AMR Corporation the parent company of American Airlines and US Airways Group announced the senior leadership team responsible for guiding the new American Airlines after the closing of the companies’ expected merger. Tom Horton will serve as Chairman of the Board of the new American Airlines. Doug Parker will serve as Chief Executive Officer and […]
Rolls-Royce has been selected by Singapore Airlines Group to power 50 Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft with Trent 1000 engines. The announcement, which includes long-term TotalCare service support, is worth $4bn at current list prices. Thirty Boeing 787-10X aircraft will be operated by Singapore Airlines. The airline’s subsidiary, Scoot will operate 10 Boeing 787-8 and 10
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Embraer selected important suppliers for the second-generation E-Jets, whose commercial launch should occur this year. This new family of jets is expected to go into service in 2018. Intertechnique, a company belonging to the Zodiac Aerospace Group, will supply the systems for engine and APU fuel feed, pressure refueling, fuel transfer, fuel tank inerting and
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The second production Airbus Military A400M new generation airlifter has made its maiden flight. Known as MSN8, the aircraft made its first flight from Seville, Spain, the location of the A400M final assembly line on June 7th. It is scheduled for delivery to the French Air Force in the third quarter of the year. MSN7,
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Northrop Grumman Corporation’s (NOC) supplier in Israel – Elbit Systems-Cyclone – delivered its first advanced composite component for the F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter center fuselage produced by Northrop Grumman. This delivery is a significant milestone for the F-35 program, as it is the first composite part manufactured by a country committed to purchasing
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AMR Corporation reported May 2013 consolidated traffic results for its principal subsidiary, American Airlines and its wholly owned subsidiary, AMR Eagle Holding Corporation. Consolidated load factor in May was an all-time record high for the month, at 84.0%, 0.4 points higher versus the same period last year. Consolidated capacity and traffic were 0.3% and 0.8%
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Monarch Aircraft Engineering (MAEL), has signed a line maintenance technical handling agreement with Sunwing Airlines. With immediate effect MAEL will provide support for the Canadian based airline’s Boeing 737NG aircraft operating at Leeds Bradford airport.
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ATR, the European manufacturer of turboprop aircraft, and Rheinland Air Service GmbH (RAS), a German company specializing in aircraft maintenance, signed a service and collaboration agreement appointing RAS a new member of ATR’s network of partner maintenance centers. Adding RAS to ATR’s MRO (Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul) network attests to the compliance of its maintenance
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Finnair traffic rose by 4.9% in May 2013 and the overall capacity grew 3.9% compared to the previous year. Passenger load factor improved by 0.7 percentage points and was 75.1%.
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