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British Airways Plc confirmed that it is exploring a potential merger with Qantas Airways Limited via a dual-listed company structure. The discussions between British Airways and Iberia are continuing. There is no guarantee that any transaction will be forthcoming and a further announcement will be made in due course.

Servigistics, a leading strategic service management solution provider, reported that Air Canada has selected the Servigistics Service Parts Management solution to improve overall operational efficiency while reducing operating costs. Air Canada will use the Servigistics solution to manage their multi-million dollar rotable pool of inventory across locations in Canada, APAC and EMEA. Implementation of the

Cathay Pacific Airways announced a series of new measures that will help the airline deal with a serious downturn in business as a result of the global financial crisis. The measures are: cutting back on planned passenger capacity growth in 2009; offering cabin crew and cockpit crew the opportunity to take voluntary unpaid leave; parking

The world’s first commercial aviation test flight powered by a sustainable second-generation biofuel is ready to go next Wed. Dec. 3, 2008. The jatropha fuel has now been blended 50:50 with standard Jet A1 fuel by Air New Zealand at its Auckland Engineering Base. The biofuel blend, named J50, has now been transferred into an

Lufthansa is launching its new “Lufthansa Italia” brand in Italy today (November 27th). The new airline blends traditional Lufthansa values, notably reliability and high quality, with Italian flair. With an initial fleet of six aircraft, Lufthansa will be offering the best of connections from northern Italy to major European destinations from February 2009. Lufthansa is

Star Navigation announced an important Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that has been signed in Beijing at the offices of the Aviation Data Communication Corporation (“ADCC”) – a jointly owned subsidiary of Civil Aviation Administration of China (“CAAC”) and 9 other airlines in China. This MOU is an important step that will help facilitate a formal

EMRISE CORPORATION, a multi-national manufacturer of defense and aerospace electronic devices and communications equipment, announced that it has received $1.0 million in new orders for electronic devices and subsystems to be used in commercial In-Flight Entertainment and Communication (IFE&C) systems. Shipments of these orders are expected to begin in the first quarter of 2009 and

Jet Aviation Basel recently completed its 3,300 sq m (35,520 sq ft) hangar 1A extension. By adding the new hangar, the facility can now better accommodate its Dassault Falcon completions line. The extension 1A, together with the adjacent hangar 1, can now accommodate the entire Dassault Falcon completions. Jet Aviation’s Dassault Falcon aircraft completions include

Volvo Aero Services selected Aeroxchange

On Saturday 22 November 2008, the new H6 hangar at Paris-Charles de Gaulle welcomed Air France’s first Airbus A380 from Toulouse. This new hangar has been specifically designed for maintenance of Airbus A380 aircraft in the Air France fleet. On the evening before Air France ground staff took over this Airbus super-jumbo, piloted by an