Austrian Airlines reported that traffic increased 1.7% in February 2010 compared to the previous year, capacity fell by 3.1%, while the load factor for the month improved 3.4 pts to 72%.
City Airline, based in Gothenburg, Sweden, operates with five Embraer 145 and will extend the fleet to at least double this figure. In addition, the company will rent three MD87 from SAS. SAS Tech in Gothenburg will provide Line Maintenance including production planning of the MD87 business for City Airline. The work performed will include …
Lufthansa Technik AG and Spanair have further intensified their long lasting cooperation. The existing Total Technical Support TTS-agreement for the Spanish airline
JorAMCo has successfully completed heavy maintenance work on an Italian registered Airbus A330 operated by Italy’s Air One; the airline is part of Alitalia, the national Italian Airline and is based in Rome. The maintenance work performed was a heavy “C” check in addition to cabin and pylon heavy maintenance , routine and non routine …
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GKN Aerospace has been selected by BAE SYSTEMS as a Strategic Supplier for the manufacture of an extensive range of composite and metallic structures for the F-35 Lightning II in agreements with a potential value in excess of $200 million. The agreements extend GKN Aerospace
United has formalized a commitment originally announced in December 2009, signing a firm order for 25 A350-900 XWB aircraft, the newest twin-engine widebody from Airbus. The aircraft will be powered by Rolls-Royce Trent XWB engines. Deliveries of the aircraft will begin in 2016 and run through 2019.
Skytech-AIC, an independent, UK-based aircraft lessor, marketing agent and asset manager, has been mandated by A/S Maersk Aviation Holding to market two Bombardier CRJ-700ERs for delivery in October 2010 and January 2011. The low-cycle, 70-seat aircraft, which have serial numbers 10028 and 10039, were manufactured in 2001 and 2002 respectively and will be powered by …
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EGYPTAIR and leasing company GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) took delivery of the first Boeing 777-300ER (Extended Range) commercial jetliner to join EGYPTAIR’s fleet. EGYPTAIR operates a fleet of five Boeing 777-200ERs, five 737-500s and 12 737-800s, with another eight 737-800s on order directly from Boeing. The Egyptian flag carrier is leasing the new 777-300ER …
The second Boeing 787 Dreamliner, ZA002, landed in Victorville, Calif. This marks the beginning of the first flight-test operations outside of Washington state for the program. The airplane will be stationed at Victorville for approximately three weeks. The crew will conduct ground effects testing among other activities. During ground effects testing, the pilots fly the …
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