Brussels, Belgium – EUROCONTROL, the European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation, today accepted the SESAR ATM Target Concept, the fundamental contribution for guiding the development of the European ATM system as part of the SESAR programme. The ATM Target Concept describes the future European ATM concept of operations for 2020 and beyond, and the supporting architecture and technologies. It provides a first assessment of the expected ability to meet the performance targets identified in the previous work of SESAR and of the cost and benefit aspects.

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Munich and Frankfurt airports have announced plans to introduce an emission-linked component in take-off and landing fees for a three-year test phase. The pilot project was developed by the German Airport Transport Initiative in consultation with the Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs, and will introduce a charge of 3 euros per kilogram of nitrous oxide (NOx) emissions for all airlines landing in Frankfurt and Munich effective January 1, 2008.

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WASHINGTON, DC—The corporate merger of US Airways and America West [NYSE:LCC] was at one time met with critical acclaim by the investment community, but is now alienating loyal customers with its rock-bottom customer service, widespread mis-handling of baggage, and lagging on-time performance. Despite the fact that it has been two years since the merger, US Airways management has cashed in millions for themselves while the passengers, investors and employees of the airline are suffering from a half-finished merger. This week, US Airways received a single FAA operating certificate. But rather than tackling the largest, most difficult issues first, management has chosen to continually delay the true operational merger of America West and US Airways, while reaping the benefit of keeping the labor groups separate to the detriment of the new airline and its passengers.

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Wichita, KS—Yingling Aviation, which installs the popular “Oasis” interiors in Cessna Aircraft Company’s Caravan single engine turboprops, has unveiled new, restyled cabin treatments for 2008. Despite the addition of a number of new standard features, the restyled version of the Caravan Oasis interior is available with no increase in price. Included in the newly styled interior as standard features are two-tone executive seats with perforated leather inserts and more lumbar support, leather upholstered crew seats with painted seat frames, a dual position divan certified for takeoff and landing, forward and aft divan curtains, new sidewall tables and accent trim, new decorative lower sidewall fabric, two 110-volt sidewall outlets, redesigned storage and refreshment cabinets, and upgraded carpeting. An FAA/EASA certified aft, stand alone toilet is also available as an option.

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MONTREAL, Sept. 27 /CNW Telbec/ - (NYSE: CGT; TSX: CAE) - CAE has signed contracts to design and manufacture three full-flight simulators (FFSs) and associated CAE Simfinity(R) training devices valued at approximately C$50 million at list prices. This brings the total FFS sales that CAE has announced in fiscal 2008 to 21. CAE won a contract to design and manufacture a CAE 7000 Series Boeing 747-8 full-flight simulator (FFS) for Alteon Training, a subsidiary of the Boeing Company. In addition to the Boeing 747-8 FFS, Alteon ordered a suite of CAE Simfinity ground school training devices for the new Boeing 747-8 aircraft, including a CAE Simfinity integrated procedures trainer (IPT) and 36 virtual maintenance trainers (VMTs). The Boeing 747-8 FFS, which will also be convertible to a Boeing 747-400 FFS, and associated training devices will be delivered to Alteon in the fall of 2009.

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British Airways will buy 12 Airbus A380 aircraft as part of the airlines’ long term fleet modernisation. The announcement marks the first time British Airways has selected to introduce Airbus aircraft for the company’s long haul fleet. The decision vindicates Airbus’ product strategy. The A380 is a key part of the solution for sustainable growth and eco efficiency in air transportation. The aircraft will be powered by Rolls-Royce engines. “The Airbus A380 will provide a great solution for our high density markets and get the most out of scarce London Heathrow slots. We said that environmental considerations would feature highly in our choice and our decision to buy these aircraft is consistent with this”, said Willie Walsh, British Airways Chief Executive.

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Sydney, 27 September 2007 - Qantas today announced it would operate additional services to bring international visitors to Australia for World Youth Day in July 2008. The Executive General Manager of Qantas, Mr John Borghetti, said the airline would operate four additional services to Australia to bring pilgrims to the event - three from Rome and one from Los Angeles. “Qantas is a major sponsor of World Youth Day and we have already seen a large number of advance bookings from overseas for this important event,” Mr Borghetti said

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DALLAS – (September 27, 2007) – KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, in cooperation with its joint venture partner Northwest Airlines, today announced that it will begin daily nonstop service between Dallas-Fort Worth and Amsterdam, the Netherlands, beginning on March 30, 2008. In addition to providing the only nonstop service connecting Dallas-Fort Worth area travelers with one of Europe’s most popular business and leisure destinations, the new route will provide convenient connections through KLM’s hub at Amsterdam’s award-winning Schiphol Airport to more than 75 destinations throughout Europe, Africa, the Middle East and India.

