In the first three months of 2008, Lufthansa carried a record number of passengers, continuing the positive momentum achieved last year into the current financial year. Passenger numbers rose by 5.5% to 13 million in the first quarter. During the same period, capacity increased 5.5% and traffic climbed 5.9%, lifting the passenger load factor by […]
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Iberia has signed a contract, under which it will repair and maintain CFM56-7B engines used on Air Europa
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Mexicana accepted a formal invitation to become part of the world’s quality airline alliance – oneworld -, after being unanimously elected on board by the grouping’s existing ten member airlines late Wednesday evening. Its subsidiary Click Mexicana will join at the same time, as an affiliate member of oneworld. So Mexicana and Click Mexicana will
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Czech Airlines has signed an agreement with Air India for the lease of an Airbus A310 aircraft and crew for another year. The airplane has operated out of Bombay Airport since last March, thus far flying on the Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur routes. From May, it will be newly deployed on flights to Jeddah,
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Embraer formally introduced its new Embraer MSJ and Embraer MLJ executive jet programs, which were recently approved by the Company
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The quality management system at BAE Systems, Hillend, has been accredited with the highest standard required by the aerospace and defence industry
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Alaska Airlines is conducting inspections with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) of its nine MD-80s to ensure precise and complete compliance with a Federal Aviation Administration airworthiness directive related to wire bundling in the aircraft’s wheel wells. The airline canceled three flights on April 8th and 14 flights (so far) for April 9th in order
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Boeing announced a revised plan for first flight and initial deliveries of the 787 Dreamliner that includes additional schedule margin to reduce risk of further delays on the program. Boeing stated, that while significant progress has been made assembling Airplane #1, first flight is being rescheduled due to slower than expected completion of work that
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Honeywell has been chosen to supply the latest generation of its HTF7000 turbofan propulsion system family for Embraer’s new MSJ and MLJ business aircraft. The contract is valued at more than $23 billion including aftermarket over the life of the agreement. Honeywell’s $23 billion win follows a March win at Gulfstream valued at $3 billion,
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