Virgin Atlantic said it will fly one of its Boeing 747s on biofuel during a demonstration flight in February. It will be the first time that a commercial aircraft has run biofuel in-flight and is part of a major initiative among some airlines and Boeing to discover sources of sustainable aircraft fuel for the future. […]
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Ryanair announced its 25th European base in Birmingham with an initial two Boeing 737-800 aircraft ($140 million investment) which will deliver 20 new routes from Birmingham. This will be followed by a further 8 Boeing 737-800 aircraft ($560 million investment) which will deliver 5 million passengers annually and sustain 5,000 jobs in the West Midlands.
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The U.S. Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) has downgraded the Philippines to category 2 from category 1 after inspections showed the Philippine Air Transportation Office (ATO) did not meet global safety standards. Under Category 2, PAL is prohibited from increasing its 33 flights a week to the US and its territories and from changing the type
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Flight Options, a leading provider of private-jet travel services, has signed a Citation X super mid-size aircraft to its managed fleet. This is the fifth aircraft to join Flight Options
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Virgin America appointed Tom Anderson as the next generation airline’s Senior Vice President of Technical Operations. An industry veteran with more than two decades of experience, Anderson will oversee the start-up carrier’s technical operations as it grows from a start-up to a major national carrier. Anderson joins Virgin America from SkyWorks Capital, where he led
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Safran reported 2007 consolidated sales of 12 billion euros, up 5.9% over 2006. At December 31, 2007, net debt stood at 160 million euros, a sharp reduction over the year-end 2006 figure of 419 million euros.
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Fiji-based Air Pacific has ordered three Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners in addition to a 2006 order for five of the high-technology jetliners. The airplanes were added to the Boeing Orders and Deliveries Web site in 2007, attributed to an unidentified customer. The new airplanes are valued at $580 million and bring the total value of Air
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