Air China said that the airline will use Boeing’s Airplane Health Management (AHM) system to monitor the in-flight condition of its Next-Generation 737 fleet. The agreement covers a total of 117 Air China 737s that are in service and on order. Air China is Boeing’s first Chinese customer for AHM and the 33rd commercial customer …
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Embraer delivered 56 aircraft to the Commercial, Executive, and Defense segments during the second quarter of 2009 (2Q09). On June 30, 2009, the Company’s firm order backlog was $19.8 billion. Of the 56 aircraft delivered by Embraer in 2Q09, 35 went to the Commercial Aviation segment, 19 to Executive Aviation, and two to Defense
Delta Air Lines reported traffic results for June 2009. System traffic in June 2009, including both Delta and Northwest operations, decreased 6.3% compared to June 2008 on a 5.8% decrease in capacity, and load factor declined 0.5 points to 85.5%.
Boeing has agreed to acquire the business and operations conducted by Vought Aircraft Industries at its South Carolina facility, where Vought builds a key structure for Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner airplane. The Vought facility, located in North Charleston, performs fabrication and assembly of structures and systems installation of 787 aft fuselage sections, which are made primarily …
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SAS Group’s traffic decreased by 14.1 % during June and seat capacity was down 14.1 % vs. 2008. SAS Group carried 2.4 million passengers in June, down 12.9 % vs. 2008. Total passenger load factor in June was 76.7%, unchanged vs. June 2008.
Turkish airline SunExpress ordered six Next-Generation 737-800s. The order is worth approximately $460 million at list prices. Founded in 1989 as a joint venture between Turkish Airlines and Lufthansa, SunExpress is a scheduled and charter carrier serving the Turkish tourist market, currently operating an all-Boeing fleet of 19 airplanes. The new airplanes will be equipped …
For the month of June, Air Canada reported a load factor of 80.9% on a consolidated basis with Jazz, versus 82.2% in June 2008, a decrease of 1.3 percentage points. System traffic decreased 9.1% on a capacity reduction of 7.6% system wide.
United Airlines reported its preliminary consolidated traffic results for June 2009. The company reported a June consolidated passenger load factor of 85.9%, up 0.5 pts compared to June 2008. Total consolidated traffic decreased in June by 7.5% on a consolidated capacity decrease of 8.0% compared with the same period in 2008.
MAC Aircraft Interior Specialists has completed the refurbishment of the second of three Falcon 20 aircraft for Egypt Air. The first aircraft was completed at the end of 2008 and the third commenced refurbishment at the end of May 2009. The latest Falcon 20 was completely refurbished throughout by MAC and Egypt Air – Maintenance …
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Focus Aviation has been appointed by Air Jamaica as exclusive worldwide remarketing agent for the sale of two A320-200 aircraft. The aircraft (MSN 624, 626) have been at Air Jamaica since delivery in 1996/7, are both CFM56 powered and are available immediately. Air Jamaica operates a fleet of Airbus A320 aircraft and is one of …
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