The US Federal Aviation Administration laid off about 4,000 of its workers on Saturday after Congress failed to extend the agency’s funding.

Aircraft supplier Rockwell Collins missed quarterly profit estimates on Friday and cut its full-year sales outlook due to delays in funding tied to US government work, sending its shares down more than 4 percent.

Brazil’s Embraer sees Africa as a major growth market and targets doubling the number of its jets operating on the continent, a senior executive at the aircraft manufacturer said.

Brazil’s Embraer sees Africa as a major growth market and targets doubling the number of its jets operating on the continent, a senior executive at the aircraft manufacturer said.

Airbus is celebrating a victory that tastes even sweeter to the European company than a USD$23 billion deal to sell 260 aircraft to American Airlines: it has just forced Boeing to climb down over product strategy.