The first aircraft sections for the new Airbus single-aisle assembly line in Tianjin arrived at the A320 Final Assembly Line (FAL) site in the early morning of 25th July. Six jigs loaded with parts for an A320, coming from the Airbus production sites in Europe, departed from Hamburg on a container ship on 24th June. […]
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Dubai based Emirates Airline has signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) for 30 Airbus A350XWB plus 30 A330-300s. The agreement was signed between Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman and Chief Executive Emirates Airline and Group and Tom Enders, Airbus President and CEO on the occasion of their first A380 delivery in Hamburg, Germany.
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Boeing delivered to Cargolux Airlines International S.A. its 16th and last 747-400 Freighter. This year celebrates the 30th anniversary of Cargolux taking delivery of its first Boeing 747 Freighter. Cargolux is the launch customer for the 747-8, and will take delivery of the first of its 13 Boeing 747-8 Freighters in 2009.
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Embraer announced plans for implementing two new industrial units dedicated to manufacturing complex airframe structures, one focused on metallic assemblies and the other on composites, both of which to be located in the city of
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B/E Aerospace has completed the previously announced acquisition of Honeywell
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The Chairman of Qantas Airways Limited, Mr Leigh Clifford, announced that Alan Joyce would become Chief Executive Officer of Qantas upon the retirement of Geoff Dixon. Mr Clifford said Mr Joyce, currently Chief Executive Officer of Qantas subsidiary airline Jetstar, was an outstanding executive with wide experience in all facets of the airline industry. Geoff
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Korean Air, Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air have entered into a codeshare agreement and expanded frequent flier partnership that will allow members to earn and redeem miles in either Korean Air’s SKYPASS or the Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan program. Customers can take advantage of the new partnership from Korean Air’s West Coast gateways of Seattle,
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Dutch airline Martinair has chosen Getronics and IBM to manage part of Martinair’s IT organization. In terms of the five-year agreement, Getronics and IBM will manage part of Martinair’s front and back office applications. From its Aviation Competence Center in Amsterdam, IBM will also help the airline to develop new services that will benefit its
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Chicago-based BCI Aircraft Leasing announced that operating leases for two Boeing 737-200 aircraft previously on lease to Aloha Airlines have been novated to Aloha Air Cargo. The first of the Boeing 737-200 aircraft belongs to a BCI Aircraft Leasing wholly-owned and managed subsidiary; the second aircraft is managed by BCI Aircraft Leasing. According to Brian
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