Archive for April 2012
Boeing Rolls Out First 787 Dreamliner Built in South Carolina
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C./PRNewswire/ — The first Boeing (NYSE: BA) 787 Dreamliner to be assembled in South Carolina rolled out of final assembly Friday to great fanfare from the crowd of…
Read MoreChina Eastern Airlines Commits to buy 20 Boeing 777-300ER’s
SEATTLE, April 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Boeing (NYSE: BA) announced today that China Eastern Airlines has agreed to buy 20 Boeing 777-300ERs (Extended Range), as the airline plans to expand…
Read MoreInterjet Mexico to Miami
There are days in the airline / aviation business you are pleasantly surprised. Interjet is a Mexican airline that has expanded services to Miami international Airport late last year. After…
Read MoreLufthansa Receives The First Boeing 747-8
Courtesy Boeing EVERETT, Wash., April 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Boeing (NYSE: BA) has delivered the first 747-8 Intercontinental passenger airliner to Deutsche Lufthansa AG, beginning a new era for the…
Read MoreAmerican Airlines Merge or Independence
As time moves forward we all have to make changes and adjustments. As one profession says we have to learn, change and adapt. Right now American Airlines as we all…
Read MorePakistan Domestic Plane Crashes Killing 127 on Board
Friday April 20, 2012 around 5pm local time during a rain storm and low clouds all people on board were killed. Bhoja Air Flight 213 including passengers and crew did…
Read MoreAirTran Airways Officially Launches Its First International Flight From Denver International Airport
Route Offers Customers a New Low Fare Option and U.S. Gateway for Customers Traveling to Mexico DALLAS, /PRNewswire/ — AirTran Airways, a subsidiary of Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV), announced today…
Read MoreBoeing, ANA Celebrate First 787 Biofuel Flight
Courtesy Boeing EVERETT, Wash /PRNewswire/ — Boeing (NYSE: BA) and All Nippon Airways (ANA) made aviation history yesterday as a 787 Dreamliner flew for the first time powered in part…
Read MoreBoeing Celebrates 4,000th Next-Generation 737
Courtesy Boeing SEATTLE /PRNewswire/ — Boeing (NYSE: BA) executives and more than 500 employees, suppliers, union representatives and government officials joined China Southern Airlines to celebrate the 4,000th Next-Generation 737…
Read MoreGaruda Indonesia orders 11 more A330s
Courtesy Airbus Garuda Indonesia, the national carrier of Indonesia, has placed a firm order with Airbus for 11 more A330-300 widebody aircraft. The contract was signed today in Jakarta by…
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