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January 14, 2015

This Week in History: Douglas Aircraft Rolls Out 1st DC-9

Aircraft First Flew About A Month Later On February 25

Fifty years ago Monday, Douglas Aircraft rolled out its first DC-9 in Long Beach, California. The short-to-medium range airliner was powered by two aft-mounted Pratt & Whitney JT8D engines. It was the beginning of a very successful partnership between Pratt & Whitney and Douglas (later McDonnell-Douglas and eventually Boeing following a series of mergers). The DC-9 helped open up smaller cities served only by propeller planes to the speed and efficiency of jets.

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FreeFlight Systems’ Avionics Suite Receives ADS-B STC

FAA Grants Rare ‘Field Approval’ From Existing King Air 90C Supplemental Type Certificate For King Air 200

Hawker Beechcraft Services - Tampa has successfully integrated an Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) compliant suite of FreeFlight avionics components that includes dual FDL-1090-TX Extended Squitter Transponders; a 1201 WAAS/GPS Receiver Unit and a FDL-978-RX Universal Access Transmitter that enables operators to display weather and traffic conditions to portable iPad devices for the King Air 200 aircraft.

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Huntsville International Airport Reopens East Runway

Now Meets Requirements For 747-8 Freighters After Nine-Month Improvement Project

After a nine-month, $16.579 million improvement project, Huntsville International Airport (KHSV) has reopened its east runway along with adjacent taxiways.  The project was done in order to meet the requirements set for Panalpina’s 747-8 freighters, which are classified as a Group VI aircraft.  This project was made possible when the FAA awarded $15,750,741 in discretionary funds to KHSV for improvements to its east runway in September 2013. This is the largest grant KHSV has ever received.

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First 242 Metric Ton Take-Off Weight A330 Completes 1st Flight

Key Milestone For The Latest Variant Of The A330 Family

The first 242 metric ton Maximum Take-Off Weight (MTOW) variant of the A330 has successfully completed its maiden flight, landing back in Toulouse-Blagnac Airport following a flight lasting 3 hours and 30 minutes.

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Airbus Launches A321neo With True Transatlantic Capability

ALC First To Commit To Airbus’ Increased Range Option

Airbus has officially launched the A321neo with 97 metric tons Maximum Take Off Weight (MTOW) having secured the first commitment from Air Lease Corporation (ALC). The Los Angeles based lessor signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for 30 more A321neo, upsizing its commitments at the 2014 Farnborough Airshow from 60 to 90 and becoming the launch customer for Airbus’ increased range option.

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Flight Cancellations Slightly Down From Previous Year

BTS: November Last Year Also Shows Improvement Over October 2014

The nation’s largest airlines canceled 0.9 percent of their scheduled domestic flights in November, an improvement over both the 1.0 percent cancellation rate posted in November 2013 and the 1.1 percent rate in October 2014, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Air Travel Consumer Report released Tuesday.

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Boeing Commercial Airplanes Achieves Market Success In 2014

Tallies 723 Deliveries, Record $232.7 Billion In Commercial Net Orders

Boeing set a global industry record for the most commercial airplanes delivered in a single year at 723 in 2014, maintaining its position as the world's largest airplane manufacturer for the third consecutive year.

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Airbus Exceeds Targets In 2014 And Prepares For The Future

Collected 1,456 Net Orders From 67 Customers, Including 14 New Airlines

Airbus has exceeded its targets for 2014, achieving a new record of 629 aircraft deliveries for 89 customers of which eight are new, comprising 490 A320 Family aircraft, 108 A330s, 30 A380s and also our first A350 XWB. This production achievement means that Airbus’ aircraft deliveries in 2014 were up for the 13th year in a row, surpassing the previous record set in 2013.

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Airline Industry Leaders Gather At Embry-Riddle To Discuss Pilot Shortage

Two-Day Summit Hopes To Identify Potential Solutions To The Problem

Representatives from the White House, the FAA, major U.S. airlines, including Delta, American, United and Allegiant, and regional carriers ExpressJet, Horizon, GoJet, Cape Air and Envoy have gathered at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Daytona Beach Campus for a two-day Pilot Supply and Demand Summit.

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