Daily Archives: August 31, 2010
Japan Airlines to remove 49 routes, 103 jets
TOKYO – Japan Airlines Corp, a carrier worth no more than a two-decade-old jumbo when it was bailed out by the government in January, said it will retire two-fifths of its aircraft, abandon one in eight overseas flights and end… Continue reading
German Airbus A350 XWB Production commences
Airbus CEO Tom Enders and Parliamentary State Secretary Peter Hintze give go-ahead for largest integrated carbon fibre component ever made by Airbus.Blagnac, 31 August 2010
Airbus has commenced production of the latest Airbus product, the A350 XWB, in Germany. The… Continue reading
Boeing to Provide Landing Gear Exchange Service to Qantas Airways
SEATTLE, Aug. 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Boeing (NYSE: BA) will perform landing gear exchange, repair and overhaul services on Qantas Airways’ 747-400ER (extended range) jetliners. Qantas, the program launch customer for the 747-400ER and operator of six of the airplanes, becomes… Continue reading
Lockheed Martin Advancing On Next-Generation Commercial Remote Sensing Satellite System For GeoEye
August 31st, 2010 — The Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] team developing GeoEye’s next-generation, high-resolution commercial Earth-imaging satellite system known as GeoEye-2, has successfully completed on-schedule a System Requirements Review (SRR), an important program milestone that precedes the Preliminary Design Review.… Continue reading
PHI, Inc. Signs Contract For Ten AW139s
PHI, Inc. has signed a contract for ten AW139 medium twin helicopters. These aircraft will be used to perform offshore transport missions. Emilio Dalmasso, Senior Vice President Commercial Business Unit, AgustaWestland said, “We are proud to add PHI to our… Continue reading