China Eastern has joined the SkyTeam alliance. The signing ceremony took place at the Xijiao State Guest House in Shanghai, witnessed by Chairman Liu Shaoyong of China Eastern, Chairman of the SkyTeam Governing Board Leo van Wijk and Managing Director of SkyTeam Marie-Joseph Mal
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French private airline Aigle Azur has received its first directly purchased brand new Airbus A319 at a delivery ceremony in Hamburg yesterday. This new aircraft will join Aigle Azur’s fleet of ten A320 Family aircraft, comprising three A319s, three A320s and four A321s. The new A319 will be powered by CFM56 engines from CFM International.
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Bombardier Commercial Aircraft showcase its Q400 NextGen turboprop airliner in Nassau and Freeport, Bahamas. The aircraft, which was manufactured in Toronto, Ontario and configured with 76 seats, will be flown on demonstration tours for representatives of the government of the Bahamas, Bahamasair, the media and other stakeholders.
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Pegasus Airlines signed an exclusive contract with AFI KLM E&M for the maintenance of CFM56-7B engines equipping their 737 next generation aircraft. The agreement covers maintenance for nine engines until April 2011 on a turn key basis, including additional services.
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ITR sees 2010 with optimism after signing a 10-year contract with Airbus to provide them with hydraulic piping on the ATA 27 and ATA 29 chapters for the single-aisle A320 aircraft family. This represents a great technological and industrial advance for the Mexican aeronautics sector that has in recent years begun to flourish at an
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GE Aviation’s Customer Technical Education Center (CTEC) is now offering courses on the M601E turboprop engine and will serve as the North American training center for M601 and H80 engines. CTEC is located near GE Aviation’s headquarters in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Precision Conversions has received an award to provide Aerolease International with three full 15-pallet position 757-200PCF freighters. The first aircraft, a Pratt & Whitney powered B757-200 is scheduled for induction in April with the following two aircraft scheduled for induction in May and July, respectively. All three aircraft will be modified by Flightstar Aircraft Services
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Southwest Airlines notified WestJet of its intent to terminate the agreement to offer connecting service between the United States and Canada with WestJet. Southwest Airlines said that WestJet requested significant changes to the agreement that the two airlines have had in place since 2008, and WestJet has since reaffirmed and clarified its request. Southwest cannot
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