DAC Aviation International, based in Montreal, has taken delivery of the first of six Cessna Grand Caravan Ex aircraft to be delivered over the next six months, the company said.
Spirit AeroSystems has suspended its financial guidance for 2013 as it engages in a comprehensive review of all of its development programs under way in Wichita, Tulsa, Kinston, N.C., and St. Nazaire, France, the company said Thursday.
Longtime Wichita aircraft executives Tim and Dianne White have purchased Kansas Aircraft Corp., an Olathe-based aircraft sales business.
Southwest Airlines corporate relations manager Gary Leonard was in Wichita on Wednesday afternoon speaking to representatives from the area’s corporate travel departments.
Spirit AeroSystems will hold its annual stockholders meeting Tuesday in Herndon, Va., where it will elect board members, including the anticipated election of Spirit’s new CEO to the board.
Cessna Aircraft is offering a voluntary retirement program for up to 180 Machinist-represented workers as it aligns its work force with its reduced forecast for sales and production.
When Abby White, 17, took her check ride and earned her private pilot’s license April 7 at Stearman Field in Benton, the feat was more than a personal accomplishment.
Cessna Aircraft CEO Scott Ernest reassured 400 Citation owners at a conference this week that, despite speculation, the company is not halting production on its jet products.
Boeing Co. turned in a strong first quarter, beating analysts’ projections, despite problems with 787 batteries that grounded the fleet in January.
The flying public should expect flight delays to worsen over the summer – unless the furloughs of air traffic controllers, which began Sunday, stop, Sen. Jerry Moran said in a conference call with reporters Tuesday.
Mechanics travel to Wichita from all over the world to learn how to maintain Cessna aircraft.
Bill Boisture, CEO of the newly reorganized Beechcraft Corp., thanked the aviation professionals gathered for Monday’s Wichita Aero Club meeting.
Teams of Boeing engineers and technicians began fanning out across the globe Monday to modify the battery systems of 50 of the company’s 787 Dreamliner jets and get the grounded fleet back in the air.
Boeing is cutting the production rate of its 747-8 intercontinental jet from two planes a month to 1.75 per month because of lower demand for large passenger and freighter airplanes, the company announced Friday.
Beechcraft’s challenge of the Air Force’s decision to allow Sierra Nevada and Embraer to continue work on the light air support contract while the award is under review has been denied.
As Cessna Aircraft plans to cut business jet production for the rest of the year, it appears it will also be cutting jobs.
Cessna is cutting jet production for the rest of the year following a disappointing $8 million loss in the first quarter, Cessna parent Textron announced Wednesday.
American Airlines was forced to ground all of its flights for several hours Tuesday after experiencing a nationwide problem with its computer systems. By late afternoon, its computers were back up and its operation were slowly coming back to life.
Beechcraft Corporation Tuesday said it had an order for a Beechcraft King Air C90GTx turboprop from Qingdao Jiutian International Flight Academy, a civil aviation flight school in China.
A Cessna Aircraft Co. executive said Monday that a joint venture between it and China Aviation Industry General Aircraft Co. to manufacture airplanes is progressing.
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