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The industry ledger

Every dated fact behind the news — acquisitions, contracts, certifications, first flights, appointments — one stream, cut any way you need: by theme, country, sector, program or date. A filtered view is a URL: bookmark it and it becomes your standing query.

The industry ledger is an Analytics feature

Ask questions the news pages can’t answer — every acquisition touching one country this year, every certification in a sector, every appointment on a program’s suppliers — each answer sourced, dated and linked. A worked example runs below.

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Worked example — Corporate events across the industry, last 6 months. Analytics subscribers set every filter.
All events · Antonov An-148 · all time

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DateEventWhat happenedCompanyProgram
29/07/2014 Assembly start Fuselage jig assembly of the first AN-178 prototype was completed on 29 July 2014, marking the start of final assembly at ANTONOV Company. Antonov ASTC Antonov An-148
28/02/2011 Type certification The AN-158 regional jet received Type Certificates from both the Aviation Register of Interstate Aviation Committee and the State Aviation Authority of Ukraine. Antonov ASTC Antonov An-148
01/02/2011 Flight test milestone The AN-158 performed 16 flights in Iran in February 2011, proving its ability to operate from high-elevation airfields at 2,200 m above sea level. Antonov ASTCAntonov Serial Plant Antonov An-148
19/07/2009 First flight The first Voronezh-built Antonov An-148 (RA-61701) completed its maiden flight from VASO airdrome, lasting under one hour. United Aircraft Corporation (UAC)Antonov ASTC Antonov An-148
11/06/2009 Aircraft rollout The first Antonov An-148 regional jet assembled in Russia rolled out from the VASO assembly shop in Voronezh on 11 June 2009. VASO Voronezh Aircraft Joint Stock Company Antonov An-148
11/06/2008 Financing agreement Vnesheconombank and United Aircraft Corporation signed a 7.5 billion rouble, 5-year credit agreement to finance manufacture of An-148, Tu-204 and Il-96 civil aircraft. United Aircraft Corporation (UAC)VASO Voronezh Aircraft Joint Stock CompanyAviastar-SP Closed Joint Stock Company Antonov An-148Tupolev Tu-204/214Ilyushin IL-96
01/01/2005 Supply agreement signed Crouzet Automatismes joined the Antonov AN-148 programme in 2005 as a partner supplying airborne equipment for serial production. Antonov ASTCCrouzet Antonov An-148