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Pacific Company Orders Hawker Turboprop Planes
The six deliveries will be phased over the next three years.
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Wichita Aviation Company Recognized For Philanthropic Efforts
Spirit Aerosystems received the Salvation Army's Others Award.
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Bombardier: New Planes To Be Assembled In Wichita
The aviation company will be launching the Learjet 70 and Learjet 75 aircraft. The new planes are major upgrades to the Learjets 40 and 45.
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Cessna Unveils New Long-Range Citation Business Jet
The Citation Longitude will make a non-stop flight from New York to Paris, London to Dubai or Beijing to Moscow.
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Hawker Announces 150 More Layoffs
The company now plans to layoff a total of 500 Wichita employees as they continue to restructure under bankruptcy.
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Bombardier Profit Falls On Fewer Plane Deliveries
Bombardier, the world's third-largest maker of civilian commercial aircraft, says its profit dropped nearly 14 percent to US$190 million in the first quarter on a 25 percent decrease in aerospace and transportation revenues.
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Boeing Reaches Milestone In Tanker Design
The Boeing KC-46 Tanker program has reached a milestone with the U.S. Air Force after completing a preliminary design review for the next-generation aerial refueling tanker.
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Government Watchdog Urges Stronger Air Safety Oversight
A government watchdog is calling for stronger oversight of air safety in response to a series of disclosures by air traffic controllers and other Federal Aviation Administration whistleblowers.
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Hawker Evaluating Revised Rules For Light Attack Planes
Hawker Beechcraft has until June 4th to submit a contract to supply the Afghanistan Army with 20 light-attack airplanes.
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Hawker Approved To Continue Paying Salaries During Bankruptcy
A statement on the company website that Hawker may have to terminate its pension plan has some employees concerned.
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Spirit AeroSystems Says 1st-Quarter Profit Doubled
Aerospace supplier Spirit AeroSystems Holdings Inc. said on Thursday that its first-quarter profit doubled as production sped up for Boeing Co. and Airbus planes.
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Hawker Beechcraft Files For Ch. 11 Bankruptcy Protection
Hawker Beechcraft reached an agreement with lenders to reduce debt, and strengthen the company for the future
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Report: Hawker Beechcraft Closing In On Bankruptcy
Report says filing could come as early as Thursday.
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Bombardier Breaks Ground On New Facility
It is the largest expansion in the company’s history.
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Cessna Aircraft Recalling Workers, Hiring More
Cessna Aircraft is trying to fill about 150 jobs through recalling employees and hiring new workers.
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Boeing Has Blowout Quarter, Continues To Watch Spirit Progress
Boeing came out today with what could be termed a “blowout” first quarter financial report, beating all analysts’ expectations.
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Boeing Revenues Rise Over Aircraft Sales
The Boeing Co., says that first-quarter profit soared 58 percent, beating analysts' expectations, as sales at its commercial airplane division surged.
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Hawker Beechcraft To Layoff 350 Workers
Officials say after the layoffs are complete, the employment level will still be above the 4,000-worker threshold set by the state and local governments in their package of incentives to keep Hawker in Wichita.
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Southwest Plane Diverted To Wichita
An SWA spokesman says the captain of Flight 329 from Kansas City to Albuquerque noticed a slight vibration and diverted the flight to Wichita in an abundance of caution.
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Spirit Employees Return To Work Monday
As Spirit Wichita ramps back up to full production, employees are asked to review new parking instructions and recommendations.
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Air Force Cuts Back On Air Show Demonstrations
The Air Force says it is scaling back its participation at dozens of air shows this year.
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Salina Misses Out On Aviation Company's Expansion Plan
AAR Corporation announced this week it would expand to Duluth, Minnesota.
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Spirit Aerosystems Hopes To Resume Work Monday
Spirit AeroSystems announced today its goal to bring its Wichita workforce back on Monday, April 23
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Spirit: Employees On An 'On-Call' Schedule
Spirit Aerosystems employees are on an “on-call basis” through the week.
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Hawker Beechcraft Files Form 10-K, Two Weeks After Deadline
Hawker Beechcraft earlier notified the Securities and Exchange Commission that it was unable to file its 10-K annual report due March 30.
