December 8, 2011

LHT and partners test new electric taxi system installed in main landing gear

Together with a powerful team of partners Lufthansa Technik successfully tested a new system for ground operations: electric motors installed on the main landing gear of an Airbus A320 aircraft were subject to close scrutiny for one week, and for the first time, took over all necessary movements of an aircraft on ground. The system […]

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Boeing 787 Dreamliner sets speed, distance records

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Boeing has established two world records with the 787 Dreamliner, setting new marks for both speed and distance for the airplane’s weight class. The sixth 787, ZA006, powered by General Electric GEnx engines, departed from Boeing Field in Seattle at 11:02 a.m. on Dec. 6 and set the distance record for its class (440,000-550,000 lbs.) with

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Bombardier appoints VP to lead commercial aircraft sales in the Middle East and Africa

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Bombardier Aerospace promoted Raphael Haddad to the position of Vice President, Sales, Middle East and Africa, Bombardier Commercial Aircraft and Torbjorn (Toby) Karlsson as Vice President, Sales, Asia-Pacific, Bombardier Commercial Aircraft. Stephen Young was appointed to the position of Vice President, Sales, Aircraft Leasing Companies Bombardier Commercial Aircraft.

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Aircastle appoints Owen Roberts as Managing Director – Singapore

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Aircastle Advisor (International), an affiliate of Aircastle Limited, appointed Mr. Owen Roberts as Managing Director – Singapore and Executive Vice President – Marketing, Asia.

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Frontier reports load factor of 88% for November

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Frontier’s traffic increased 6% in November 2011 while capacity was down 2% compared to the same period last year. November had a load factor of 88% compared to 81% in the same month last year.

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United Continental Holdings reports November 2011 operational performance

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United and Continental’s combined consolidated traffic in November 2011 decreased 3.6% versus November 2010, on a combined consolidated capacity decrease of 4.0%. The carriers’ combined consolidated load factor in November 2011 increased 0.3 points to 81.2% compared to the same period last year.

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MTU Aero Engines and Sagem to form joint venture

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MTU Aero Engines and Sagem (Safran Group) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to form a joint venture in the field of the development of safety-critical software and hardware for military and civil aviation applications. Located at the MTU campus in Munich, Germany, the new company is planned to start its operations in 2012. The 50/50

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Avia Solutions Group AB sold Estonian charter operations

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One of the largest aviation business groups in Eastern Europe, Avia Solutions Group AB, transferred its entire controlling package of shares (95.5%) in Small Planet Airlines AS (Estonia) to Brova Air OU. Following the transaction the name of the company will be changed to North Wind Airlines AS. According to Linas Dovydenas, CEO of Avia

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ALC finalizes order for 787s and Next-Generation 737s

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Air Lease Corporation (ALC) has finalized an order for four 787-9 Dreamliners. ALC also exercised options for four Next-Generation 737-800s. The order, with a list-price value of more than $1.2bn, marks the completion of an agreement announced during the Paris Air Show in June. The airplanes join the 74 Next-Generation 737-800s and five 777-300ER (Extended Range)

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Virgin Atlantic selects NAT and HAECO for B747-400 cabin reconfiguration work

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Virgin Atlantic Airways has entered into agreements with Northwest Aerospace Technologies and Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Company (HAECO) to provide cabin reconfiguration services for the airline’s Gatwick based fleet of Boeing 747-400 aircraft. The modifications will reconfigure Virgin Atlantics’ B747-400 fleet with new and upgraded passenger seating, a new inflight entertainment system with connectivity, new monuments, interior furnishing

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