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Airbus

A380 will change air travel. The Airbus A380 superjumbo jet will launch a just discovered era of aviation when it starts flying late this year or early in 2007 writes Mary Ann Anderson in the San Jose quicksilver News. The plane will carry more passengers than any airliner in the world, and its fuselage is the widest in the industry. Aug 27 2006

Airbus, Engine Alliance, General Electric, Pratt & Whitney

Airbus has finally flown the prototype Engine Alliance, a joint luck between General Electric and Pratt & Whitney, GP7200 A380, albeit nine month late. The 'plane is eventually fit to be delivered to Emirates with a November 2007 date penciled in. All previous A380 have been Rolls-Royce powered. A secondary GP7200 aircraft is due to join the flight criterion program next spring. First delivery of an A380 to lead customer Singapore Airlines is still plant for the late introduction date of December 2006 Aug 26 2006

Aircastle Investment Holdings, Boeing

Aircastle Investment Holdings said Friday that single in kind of its subsidiaries agreed to acquire six 737-700 leased to Danish LCC Sterling Airlines from affiliates of AP Moeller-Maersk collection for an estimated $165 million. Four of the acquisitions were complet Aug. 17 and Aircastle awaits to finalize the remaining pair by Aug. 31. Aug 21 2006

Avion cluster Advent

Avion signed an agreement to purchase approximately 5% of Advent's generally issued share capital, representing an investment of [pound sterling]1.4 million ($27 million) to be financed within Avion's equity and with fault "The deal provides Avion dispose access to the highly lucrative and fast growing Australian and Asian aviation markets between the walls of utilization of Star's fleet, which comprise a certain number of of the newest and highest quality aircraft within the marketplace," Chairman Magnus Thorsteinsson said. Aug 22 2006

Avion cluster Excel Airways

Avion collection will lease three or four aircraft operated from Excel Airways of the UK to Xtra Airways of Nevada during the winter schedule. Aug 22 2006

Avion dispose Star Europe, Airbus

Avion cluster said it formed a joint stake with Australasian airline group Advent Air Ltd calling for Avion subsidiaries Star Airlines of France and Star Europe of Germany to provide up to four A320s to Advent Air subsidiary Skywest, a Perth-based Regional. Skywest will operate the aircraft from November to April, which is its peak season and Avion's gentle season. Aug 22, 2006

Boeing

Boeing sures joint venture with Russian titanium firm. Boeing has created a joint risk with Russian titanium company VSMPO-Avisma to bring out titanium parts for Boeing's of recent origin 787 Dreamliner. Boeing says the agreement will increase efficiency and chisel waste of the expensive metal. The company generally gets half of its titanium from VSMPO-Avisma.

Aug 27 2006

Boeing, Etihad, Lufthansa

Boeing's decision to abandon its Connexion throw is not going down well with the airlines. Etihad has followed Lufthansa in publicly getting annoyed with Boeing. "Our experience with Connexion is actual good and our guests are with a fine edge to use it. We are talking to Boeing in metes of short and long-term solutions by way of looking at a number of options," said Ian Fergusson-Brown, spokesman for Etihad Airways. "The airline is zealous to meet customer expectations and our goal is to inflict the system into the backs of the seats. This is important for our visitants to access the Internet," Brown told abyss News. Currently, Connexion by Boeing is fitted onward Etihad's Boeing 777 aircraft and plans are subject to way to introduce the body on the Airbus fleet. Other airlines, including Korean, are talking about compensation. Aug 26 2006

Boeing, Monarch Airlines

Monarch Airlines placed an order for six 787-8 with purchase rights upon an additional four. The order is worth $916 million at list prices. The UK airline said the Dreamliners will form the core of its coming time long-haul fleet, which currently comprises A330s, A300s and 767 The 787 are scheduled for delivery from the completion of 2010 though 2013. "Operating favorably in the leisure market requires flexible and innovative works With the 787's longer-range capabilities, we will be opening up fresh destinations in the Americas, Asia and Africa," CEO Peter Brown said. Monarch, headquartered at Luton, generally operates a fleet of 28 aircraft (20 Airbus and eight Boeing) serving more than 100 destinations. Services are split between scheduled and charter flights, with the airline carrying more than 6 million passengers annually. Aug 21 2006

Bombardier, Lufthansa CityLine

Lufthansa CityLine took delivery yesterday of an 84-seat CRJ900 the first of a dozen that will originate into the fleet this year. They will be replacing 50-seat CRJ as the company continues reconfiguring its nimble "With the new aircraft type Lufthansa CityLine is taking a major gradation forward economically and technologically and is thus ideally prepared to face up to the yet to be competition," MD Thomas Drager said. First destinations for the recently made known type include Munich, Brussels, Lyon Munster/Osnabruck, Nice, Oslo and Geneva. In 2005 CityLine carried more [i]or[/i] less 6.5 million passengers with its quick of 80 regional jets. Aug 23 2006