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JetBlue Airways names Ellen Jewett to its board of directors

JetBlue Airways Corp. today announces the appointment of Ellen Jewett, Managing Director for BMO Capital Markets, to its Board of Directors. Ms. Jewett has more than 20 years of experience in the field of Airport infrastructure financing, including five years as head of Airport s and public sector transportation group at Goldman Sachs. “Ellen knows […]

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Abu Dhabi International Airport launches the first personalised airport website

Abu Dhabi International Airport today launched its new website, www.abudhabiairport.ae, introducing a range of innovative features, designed to enhance the entire travel experience for business and leisure travellers. The new website includes a unique feature through the “Passenger Guide” tab, allowing passengers to obtain information with regards to their airport experience according to their personal […]

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BC Aviation Museum flying along

Almost a year after it opened its newest hangar, the BC Aviation Museum (BCAM) is flying along on one of its biggest projects ever — the restoration of the Trans Canada Airlines Vickers-Armstrong Viscount 757. The BCAM, which has been in operation now for more than 20 years, came to own the Viscount after it […]

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Congress should let FAA continue work with towers and save workers’ jobs

At LaGuardia, one of the nation’s busiest airports, this workweek began with customary hustle and bustle – except among the workers demolishing the airport’s old control tower. At 8 p.m. on Sunday, the contractor hired to oversee this essential modernization project delivered a painful message to his 40 employees: Because the United States Congress didn’t […]

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Boeing seen posting profit with all eyes on commercial programs

Analysts expect Boeing Co to report a narrowed quarterly profit on Wednesday, but Wall Street will be looking for executive comments on its high-profile commercial airplane programs. The world’s largest aerospace and defense company is expected to post a second-quarter profit of 97 cents a share, according to analysts polled by Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S. A […]

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Boeing and BAE team up to Build Machine Gun Lasers for the Navy

The U.S. Navy has contracted with BAE Systems and, as a subcontractor, Boeing, to develop an integrated weapons system that combines both lasers and machine guns. A solid state laser will be combined with the Mk 38 Mod 2 Machine Gun to provide several levels of integration. Ideally, the system can be used as a […]

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Clark Co. airport work delayed by FAA furlough

A runway expansion at Clark County Regional Airport has been delayed by furloughs at the Federal Aviation Administration. The News and Tribune reports that the airport’s plan to extend a runway is funded mostly by $11 million in FAA grants. Because finance employees are among those furloughed, work has stopped on land acquisition and collecting […]

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Electric aircraft making strides

The planned electric aircraft contest may have been canceled at this year’s EAA AirVenture, but Gary Boggs still declared the Antares, an electric plane he was promoting outside the Innovations Hangar, the clear favorite. “This would have won the contest,” Boggs said. “This was the only one ready for the competition.” The Antares is a […]

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FAA stats show fewer pilots break airspace rules

Even as fighter jets were scrambled on successive days this month to intercept airspace violators near the presidential retreat at Camp David, Md., military and civilian aviation officials say fewer pilots are breaking U.S. airspace restrictions this year. The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, which represents private and business pilots, has been trying to reduce […]

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Businessman is killed in Cornwall air crash

An Eyewitness has told of seeing a helicopter plunge from the sky into a North Cornwall field, killing the pilot. Investigators are examining the wreckage at Week Orchard, between Week St Mary and Marhamchurch, near Bude, for clues about Sunday’s crash. Businessman and farmer Chris Watts died when the Robinson R44 Raven crashed, narrowly missing a house […]