Boeing Wedgetail Aircraft accepted into Royal Australian Air Force fleet

The Commonwealth of Australia has accepted the first two Project Wedgetail 737 Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) aircraft into the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) fleet. Boeing will deliver three more Wedgetail aircraft to the RAAF by the end of this year, including one upgraded in the final AEW&C configuration with Electronic Support Measures.

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Jet Aviation becomes installation partner for API Hawker 800 Series Blended Winglets

Jet Aviation will become the European sales representative and installation partner for Aviation Partners (API) for the Hawker 800 Series Blended Winglets. Installations will be performed at Jet Aviation Zurich and Jet Aviation Dusseldorf. As sales representative and installation partner, Jet Aviation will market Hawker Blended Winglets to customers in Europe, North Africa and the

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Republic Airways reports April load factor of 80%

Republic Airways Holdings reported preliminary passenger traffic results for April 2010. The Company reported a 106% traffic increase from the same month last year, while capacity increased 94%. Consolidated load factor was 80% versus 75% in April 2009. Nearly 2.7 million passengers were carried during the month, a 59% increase from the same month last

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Virgin America delays start of service to Orlando

Virgin America released that it will postpone its start of service to Orlando International Airport (MCO) due to delays in the airline’s aircraft delivery schedule. The airline previously announced that it would launch daily nonstop flights from both Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to MCO beginning August 19, 2010.

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