Aerospace Corp., Rockwell Collins invest in innovation

Copa Airlines reported lower operating margins for the quarter ended June 30, but CEO Pedro Heilbron is shrugging that off. The Panama-based carrier is pushing ahead with an ambitious plan to expand its capacity by 23% in 2012. “We expect improvement through the third and fourth quarters,” Heilbron told analysts earlier this month. “We're expanding in mostly underserved markets with a growing middle class.”

The Pearl River Delta is one of the most infamously congested parts of China's airspace and now work is underway on another runway there, with yet one more likely to follow soon—and then a sixth airport.

More than half of A&D professionals under 30 mention student loans as a key factor in career planning.

Aviation Week's 2012 Workforce Study data come from respondents that collectively employ 80% of the A&D industry's workforce of 624,000. Newcomers to this year's study include Alenia Aermacchi North America and Acutec Precision Machining.

Iberia is chronically uncompetitive against low-cost carriers.

If you thought US Airways' bid for American Airlines parent AMR Corp. was complicated two weeks ago, you haven't seen anything yet.

OLT Express Poland was forced to shut down earlier this month, after its parent, Plichta's Amber Gold finance company, could no longer afford to support the airline