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British Airways and Iberia confirm merger date
At a joint press conference between BA’s CEO Willie Walsh and Iberia’s chairman Antonio Vazquez, the carriers announced that January 24 next year will signal the official merger of the two airlines
The press conference follows yesterday’s approval of the… Continue reading
AerolÃneas Argentinas join SkyTeam in 2012
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Buenos Aires, 30 November 2010 – AerolÃneas Argentinas, the flag carrier of Argentina, signed an agreement to join SkyTeam in 2012. AerolÃneas will be SkyTeam’s first South American member, adding 38 new destinations to the SkyTeam network.
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The… Continue reading
Dassault Reaches Milestone with 100th Falcon 7X Delivery
Dassault delivered the 100th Falcon 7X during a ceremony at its completion center in Little Rock, Arkansas.
The aircraft was delivered to a Brazilian financial services company.
To date, the 5,950 nm Falcon 7X fleet has accumulated more than 57,000… Continue reading
New EC145 helicopter for Sabah Air Aviation for medical airlift duties
the first EC145 helicopter, the first of its type in Malaysia to Sabah Air Aviation which will be used for medical airlift missions in the Sabah region, north of Borneo.
Sabah Air Aviation selected the EC145 after an extensive evaluation,… Continue reading
French Navy Rafale crashed 100 km off Pakistani coast
A French Rafale F.3 crashed 100 km off Pakistani coast yesterday, as it was in take-off from aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle.
The pilot ejected safely and was taken to the sickbay on board.
The aircraft envolved is reported as… Continue reading
Hawaiian Airlines Orders Six More A330-200s
Hawaiian Airlines, which became a new Airbus operator this year, has placed a firm order for an additional six A330-200s. These long-haul, twin-engine, widebody aircraft will join Hawaiian’s fleet of three A330s and an existing backlog of another seven A330-200s… Continue reading
Lufthansa and Airbus launch worlds first passenger bio-fuel flights
Lufthansa is launching the world’s first ever scheduled commercial passenger flights using bio-fuel in the first half of 2011, with an IAE (International Aero Engines) powered Airbus A321 aircraft. The daily flights between Hamburg and Frankfurt, will be the first… Continue reading
Boeing 787 Dreamliner a failure says Qatar Airways Boss
Soyuz Landing Caps Space Station First Decade of Expeditions
WASHINGTON — Expedition 25 Commander Doug Wheelock and Flight Engineers Shannon Walker and Fyodor Yurchikhin safely landed their Soyuz spacecraft on the Kazakhstan steppe Thursday, wrapping up a five-month stay aboard the International Space Station.
Russian cosmonaut Yurchikhin, the Soyuz… Continue reading
Sukhoi Superjet 100 SN 95004 has successfully passed HIRF testing in Italy
November 24th, Turin (Italy) – The Sukhoi Superjet 100 SN 95004 has successfully completed HIRF testing program in Italy. Tests were accomplished in Turin-Caselle airport, at the Alenia Aeronautica facilities. The preliminary results show that the aircraft meets all certification… Continue reading
FL Technics adds a customer from Croatia
Ten days of intensive basic training in accordance with Part-147 of EASA has been held for the Trade Air engineers in Croatia who maintain and inspect the airline’s aircraft. The professionals of one of the largest Eastern European technical aircraft… Continue reading
Mil Mi-8 crahed in Siberia killed 7 people
MOSCOW – A total of seven people were killed during a Mi-8 helicopter crash Thursday in Russia’s southwestern Siberian region of Omsk, news agencies reported.
Another three people suffered injuries during the crash.
“According to preliminary information, the helicopter had… Continue reading