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Cessna retooling delays deliveries of Skycatchers

BY MOLLY MCMILLIN, The Wichita Eagle | Feb. 4 at 9:40 a.m.

Cessna Aircraft has sent a letter to buyers of its new Skycatcher, saying deliveries of its light sport aircraft will be delayed from six to 10 months.

Airbus says Asia, Pacific will drive aircraft demand

BY MOLLY MCMILLIN, The Wichita Eagle | Feb. 4 at 12:05 a.m.

Big demand for airliners and cargo planes will come out of Asia and the Pacific over the next two decades, a new study says.

Order shifts may lead Boeing to scrap 787-3

BY CHAN SUE LING, Bloomberg News | Feb. 3 at 12:05 a.m.

SINGAPORE — Boeing, the world's second-largest planemaker, likely will scrap the planned 787-3 after Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways switched orders to alternate versions.

New Airbus space on 'fast track'

BY MOLLY McMILLIN, The Wichita Eagle | Feb. 2 at 12:33 p.m.

A main reason Airbus North America Engineering opened in Wichita eight years ago is the same reason it's now expanding into new space — the availability of skilled engineers.

Airbus raises list prices on its line of jets by nearly 6 percent

BY DOMINIC GATES, Seattle Times | Jan. 30 at 12:06 a.m.

Airbus raised the list prices of its current jets by 5.8 percent Friday and upped the price of its proposed A350-800 by 7.9 percent.

Some Boeing employees to get extra 7 days of pay

BY DOMINIC GATES, Seattle Times | Jan. 30 at 2:20 a.m.

Boeing's white-collar workers will get an extra seven days of pay next month under the company's annual employee incentive plan.

Cessna expects delivery dip in '10

BY DAN VOORHIS, The Wichita Eagle | Jan. 29 at 12:06 a.m.

The slide is expected to continue for Cessna Aircraft Co. in 2010 but at a slower rate, Textron executives told analysts during a conference call Thursday.

Spirit, Machinists work toward smoother negotiations

BY JERRY SIEBENMARK, The Wichita Eagle | Jan. 28 at 6:27 a.m.

Though the Machinists' contract with Spirit AeroSystems doesn't expire until late June, both sides have been visiting with each other and say — for now — that they will approach negotiations in a more cooperative, less adversarial way.

Boeing forecast shows optimism despite market

BY DOMINIC GATES, Seattle Times | Jan. 28 at 12:07 a.m.

Boeing management laid out a relatively steady forecast for 2010 in its quarterly earnings teleconference Wednesday, though executives acknowledged that it promises to be a challenging and expensive year for the planemaker.

EADS meetings unproductive

BY JUERGEN BAETZ, Associated Press | Jan. 27 at 12:06 a.m.

BERLIN — Nations that have ordered Airbus' A400M military transport plane met Tuesday with parent company EADS before a weekend deadline to find a solution to the troubled project, an official said.

More layoffs at 3 aircraft companies

BY JERRY SIEBENMARK, The Wichita Eagle | Jan. 27 at 12:06 a.m.

Bombardier Learjet, Boeing and Hawker Beechcraft have issued more layoff notices.

Boeing says Dreamliner needs to lose weight

By Sabine Pirone and Susanna Ray, Bloomberg News | Jan. 22 at 12:05 a.m.

Boeing Co. is working to trim weight from its 787 Dreamliner and will implement some design changes on the seventh plane built, the company's marketing chief said.

No response from Obama to invites

BY MOLLY MCMILLIN, The Wichita Eagle | Jan. 21 at 12:21 p.m.

President Obama has not responded to the Machinists union's invitation to visit Wichita, the union's international president said.

EADS pressured to shoulder A400M overruns

By JUERGEN BAETZ and EMMA VANDORE, Associated Press | Jan. 21 at 12:06 a.m.

PARIS — Pressure mounted on Airbus parent company EADS ahead of crucial talks on the future of its military plane program, with France's defense minister on Wednesday calling for the company to assume a significant share of the cost overruns.

JAL files for bankruptcy; CEO resigns

By Lisa Twaronite and Christopher Hinton, MarketWatch | Jan. 20 at 12:06 a.m.

NEW YORK — Japan Airlines Corp. filed Tuesday for court-led rehabilitation, the Japanese equivalent of a Chapter 11 bankruptcy, that will allow the carrier to operate as it undergoes restructuring.

Wichita firm finds niche in small wind energy

BY DAN VOORHIS, The Wichita Eagle | Jan. 20 at 6:10 a.m.

With the aircraft industry down for months, if not years, at least one Wichita aircraft subcontractor is trying its luck in the wind energy market.

Wichita has role in record-setting

BY MOLLY McMILLIN, The Wichita Eagle | Jan. 20 at 12:06 a.m.

Aviation's earliest pioneers set world records at some point in their lives — pilots such as the Wright brothers, Charles Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart.

EADS ready to work on A400M

Associated Press | Jan. 19 at 12:04 a.m.

BERLIN — EADS chief Louis Gallois insisted in an interview that the seven partner nations participating in the A400M military transport plane must decide on the project's future by the end of January.

JAL taxis toward bankruptcy

BY TOMOKO A. HOSAKA, Associated Press | Jan. 19 at 12:04 a.m.

TOKYO — Japan Airlines is expected to file for bankruptcy protection today, ending months-long speculation about its fate and launching a massive overhaul to shed the fat and inefficiency that hobbled Asia's biggest airline.

EADS: No funds, no drone project

Associated Press | Jan. 19 at 12:04 a.m.

PARIS — Defense group EADS on Monday said that it may freeze its drone project if European governments don't commit funds.

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