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Africa’s First, Ethiopian Dreamliner to Lands in Lomé

Ethiopian Airlines announce that its 1st Dreamliner, “Africa First”, touched down in Lomé, Togo, on 5 September 2012. Ethiopian 1st Dreamliner flight to Lomé is part of its tour of stations in the Ethiopian network. Lomé is the political and economic capital of Togo and hub of ASKY, a partner airline of Ethiopian. Through the […]

A Fourth Bombardier Global Aircraft Added to US Air Force Inventory

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A Fourth Bombardier Global Aircraft Added to US Air Force Inventory

Bombardier Aerospace announced today that it delivered a Global 6000 aircraft to the US Air Force last Thursday, in a ceremony conducted at a Bombardier facility in Connecticut. This aircraft is the fourth Bombardier Global aircraft to be added to the existing US Air Force inventory with E-11A Military Designation. The intention is to equip this new addition with […]

Bombardier Introduces New Safety Award at its 16th Annual Safety Standdown

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Bombardier Introduces New Safety Award at its 16th Annual Safety Standdown

Bombardier announced today that it will reveal the recipient of its first annual Eugene Cernan Safety Award at this year’s Safety Standdown U.S.A. Registration for the 16th edition of the annual event, featuring workshops and general sessions on current aviation safety topics, is now open. Safety Standdown 2012 will be held from October 8 to 11, […]

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Eurolot to Add Six More Bombardier Q400 NextGen Aircraft to its Fleet

Bombardier Aerospace announced today that Warsaw-based Eurolot has converted options on six Q400 NextGen airliners to a firm order that will increase its fleet to 14 Q400 NextGen aircraft. Based on the list price of the Q400 NextGen airliner, the transaction announced today is valued at approximately $190 million US. Eurolot’s firm order for eight […]

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Southwest to Launch Non-stop Branson Flights

  Southwest Airlines will add nonstop daily service to one city but drop direct flights to another when it begins flying from Missouri’s Branson Airport next year. Southwest announced Monday that it will take over the Branson operations of its AirTran subsidiary in March 2013. KYTV reports ( http://bit.ly/OnOeYk) that Southwest will drop daily nonstop […]

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Air France lands on wrong runway

Pilots of an Air France Airbus A319 erroneously landed on the wrong runway at Casablanca after accepting a visual approach and failing to notice that the jet was aligned on a parallel centreline. Moroccan investigators found that the aircraft, cleared to land on runway 35L, had correctly acknowledged the clearance but approached high and fast, […]

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United Expands Rebooking Options For Customers Affected By T.S. Isaac

  United Airlines today announced the airline has added several Gulf Coast cities to those covered under the flexible-travel waiver that the airline put in place as a result of Tropical Storm Isaac.   Customers traveling on flights to, from or through the affected cities during the applicable travel dates may reschedule their itineraries for […]

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Ethiopian to Launch Flights to Kuala Lumpur

Ethiopian Airlines, the fastest growing airline in Africa,  announced that it will commence scheduled thrice weekly flights to Kuala Lumpur on October 31, 2012, via Bangkok. Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia and dubbed the Garden City of Lights, is renowned for its numerous tourist attractions, which include the Batu Caves, Menara Tower, the Bukit Nanas Forest Reserve, the […]

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Ethiopian Dreamliner Touches Down in Lagos

Ethiopian Airlines announced that its first Dreamliner, “Africa First”, touched down in Lagos, Nigeria on August 25, 2012.   Ethiopian Dreamliner flight to Lagos is part of rotating African destinations this ultra modern aircraft is slated to fly. Ethiopian Airlines’ decision to fly the Dreamliner primarily to African destinations is a show of its commitment […]

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Lagos Welcomes Ethiopian 1st Dreamliner

Ethiopian 1st Dreamliner is expected in Lagos, Nigeria on 25 August 2012. The flight will depart from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport to Lagos on Saturday morning. It will be the 1st dreamliner to land in Lagos. Ethiopian is the first airline in the world outside Japan to fly the Dreamliner, the most technologically advanced commercial aircraft. The Dreamliner […]