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Iceland Eyjafjallajokull Volcano Ash dropped number of people traveling to Europe from US. Air traffic dropped 19 per cent due to Iceland Volcano ash cloud which canceled thousands of flights. According to U.S. Office of Travel and Tourism Industries 19 … Continue reading →

Boeing is assessing new issues related to manufacturing the long-delayed 787 Dreamliner, but the company still aims to make first delivery of the plane by the end of this year, the chief executive of Boeing Commercial Airplanes said on Tuesday. … Continue reading →

Spain’s air traffic controllers have voted to strike in mid-August to protest against pay cuts and changes to their job conditions, their union USCA said. An exact date for the start or duration of the industrial action, likely to cause … Continue reading →

Australia’s Qantas Airways said it had agreed a contract with Bombardier Aerospace for the purchase of seven additional Q400 NextGen aircraft for delivery from 2011. Qantas said in a statement the seven Q400 aircraft, valued at USD$218 million, would be … Continue reading →

Spain’s air traffic controllers should accept the government’s offer to settle the conflict over pay and working conditions by arbitration to avoid a strike, Public Works Minister Jose Blanco said. Until the USCA union, representing the air traffic controllers, responds … Continue reading →

Embraer will probably report narrower profit margins in the second half of 2010 as sales of its more expensive jets recover slowly, company executives said. Earnings before interest and taxes as a proportion of total revenue, the so-called EBIT margin, … Continue reading →

Airbus expects to receive an order for 20 to 30 new aircraft in the coming days, the plane maker’s chief executive Tom Enders told German newspaper Bild. “This time it will be an order from America,” he told the mass-circulation … Continue reading →