The federal government of the United States has introduced new safeguards for the airspace over the Hudson River in New York in response to the fatal mid-air collision between a small aircraft and a helicopter in August 2009.

Bombardier Incorporated, the aircraft manufacturer based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, says it is considering making its largest business jet so far in order to compete with Gulfstream’s G650 model.

Air Austral, based in Reunion, France, has announced that it plans to buy 2 Airbus A380 planes, nicknamed Superjumbo, configured with all-economy-class to carry as many as 840 passengers in each.

A prototype-aircraft called the Solar Impulse, being developed as apart of a Swiss project for solar-powered flight around the world, has successfully undergone its first engine run-up at an airbase near Zurich in Switzerland.

The Boeing Company says the first flight of its much-awaited Boeing 787 jetliner, nicknamed the Dreamliner, is very likely in late December 2009, and the Dreamliner will be delivered to the first customers at the end of 2010.

Airbus Industrie is likely to put off delivery of one or two of the 13 Airbus A380 Superjumbo aircraft, earlier scheduled for 2009, till January 2010.

The Boeing 747-8, the new variant of the legendary Boeing 747, is over 90% completed and is expected to be launched in 2010, according to the Boeing Company.

The first test flight of the new Boeing AH-6i light helicopter has been successful, says the company.  The test flight of the attack and reconnaissance helicopter took place over Arizona Desert.

The Airbus A400M military transporter aircraft is most likely to make its first flight in December 2009.

The European aviation safety regulator has issued a safety warning for an airspeed sensor supplied by the United States-based Goodrich Corporation for the long-haul Airbus A330 and Airbus A340 jet aircraft and asked airlines to test the gadget.

The Model 162 SkyCatcher, the light sport aircraft of the Cessna Aircraft Company, has been test-flown.

Air France is planning to auction 380 seats on 2 inaugural flights of the Airbus A380 Superjumbo from Paris to New York on November 20, 2009, and from New York to Paris on November 21, 2009.

The United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has ordered US-based airlines to replace airspeed indicators in some Airbus aircraft following suspicions that the devices might have had a role in the crash of Air France Flight 447 in the Atlantic Ocean on June 1, 2009, in which all 228 people on board perished.

The NASA Innovative Partnerships Program and the Comparative Aircraft Flight Efficiency (CAFE) Foundation have announced the Green Aircraft Challenge.

Airbus has decided to fund the third search to help find the flight recorders and the debris of the Air France airliner crashed into the Atlantic Ocean, in June 2009.

Cessna's new sport aircraft Cessna 162 SkyCatcher is now ready for deliveries after complying with the terms of ASTM international standards.

Aurora Flight Sciences successfully tested a half-scale model of its new drone and unmanned aircraft, the Excalibur VTOL UAS (Unmanned Aircraft System), in end-June 2009.

The United States National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is investigating possible malfunctions of the airspeed sensor and altitude sensor on board Airbus A330 aircraft, the same type of plane that crashed into the Atlantic Ocean on June 1, 2009.

Boeing Company, the aerospace giant based in Chicago, the United States, has once again delayed the test flight of its long-awaited Boeing 787 jet, nicknamed the Dreamliner.

Air France has completed replacing airspeed monitors aboard the carrier’s long-haul passenger planes Airbus A330 and Airbus A340 following the cash of the Air France Flight 447.

Scientific examination has revealed that the birds which caused US Airways’ Flight 1549 to splash-land in the Hudson River in New York on January 15, 2009, were migratory Canada geese.

Scientists of the United States and Australia have successfully tested hypersonic aircraft technology, which they said could “revolutionise international flight.”

Boeing and AgustaWestland have signed a $1.23 billion deal to supply 16  ICH-47H Chinook helicopters to the Italian army, the two companies said.

Boeing Phantom Ray, an unmanned aircraft (UAV) for defence purposes is in the works. The Boeing Phantom Ray is expected to have its lab tests later this year and the first flight in 2010, Boeing said. The Phantom Ray technology demonstrator is being developed by a Boeing unit called Boeing Phantom Works.

The Boeing 787 Dreamliner passenger jet is getting ready for its maiden flight, most likely by the end of June 2009.

Imprimis, a Bangkok based investment strategy company, has purchased Piper Aircraft from American Capital Strategies Ltd.

The United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is planning to formulate new rules that would require medical helicopters to use additional safety gadgets and procedures, including systems that help avoid collision.

The United States National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has issued an urgent safety recommendation to the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) asking the FAA to ground the light sport aircraft (LSA) Zodiac CH-601XL.

US-based Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, a subsidiary of United Technology Corporation, has re-entered the Indian market with the delivery of its first commercial S-76C++ VVIP helicopter to an unidentified Mumbai based corporate.

Embraer, the Brazil-based company that makes commercial, military, and corporate aircraft and also provides aircraft-related services, has announced a sharp fall in its profits for the fourth quarter of 2008.