5 January 2009

FAA approves Boeing 787 Dreamliner maintenance program

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approved the all-new 787 Dreamliner’s scheduled maintenance program. The scheduled maintenance program defines the maintenance tasks and intervals operators will use to maintain the 787 and is documented in the 787 Maintenance Review Board Report (MRBR). The report was accepted by the Maintenance Review Board, an FAA organization composed

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Pratt & Whitney's PW4000 Advantage70 earns FAA certification

Pratt & Whitney’s PW4000 Advantage70 engine received Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) FAR33 certification of the engine’s airworthiness. Advantage70 technology upgrades deliver enhanced engine performance, including a 2 percent thrust increase, a 1 percent reduction in fuel consumption, increased durability, and reduced maintenance costs. The first PW4000-100″ engines with the Advantage70 technology upgrade, which deliver 70,000

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Saudi Arabian Airlines selects Hamilton Sundstrand to install APU on A320's

Saudi Arabian Airlines has selected Hamilton Sundstrand to install its APS 3200 Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) on the airline’s new fleet of 50 Airbus A320 series aircraft. Hamilton Sundstrand has delivered more than 1,500 APS 3200 APUs to more than 70 airlines for their fleets of Airbus A320 aircraft.

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Frontier Airlines shows net profit for November 2008

Frontier Airlines Holdings filed its Monthly Operating Report for November 2008. Frontier reported a consolidated net profit of $2.9 million and an operating profit of $2.5 million for the month. Included in Frontier’s operating profit were non-cash mark-to-market losses on fuel hedge contracts of $2.0 million. Frontier’s cash position increased to $53.4 million for November

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Delta Air Lines completes offering of common stock

Delta Air Lines has completed its offering of common stock. The company sold 18,172,219 shares of common stock through a continuous offering program equity distribution agreement with Citi, generating gross proceeds of approximately $196 million. All of the shares of stock sold in this offering were withheld, as the employee portion of withholding taxes on

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Air New Zealand test flight proves viability of Jatropha Biofuel

The world’s first commercial aviation test flight powered by the sustainable second-generation biofuel jatropha has been successfully completed in Auckland. More than a dozen key performance tests were undertaken in the two hour test flight which took-off at 11:30am (NZ time) from Auckland International Airport. A biofuel blend of 50:50 jatropha and Jet A1 fuel

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