
Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica SA, commonly called Embraer, the aerospace conglomerate based in Brazil, has received orders for its Legacy executive jets - total value of order is $208.2 million.
Air Arabia, the low-cost airline based in Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has signed a contract with the European aircraft manufacturer Airbus Industrie for 10 additional, single-aisle A320 aircraft to serve its new hub in Casablanca, Morocco.
The Unites States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has re-issued an urgent airworthiness directive requiring that pilots of Boeing 737 aircraft be advised to pay attention if they hear an in-flight warning horn.
BOC Aviation, the aircraft-leasing division of Bank of China, one of the big four state-owned commercial banks of the People’s Republic of China, has placed additional orders with Airbus Industrie for 20 aircraft of the Airbus A320 family.
GE Commercial Aviation Services based in the United States is planning to buy 5 jet aircraft made in China, in the first overseas orders for Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, the Chinese aircraft manufacturer.
Boeing Company, the aircraft-manufacturing giant based in Chicago, Illinois, the United States, has described China as the “fastest-growing aviation market in the world.”

The Aerion supersonic business jet may not be for everyone, but all of us can enjoy a photo gallery, can't we?

Qantas Airways, the national airline of Australia and the nation’s largest carrier, launched commercial service of its new Airbus A380 Superjumbo, the world’s largest passenger airliner, on October 20, 2008.
The United States National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has ordered that some Pratt & Whitney aircraft engines be inspected after a Pratt PW2037 engine on a Delta Air Lines jet failed during takeoff in Las Vegas, the United States, on August 6, 2008.

American Airlines, headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, the United States, plans to buy as many as 100 new, long-range Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft.
Those residing in the vicinity of the north-south runway flight path of Sydney Airport in Australia are in for more aircraft noise as work starts on October 14, 2008, on the controversial safety area at the western end of the runway.
Ryanair, the low-cost airline headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, has been reprimanded by the Trade Ethical Council against Sexism in Advertising of Sweden, known by its Swedish initials ERK, for an advertisement campaign run by the airline featuring a scantily dressed woman posing as a schoolgirl.
The United States Transportation Department has found that nine major airlines in the United States outsourced over 70% of their major aircraft maintenance in 2007, compared to 34% in 2003.
Update: It has been confirmed that the small plane found wrecked in the area near Mammoth Lakes, California -- where a hiker found Steve Fossett's identification and a sweatshirt -- is indeed Steve Fossett's Bellanca Super Decathlon airplane. Initial information coming to us indicate that the Bellanca Decathlon flew into the ...

We heard almost 6 hours back that a hiker found some money and identification which, it turns out, belonged to the millionnaire aviator Steve Fossett who vanished in September 2007. Now we are hearing initial reports that the crash wreckage of Fossett's plane has been found. Update: Wreck confirmed as Fossett's Bellanca

Qantas Airways, Australia’s largest airline, has named its new Airbus A380 Superjumbo, the world’s largest passenger aircraft, after Nancy Bird-Walton, Australia’s first woman commercial pilot.

Eclipse Aviation, manufacturer of the world’s first very light jet (VLJ), has announced that the supervisory board of the Russian State Bank Vnesheconombank (VEB) has approved the construction of a factory in Ulyanovsk in Russia to assemble the Eclipse 500 jet.
Qantas Airways, the national airline of Australia, has taken delivery of the first of its Airbus A380 Superjumbo from Toulouse, France.

Electric fault, as the airline says, or mile-high-shower messing with avionics panel?

I don't know about you, but for me, this does it. The ElectraFlyer C, an electric ultralight plane available now if you want to plonk down 21000 $ max, bang it all up together, and take it on a relatively silent 2 hour flight.

Emirates Airline has taken delivery of two Boeing 777 aircraft and the arrival of both long-range models, a Boeing 777-200LR and 777-300ER, has raised Emirates’ all-wide bodied passenger fleet to 111 aircraft.
Fuji Heavy Industries has delayed the development of its new business jet, the Subaru Jet, for a few years.
ICON Aircraft revealed the ICON A5 amphibious personal sport plane at the AirVenture 2008 event at Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The full-scale test prototype of the ICON A5 was displayed at the event.
Investigators in Spain are trying to find out whether the Spanair’s MD-82 plane that crashed last week had gained adequate speed for takeoff and also whether the ill-fated aircraft’s flaps operated properly.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) of the United States is conducting a 30-day special review of its certification of Eclipse Aviation’s very light jet (VLJ), the Eclipse 500.
The new double-decker Airbus A380 from Emirates has touched down in San Francisco and Los Angeles. This is part of a number of exclusive tours of the aircraft that have been planned for the United States.
Aimed at supporting the expansion of its international route network, Dubai-based international airline Emirates has bought a total of 60 wide-bodied aircraft. A letter of intent was signed by Emirates with Airbus for 30 Airbus A330-300s and 30 Airbus A350 XWBs.
The gateway to the Heathrow Airport has a new attraction. A giant model of an Airbus A380 has been installed at the spot, courtesy Emirates Airline.
FlyDubai, the new low cost airline from Dubai , has placed an order for 54 Next-Generation 737-800 aircraft from Boeing. The order is valued at approximated US$4 billion and is termed as the biggest single order by a Gulf-based low cost carrier for the Boeing aircraft.
Singapore Airlines, the national airline of Singapore, has taken delivery of its 5th Airbus A380 Superjumbo.