April 25, 2008

Spirit AeroSystems and HAECO announce maintenance joint venture

Spirit AeroSystems announced its participation in a joint venture partnership between several major aviation companies to develop and implement a state-of-the-art composite and metal bond component repair station in the Asia-Pacific region. Spirit will partner with Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Company Limited (HAECO), and its subsidiary, TAECO, along with Oklahoma-based First Wave MRO, to establish …

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GA Telesis acquires one Airbus A310-300

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GA Telesis has acquired one Airbus A310-300 aircraft from Luftfahrzeugpool GOAL Echo GmbH & Co. KG. The aircraft is currently on lease to Air Transat A.T. (MSN 485).

Bombardier surpasses 1,500th CRJ Regional Jet delivery

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Bombardier Aerospace announced that the CRJ Series program has celebrated and exceeded its 1,500th delivery milestone. The 1,500th aircraft, a CRJ900 NextGen model, was handed over to Northwest Airlines in March, 2008, and will be operated by Mesaba Airlines, a Northwest Airlink carrier.

ExpressJet rejects takeover offer from SkyWest

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ExpressJet Holdings reported that a Special Committee composed of independent outside members of its Board of Directors has unanimously rejected a proposal from SkyWest to acquire the Company for $3.50 per share in cash. The Special Committee, which was formed to evaluate the SkyWest proposal, has commenced a full review of strategic and operational alternatives …

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Alaska Air Group names Vice Presidents to Air Cargo and inflight services divisions

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Alaska Air Group elected Joe Sprague as vice president of Alaska Air Cargo and Ann Ardizzone as vice president of inflight services at Alaska Airlines. As vice president of Alaska Air Cargo, Sprague will be responsible for expanding business opportunities and increasing revenue with the airline’s fleet of six cargo aircraft. Alaska Air Cargo flies …

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