Grupo Marsans, Spain’s largest tourism and transport group, has taken delivery of its first directly purchased Airbus A330-200 aircraft for its subsidiary Air Comet. The delivery is the first aircraft from an agreement for a total of 17 A330-200 ordered in December 2006. The aircraft, powered by Pratt & Whitney PW4000 engines, has 283 seats […]
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Stefan Schaffrath has been appointed new Head of Media Relations at Airbus S.A.S., effective 1 September 2008. In this position he will be responsible for the management and coordination of the Airbus’ press activities worldwide and act as the company
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Malaysia Airlines’ subsidiaries MASwings and Firefly took delivery of the first ATR 72-500s of MASwings and the second ATR 72-500 of Firefly. Firefly took delivery earlier in August of its first ATR aircraft, which made its inaugural flight on August 19th. The MASwings and Firefly aircraft are the first ATRs to operate in Malaysia.
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Brazil’s Varig Airlines took delivery of two new Boeing 737-800 aicraft. The 737-800s are equipped with Blended Winglets and Boeing’s special short-field performance package designed for short runways such as Santos Dumont in Rio de Janeiro. A third Varig 737-800 is now undergoing pre-delivery flight tests.
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Embraer delivered the first of five EMBRAER 190 jets to China
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Aer Lingus announced its first half results for the 6 months ended 30 June 2008. Operating loss of EUR 3 million, down from operating profit of EUR 2.6 million in 2007. Loss driven by fuel costs which increased by EUR 56.5 million (48.7%). Aer Lingus reported an overall revenue growth of 10.2% to EUR 632.9
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Deutsche Lufthansa AG and SN Airholding SA/NV, the parent company of Brussels Airlines, are in constructive negotiations over an equity investment in SN Airholding. The intention of the negotiations is a collaboration with Brussels Airlines as self-dependently operating airline within the Lufthansa affiliated group. Brussels Airlines has not been involved in an alliance to date.
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