World Airways, a subsidiary of Global Aviation Holdings, has entered into an agreement with Finnair Cargo to provide MD-11F all-cargo flights serving Helsinki, Shanghai and New York beginning June 15, 2011. The new service is to operate twice a week using World’s traffic rights.
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Since June 1, 2011, Juergen Funke took over as President of ThyssenKrupp Aerospace from Stuart Wilkins. Jeff Luckasavage will replace Juergen Funke as President of ThyssenKrupp Aerospace North America. Juergen Funke will be based in Essen, Germany, making communications with global customers in USA, Europe and Asia easier. The Vice Presidents for Europe and Asia Pacific,
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Bombardier Aerospace reported that an unidentified airline has placed a firm order for three CS100 aircraft and options on three more. Deliveries of the aircraft will start in 2014. Based on the list price for the CS100 aircraft, the firm order placed by the unidentified carrier is valued at $186 million, which could increase to $385
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Southwest Airlines reported May 2011 traffic results for Southwest Airlines and AirTran Airways.  Combined traffic in May 2011 increased 10.6% compared to the same period a year ago, while capacity increased 4.2% from May 2010. The load factor for the month was 82.7% compared to the combined load factor of 77.9% in May 2010.
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ARINC Incorporated said its long-time customer Virgin Atlantic Airways has renewed multiple contracts for a range of ARINC GLOBALink aviation communications services.  ARINC and Virgin Atlantic’s working relationship began in 1993. ARINC has been the primary provider of air to ground communications for Virgin Atlantic since 2002, and currently provides all Data Link and Voice Communications
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Albanian Airlines has bought and taken delivery of a BAe 146-300 regional jetliner from BAE Systems. The aircraft, configured in a comfortable six-abreast, 98-seat all-economy class layout, joins two other BAe 146s (one Series 200 and one Series 300) that are used by the airline. This third aircraft has been acquired to increase frequencies on
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Commsoft has announced that Northern Aerotech, a Copenhagen, Denmark based maintenance organisation, has signed a 5-year, 5-concurrent user deal for the use of the OASES system for its line maintenance support operations worldwide. Northern Aerotech currently provides line maintenance control support for SmartLynx Airlines and is planning to expand its operations to other customers. The company
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