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NEWS
Suspicious parcel found on Air Berlin flight from Windhoek to Munich (netAirspace) An Air Berlin flight from Windhoek (Namibia) to Munich has been delayed by 6 hours yesterday, after security authorities in Namibia found a suspicious package among the cargo. According to German Spiegel Online, the package contained batteries, cables, an igniter and a watch. It is still unclear if it also contained explosives. German sources state it may also have been a test package, to identify potential security leaks at foreign airports. The incident happened only few hours after Germany's Interior Minister Thomas de Maizière warned of imminent terrorist attacks to Germany, stating that a major terrorist strike was expected to happen still this month.
Amadeus gains propel Air France KLM to big first-half profit Air France KLM Group reported a consolidated net profit of €1.03 billion ($1.39 billion) for its fiscal first half ended Sept. 30, reversing a loss of €573 million in the year-ago period. Current period results were net of a €1.03 billion gain on the sale of shares in Amadeus. Net income restated for non-recurrent items was €104 million compared to a €509 deficit last year. Link
Airbus reveals A320 NEO plans Airbus has offered a glimpse of its proposed A320 New Engine Option (NEO) - which appears to leave International Aero Engines out in the cold. John Leahy, the EADS-owned airframer's chief salesman, unveiled an artist's impression of the re-engined narrowbody during a presentation at an EADS investor forum in Toulouse, Link
JAL announces new organizational structure The JAL Group announced Wednesday a change in the financially troubled airline’s organizational structure under renewed management. In order to “realize an effective and speedy revitalization,” JAL said it aims to create a “leaner financial constitution” while “maintaining the highest levels of safety” in its operation. These changes, which will include a change in the board of executive officers, are expected to take place from Dec. 15. Link
Copa inks lease agreements for 10 more 737s Copa Airlines announced Wednesday it has signed lease agreements for 10 Boeing 737-800s, five for delivery in 2011 and five in 2012. Aircraft will be leased from GECAS (5), BOC Aviation (3) and Aviation Capital Group (2). Including these leases, Copa said it now has “firm orders and delivery commitments for 33 aircraft, all of which are 737-800s.” Link
IAE wins a $300 million engine order from TAM International Aero Engines announced Wednesday it has won an order valued at more than $300 million with TAM Airlines for V2500 engines to power seven Airbus A321 and three A319 aircraft. The order includes a long-term aftermarket services agreement. Aircraft will enter service from 2011. Separately, Rolls-Royce valued its share of the engine order at more than $100 million. Link
Comac plans six C919 models The Commercial Aircraft Corp of China's (Comac) C919 will feature up to six different variants across the commercial, business jet and potentially military markets, matching virtually every application of the Airbus and Boeing narrowbody families. The baseline C919, intended to seat 156 to 168 passengers in either mixed or single-class configuration, is pegged at an overall length of 38.9m (127ft 7in), though the Chinese airframer says it plans both shrunken and stretched variants. Link
Other News
Air Asia X has confirmed that four-times weekly flights between Kuala Lumpur and Paris will commence on 14 Feb 2011.
Frontier Airlines, a wholly owned subsidiary of Republic Airways Holdings, Inc., is today launching nonstop service between its Milwaukee (MKE) hub and St. Petersburg/Clearwater International Airport (PIE).
GOL reported third-quarter net income of BRL110 million ($63.7 million), up 41.2% from a BRL77.9 million profit in the year-ago period, owing to “the upturn in demand in the domestic and international markets and the company’s continuous focus on reducing its operating costs,” GOL said. The carrier also said it signed an agreement to acquire up to 30 Boeing 737-800NGs valued at approximately $2.7 billion with deliveries beginning in 2014. The order brings GOLs total 737 commitments to 104 firm and 40 option aircraft.
Boeing continues to evaluate the possible timeline for launching a successor to the 737, VP and GM-737 program Beverly Wyse said at the Zhuhai Air Show Nov. 17. Boeing forecast earlier this month that China will need 3,090 new single-aisle aircraft in the next 20 years, which will account for 71% of total deliveries.
