TAP Portugal has received an A320 Family Operational Excellence Award from Airbus in recognition of its service record with the single aisle aircraft type. The airline was presented the award in Paris during Airbus’ bi-annual symposium of all operators of the A320 Family worldwide.
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Boeing and GE Aviation have jointly developed a simpler method to implement condition-based maintenance systems on aircraft. It is called the Open System Architecture for Condition-Based Maintenance (OSA-CBM). This will become an industry standard with the signing of an agreement by the two companies to grant rights for its use to the Machinery Information Management
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Frontier Airlines Holdings reported a net profit of $1.1 million for the month of May and its seventh consecutive monthly operating profit. Frontier reported a consolidated operating profit of $11.7 million for the month of May 2009, compared to an operating loss of $16.5 million for the same period in 2008, and a total consolidated
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Goodrich Corporation opened a new facility in China
Lufthansa Technik AG has successfully expanded its component support services onto the complete Aeroflot Group, now serving aircraft of all branches of the biggest Russian aviation company. After several years of successful partnerships with Aeroflot Russian Airlines and Aeroflot Don, the Arkhangelsk based Aeroflot Nord recently became the newest member of Lufthansa Technik`s customer base
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Wolfgang Mayrhuber, Chairman of the Executive Board and CEO of Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Stefan Lauer, CEO Group Airlines and Corporate Human Resources at Deutsche Lufthansa AG and Thierry Antinori, Member of the Lufthansa German Airlines Board Marketing & Sales, have been appointed with immediate effect to the Board of Directors of SN Airholding SA/NV. The
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Republic Airways Holdings is acquiring Milwaukee-based Midwest Airlines from TPG Capital, a Fort Worth, Texas-based private equity firm. The transaction is subject to customary regulatory approvals and is expected to close in four to six weeks. Republic will acquire 100% of the equity of Midwest and TPG
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Rolls-Royce has achieved a significant milestone in the Adaptive Versatile Engine Technology (ADVENT) research program, delivering the adaptive fan system rig on schedule to the U.S. Air force Compressor Research Facility (CRF). Rig testing will commence and will validate the performance of a key component of the LibertyWorks ADVENT engine. Testing will be conducted over
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Rolls-Royce has received type certification for the new BR725 engine that will power the first flight of the Gulfstream G650 business jet later in the year. Type certification from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is for thrust ratings of 16,100lbf (71.6 kN). Since first engine run in April 2008, the BR725 has completed all
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