KLM and IBM released that KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has become the first airline to fully deploy IBM’s newest System z mainframe-based software for processing ultra-high volumes of real-time business transactions such as flight reservations. As a result, travelers benefit from reliable, secure ticketing and gate information when and where they need it.
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Welch Allyn Lighting Products, the manufacturer of aircraft halogen reading lamps, has extended the lifetimes of three models of its halogen reading lamps for Airbus, Boeing and ATR aircraft. In some cases, the lamps feature lifetime ratings of up to 10,000 hours, around 20% longer than the previous generation.
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Frontier Airlines has reached a codeshare agreement with Milwaukee-based Midwest Airlines. The agreement will allow customers of both airlines to travel to more destinations. Both airlines will be acquired by Republic Airways.
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Boeing has completed another milestone in the assembly of its first 747-8 Freighter by joining the wing to the fuselage. Workers attached the 40-foot (12 m) fuselage section to the center wing box in the final assembly bay at the factory in Everett, Wash. The wing and center section are now being prepared for final
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All business class airline, OpenSkies, operating nonstop flights between New York (Kennedy and Newark) and Paris (Orly) and between New York (Kennedy) and Amsterdam (Schiphol), celebrates the first anniversary of its inaugural launch. Since OpenSkies first took flight on June 19, 2008. OpenSkies has now transported more than 92,000 passengers total on both routes. Through
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United Air Lines announced the pricing of its offering of $175 million in aggregate principal amount of senior secured notes due 2012. The notes were issued at a discount to their face value, and will carry a coupon interest rate of 12.75% per annum. The notes will be secured initially by a lien on all
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Pratt & Whitney Power Systems has agreed to purchase a majority interest in Turboden S.r.l. (Turboden), an Italian manufacturer of high efficiency turbogenerator systems. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
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Aviall Services announced that its new customer service center in Dubai officially opened on June 25 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Located in the Dubai Airport Free Zone, and approved by the General Civil Aviation Authority, Aviall’s new facility in Dubai will initially serve the commercial airline industry along with military customers and business aviation
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