A batch of Embraer E-Jets in operation at 10 airlines from around the world are the focus of a 10-year simultaneous study by the airframer to determine the effects of aging and environment on the high intensity radiated fields (HIRF) and lightning protection features of the aircraft.
The programme, which began last year and is expected to be concluded by 2017, involves inspections and regular checks on a sampling of ten aircraft - five E-170s and five E-190s, reveals Embraer.
 

EDMONTON - Time is money and shutting down the City Centre Airport will cost Edmonton businesses and taxpayers several million dollars each year, says an organization fighting to keep the downtown airport open.
To prove its point, the Alberta Enterprise Group organized a media event called The Great Airport Race, which critics said did little to provide facts for the debate over the municipal airport's future.
The AEG sent two groups of reporters on two different round-trips meant to simulate typical business trips. 

Embraer today launched a jet-powered military tanker-transport with a new contract from the Brazilian Air Force signed on the opening day of the Latin American Aerospace and Defense (LAAD) exhibition in Rio de Janeiro.
The new aircraft, designated the KC-390, is derived from the E-190 passenger jet, but is substantially different. The military configuration include such major design changes as a high-wing, T-tail and aft ramp.  

Given the recession and continuing economic woes of the airline industry, is House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman James Oberstar, D-Minn., going in the wrong direction as he seeks to tighten foreign ownership limits and increase antitrust scrutiny of global airline alliances? Or can the airline industry be profitable and serve the interests of the traveling public without greater government intervention?