Boeing and two ANA (All Nippon Airways) pilots flew the Boeing 787 Dreamliner for the first time on May 12th. The airplane they flew is the first of six flight-test airplanes and the two-hour-and-40-minute flight took place over Washington state. The flight was conducted under a special airworthiness certificate granted by the U.S. Federal Aviation […]
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Aviation Technical Services (ATS) announced Landon Nitschke will join the company as Vice President of Operations. Nitschke joins ATS with 18 years of experience with Northwest Airlines and Delta Air Lines where he recently held roles as the director of heavy maintenance and subsequently director of line maintenance for Minneapolis and the West region. At
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DVB made a satisfactory start into 2010, in spite of the prevailing difficult environment on international financial and transport markets. Consolidated net income before taxes for the first quarter of 2010 amounted to EUR 16.7 million (down 38.4% year-on-year). Total income during the first quarter of 2010 declined by 9.8% year-on-year, from EUR 63.3 million
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Aviation training center Baltic Aviation Academy (Lithuania) expanded its capability list by adding Embraer 145 type rating courses and became the first approved type rating training organization (TRTO) in the Baltic region to start training program for this type of aircraft. In May 2010 the Lithuanian Civil Aviation Administration has issued to the Baltic Aviation
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SIA Engineering released that operating profit for the financial year 2009/10 was $2.2 million or 2.0% lower compared to last year. Share of profits from associated and joint venture companies declined $43.3 million or 25.0% to $129.7 million. This amounted to 49.4% of the Group
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Alitalia reported that in the first quarter revenues increased to EUR 639 million compared to EUR 515 million for the first quarter of 2009 (relating to the period 13 January to 31 March). The operating result (EBIT) amounted to EUR -125 million, a significant improvement compared to the same quarter last year (EUR -210 million).
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Brazilian carrier TAM Airlines joined the Star Alliance network on May 13th. TAM Airlines offers more than 40 destinations in Brazil and 10 airports across South America. Over the past years, the airline has expanded its intercontinental network to cover a variety of destinations in the USA and Europe, many of these being Star Alliance
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