Kuwait Airways, the National airline of Kuwait, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to buy ten A350-900 and fifteen A320neo Family aircraft. The order is part of Kuwait Airways’ fleet renewal strategy. The carrier already operates three A320, three A310, five A300 and four A340 Family aircraft.
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Turkish Airlines will become the first European airline to operate A320 Family aircraft with production-retrofitted Sharklet wingtip devices. This will follow the installation, which has just been completed, by Turkish Technic MRO of Sharklets onto the first of nine A321s to be retrofitted for Turkish Airlines. All nine aircraft will be upgraded for the airline
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The Italian Police has taken delivery of a fifth AW139 intermediate twin engine helicopter which will be based in Reggio Calabria. The contract, which was signed in July last year, includes a total of eight AW139 helicopters. Designated UH-139C, the Italian Police’s helicopters operate from bases in Southern Italy (Bari, Palermo and Reggio Calabria) as
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Southwest Airlines reported that November 2013 capacity increased 0.8% from November 2012 level, while traffic for the month decreased 1.0%. The November 2013 load factor was 78.6%, compared to 80.0% in November 2012.
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Boeing released that low-speed wind tunnel tests have begun for the Boeing 777X, a major milestone in airplane development. Testing started on Dec. 5 at QinetiQ’s test facility in Farnborough, U.K. Wind tunnel models allow experts to test many different configurations for the airplane. Low-speed tests measure airplane performance with a variety of high-lift surface
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AMR released that consolidated traffic decreased 1.1% on a 1.8% increase in capacity year-over-year, resulting in a consolidated load factor of 78.4%, 2.3 points lower than the same period last year.
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Air Canada will operate daily flights between Toronto -Pearson and Tokyo-Haneda ( Tokyo International Airport) beginning July 1, 2014 using the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. The new year-round service will be both the only non-stop flight between Canada and Tokyo-Haneda, located less than 30 minutes from downtown Tokyo, and the first daytime flight to Tokyo-Haneda from
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SAS reported traffic decrease of 0.9% for the month of November 2013, while capacity was up by 3.2%, when compared to the same year in 2012. The load factor decreased 2.8 points to 68.0%.
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Chromalloy named a Business Development Director to lead new component repair developments for turbine engine manufacturers and operators, for the company’s Carson City, Nevada, and Mexicali, Mexico, operations. Jason Humphries, a long-time turbine industry executive and technical expert, assumes leadership of global business development strategies in commercial aerospace, military and energy segments.
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US Airways will join oneworld with effect from March 31, 2014, following completion of its merger with alliance founding member American Airlines. All its regional affiliates, operating under the US Airways Express brand, will also transition to oneworld at the same time. US Airways will add 60 destinations to the oneworld map – most in
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