Boeing agrees to acquire Vought share of Global Aeronautica

Boeing has agreed to acquire Vought Aircraft Industries’ interest in Global Aeronautica, LLC, a South Carolina fuselage sub-assembly facility for Boeing’s newest airplane, the 787 Dreamliner. After the transaction is complete, Global Aeronautica will become a 50-50 joint venture between The Boeing Company and Alenia North America, a subsidiary of Italy’s Alenia Aeronautica — a […]

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EU-U.S. Open Skies starts on Sunday

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The new EU-U.S. Air Transport Agreement will take effect on Sunday, March 30. For the first time, European airlines can fly without restrictions from any point in the EU to any point in the United States.The two biggest aviation markets, encompassing 60 percent of world traffic, will cooperate closer in all fields of aviation policy.

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Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company selects Pacelab Cabin

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Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company (SCAC) has purchased Pacelab Cabin to promote the sales of its Sukhoi Superjet 100 regional jet family. The cabin configuration tool by software provider PACE enables cabin engineers to rapidly create validated and optimized layout alternatives for what-if scenarios or competitive analysis. Pacelab Cabin will be used by SCAC’s Customer Engineering

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Delta Air Lines ready to fly to China

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Delta Air Lines on Sunday will fulfill a decade-long goal of conveniently connecting customers to and from China with the inaugural of the first-ever nonstop flight between Atlanta and Shanghai. With the new route, customers flying to or from 47 of the more than 240 destinations served by Delta nonstop from Atlanta will gain their

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Air Berlin carries letter post

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On 31st March Air Berlin is starting to carry letters for the German post office

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BA Willi Walsh apologizes for chaotic first day at terminal 5

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BA released following statement from CEO Willi Walsh: “Yesterday (March 27th) was definitely not British Airways’ finest hour. We disappointed many people and I apologize sincerely. I take responsibility for what happened. The buck stops with me. A number of issues led to the events we saw yesterday. There were problems in the car parks,

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Turkmenistan orders three Next-Generation 737s

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The Boeing Company confirmed an order for three Next-Generation 737s by national flag carrier Turkmenistan Airlines. The order for two 737-900ERs and one 737-700 is worth approximately $221 million at list prices. Turkmenistan Airlines’ all-Boeing fleet also includes 717s, Classic and Next-Generation 737s, 757s, and one 767.

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Willis Lease Finance reports record earnings per share of $1.66 in 2007

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Willis Lease Finance Corporation, a leading lessor of commercial jet engines, reported that strong demand for leased engines and high utilization of its growing engine portfolio contributed to 24% lease rent revenue growth and record earnings per share in 2007 on total revenues of $121.9 million, a 15% increase over the prior year. Willis Lease

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ANA selects Mitsubishi Regional Jet

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The ANA Board of Directors selected the Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) as its new regional aircraft, placing a firm order for 15 and 10 options, with delivery planned from 2013. The aircraft will be powered by the Pratt & Whitney Geared Turbo Fan (GTF). The MRJ was chosen on the basis of safety, overall economy,

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New airline OpenSkies makes progress toward launch this summer

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As the Open Skies agreement goes into effect on March 30th, OpenSkies, a new transatlantic airline from British Airways, continues to make progress toward launch this summer. OpenSkies is the first new airline created as a result of the Open Skies agreement, which allows airlines to fly between any U.S. and E.U. destination. OpenSkies plans

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Boeing agrees to acquire Vought share of Global Aeronautica

EU-U.S. Open Skies starts on Sunday

Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company selects Pacelab Cabin

Delta Air Lines ready to fly to China

Air Berlin carries letter post

BA Willi Walsh apologizes for chaotic first day at terminal 5

Turkmenistan orders three Next-Generation 737s

Willis Lease Finance reports record earnings per share of $1.66 in 2007

ANA selects Mitsubishi Regional Jet

New airline OpenSkies makes progress toward launch this summer

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