United Airlines informed customers traveling on April 2, 2008 on United’s Boeing 777 aircraft that they will experience flight delays or cancellations as a result of a functional check being performed on the aircraft. As part of a regular review of maintenance records, the company discovered that the functional test that checks the firing system …
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Pratt & Whitney Canada has received type certification from Transport Canada for its new PW545C turbofan engine to power the Cessna Citation XLS+ business aircraft. The PW545C, delivering over 4,100 pounds of thrust at takeoff, is the sixth engine in the popular PW500 family selected by Cessna Aircraft Company, for its growing line of light …
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Malaysia Airlines has announced an order for up to 55 CFM56-7B-powered Boeing 737-800 aircraft to replace its current Boeing 737-400 fleet. Deliveries are scheduled to begin in 2010 and the engine order for the 35 firm aircraft is valued at $475 million at list price.
The GE90-94B base engine has surpassed 10 million flight hours. “The GE90 engine has surpassed our expectations for performance and reliability, and we look forward to more continued success in the years ahead” said Tom Wygle, general manager of the GE90 Program. In 1995, the first GE90 engine entered service with British Airways and was …
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Republic Airways reported preliminary passenger traffic results for March 2008. Traffic increased 30.2% over the same month last year, capacity increased 28.7% and the load factor was 76.7% versus 75.8% in March 2007.
Southwest Airlines reported that traffic in March 2008 increased 9.8%, capacity increased 5.3% and the load factor for the month was 76.5% compared to 73.3% for the same period last year.
Fraport AG has sold its wholly-owned ICTS Europe Holdings B.V. subsidiary to Management Deutsche Beteiligungs AG (DBAG), a leading Germany-based private equity company, experienced in the industrial services sector and DBAG
Norwegian Air Shuttle ordered 42 Blended Winglet Systems for their recently ordered new Boeing 737-800’s, to be delivered from June 2009 to May 2014. In addition, the Norway-based carrier will also lease several other 737-800’s equipped with Blended Winglets.
Mesa Air Group announced that on March 28, 2008, Delta Air Lines notified the Company of its intent to terminate the Delta Connection Agreement among Delta, the Company, and Mesa’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Freedom Airlines, dated as of May 3, 2005 (as thereafter amended, the “Connection Agreement”). Delta seeks to terminate the Connection Agreement as a …
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