thielert as chief executive amidst a cash crisis that’s prompted a sell-off of shares to raise $24.4 million Euros to cover immediate needs. The company’s shares have plummeted in value in recent months in response to a court decision that nullified its […]

Boeing announced on Tuesday that its 787 Dreamliner will be delivered 14 to 16 months late, but some industry analysts said that was good news, the Seattle Times reported — it at least was a schedule they could believe. The original completion date had already has been pushed back twice. This week, the company added […]

Kansas politicians can get things done in a hurry if they want to, as proven by the meteoric passage of an incentive package to ensure Cessna kept its Columbus 850 plant in Wichita. On March 31, Cessna told state officials it wanted $25 million in cash to build a factory to build the $27 million […]

AAI Acquisition is the new owner of Adam Aircraft after a deal was struck with bankruptcy trustees last week. However, the bargain-basement buyout of the company, which spent hundreds of millions of dollars developing the A500 piston twin and A700 very light jet was protested by one of the creditors, according to the Denver Post. […]

Avidyne has introduced an integrated flight deck and retrofit for the Cessna 441 Conquest II that brings all the modern avionics conveniences to the venerable twin turboprop. The Alliant Retrofit was introduced at Sun ‘n Fun on Tuesday and puts Avidyne’s Envision Integrated Flight Deck System and S-TEC 2100 digital autopilot on two large-screen displays. […]