AELS is disassembling and dismantling an Airbus A310-300 aircraft for EADS EFW in Dresden, Germany.The aircraft is owned by EADS EFW and has serial number 654. It used to be operated as a passenger aircraft in Asia. It was flown to Dresden to be converted into a freighter aircraft, which it is no longer suitable […]
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Porter Airlines reported a 49.6% load factor in March, 0.6 points lower compared to 50.2% in the same month for 2010. Overall figures for the month show that capacity grew 22.5% and traffic increased 21% over the same period.
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US Airways Group reports March 2011 traffic results. Mainline traffic for the month increased 3.9% versus March 2010 while capacity was up 3.6%. Mainline passenger load factor was 83.4% up 0.2 points versus March 2010.
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Alaska reported a 19.3% increase in traffic on a 15.3% increase in capacity, resulting in a 2.9 pts increase in load factor to a record 87.4%.
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Republic Airways Holdings reported preliminary passenger traffic results for March 2011. The Company reported a 2% traffic decrease from the same month last year, while capacity increased by 1%. Consolidated load factor was 78% versus 81% in March 2010.
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Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II test jets made considerable flight test progress during the first quarter of 2011, conducting 199 test flights versus a plan of 142 flights. Additionally, the F-35B short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) variant logged six times more vertical landings in the first quarter than in all of 2010. The test program remained
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World Airways, a subsidiary of Global Aviation Holdings, has reached an agreement with Emirates SkyCargo to operate one Boeing 747-400 freighter on a full-time basis beginning in April 2011. Under the agreement, World will provide scheduled services linking Dubai with Frankfurt and Sao Paulo twice a week, with an additional weekly round-trip flight between Dubai
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Continental Airlines and LOT Polish Airlines, both Star Alliance members, announced they have started codesharing on flights between select destinations in the United States and Europe. Effective April 2, 2011, Continental is placing its "CO" code on LOT’s trans-Atlantic flights between Continental’s New York hub, Newark Liberty International Airport, and LOT’s Warsaw hub, as well
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Sabre Holdings, a world leading travel technology company, has appointed Hugh Jones, current president and chief executive officer of Travelocity, to president of Sabre Airline Solutions. He will be replaced by Carl Sparks, current president of Gilt Groupe and a former online travel executive, who will assume the role of Travelocity president and CEO. Travelocity
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