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Roberts To Meet With Aviation Leaders
The U.S. Senator will hold a closed-door roundtable discussion with industry leaders.
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NTSB Releases Recommendations For Air Races
The recommendations were among seven the board offered as part of an investigation into a deadly crash at the Reno National Air Show.
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Spirit AeroSystems Union To Seek Arbitration
The union alleges Spirit refuses to honor the grievance process from a dispute over changes to the employee rating system.
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American Airlines Cancel More Flights At DFW
One flight to Wichita's Mid-Continent Airport has been canceled.
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Spirit Aerosystems Opens New Plant In Chanute
Today, Spirit celebrated the grand opening of its new plant in Chanute – a plant that will help the company meet the growing demand for its products.
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Storms Divert, Delay Flights In & Out Of Dallas
American Airlines has canceled nearly all departures from its hub at DFW Airport for the rest of the evening as powerful storms and tornadoes move through the area.
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Woman, 80, Lands Plane Low On Fuel; Husband Dies
Authorities say an 80-year-old woman handled a difficult situation well when she took control of a small plane in northeastern Wisconsin and landed it with radio help after the pilot, her husband, lost consciousness.
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World's Largest Plane Lands In Wichita
The Antonov 225, the world's largest plane, landed at Mid-Continent Airport early Monday morning.
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Report: Airline Improving In Customer Satisfaction
The Airline Quality rating is conducted annually by researchers Dean Headley of Wichita State University.
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Russia: Siberian Plane In Crash Not De-Iced
Officials have revised the toll from a plane crash in Siberia today, saying a dozen people survived and 31 died. The survivors are hospitalized in serious condition.
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Questions Of Hawker's Future Continue
The company was pelted with questions from the business media about the Reuters story. And new today, Hawker was given a lower credit rating in part as a result of all these questions.
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Report: Hawker Beechcraft Preparing Bankruptcy Filing
Hawker Beechcraft Corp. is preparing to file for bankruptcy protection.
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JetBlue Pilot Charged With Interfering With Crew
JetBlue Airways is suspending the captain whose erratic behavior caused an emergency landing of an early morning flight from New York bound for Las Vegas.
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Police: Woman On USAirways Flight Intoxicated, Attacked Crew
Police in Florida are charging a New Jersey woman with three counts of battery and one count of interfering with an aircraft, after she allegedly attacked crew members on board a US Airways flight yesterday.
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Hawker Gets $120 Million Loan To Continue Operations
The company will use the money to fund its ongoing operations as it continues working with its lenders toward a comprehensive recapitalization.
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Witnesses: Captain Yelled "Bomb"
Passengers on a JetBlue flight say the plane's captain was yelling about a bomb today as other crew members locked him out of the cockpit and passengers restrained him.
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Boeing, SPEEA Reach Plant Closing Agreement
Boeing Wichita employs about 550 engineers.
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Lawmakers Call Airport Screeners Ineffective, Rude
House members of both parties say the agency in charge of airport and port anti-terrorist screening uses ineffective tactics and treats travelers rudely.
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Salina Wraps Up Mediation On TCE Cleanup
Lawyers for Salina public entities have concluded mediation and are working toward finalizing a settlement with the federal government over cleaning up contamination at a former Air Force base.
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Cessna To Build Business Jets In China
The owner of Cessna, Textron Inc., says it expects significant growth in aviation in China.
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Hawker Board Restores Salaries For Top Executives
Hawker’s board of directors approved the salary adjustments, including back pay.
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Airlines Dim 2012 Profit Outlook
The global aviation industry has dimmed its profit outlook further, with officials cutting their earnings forecast for 2012 by a half-billion dollars to $3 billion.
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Local Boeing Employees Weighing Options
Managers at Boeing have started meeting with Wichita employees to discuss options ranging from transfers elsewhere to early retirement.
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Breast-Feeding Passenger Settles Airline Lawsuit
A woman who was asked to leave an airplane in Vermont for breast-feeding her child has reached a settlement with the Delta Airlines and two other airline companies she sued.
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Appeals Court Sets Hearing In Boeing Age Suit
The workers are appealing a 2010 ruling by U.S. District Judge Eric Melgren that sided with The Boeing Co. and Spirit AeroSystems.
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