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forestry \ geology \ GSFC \ Landsat Satellite \ LDCM \ NASA \ Orbital-Built \ regional planning \ U.S. Geological Survey
Orbital-Built Landsat Satellite Successfully Launched
Orbital Sciences Corporation, one of the world’s leading space technology companies, announced that the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) satellite was successfully launched into orbit aboard an Atlas V rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base earlier today. Orbital designed, built and tested the LDCM satellite under a contract from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) […]
Emirates \ Emirates Skywards \ Qantas Club \ Qantas Frequent Flyers \ Thierry Antinori \ Tier Miles
Qantas and Emirates Unveil Frequent Flyer Benefits
Qantas and Emirates today unveiled details of benefits that will be available to frequent flyers through their proposed partnership. The partnership, which remains subject to regulatory approval, is designed to offer customers a seamless travel experience across one of the world’s largest networks. Some of the key benefits that Qantas Frequent Flyer and Emirates Skywards […]
Boeing \ DIRCM \ Elbit DIRCM \ Elbit Systems \ Joseph Ackerman \ Roger Krone \ Space Systems
Boeing and Elbit Systems to Collaborate on Aircraft Defense Solutions
Boeing and Elbit Systems Ltd. have signed a Memorandum of Understanding that supports the growth of both companies through the joint pursuit of opportunities for self-defense solutions for Boeing military aircraft in international markets. The companies will offer Elbit Systems’ Directed Infrared Counter Measure (DIRCM) systems for a range of Boeing military fixed-wing and vertical-lift […]
Dauphin \ EC135 \ Ecureuil \ Eurocopter \ Fenestron \ Mahindra \ rotorcraft \ twin-engine \ Xavier Hay
Eurocopter books a new EC135 helicopter order in India
Eurocopter signed a contract for the sale of one EC135 to Ghodawat Industries for this Indian company’s business aviation requirements. Configured with seating for four passengers, the helicopter will be delivered in May this year and is to replace the company’s smaller Eurocopter EC120. Separately, Eurocopter provided a new EC135 to Mahindra & Mahindra, for […]
Alan Joyce \ CEO CookOff \ Maggie Beer \ Miguel Maestre \ OzHarvest \ Pete Evans \ Peter Gilmore \ Qantas \ Sydneysiders
CEO CookOff Raises Funds for Australia`s Vulnerable
Thirty six celebrity chefs from Australia’s top kitchens will join forces tonight with business leaders to cook for one thousand Sydneysiders in need. A joint initiative of OzHarvest and Qantas, the CEO CookOff aims to increase awareness of excess food which could be used to feed disadvantaged Australians, with a special focus in 2013 on […]
commercial aviation \ Gary Doernhoefer \ IATA \ International Air Transport Association \ Jeffrey N. Shane
Jeffrey N. Shane appointed IATA General Counsel
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announces the appointment of Jeffrey N. Shane as General Counsel. Shane will begin working with the Association from 2 April 2013 and will be based at its headquarters in Montreal. Shane joins IATA from the law firm of Hogan Lovells US LLP where he has been a partner since […]
Delta Air Lines \ Empire State \ jfk \ JFKIAT \ New Jersey \ Schiphol Group \ Terminal
Delta Unveil Plans for Next Phase of Terminal 4 Expansion at JFK Airport
Air Lines, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and JFK International Air Terminal LLC (JFKIAT) will continue expansion at John F. Kennedy International Airport with a $175 million project that will add 11 gates and 75,000 square feet to Terminal 4’s Concourse B. Delta has committed an additional $5 million for information […]
Africasat-1a \ Ariane Rocket \ Azerbaijan \ Azercosmos \ Azerspace Africasat \ location \ MEASAT \ Orbital Sciences \ Satellite
Azerspace/Africasat-1a Communications Satellite Successfully Launched
Orbital Sciences Corporation, one of the world’s leading space technology companies, today announced that the company-built Azerspace/Africasat-1a commercial communications satellite was successfully launched into orbit on February 7, 2013 aboard an Ariane 5 rocket from the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana. Lift-off took place at 4:36 p.m. (EST) and the satellite successfully separated […]
Austrian Airlines \ Karsten Benz \ long-haul \ RPK \ Vienna Airport
Austrian Airlines Release Traffic Results for January 2013
The Austrian Airlines Group carried a total of 723,200 passengers in January 2013, a decline of 2.3 percent from the previous year. The streamlined fleet (five fewer aircraft) arose from the targeted reduction of four medium-haul aircraft within the context of a fleet harmonization program, as well as the technical downtime of one long-haul aircraft […]
Eurocopter \ Eurocopter India \ helicopter \ India \ Lutz Bertling \ Mahindra \ MRO \ New Delhi \ rotorcraft
Eurocopter India retains the market lead in 2012
Eurocopter India recorded an impressive 2012 bookings of 12 helicopters, driven largely by the outstanding sale of nine light twin-engine EC135. This represents a 70 percent market share for the two-year-old Indian subsidiary in a fledging civilian helicopter market that is making steady progress as the country begins to realize the potential and benefits of […]