São José dos Campos, Brazil, during the first quarter of 2012 (1Q12), Embraer delivered 21 jets to the commercial aviation market and 13 to business aviation. This result surpassed the 20 commercial and eight executive jets recorded in the same period of 2011. On March 31, 2012, the firm order backlog totaled USD 14.7 billion. Read More

Bangalore, India, Bombardier Aerospace announced the official opening of its engineering service office located in Bangalore, India. The Bombardier Engineering Service Office began operation in December 2011 and currently employs approximately 20 personnel.   Read More

Everett Wash., Boeing (NYSE: BA) and All Nippon Airways (ANA) announced today a 787 Dreamliner flew for the first time powered in part by sustainable biofuels. Read More

Charlotte, N.C., General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), was awarded a contract with a potential value of more than $10 million by LiveTV, a wholly-owned subsidiary of JetBlue Airways, to develop and produce tri-band radomes to support LiveTV's on-board entertainment and communication systems for commercial airlines. Read More

Brazil’s TRIP Linhas Aéreas, the largest regional airline in South America, extends its cooperation with Lufthansa Consulting to cover the “Rent-a-plan” product. Earlier in 2010, both companies worked together on network optimization and fleet plan validation of the airline. Read More