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GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes S.A. has signed an interline agreement with Germany- based Condor Airlines. Through this partnership, passengers of the European airline can purchase tickets on GOL to Belo Horizonte, Brasilia, Fortaleza, Maceio, Natal, Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo.

USA3000 announced that Steven E. Harfst has been named its first President and Chief Executive Officer, effective Nov. 10th, 2008. Mr. Harfst will replace Angus Kinnear who recently retired as USA3000’s Chief Operating Officer.

Delta Air Lines will expand its service to the African continent with the introduction of the first and only flight between Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport and Monrovia’s Roberts International Airport, Liberia. The service, which will make a stop at Amilcar Cabral International Airport on Sal Island, Cape Verde, will start in June, 2009.

Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) will invest over $360 million in research and development in the Montreal area over the next three years following the Quebec government

United Technologies reported that David Hess, currently President of Hamilton Sundstrand, will succeed Stephen Finger as President of Pratt & Whitney Jan. 1, 2009 when Finger retires. Alain Bellemare, now President of Pratt & Whitney Canada and Executive Vice President for Pratt & Whitney Group Strategy & Development, will succeed Hess at Hamilton Sundstrand. Hess

Ryanair will open two new Italian bases in Alghero and Cagliari, in March 2009. These two new bases will create 8 new domestic and 11 new international routes to/from the island of Sardinia. Ryanair also announced that it will increase frequency to 5 daily return flights on the Rome-Milan route (from Nov 24th) and from

Guggenheim Aviation Partners, a leading participant in the commercial aircraft leasing market, announced the opening of a representative office in Singapore and the appointment of Stephen Barnes as Director, Marketing (Asia).

Qantas became the first airline to operate commercial A380 flights between Australia and the U.S. West Coast on October 20th, when its inaugural A380 service arrived at Los Angeles International Airport. The Chief Executive Officer of Qantas, Mr. Geoff Dixon, said Qantas

Gate Gourmet, a member of gategroup, has finalized an agreement with SAS Scandinavian Airlines to cater the airline’s flights from its three main hubs at Copenhagen, Stockholm/Arlanda and Oslo and several other key locations in Scandinavia. The five-year contract takes effect in the second quarter of 2009 with an option for SAS Group to extend

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