The first Boeing 777 Freighter to enter Qatar Airways’ fleet completed a 16-hour flight from Boeing’s Everett, Wash., Delivery Center to Doha, Qatar, and has been placed into service. The airplane was delivered May 17th. Qatar Airways ordered three 777 Freighters in May 2006, for deployment on Far East and European routes.
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AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, announced that the first AW139 medium twin helicopter equipped with the Full Ice Protection System (FIPS) has been delivered to London Air Services (LAS) of Canada. The delivery of this aircraft follows the recent award of TCAA Certification for the FIPS system, with EASA and FAA Certification already achieved. The AW139
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Lufthansa took delivery of its first Airbus A380 on May 19th. Airbus President and CEO Thomas Enders handed over the aircraft to Lufthansa CEO and Chairman Wolfgang Mayrhuber at an official ceremony at the Airbus plant in Hamburg-Finkenwerder. The brand new Lufthansa A380 took off from Hamburg at midday on its ferry flight to Frankfurt
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Air France/KLM reported that total revenues fell by 15.0% to 20.99 billion euros. For production measured in EASK down 6.7%, unit costs per EASK fell 4.4%. Savings realized in the context of the
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Air Berlin reported that for the first quarter of 2010 seasonal operating loss (EBIT) improved to EUR -98.6 million (Q1 2009: EUR -107.6 million, pro-forma). Based on the pro-forma income statement, Air Berlin’s operational result and net result have improved over the corresponding quarter of the previous year. Revenue was adversely affected by airport closures
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Goodrich has signed an agreement with Icelandair to provide a custom-tailored nacelle maintenance program for the airline’s Rolls-Royce RB211-535E4 engines that power its fleet of Boeing 757 aircraft. The agreement, a Goodrich Aerostructures Prime Solutions nacelle maintenance management program, includes thrust reverser refurbishment and use of rotable assets. The maintenance work will be done at
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American International Group and International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC) announced that Henri Courpron has joined ILFC as President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Courpron succeeds ILFC Vice Chairman Alan Lund, who has served as interim ILFC President and CEO since March. Mr. Courpron will be based in ILFC
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Panasonic Avionics Corporation released that Lufthansa will deploy the Panasonic eX2 IFEC system on its flagship Airbus A380 aircraft. Lufthansa has ordered 15 of the Airbus A380 aircraft. The aircraft will have 526 seats in three classes on two levels. With four of the planes expected to be in service by the end of the
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Ship it AOG, a worldwide distributor of spare parts for the business aviation market, has added a new 7,000-sq. ft. warehouse adjacent to its existing facility in Addison, Texas, bringing the total warehouse space to 14,000 sq. ft.
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AD Aerospace has signed a deal with a major European airline as the launch customer for CabinVu Witness, a digitally recorded video camera security system which covers not only the flight deck door, but also the entire passenger cabin. The deal covers an entire fleet of more than 40 aircraft of several types.
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