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United Airlines announced significant fleet, capacity and personnel changes, enabling the company to build a stronger, more competitive business better able to withstand record oil prices and a softening economy. United will remove a total of 100 aircraft from its mainline fleet, including the 30 previously announced Boeing 737s, and reduce its mainline domestic capacity […]

Thomas Bode has been appointed general manager, Pratt & Whitney Columbus Engine Center. Bode will manage all aspects of the Columbus Engine Center, with a strong focus on on-time customer delivery, business growth and product quality.

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, together with Air France has selected the Enigma 3C Revision Manager to improve maintenance for its fleet of aircraft. Revision Manager is the second Enigma product implemented by KLM adding on to the Enigma 3C Platform currently being used to deliver airline maintenance data to all of its overhaul and line-maintenance

Silverjet the all buisiness class airline has ceased operations on May 30th. Silverjet announced on May 23rd, 2008 that it had yet to receive the proceeds of the $5.0 million drawdown request made under its loan facility with Viceroy Holdings LLC (

Southwest Airlines Board of Directors elected Gary Kelly, Southwest’s Chief Executive Officer, as its Chairman of the Board. The airline announced that Kelly will also assume the title of President when Colleen Barrett’s employment contract expires on July 15, 2008 making Kelly CEO, Chairman, and President at that time. Additionally, the Board of Directors elected

UPS is moving its intra-Asia air hub from the Philippines to Shenzhen in China

SAS Norge has been instructed to pay NOK 132 million in compensation to Norwegian in a civil suit at Asker and B

Fleet service employees at US Airways have ratified a single agreement that brings all of the airline

Singapore Airlines redefines long-haul air travel with the launch of the world’s first all-Business Class flights from North America to Asia. The newly reconfigured Airbus A340-500 replaces the two-class, 181-seat configuration with 100 of the Airline’s new Business Class seats. Singapore Airlines is the first to operate an all-Business Class service on the transpacific route.

Qantas announced it would establish a pilot base in Perth in December 2008. The Chief Executive Officer of Qantas, Mr Geoff Dixon, said around 80 pilots would be based in Perth for intra-Western Australia and transcontinental flying to support the airline’s recently announced capacity increases. “The State’s mining and resource sector is booming and the