Qantas announced a profit before tax of $288 million for the half-year to 31 December 2008, a 68.2% decrease on the prior comparative period and reaffirmed its full year profit before tax (PBT) outlook of around $500 million for the 12 months to 30 June 2009. The Chairman of Qantas, Mr Leigh Clifford, said that […]
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ECC Leasing Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Embraer, has sold a second ERJ 145 used jet to Brazil
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Bombardier Aerospace has received approval from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) for Global aircraft equipped with the Bombardier Enhanced Vision System (BEVS) to obtain operational credit for continuing approaches to 100 feet. Bombardier’s BEVS had previously received approval from Transport Canada and the Federal Aviation Administration.
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Frontier Airlines announced preliminary traffic results for January 2009 for both Frontier’s mainline operation as well as its wholly-owned subsidiary, Lynx Aviation. Lynx commenced revenue service in December 2007. Mainline Results for January 2009: Traffic decreased 16.0% and capacity was down 13.3% from the same period last year. This resulted in a load factor of
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JetBlue Airways Corporation reported that its traffic in January decreased 7.1%t from January 2008, on a capacity decrease of 5.1%. Load factor for January 2009 was 74.0%, a decrease of 1.6 points from January 2008.
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AeroTurbine, Miami, has signed an agreement with aviation maintenance company Aveos, formerly “ACTS” and “Air Canada Technical Services”, for an initial period of five years. Under this non-exclusive agreement, AeroTurbine will supply Aveos with certain engine and airframe components. Initially, AeroTurbine will acquire and lease certain Airbus A320 and Boeing 737 rotables to Aveos. AeroTurbine
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Baltia Air Lines announced that they have begun the FAA Air Carrier Certification. On December 19, 2008, the United States Department of Transportation (“DOT”) issued its Show Cause Order finding Baltia Air Lines fit, willing and able to operate proposed service from JFK to St. Petersburg. This Order has allowed Baltia Air Lines to commence
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Copa Holdings, S.A. and its Copa Airlines and Aero Republica operating subsidiaries, released preliminary passenger traffic statistics for January 2009. For the month of January, Copa Holdings’ system-wide passenger traffic increased 15.5%, while capacity increased 18.0%. System load factor for January 2009 was 77.8%, a 1.7 percentage point decrease when compared to January 2008.
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WestJet, Air France and KLM signed a memorandum of understanding to build a new commercial relationship between the three airlines. This memorandum of understanding allows the airlines to begin working on building a code-sharing agreement in late 2009 or early 2010. Prior to this, the carriers will contemplate additional opportunities including an interline agreement, namely
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American Airlines reported a January load factor of 73.8 % a decrease of 2.8 point versus the same period last year. Traffic decreased 11.7% and capacity decreased 8.3% year over year.
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