WestJet announced January 2010 traffic results with a record load factor of 78.8%. Traffic increased 9.7% year over year, and capacity grew 6.9% compared to the same period last year.
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China Airlines has signed a multi-year exclusive inventory logistics program agreement with Pratt & Whitney. Under the agreement, Pratt & Whitney Global Service Partners will be the exclusive part replacement and repair provider for China Airlines’ fleet of PW4056 engines. The agreement is valued at approximately $60 -70 million.
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Pratt & Whitney and Royal Brunei Airlines signed an exclusive three-year agreement for engine overhauls and part repair services for the airline’s V2500 engines. Royal Brunei Airlines is the flag carrier airline of the Sultanate of Brunei. Its home base is the Brunei International Airport in Berakas, just to the north of the capital of
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Alaska reported an increase in load factor to 77.7% in January 2010, compared to 71.7% in January 2009, on a 1.0% increase in capacity compared to the prior-year period. Traffic in January 2010 increased 9.5% compared to th previous year. Horizon reported an increase in load factor to 68.8% in January 2010, compared to 63.1%
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A Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) stealth fighter became the fifth F-35 to begin flight operations, on February 3rd. The jet, known as BF-3, departed the runway near Lockheed Martin’s Fort Worth plant at 4:02 p.m. CST for its first flight. During the one-hour sortie, F-35 Chief Test Pilot Jon Beesley
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Guangzhou Aircraft Maintenance and Engineering Company (GAMECO) announced that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with China Postal Airlines to extend the current Maintenance and Engineering Services Agreement between GAMECO and China Postal for an additional three years through 2012. Both parties expect to finalize and sign a new General Terms Agreement (GTA) by
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Boeing has been awarded a $324 million Foreign Military Sales contract from the Electronics Systems Center at Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., to upgrade France’s fleet of four E-3F Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft, as well as the fleet’s ground system.
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Since the program launch in mid-2008, approximately 4,500 CFM56 engines in operation with 34 operators and 11 lessors have been qualified for TRUEngine status as the program continues to gain significant industry acceptance. This number represents more than 25% of the in-service CFM56 commercial fleet worldwide. The TRUEngine designation serves as a method for identifying
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