February 15, 2008

Qantas Welcomes Australia-US 'Open Skies' agreement

Qantas welcomed the Australia-US “open skies” agreement announced by the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development. The Chief Executive Officer of Qantas, Mr Geoff Dixon, said the airline had supported the Australian Government’s efforts to seek fully liberalised air services arrangements between the two countries at negotiations in Washington this week. This had been …

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Final Assembly Begins on second Boeing 787 Dreamliner

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Final assembly started on February 15th on the second flight-test airplane for the all-new Boeing 787 Dreamliner. Loaded snugly into the first position of the 787 production system, workers in the Everett, Wash.-based factory can now begin joining together the fuselage sections and wings. All major joins take place in this position. While this is …

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Lufthansa Technik orders CTT Cair System for VIP A330-200 aircraft

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Lufthansa Technik has ordered the CTT Cair System to be installed in one VIP A330-200 aircraft. The installation will be performed during summer 2008. Cair is focused on the passengers

STS will remain subsidiary of SAS Group

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The Board of Directors of SAS AB has decided that STS will remain a subsidiary of the SAS Group. The decision was taken during the February 5 board meeting. The decision of the Board was taken after several months of work in a project group, consisting of members from STS as well as the unions. …

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Lufthansa Technik opens new logistics facility in Frankfurt South

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Lufthansa Technik Logistik has opened a new logistics facility in Frankfurt South, thus further strengthening its presence at Frankfurt airport. The new warehouse has just been ceremonially inaugurated after less than a year under construction. The new logistics facility will furnish services in the southern part of Frankfurt airport, where Lufthansa Technik

AAR reports $25 million over-allotment option exercised by initial purchasers of convertible notes

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AAR CORP. released that the initial purchasers of the convertible senior notes issued on February 11, 2008 (the “Notes”) have exercised in full their over-allotment option to purchase an additional $25 million in aggregate principal amount of Notes. The additional Notes will be allocated evenly between the two tranches of Notes, resulting in a total …

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Singapore Airlines selects Trent 900 and TotalCare for additional A380s

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Singapore Airlines has selected the Rolls-Royce Trent 900 to power a follow-on order for nine firm additional Airbus A380s. The contract also includes a TotalCare long-term services agreement. The airline previously selected the Trent 900 to power its initial fleet of 10 A380s, of which two have entered commercial service. These engines are also covered …

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China Eastern takes delivery of third A300-600 converted freighter

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China Eastern Airlines took delivery of the third of its three Airbus A300-600Fs at EADS EFW

Brazil grants type certification for challenger 300 and Challenger 605

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Bombardier Aerospace released that the Challenger 300 and Challenger 605 business jets have received Type Certification from the Ag

Reduced pilot training now approved for the A380

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Reduced A380 transition training for A320 Family, A330 or A340 qualified pilots has been jointly approved by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA). The latest approval was obtained for the transition training from A320 Family aircraft to the A380 on 7th February 2008. This means that, for example, a …

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Qantas Welcomes Australia-US 'Open Skies' agreement

Final Assembly Begins on second Boeing 787 Dreamliner

Lufthansa Technik orders CTT Cair System for VIP A330-200 aircraft

STS will remain subsidiary of SAS Group

Lufthansa Technik opens new logistics facility in Frankfurt South

AAR reports $25 million over-allotment option exercised by initial purchasers of convertible notes

Singapore Airlines selects Trent 900 and TotalCare for additional A380s

China Eastern takes delivery of third A300-600 converted freighter

Brazil grants type certification for challenger 300 and Challenger 605

Reduced pilot training now approved for the A380

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