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MINNEAPOLIS, September 26, 2007 — The Lindbergh Foundation announced at a press conference at the NBAA Convention in Atlanta, that Linden Blue, Chairman of Spectrum Aeronautical, LLC, has joined its board of directors. Two additional members of the aviation community, Larry Williams, President of Ballistic Recovery Systems, Inc., and Shawn A. Dorsch, president, chief operating officer, and co-founder of Blackbird Holdings, Inc., have also joined the Foundation’s board. In addition, Foundation officials launched the “Lindbergh Partners” program aimed largely at aviation companies, and publicly thanked NBAA President and CEO Ed Bolen for the generous financial contribution made by NBAA Charities earlier this year.

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MONROVIA, Calif., Sept. 26, 2007 – AeroVironment, Inc. (AV) (NASDAQ:AVAV), a leader in unmanned aircraft systems and efficient electric energy systems, today announced that it has received a contract from the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) for the development and military utility assessment of its Global Observer unmanned aircraft system (UAS). This contract initiates a Joint Capabilities Technology Demonstration, or JCTD. The JCTD is sponsored by multiple U.S. government organizations. The contract calls for the development of up to three Global Observer aircraft over the next three years to demonstrate the ability to operate in the stratosphere for up to 7 days without landing. The basic contract, which will be funded under a cost-plus fixed-fee arrangement, provides for the development and delivery of the initial Global Observer aircraft, and is valued at approximately $57 million. The contract also includes options for the development and delivery of up to two additional Global Observer aircraft, resulting in a potential contract value of $108 million.

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ST. LOUIS, Sept. 27, 2007 — A key partnership between The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] and the U.S. Navy was honored Wednesday at the Third Annual Secretary of Defense Performance-Based Logistics Awards in Washington, D.C. The F/A-18 Integrated Readiness Support Teaming (FIRST) program received the system-level award for excellence in the field of performance-based logistics. Naval Air Systems Command and Naval Inventory Control Point in Philadelphia also were honored as part of the industry/government partnership. Two other defense programs received similar awards at the sub-system and component levels. The awards were jointly developed by the U.S. Department of Defense and the Aerospace Industries Association.

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September 27, 2007 - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA’s Dawn spacecraft began its 3 billion kilometer (1.7 billion mile) journey through the inner solar system to study a pair of asteroids Thursday at 7:34 a.m. Eastern Time (4:34 a.m. Pacific Time). The Delta 2 rocket, fitted with nine strap-on solid-fuel boosters, safely climbed away from the Florida coastline and launch complex 17B at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. “We have our time machine up and flying,” said Dawn Principal Investigator Christopher Russell of the University of California, Los Angeles.

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September 27, 2007 - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA’s Dawn spacecraft is on its way to study a pair of asteroids after lifting off Thursday from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 7:34 a.m. EDT (4:34 a.m. PDT). Mission controllers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., received telemetry on schedule at 9:44 a.m. EDT (6:44 a.m. PDT) indicating Dawn had achieved proper orientation in space and its massive solar array was generating power from the sun. “Dawn has risen, and the spacecraft is healthy,” said the mission’s project manager Keyur Patel of JPL. “About this time tomorrow [Friday morning], we will have passed the moon’s orbit.” During the next 80 days, spacecraft controllers will test and calibrate the myriad of spacecraft systems and subsystems, ensuring Dawn is ready for the long journey ahead.

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NBAA, Atlanta, GA, USA, 25 September 2007 – Avionics display specialist Barco has received ETSO-C113 authorization for the 10” Primary Flight Displays used in Honeywell’s Primus Apex™ integrated flight deck. The certification recognizes that the displays, marketed by Honeywell as KDU-1080, have successfully met EASA’s (European Aviation Safety Agency) standards for airworthiness. In addition to ETSO-C113 regulations, the KDU-1080 displays also comply with the DO-254 level A guidelines specified by the Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics.

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NBAA, Atlanta, GA, USA, 25 September 2007 – Avionics display specialist Barco has been selected to supply LCD-based multi-function cockpit displays with an open architecture for Honeywell Aerospace. The displays will serve as upgrades for CRT-based displays used with Honeywell’s Primus 1000, 2000, 2000XP, SPZ-8400, 8500 and SPZ-8000 avionics systems. “We believe Barco’s display technology will allow us to integrate our latest avionics applications while offering growth capabilities for future communication, navigation, surveillance and Air Traffic Management functionality,” said Chad Cundiff Vice President Marketing and Product Management, Honeywell Aerospace

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Kathmandu, Genoa, Santa Fe and Shanghai Hongqiao join network: Four new destinations and one new country are being added to the worldwide network served by oneworld member airlines, which already covers almost 700 airports in 150 territories. The new county is Nepal, with Dragonair - which joins oneworld on 1 November - launching services between its Hong Kong home and Nepal’s capital Kathmandu from 2 December with an initial four Airbus A320s a week. Also in Asia, Japan Airlines is putting a second Shanghai airport on the oneworld map, with the inauguration of daily flights to Hongqiao from the airline’s Tokyo Haneda hub from 29 September, by Boeing 767s initially and then Boeing 747-400s from late October. It will maintain its existing four daily round trips between Shanghai Pudong and Tokyo Narita. The new route will provide greater customer convenience, with both airports closer to their city centers than the established gateways.

