Despite systematically reducing capacity by 10.5% in the first quarter of 2012, Air Berlin increased sales figures by 4% to €812.9m (€781.6m in 2011) compared with the same quarter of the previous year. Capacity utilisation went up by 3.9 percentage points to 76.4% (72.5% in 2011). Yield rose by 7.3% to €109.8 (€102.4 in 2011). […]
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Honeywell and Safran have completed a new test campaign for their electric green taxiing system on a TUIfly Boeing Next Generation 737-800 aircraft in Montpellier, France. This test campaign marks another key milestone in the development of the electric green taxiing system. These tests evaluate runway conditions and calculate the necessary loads for moving a
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Bombardier Aerospace has delivered the first of eight Q400 NextGen turboprop airliners ordered by new customer Eurolot S.A. of Warsaw, Poland. The Polish carrier also holds options on an additional 12 of the aircraft.
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Aviation Partners Boeing (APB) has received approval from the FAA demonstrating compatibility for installing Blended Winglets on the Boeing 767 Converted Freighter (767-BCF). This development assures that Boeing 767-300ERs with Blended Winglets are viable candidate for future conversion to freighters by Boeing. Boeing and APB, in addition to collaboration and data sharing, separately invested in
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Hawker Beechcraft Corporation (HBC) secured orders for 11 aircraft – including three of its flagship Hawker 4000 super-midsize business jets, a Hawker 400XPR, six King Air 350i turboprops and a King Air 250 – during the European Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition (EBACE) that concluded Wednesday at Geneva International Airport in Geneva, Switzerland. The total
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