Boeing said it has begun certification testing for a package of 737NG performance improvements intended to reduce fuel consumption by 2%. Testing is being conducted on a 737-800 painted in the new United Airlines 737-800 that completed its first test flight last week. One percent of the savings comes from a package of aerodynamic improvements the airframe and 1% through the CFM56-7BE engine enhancement program offering LPT and HPT modifications. Other changes will cause the engine to run cooler leading to up to a 4% reduction in maintenance costs, Boeing said.
Finnish Flight Attendants' Assn., which represents 2,000 Finnair's and Blue1's cabin crew, has warned it may strike Nov. 30 if it fails to reach a deal over shifts and other employment issues. Finnair said the strike would bring most of its flights to a halt. The SLSY's previous collective agreement ended in April and negotiations on a new agreement have been under way since February.
Rolls-Royce received a $350 million order from EgyptAir to perform extended TotalCare long-term services for 12 Airbus A330s, Arabian Aerospace reported. MS operates eight A330s, with four due to be delivered in 2010 and 2011.
MTU Maintenance Hannover signed an exclusive maintenance contract with Royal Jordanian, covering 26 V2500 engines from the carrier's Airbus A320 fleet. The contract expires in March 2014.
Navtech reached a contract extension with Alaska Airlines to continue to provide its Preferential Bidding System crew planning tool. Of the 86.4% of Alaska’s Inflight Crewmembers voting 70.6% agreed to retain the system, Navtech said.
GE reached a Performance-based Navigation Services agreement with LAN Airlines to design and deploy an optimized navigation network at five airports in Peru, Chile and Ecuador, including Lima-Jorge Chávez International. GE's PBN Services business will design the optimized arrivals and departures using Required Navigation Performance technology.
AVIATION QUOTE
This fellow [Charles Lindbergh] will never make it. He's doomed.
— Harry Guggenheim, after studying The Spirit of St. Louis at Curtiss Field, 1927.
ON THIS DATE
November 18, 1930
In 1930... The Boeing XP-9 monoplane fighter makes its 1st flight in Dayton, Ohio.
The XP-9 was Boeing's first attempt at building a single wing pursuit aircraft. The XP-9 was unsuccessful as a pursuit aircraft mainly because poor handling characteristics and the aft placement of the cockpit restricted the pilot's forward visibility.
The primary contribution of the XP-9 was the semi-monocoque (structural framework with a stressed skin) construction method which would become standard in later years.
DAILY VIDEO
EDITOR’S CHOICE
HUMOR
Flying With A Blonde
There were two blondes going to California for the summer, they are about two hours into the flight and the pilot gets on the intercom and says we just lost an engine but it is all right we have three more but it will take us an hour longer.
A half hour later he gets on the intercom again and says we just lost another engine but its all right we have two more it will take us another half hour though.
One of the blondes says, "If we lose the two last engines we will be up here all day"
TRIVIA
From Largest to Smallest (by Wingspan)
1.Convair XC-99
2. Saunders-Roe Princess
3. Douglas XB-19
4. Boeing 747
5. Bristol Brabazon
6. Lockheed C-5A Galaxy
7. Hughes H-4
8. Antonov An-225 Mriya
9. Convair B-36 Peacemaker
10. Antonov An-124 Condor
And let's get one thing straight. There's a big difference between a pilot and an aviator. One is a technician; the other is an artist in love with flight. — E. B. Jeppesen
GQfluffy/forum/images/avatars/gallery/first/user84/1.pngoffline(Database Editor & Founding Member) 18 Nov 10, 13:58
Winging it here...
From Largest to Smallest (by Wingspan)
7. Hughes H-4
8. Antonov An-225 Mriya
9. Convair B-36 Peacemaker
10. Antonov An-124 Condor
6. Lockheed C-5A Galaxy
4. Boeing 747
2. Saunders-Roe Princess
5. Bristol Brabazon
3. Douglas XB-19
1.Convair XC-99
Expecting massive FAIL.
Teller of no, fixer of everything, friend of the unimportant and all around good guy; the CAD Monkey
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