Iberia’s third-quarter results showed net earnings of 30.4 million euros in the quarter, despite rising fuel costs and weaker demand. In the first nine months of 2008, net earnings reached 51.1 million euros, 77% below the figure for the same period of 2007, due to the additional 374.2 million euros that was spent on fuel. […]
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Finnair’s traffic increased by 11.7% in October, while the capacity was up by 9.2%, resulting in a passenger load factor of 78.2% or 1.7 points higher than last year. Finnair transported altogether 751 916 passengers, which is 4.8% more than a year ago.
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BA reported that October capacity was 0.7% lower than in October 2007, traffic fell by 4.4% and the load factor decreased 3.0 points versus last year, to 77.0%.
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Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) Board of Directors appointed Yair Gilboa General Manager of the Ramta Division in the Commercial Aircraft Group, Joseph Betsalel General Manager of the Components Division of Bedek Aviation Group, Rami Sartani was appointed General Manager of MAMAN Division and David Tobias has been appointed IT and Processes Director.
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CFM International has awarded the TRUEngine designation to 77 CFM56-3 engines used for Malaysia Airlines’ fleet of Boeing 737-400 aircraft. The CFM56-3 engines in the MAS fleet were awarded TRUEngine status following a comprehensive review of the airline’s fleet operational data and maintenance records. These records validated that maintenance of all of the engines is
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Air Arabia has signed a firm contract for 10 additional A320 aircraft. The contract follows one for 34 Airbus A320s signed at the end of 2007. Sheikh Abdullah Bin Mohammed Al Thani, Chairman, Air Arabia said, “Following Air Arabia’s expansion plans and the new hub in Morocco expected to operate next year, expanding the fleet
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Air Transport Services Group reported that its wholly-owned subsidiary ABX Air had signed amendments to its principal commercial agreements with DHL Express to set fixed-dollar mark-up payments for the fourth quarter of 2008 and first quarter of 2009. The amendments modify ABX Air
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Porter Airlines is marking its first flights between Toronto City Centre Airport (TCCA) and Chicago Midway International Airport. Porter is the only carrier offering service between these two convenient airports. The inaugural flight departed TCCA in the morning of November 12th as part of an initial schedule of three daily roundtrip flights per weekday and
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Twinjet Aviation, the executive jet operator, is opening a Middle East business with the appointment of its first ever representative in the region. Neil Turnbull joined Twinjet on 1st November and will represent the operator and its sister firm The Charter Company throughout the Middle East. He will be based in the UAE. The appointment
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