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The supply chain train wreck that engulfed Boeing and others in recent years taught invaluable lessons to the rest of the aerospace industry, particularly those companies ambitiously planning to advance on the systems integration scale.

The European Aviation Safety Agency has expanded inspection intervals for A380 wing component cracks as the regulator continues to work with Airbus to approve a final fix for the problem.

Delta Air Lines’ new paradigm for feeding its network from small communities has encountered some growing pains, with Great Lakes Aviation tempering the size of its operation at Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport (MSP) until it can better coordinate its reservations system with the mainline carrier, obtain the proper gates, establish a maintenance base and teach its customers how to book flights under the new arrangement.

Boeing will help Indonesia clear obstacles to growth in the Southeast Asian market.

A Bagram-based U.S. Army aviation support unit is slated July 2 to host Afghan helicopter mechanics to share aircraft repair methods and safety standards, marking their second visit after kicking off a joint training partnership earlier this month. If and when U.S. Army aviators — and their support teams — leave Afghanistan, Afghan forces will have to fly and maintain helicopters on their own, and the 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade hopes to kick off a collaboration that will lead the Afghans to greater maintenance self-sufficiency.

Three of every four engines powering 50-seat RJs will need to be overhauled within the next three years.

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University named Rick Larsen associate VP-marketing, corporate and alumni relations in the university’∆s Institutional Advancement division.