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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 […]
aerospace \ airBaltic \ aircraft \ Bombardier \ Bombardier Aerospace \ CSeries \ Farnborough International Airshow \ flight \ Flight Deck \ Munich Airport
Full-Scale Bombardier CSeries Aircraft Flight Deck and Cabin Demonstrators on Display at Munich Airport
Bombardier Aerospace announced today that the CSeries aircraft flight deck and cabin demonstrators are on display at Hangar 3 (Augsburg Airways GmbH) at Munich Airport until September 24, 2012. Direct from a roadshow in Riga, Latvia where they were on display for newly announced CSeries aircraft customer, airBaltic, the demonstrators have travelled across Europe from […]
aerospace \ aircraft \ Amphibious Aircraft \ BACN \ Battlefield Airborne \ Bombardier \ Derek Gilmour \ Global \ Global 6000 \ US Air Force
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 […]
astronaut \ aviation \ Bombardier \ Eugene Cernan \ NASA \ Naval Aviator \ safety \ Safety Award \ Safety Standdown
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, […]
aircraft \ Bombardier \ Eurolot \ Eurolot t \ Mariusz Dabrowski \ Mike Arcamone \ Q400 \ Q400 NextGen
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 […]
AirTran \ Branson \ flight \ Love Field \ Missouri Branson Airport \ non-stop flights \ southwest airlines
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 […]
Air France \ Airbus \ aircraft \ BEA \ Royal Air Maroc \ runway \ wrong runway
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, […]
Airplanes \ Asia Pacific \ Asia Pasific \ aviation \ Boeing \ commercial \ maintanence \ Technician Outlook
Boeing Projects High Demand for Aviation Personnel
Boeing predicts the Asia Pacific region will require hundreds of thousands of new commercial airline pilots and maintenance technicians over the next 20 years to support airline fleet modernization and the rapid growth of air travel. The 2012 Boeing Pilot & Technician Outlook, a respected industry forecast of required aviation personnel, calls for 185,600 new […]
A321ceo \ A330 \ Airbus \ aircraft \ PAL \ Philippine Airlines
PAL to buy 54 Airbus Jets
Philippine Airlines (PAL) has placed a firm order with Airbus covering 34 A321ceo, 10 A321neo and 10 A330-300s. The aircraft are being purchased under a major fleet modernisation programme at the airline, with deliveries starting in 2013. The single aisle A321 aircraft are being purchased to enhance the airline’s product offerings on domestic […]
Hurricane Categories Explained \ landfall \ New Orleans \ Republican Convention \ T.S Isaac
T.S Blows Away Day One of the Republican Convention
Tropical Storm Isaac is still sweeping across the Atlantic, and by Tuesday or Wednesday the storm will likely move into the U.S. as a Category One or Two hurricane. On Saturday, events for Monday’s start of the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida were cancelled as a result of the impending storm. Tropical Storm […]