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Jet2holidays Celebrates 5th Birthday.
This week Jet2holidays is celebrating five years since its launch, which has seen the package holiday specialist increase passenger numbers by a remarkable 500 per cent from 34,000 passengers in its first year to over 200,000 in 2011.Jet2holidays expects to achieve the half a million customer booking landmark in May this year. Jet2.com announced the launch of Jet2holidays in February 2007…
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Walking (and exercising) in the air.
Top athletes hoping to represent Team GB and ParalympicsGB are sharing their exercise techniques in a wellbeing video for British Airwayscustomers, available on flights from February, which can be viewed here: Wellbeing Video World Champion heptathlete Jessica Ennis, Olympic medal gymnast Louis Smith and Paralympic medallist Shelly Woods feature in the ten-minute film demonstrating a number…
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Pratt & Whitney Awarded $194M F135 Long-Lead Production Contract.
The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded Pratt & Whitney a $194,097,296 long-lead production contract for F135 engines to power the F-35 Lightning II. The low rate initial production (LRIP) contract covers long-lead materials for the sixth lot of F135 engines, and provides Pratt & Whitney the ability to start procuring long-lead items for production…
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United and Houston Airport System Begin Redevelopment Project at Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport.
Houston Mayor Annise Parker and the Houston Airport System, in partnership with United Continental Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: UAL), today broke ground on the first phase of a three-phase redevelopment project at George Bush Intercontinental Airport. Phase one of the project, to be completed in 2013, will create a new Terminal B south concourse dedicated to…
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Norwegian Orders 100 LEAP-1B-Powered 737 MAX Airplanes.
Engine order valued at $2.9 billion U.S. CFM bringing revolutionary technologies to 737 MAX WEST CHESTER, Ohio – 25 January 2012 – Norwegian today became the first European customer for the advanced LEAP-1B-powered Boeing 737 MAX with an order for 100 airplanes. In addition, the airline ordered 22 additional CFM56-7BE-powered Next-Generation 737-800s. The total engine…
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Alitalia’s Board of Directors gave green light to the project for integration with Blue Panorama Airlines.
The Board of Directors of Alitalia – Compagnia Aerea Italiana gave green light to the project for integration with Blue Panorama Airlines, on the basis of the contents of the memorandum of understanding signed today by the two companies. The integration project is consistent with the national and international consolidation processes under way in the…
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Cessna Citation Ten Prototype Makes First Flight.
Cessna Aircraft Company, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, said the Citation Ten prototype made its first flight. The flight lasted more than two hours and included tests of stability and control, handling qualities, functional operations including the autopilot and autothrottle system, engine operability and avionics before landing at Wichita, Kan. Mid-Continent Airport (ICT) where…
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Modest improvement for global aviation safety in 2011.
EASA today issued preliminary aviation safety data for 2011 which shows a modest improvement in worldwide safety levels. In commercial air transport operations, the number of fatal accidents decreased from 46 in 2010 to 45 in 2011. Safety performance continues to show important regional differences: the region of non-EASA Member States in Europe shows the…
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BANYAN DELIVERS FIRST AVIATOR 200 TO SOUTH AMERICA.
On January 7, 2012 a Beech Jet 400A departed for Argentina outfitted with the Thrane and Thrane AVIATOR 200 Swift Broadband (SBB) system. The AVIATOR 200 turns an aircraft into a business tool and enables pilots and passengers to use PDA devices including Blackberry®, iPhone® and iPads to access a multitude of applications; such as,…
