Boeing has established two world records with the 787 Dreamliner, setting new marks for both speed and distance for the airplane’s weight class. The sixth 787, ZA006, powered by General Electric GEnx engines, departed from Boeing Field in Seattle at 11:02 a.m. on Dec. 6 and set the distance record for its class (440,000-550,000 lbs.) with […]
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Bombardier Aerospace promoted Raphael Haddad to the position of Vice President, Sales, Middle East and Africa, Bombardier Commercial Aircraft and Torbjorn (Toby) Karlsson as Vice President, Sales, Asia-Pacific, Bombardier Commercial Aircraft. Stephen Young was appointed to the position of Vice President, Sales, Aircraft Leasing Companies Bombardier Commercial Aircraft.
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Aircastle Advisor (International), an affiliate of Aircastle Limited, appointed Mr. Owen Roberts as Managing Director – Singapore and Executive Vice President – Marketing, Asia.
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Frontier’s traffic increased 6% in November 2011 while capacity was down 2% compared to the same period last year. November had a load factor of 88% compared to 81% in the same month last year.
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United and Continental’s combined consolidated traffic in November 2011 decreased 3.6% versus November 2010, on a combined consolidated capacity decrease of 4.0%. The carriers’ combined consolidated load factor in November 2011 increased 0.3 points to 81.2% compared to the same period last year.
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MTU Aero Engines and Sagem (Safran Group) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to form a joint venture in the field of the development of safety-critical software and hardware for military and civil aviation applications. Located at the MTU campus in Munich, Germany, the new company is planned to start its operations in 2012. The 50/50
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One of the largest aviation business groups in Eastern Europe, Avia Solutions Group AB, transferred its entire controlling package of shares (95.5%) in Small Planet Airlines AS (Estonia) to Brova Air OU. Following the transaction the name of the company will be changed to North Wind Airlines AS. According to Linas Dovydenas, CEO of Avia
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Air Lease Corporation (ALC) has finalized an order for four 787-9 Dreamliners. ALC also exercised options for four Next-Generation 737-800s. The order, with a list-price value of more than $1.2bn, marks the completion of an agreement announced during the Paris Air Show in June. The airplanes join the 74 Next-Generation 737-800s and five 777-300ER (Extended Range)
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Virgin Atlantic Airways has entered into agreements with Northwest Aerospace Technologies and Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Company (HAECO) to provide cabin reconfiguration services for the airline’s Gatwick based fleet of Boeing 747-400 aircraft. The modifications will reconfigure Virgin Atlantics’ B747-400 fleet with new and upgraded passenger seating, a new inflight entertainment system with connectivity, new monuments, interior furnishing
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Boeing members of the International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers (IAM) approved a four-year contract extension. The agreement covers employees represented by the union in Washington, Oregon and Kansas, and extends the contract to September 2016. The vote ratifies an agreement between the company and union that builds on an emerging spirit of cooperation and
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