Iberia to maintain components of Aurora Airlines MD-80 fleet
Iberia has signed a contract with Slovenia
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3 April 2008
Sichuan Airlines selects Rolls-Royce Trent 700 to power first twin-aisle aircraft
Sichuan Airlines has chosen Trent 700 engines to power its fleet of three leased Airbus A330-200 twinjets from AerCap. The order includes a long term TotalCare services agreement. Sichuan Airlines is the 53rd customer or operator to select the Trent 700 for the A330 and will take delivery of its first aircraft in 2010. Sichuan
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Ural Airlines selects CFM56-5B/3 to power new A320 family aircraft
Ural Airlines has selected the CFM56-5B/3 engine to power seven new Airbus A320 aircraft scheduled to begin delivery in 2012. All of Ural Airlines new A320 aircraft will be equipped with advanced CFM56-5B/3 Tech Insertion Engines. The CFM56 Tech Insertion program, which was certified on A320 family aircraft in September 2007, incorporates advanced technologies that
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Redundancy announcement at BAE Systems Woodford and Brought
BAE Systems has announced a redundancy programme for 134 jobs at its Woodford site. The area impacted is a shared service team of engineers, known internally as Engineering Internal Supply. BAE Systems has also announced a requirement for 450 redundancies from their Brough site in East Yorkshire. The areas impacted include Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Manufacturing
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Delta Air Lines achieves record March load factor
System traffic in March 2008 increased 2.3% over March 2007 with a capacity increase of 1.5%. System load factor was reported at 83.6% up 0.6 pts compared to March 2007.
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WestJet reports March load factor of 86.6%
WestJet announced March traffic results with a record load factor of 86.6%. This was accompanied by a capacity increase of 19.6% and an improvement in traffic of 21.7%.
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Alaska Air Group reports March traffic
Alaska Air Group reported March passenger traffic for its subsidiaries, Alaska Airlines (Alaska) and Horizon Air (Horizon). Alaska’s March traffic increased 10.7%, capacity was 5.2% higher than in March 2007 and load factor for the month was 80.8% compared to 76.8% in March 2007. Horizon’s March traffic increased 3.5%, capacity during March was 0.5% lower
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Boeing successfully flies fuel cell-powered airplane
Boeing reported thas it has flown a manned airplane powered by hydrogen fuel cells. The recent milestone is the work of an engineering team at Boeing Research & Technology Europe (BR&TE) in Madrid, with assistance from industry partners in Austria, France, Germany, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States. A two-seat Dimona motor-glider with
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GOL releases traffic statistics for March 2008
GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes S.A. released preliminary passenger statistics for the month of March 2008. Consolidated traffic increased 43.1%, consolidated capacity increased 55% and consolidated load factor for March decreased 4.7 pts to 57.7%.
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ATA Airlines files for Chapter 11
ATA Airlines has filed a voluntary petition under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. The petition was filed on April 2 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Indiana, in the Indianapolis division. Subsequent to the Chapter 11 filing, ATA discontinued all operations, effective as of 4 am ET on April
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