The Supervisory Board of Deutsche Lufthansa AG approved a bid to purchase up to 100% of the shares in Austrian Airlines. Lufthansa will initially acquire the 41.56% share in Austrian Airlines AG held by
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American Airlines reported a November load factor of 76.6%, a decline of 4.6 points versus the same period last year. Traffic decreased 14.5% and capacity decreased 9.3% year over year.
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American Eagle reported a November load factor of 67.3% – down 4.8 points compared to the same period last year. Traffic decreased 21.5% year over year as capacity decreased 15.9%.
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US Airways Group reported November and year-to-date 2008 traffic results. Mainline traffic was down 6.9% from November 2007, capacity was down 6.1% versus November 2007 and the load factor for the month of November was 77.7%, down 0.7 points versus November 2007.
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China Southern Airlines has signed an agreement with the Panasonic Avionics Corporation (Panasonic) to supply eX2 on five A380-800 aircraft with the first deliveries slated to begin in 2009. In addition to this new contract, Panasonic will also supply eX2 on forthcoming Boeing 787s, and has supplied S3000i on China Southern Airlines’ A330-300 since 1993.
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WestJet announced November traffic results with a record load factor of 76.1% for the month. Traffic increased 14.4% while capacity grew 13.5%.
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EADS North America will further expand the company’s U.S. industrial presence with the construction of a new 27,000-sq. ft. aircraft maintenance delivery center at the Mobile, Alabama facility of its EADS CASA North America business unit. This $5.6 million facility expansion, located at the Mobile Regional Airport, will provide a modern support, overhaul and modification
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AerCap Holdings has taken delivery of the first Airbus 330-200 of its total order of 30 new A330s. This aircraft is the first of ten A330s that AerCap has agreed to lease to Aeroflot. AerCap also took delivery of a new A320-200 as part of an order placed by its joint venture company AerVenture. The
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Bombardier reported solid financial results for the third quarter ended October 31, 2008. Revenues increased by 8% to reach $4.6 billion. Earnings before financing income, financing expense and income taxes (EBIT) grew by $114 million to $315 million, compared to an EBIT of $201 million last fiscal year ($269 million before an excess-over-average production cost
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Arkia Israeli Airlines is the newst member of the EMBRAER E-Jet family. The Airline will operate one EMBRAER 195 jet from Tel Aviv to major Mediterranean and European destinations. There will be no changes to Embraer
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