Washington Airlines for America (A4A), the industry trade organization for the leading U.S. airlines, in a statement today:  "Commend the U.S. House of Representatives and its leadership for taking further action last night to protect U.S. airlines and their customers from participating in the illegal European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS).  Read More

Washington, D.C., the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) has authorized a $75.7 million loan guarantee for Líder Taxi Aéreo S.A.—Air Brasil that will support the export of three Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation S-92® helicopters to Brazil. Read More

Jakarta, Indonesia,  Boeing (NYSE: BA) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Indonesian Ministry of Transportation to jointly work to establish advanced aviation training programs and training practices in accordance with globally recognized standards. Read More

BOC Aviation has been assigned a corporate credit rating of BBB with stable outlook by Standard & Poor’s Rating Services.  According to the company, this is the highest investment grade corporate credit rating assigned by Standard & Poor’s to any publicly-rated aircraft leasing company. Read More

Fort Worth, Texas, Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company (NYSE: TXT), announced today that Aviation Service a.s., its maintenance service facility in Prague, Czech Republic,  has received a Part 145 maintenance organization approval certificate from the Ukraine State Aviation Administration.  Read More