GE Aviation moving to apply Ceramic Matrix Composites to heart of future engines
The GE Rolls-Royce Fighter Engine Team
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9 March 2009
AA reports first revenue flight of Boeing 767-300ER featuring Blended Winglets
American Airlines and Aviation Partners Boeing (APB) announced the first revenue flight of a Boeing 767-300ER with APB’s Blended Winglets. The increased lift provided by the winglets, without a corresponding increase of engine power, improves fuel efficiency. Each airplane equipped with the winglets is expected to save up to 500,000 gallons of fuel annually depending
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Shannon Aerospace completes D Checks for two Croatia Airlines A319 aicraft
Shannon Aerospace recently completed a series of D Checks on two Croatia Airlines A319 aircraft. Both aircraft were delivered to the customer in 24 days, well ahead of the contracted groundtimes on both projects. The departure on Friday February 6th of aircraft 9A-CTG marked a particular achievement for the Shannon-based MRO provider as it was
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Air Southwest to connect London City to Newquay and Plymouth
UK regional airline Air Southwest is launching a new twice-daily service between London City Airport and Plymouth and Newquay airports from 20 April. The new service, operated on 50-seater Dash 8-300 aircraft, will stop at Plymouth en-route to Newquay, allowing travellers from both Devon and Cornwall to benefit from the new connection to London City
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Mexicana Group and Boeing sign lease agreement for 25 Boeing 717-200
Boeing and Mexicana Group announced a lease agreement for 25 Boeing 717-200 airplanes to be used by its MexicanaClick operation. Under a multi-year arrangement, MexicanaClick will begin receiving the 717s from Boeing Capital Corporation in March, making Mexicana the first North American 717 operator outside the U.S. In addition to the airplanes, Boeing through its
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Finnair Technical Services and Iberia Maintenance sign seven-year cooperation agreement
Finnair Technical Services and Iberia Maintenance signed a component support agreement. Under the agreement, Iberia Maintenance will provide spare components and related repair services for Finnair’s Airbus A330 and Airbus A340 aircraft. Correspondingly, Iberia will commission Finnair Technical to conduct Airbus A320 aircraft component repairs as well as CFM-56B engine repairs. The seven-year component support
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Finnair reports traffic up in Februar 2009
Finnair traffic increased by 2.5%, compared to the same period in 2008. Capacity decreased by 0.7%, while ther load factor was 2.4 percentage points higher than the year before, 77.2%. The number of passengers carried decreased by 7.9% and was 597 029.
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Lufthansa Italia launches domestic routes to Rome, Naples and Bari
Lufthansa Italia is expanding its network from 1 April, the airline will also offer flights on domestic routes from Milan Malpensa to Rome, Naples and Bari. Since the beginning of February, passengers have had a choice of several direct flights per day to Paris and Barcelona. Starting this week, the airline will also fly to
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