LONDON, 4 Sept. 2012. OAG, a provider of aviation information and analytical services, is providing the African Airlines Association (AFRAA) with its OAG Analyser, an online tool for extracting information from airline schedule data.

LONGUEUIL, Quebec, 4 Sept. 2012. Six international astronauts will spend six days in an underground mission, the European Space Agency's (ESA’s) Cooperative Adventure for Valuing and Exercising human behavior and performance Skills (CAVES).

WASHINGTON, 2 Sept. 2012. The largest U.S. airlines continue to deliver record operational performance despite economic challenges and rising costs that led to a $1 billion loss for the first half of 2012, report analysts at Airlines for America (A4A), the airline industry trade association in Washington.

FORT WORTH, Texas, 2 Sept. 2012. Leaders of American Airlines and US Airways are discussing a possible merger to strengthen competition with rival U.S. carriers United Airlines and Delta Airlines.

LAKE CHARLES, La., 31 Aug. 2012. Avionics experts at helicopter operator and lease firm Era Helicopters LLC in Lake Charles, La., needed emergency beacon decoder avionics for the company's fleet of AgustaWestland AW139 search-and-rescue helicopter fleet. They found their solution from Becker Avionics Inc. in Miramar, Fla.

TOULOUSE, France, 30 Aug. 2012. ICBC Financial Leasing Co. Ltd. in Tianjin, China, will buy A320ceo and 20 A320neo single-aisle passenger jets from Airbus in Toulouse, France, under terms of an agreement announced today.

KNUTSFORD, England, 30 Aug. 2012. IFE Services, an in-flight entertainment company, is supplying Apple iPad tablet computers to Jet Asia Airways.

CANARY ISLANDS, Spain, 30 Aug. 2012. Gran Canaria Airport (LPA), the fifth largest airport in Spain and the largest airport in the Canary Islands, is undergoing an airport expansion project to increase airport capacity and maximize the airport's ability to service wide-body aircraft.

SEATTLE, 30 Aug. 2012. Providers of avionics, aircraft parts, and related equipment in Washington state are likely to benefit from U.S.-based Airbus A320 final assembly line, says an industry pundit.

WICHITA, Kan., 30 Aug. 2012. Boeing (NYSE: BA) has delivered the first Aeroloft cabin addition installed on a Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) 747-8.

MELBOURNE, Fla., 29 Aug. 2012. Harris Corp. (NYSE:HRS), an international communications and information technology company, has been chosen by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to provide the communications network that will serve as part of NextGen, the FAA's initiative to transform the U.S. air traffic control system (ATC) to meet future requirements.

SALT LAKE CITY, 29 Aug. 2012. Parvus Corp. in Salt Lake City is introducing two rugged embedded DC-DC power supply boards with built-in MIL-STD power conditioning and electromagnetic interference (EMI) filtering for embedded computing applications in military ground vehicles and aircraft.

BLAGNAC, France, 28 Aug. 2012. Philippine Airlines (PAL) has placed a firm order with Airbus for 34 A321ceo, 10 A321neo and 10 A330-300s. The aircraft are being purchased under a major fleet modernization program at the airline, with deliveries starting in 2013.

IRVINE, Calif., 28 Aug. 2012. Commercial aircraft avionics designers at Panasonic Avionics Corp. in Bothell, Wash., needed rugged keyboards for the in-flight entertainment remote control center on the Airbus A350 twin-engine widebody passenger jetliners. They found their solution from Staco Systems Inc. in Irvine, Calif.

WASHINGTON, 28 Aug. 2012. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) officials are forming a government/industry group to study current policies and procedures surrounding aircraft operators’ use of portable electronic devices (PEDs), such as the Apple iPad and other tablet computers, in flight.

DRAKINO AIRBASE, Russia, 28 Aug. 2012. The Russian Mi-38 medium-lift helicopter set a new world altitude record Sunday, as the helicopter climbed higher than 28,215 feet on the final day of the 14th FAI World Helicopter Championship at the Drakino Airbase in Russia south of Moscow, say officials of Russian Helicopters JSC in Moscow, part of Russian state defence holding Oboronprom.

KOUROU, Guiana, 28 Aug. 2012. The third and fourth Galileo IOV (In-Orbit Validation) satellites, built by Astrium, have passed their acceptance review and have been delivered to the European Space Agency (ESA) in Kourou, French Guiana.

TYUMEN, Russia, 27 Aug. 2012. UTair Aviation (UTair) in Tyumen, Russia, is choosing the CFM International CFM56-5B engine for the airline's 20 Airbus A321 single-aisle passenger jetliners ordered last month at the Farnborough International Airshow in Farnborough, England.

BOULDER, Colo., 27 Aug. 2012. NASA officials selected Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. to lead a government and industry team to demonstrate an alternative fuel option for future space vehicles.