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Embraer announced the appointment of Ernest Edwards as Vice-President, Executive Aviation Marketing and Sales for the U.S., Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean, joining the Company

US Airways is the first U.S. international carrier to outsource Unit Load Device (ULD) management in a sale and leaseback deal that furnishes ownership and administration of the airline’s ULD fleet to Jettainer GmbH. As part of its corporate cost-savings initiatives, US Airways has transferred its entire fleet of air cargo and passenger flight containers

Aer Lingus, the Irish state owned airline, confirmed the appointment of Merrion Capital and Goldman Sachs as advisors to the company. The advisors will assist Aer Lingus in the privatisation process already initiated by the Government. New investment in the airline is essential to fund fleet acquisition and other development expenditure required to underpin growth

Three new orders from Thailand and Malaysia for Rolls-Royce industrial gas turbine equipment, valued at over $50 million, continue to strengthen the Rolls-Royce position in Asia

The Association of European Airlines has joined with its North American counterpart

Northwest Airlines announced that Anna Schaefer has been named vice president

Ryanair confirmed that many of its Dublin pilots will exercise share options which at the current share price have a profit of approx. EUR50,000 each. These share options (which formed part of the 5 year pay, benefit and share option scheme collectively negotiated directly between the Dublin pilots and the airline in November 2000) fall

The U.S. Department of Transportation proposed new rules to help US airlines to raise foreign money. U.S. airlines would have more opportunities to obtain financing from investors under a new rule announced today by U.S. Secretary of Transportation Norman Y. Mineta. The proposed rule would allow international investors more say in some aspects of airline

Northwest Airlines filed an 1113(c) motion with the bankruptcy court on October 12 to secure labor cost savings if the company and its unions do not achieve consensual agreements (as previously reported).Northwest has been in discussions with The Air Lines Pilots Association (ALPA), The International Association of Machinists and Workers (IAM), and The Professional Flight

Gulf Air has launched electronic ticketing for passengers travelling on any Gulf Air flight between Bahrain, London, Singapore and Sydney and is being rolled out across the remainder of its network gradually.