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Emirates Brings Daily A380 Service to Sao Paulo
First ever scheduled commercial A380 flight to South America, marking Emirates’ tenth year of operations in Brazil Monday, January 16, 2017 — Emirates, voted the World’s Best Airline in the 2016 Skytrax World Airline Awards, announced today that it will operate the first ever scheduled commercial Airbus A380 flight to South America when it upgrades…
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Virgin Atlantic completes a £32m addition to its senior secured note transaction
Virgin Atlantic has announced a £32m increase to its landmark senior secured note transaction. Secured using the airline’s take-off and landing slot portfolio at London Heathrow, the full value of the notes now total £252m. The initial transaction, announced just over a year ago, remains the only one of its kind in Europe, receiving numerous…
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bmi regional announces new Birmingham hub with three new routes
Graz, Gothenburg and Nuremberg flights to launch this spring bmi regional is creating a new hub at Birmingham airport, launching three exciting new European routes from the UK’s second city. The new routes to Graz, Austria, Nuremburg, Germany and Gothenburg, Sweden will start in early 2017. The Graz flight will commence on 27 February 2017,…
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Reuniting lost bear with its young owner #GetShackletonHome
When easyJet Captain Matthew Clutterbuck arrived at his aircraft early one December morning for a routine days flying, he glanced into the cabin, only to see a sad-looking but clearly much-loved children’s teddy bear staring back at him from the aisle floor. He knew the challenge had been set. Seemingly dropped or left behind, from…
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Dassault to Provide Special Event Support at the World Economic Forum
Dassault Aviation will offer an expanded range of on-ground services to support customers at this year’s World Economic Forum. In addition to standard onsite troubleshooting provided by the Falcon Command Centers, special events support will include technical team assistance and offsite resources provided through the company’s Authorized Service Center network and its Falcon Response AOG…
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Lockheed Martin’s Latest Electronic Warfare System for Helicopters to Safeguard U.S. Navy Against Anti-Ship Missile Threats
Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] will build on its 45-year legacy of integrated electronic warfare system success under a newly awarded U.S. Navy development contract to provide MH-60 helicopters with enhanced electronic warfare surveillance and countermeasure capabilities against anti-ship missile (ASM) threats. Lockheed Martin’s Advanced Off-Board Electronic Warfare (AOEW) Active Mission Payload (AMP) AN/ALQ-248 system, is…
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Boeing, SpiceJet Announce Deal for up to 205 Airplanes
Deal includes 100 additional 737 MAX 8s; 50 purchase rights All-Boeing jet operator continues to grow fleet with more 737 MAXs Largest order in low-cost carrier’s history Boeing [NYSE: BA] and SpiceJet announced today a commitment for up to 205 airplanes during an event in New Delhi. Booked at the end of 2016, the announcement…
