Jim Moravecek has been named President of the Engine Alliance, a 50/50 joint venture of General Electric and Pratt & Whitney. Moravecek will succeed Bruce Hughes who will return to GE Aviation in a leadership position. Moravecek has been with Engine Alliance-partner Pratt & Whitney for 35 years. He assumes the Engine Alliance
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Honeywell announced that its Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) has been selected to provide air conditioning, main engine starting and electrical power for AirAsia
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Frontier Airlines announced that the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Union voted in support of temporary wage and benefit concessions requested by the Company. The Teamsters represent about 430 people at Frontier including mechanics and related workers, tool room employees, aircraft appearance agents and material specialists. Frontier asked all of its employees, both represented and non-represented,
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Romanian low-cost carrier Blue Air announced an agreement on an order for three Next-Generation 737-900ER jetliners. Earlier this year, the Bucharest-based airline ordered two 737-800s. Today’s order is worth $238.5 million at current list prices. The airplanes will be equipped with performance-enhancing Blended Winglets. Blue Air started operations in December 2004 as the first Romanian
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Hawaiian Airlines has announced that it will expand its interisland fleet with the addition of four Boeing 717-200 aircraft to better meet the needs of Hawaii’s interisland travelers in the wake of the shutdown of Aloha Airlines on April 1. Two of the aircraft are expected to enter service in September, while the remaining two
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Delta Air Lines reported system load factor of 82.9% in May, while system traffic increased 4.2% over May 2007 with a capacity increase of 1.5%.
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US Airways Group reported that May traffic was up 0.6% from May 2007, capacity was flat versus May 2007 and the load factor for the month of May was 82.3%, up 0.4 points versus May 2007.
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Air Canada reported 5.4% more traffic in May 2008 than in May 2007, capacity increased by 4.7% resulting in a load factor of 84.3% for the month compared to 83.8% in May 2007; an increase of 0.5 percentage points.
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Emirates Investment & Development PSC (Emivest) of Dubai, have obtained approval from the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) to acquire an 80% stake in Sino Swearingen Aircraft Corporation (SSAC) of San Antonio, Texas. The acquisition will enable SSAC to initiate full-scale production of its SJ30. The SJ30 is a light jet
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Alaska’s May traffic increased 2.2 % while capacity during May was 1.3% higher than in May 2007. The passenger load factor for the month was 77.8% compared to 77.1% in May 2007. Horizon’s May traffic decreased 3.7% while capacity for May was 3.0% lower than in May 2007. The passenger load factor for the month
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