Boeing marked a historic milestone with delivery of the first 787 Dreamliner built at its North Charleston, S.C., facility to Air India. Work on the Boeing South Carolina Final Assembly and Delivery Center began in November 2009. Production of the first South Carolina-built 787 began in mid-2011 and the completed airplane rolled out of the […]
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Emirates announced the appointment of Jon Sheppard as its new Manager, National Accounts for the UK. Mr Sheppard will lead the sales management team in London to further develop commercial strategies and initiatives to drive Emirates’ business with corporate and trade partners. He will report to Laurie Berryman, Emirates Vice President UK and starts work
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SAS Group reported September traffic increase of 8.3% compared to September 2011, while capacity was up 3.5% year over year. The Group’s load factor was up 1.9 points to 76.5%
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Ryanair released that September traffic increased 8% year-over-year and the load factor for September was down 1.0 point to 84%.
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In September 2012, IAG Group traffic rose by 5.1% versus September 2011, while Group capacity was up 3.6%. The load factor for the month improved 1.5 points to 84%.
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Finnair has selected Nordisk Aviation Products to provide its wide-body aircraft with lightweight unit load devices (ULDs), which will result in improved fuel economy and significant reductions in CO2 emissions. The move is part of Finnair’s “weight watchers” drive to improve fuel efficiency and help meet emissions reduction targets by minimising aircraft weight. The Nordisk
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Air France KLM released that in September 2012, traffic rose by 0.9% for capacity was up by 0.8%. The load factor therefore remained stable at 85.2% (+0.1 point).
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Boeing said that the global air cargo market will expand at a 5.2% annual rate over the next 20 years. According to the Boeing World Air Cargo Forecast 2012/2013, growth will be driven by world gross domestic product (GDP) that will nearly double over the forecast period. Trade is expected to increase through liberalization of
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For the month of September 2012, Copa Holdings’ system-wide traffic increased 27.1% year over year, while capacity increased 25.6%. As a result, system load factor for September 2012 was 73.8%, a 0.9 point increase when compared to September 2011.
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Finnair traffic for the month of September rose by 10.6% as the overall capacity grew 2.9% year‐over‐year. Passenger load factor improved by 5.4 points year‐over‐year and was 78.6%.
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