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EADS, a global leader in aerospace, defence and related services, has opened an office at the National Research Council Canada

Embraer broke ground, for its first U.S. aircraft assembly plant and customer center at Melbourne International Airport, Florida. The new facility will be dedicated to the Company

China Southern Airlines has signed an agreement with the Panasonic Avionics Corporation (Panasonic) to supply eX2 on five A380-800 aircraft with the first deliveries slated to begin in 2009. In addition to this new contract, Panasonic will also supply eX2 on forthcoming Boeing 787s, and has supplied S3000i on China Southern Airlines’ A330-300 since 1993.

EADS North America will further expand the company’s U.S. industrial presence with the construction of a new 27,000-sq. ft. aircraft maintenance delivery center at the Mobile, Alabama facility of its EADS CASA North America business unit. This $5.6 million facility expansion, located at the Mobile Regional Airport, will provide a modern support, overhaul and modification

Aircell announced that Gogo Inflight Internet service is now commercially available for guests on select Virgin America flights. The launch marks the beginning of the carrier’s fleet-wide commercial rollout of the service. Multiple Virgin America aircraft will offer Gogo by the end of 2008, with the service expected to be available on all Virgin America

Boeing engineering and technical employees represented by the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA) IFPTE Local 2001 ratified four-year collective bargaining agreements covering nearly 21,000 employees in Washington, Oregon, California and Utah. SPEEA announced the result December 2nd, following a vote-by-mail process. Boeing and SPEEA leaders agreed Nov. 14 on the terms of

British Airways Plc confirmed that it is exploring a potential merger with Qantas Airways Limited via a dual-listed company structure. The discussions between British Airways and Iberia are continuing. There is no guarantee that any transaction will be forthcoming and a further announcement will be made in due course.

Servigistics, a leading strategic service management solution provider, reported that Air Canada has selected the Servigistics Service Parts Management solution to improve overall operational efficiency while reducing operating costs. Air Canada will use the Servigistics solution to manage their multi-million dollar rotable pool of inventory across locations in Canada, APAC and EMEA. Implementation of the

Cathay Pacific Airways announced a series of new measures that will help the airline deal with a serious downturn in business as a result of the global financial crisis. The measures are: cutting back on planned passenger capacity growth in 2009; offering cabin crew and cockpit crew the opportunity to take voluntary unpaid leave; parking

The world’s first commercial aviation test flight powered by a sustainable second-generation biofuel is ready to go next Wed. Dec. 3, 2008. The jatropha fuel has now been blended 50:50 with standard Jet A1 fuel by Air New Zealand at its Auckland Engineering Base. The biofuel blend, named J50, has now been transferred into an