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Arlington, Va. – The Defense Department announced the winners of the 2007 Performance-Based Logistics Awards Wednesday; recognizing Boeing, GE Aviation and Raytheon and their military branch partners. The Third Annual Secretary of Defense PBL Awards, jointly developed by DoD and the Aerospace Industries Association, acknowledged outstanding government-industry partnerships at the system, subsystem and component level. PBL is a logistics discipline that focuses on performance and capability rather than a product or service alone.

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ORLANDO, Fla., Sept. 26, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) — JetBlue Airways (Nasdaq:JBLU) today continues to expand in the Sunshine State with the addition of nonstop service between Orlando and three cities in the Northeast — Buffalo and Rochester, NY, and Portland, ME. With these convenient new flights, JetBlue now offers its unique brand of low-fare service to 15 nonstop destinations from Orlando International Airport. JetBlue will fly once-daily between Orlando and both Buffalo and Rochester beginning Nov. 15, 2007 and once-daily between Orlando and Portland, ME beginning Jan. 10, 2008. To celebrate its new routes, the award-winning airline is offering a sale fare of $69(a) each way to Buffalo and $79(a) each way to Rochester and Portland.

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Atlanta, Sept. 24, 2007 - Cessna Aircraft Company, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, announced today at the opening of the National Business Aviation Association annual meeting it has an order from XOJET for 30 Citation X business jets with a retail value of more than $600 million. XOJET is one of the largest Citation X operators in the world. Today the XOJET’s fleet consists of 12 Citations Xs which will increase to 17 aircraft by the end of this year. The first aircraft from the new order will deliver in Q1 2008. Deliveries are scheduled to continue through Q4 2010 by which time XOJET will have 47 Citation X in their fleet.

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26 September 2007 - Rolls-Royce and Cessna Aircraft today celebrated the delivery of the 5000th Citation business jet in a ceremony at the National Business Aviation Association Annual Meeting and Convention in Atlanta, Georgia. This milestone delivery was of an AE 3007 powered Citation X. The Citation X, the fastest business jet in operation, is powered by the Rolls-Royce AE 3007C engine. With 6442lb-thrust, this engine allows the aircraft to cruise at Mach 0.92 or approximately 600 miles per hour. Last year, Rolls-Royce and Cessna celebrated 10 years of the Citation X program. The AE 3007C engine has surpassed two million engine flying hours on the more than 250 Citation X aircraft in service.

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Brussels Airport, 24 September 2007 – During the summer months, the airport recorded record figures. July was the busiest month in the history of Brussels Airport in numbers of arriving and departing passengers. This summer also brought the busiest August month ever. During July and August 3,7 million passengers used the airport, a rise of 7% on the summer of 2006. Freight, too, did exceptionally well, recording growth of 7% in the first 8 months of this year. Brucargo has thus strengthened its position as the sixth freight airport in Europe.

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(”ETC” or the “Company”) today announced that the National Aerospace Training and Research (NASTARSM) Center is hosting an Education Day on Friday, October 5th. The purpose of the event is to showcase the capabilities of the NASTARSM Center to area educators and administrators, and to explore ways the NASTARSM Center can work with those educators to enhance educational programs, especially in the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) area.

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NBAA, Atlanta, GA, September 26, 2007 – (NYSE: CGT; TSX: CAE) – CAE’s Burgess Hill UK Flight Training centre has received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for Part 142 training. The approval enables the centre to conduct FAA-approved training, testing and certification for type ratings on the Falcon 7X, Falcon 900EX EASy and the Falcon 2000EX EASy. The first clients in the Falcon 7X initial pilot training class have received their type ratings under FAA approval. Technical training has been underway at the centre since February.

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ST. LOUIS, Sept. 25, 2007 — The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] yesterday delivered the first production EA-18G Growler to the U.S. Navy ahead of schedule and within budget. “The Growler team put together a program plan that…has remained on cost and schedule, while meeting or exceeding all performance parameters. I don’t get to say that very often about our programs,” said The Hon. Delores Etter, assistant secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition, during the delivery ceremony at Boeing Integrated Defense Systems facilities in St. Louis. “We have a great start to a total procurement of over 80 Gs, which will operate in our fleet for decades to come.”

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The European turboprop aircraft manufacturer ATR will show its new generation ATR 72-500 aircraft to the main North American airlines and leading US regional carriers during a two-week demonstration flight tour starting at the beginning of October. This demo tour, entitled “Unveiling the Talent”, will provide the opportunity for many of the North American carriers to see first-hand the latest developments from ATR in communications, navigation tools and passenger comfort available on ATR regional turboprop aircraft. The ATR aircraft being featured is equipped with the new “Elegance” cabin, In-Flight Entertainment (IFE) system, and Light Emitting Diode (LED) interior lighting.

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