AMR Corporation reported August 2012 consolidated traffic results for its principal subsidiary, American Airlines and its wholly owned subsidiary, AMR Eagle Holding Corporation. Consolidated traffic increased 0.1% year-over-year, on 1.5% lower capacity, resulting in a consolidated load factor of 85.8%, an increase of 1.4 points versus the same period last year.
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Northrop Grumman has been awarded a contract to supply the hybrid global positioning system (GPS) and inertial reference system for the Embraer Defense and Security KC-390 medium-lift military transport aircraft. Under the contract, the company’s German navigation systems subsidiary, Northrop Grumman LITEF, will provide the fibre-optic, gyro-compass LCR-100 Attitude and Heading Reference System. The system
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United Continental Holdings (UAL) reported August 2012 combined operational results for its airline units. UAL’s consolidated traffic in August 2012 increased 0.4% and consolidated capacity decreased 0.6% versus August 2011. The company’s consolidated load factor in August 2012 increased 0.9 points to 86.6% compared to August 2011.
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Allegiant released that traffic for the month of August 2012 increased 17.6%, while capacity increased 20.9% when compared to the same period in 2011. The load factor for August fell 2.4 points to 87.4%
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Frontier Airlines, a subsidiary of Republic Airways Holdings, reported preliminary traffic results for August 2012. For the month, Frontier’s load factor of 92% compared to 90% in August 2011. Frontier’s traffic decreased 11% and capacity decreased 13% compared to the same period in 2011.
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The International Bureau of Aviation (IBA Group) announced the upcoming launch of their latest product – JetData. IBA JetData is set to revolutionise aviation industry data provision by delivering a comprehensive and reliable resource, making it accessible to all sectors of the industry. Via an online client portal, the database will give User’s access to
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Turbomeca (Safran group) announced the signature of a Support by the Hour agreement with the German Federal Police. This Support by the Hour agreement (SBH) covers 32 Arrius 2B2 engines powering 16 twin-engine EC135T2i helicopters. Spread over 12 bases, the German Federal Police is performing air rescue missions around Germany. Thanks to this agreement, the
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BOC Aviation has taken delivery of its first Embraer E190 aircraft ordered directly from the manufacturer. The aircraft is the first of three E190 aircraft to be leased to Air Astana, the flag carrier of Kazakhstan. The other two aircraft are scheduled to be delivered in Spring 2013 and 2014 respectively.
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Eurocopter and Liebherr-Aerospace Lindenberg GmbH (Germany), have signed a contract for the main rotor actuators of the latest generation X4 helicopter program. Liebherr-Aerospace will design, develop, qualify, produce and service the main rotor actuators − lightweight, high-reliability flight control components. Installed in the main rotor, three actuators will adjust the angle of the pales, thus
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As part of its strategic plan to grow and search for new and exciting markets, Monarch Aircraft Engineering (MAEL) has gained UAE’s General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) CAR 21 Design approval. This approval compliments the EASA Part 21J Design Organisation Approval (DOA) already held by MAEL. Achieving this is a significant milestone for the Company
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