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NEWS
Minister confirms plans for third Istanbul airport Turkish Minister of Transport and Communication Binali Yıldırım has confirmed that a third airport is scheduled to be built on the European side of Istanbul, Anatolia news agency reported Monday. “The new airport will serve an annual capacity of 60 million passengers and have two separate tarmacs,” Yıldırım told Anatolia, adding that it would be a build-operate-transfer project, a business model that gives building contractors the right to manage new facilities for a certain amount of time before transferring operations to the government. Link Discussion
British Airways and Iberia shareholders approve merger British Airways and Iberia shareholders on Monday voted in favor of the merger of the airlines at special meetings in London and Madrid, respectively, ending years of speculation and on-and-off discussions that took off following IB's announcement in spring 2007 that it was open to a full or partial sale. Link Discussion
China Eastern to consider canceling 15 787s China Eastern Airlines is considering canceling its order for 15 Boeing 787s owing to the aircraft program's continuous delays, according to a CEA insider. "Most probably we [will] cancel," the source told ATW. "We are negotiating with Boeing about choosing [a] replacement aircraft type…now." Link Discussion
Hawaiian Airlines orders six more A330-200s Hawaiian Airlines announced Monday it has placed a firm order for an additional six Airbus A330-200s powered by Rolls-Royce Trent 700 engines. The aircraft will join Hawaiian’s fleet of three A330s and an existing backlog of another seven A330-200s and six A350 XWBs. Value of the order was not released, however, Airbus said the list price for an A330-200 is $191.4 million. Link Discussion
LAN finalizes acquisition of Colombia's Aires LAN Airlines said it signed a definitive agreement to purchase 98.94% of Colombia's Aires for $12 million in cash and the assumption of $100 million in net liabilities including $18 million of bank debt. In October LAN announced that it would be taking over Colombia's second largest domestic airline, which has a 22% market share. Link
Flybe to raise £60m by listing on stock exchange UK regional carrier Flybe is to float on the London stock exchange, offering around £60 million ($93 million) in new shares. British Airways is intending to commit to the share offering in order to maintain its 15% stake in the airline. Link
Other News
Global Aircraft fund announced it acquired two Airbus A320-200s and one Boeing 737-700 from GECAS, bringing its total portfolio to 10 aircraft worth approximately $600 million. The three newly acquired narrowbodies have been leased to Air Berlin, Shenzhen Airlines and Vueling Airlines for between five and six years, it said.
Amentum Capital closed a sale/leaseback transaction with easyJet for five Airbus A319s, the largest multiple-aircraft transaction Amentum has closed to date.
EgyptAir took delivery of its 15th Boeing 737-800. It will take delivery of five more of the type by end 2012.
GKN Aerospace was awarded a multi-year production contract to supply lightweight titanium thrust links for the Boeing 747-8 and the 787. The components will be manufactured at GKN's El Cajon, Calif. Facility. In addition, thrust link end fittings are being machined at the Company’s Mexicali site in Mexico.
AVIATION QUOTE
In the air transport business more than any other, the human element is everything. That big plane in front of the hangar is only as good as the man who flies it, and he is only as good as the people on the ground who work with him. — W. A. (Pat) Patterson, President United Airlines, quoted in the book 'High Horizons,' 1944.
ON THIS DATE
November 30, 1907
Glenn Curtiss founds the Curtiss Aeroplane Company. It is the 1st US airplane manufacturing company. Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company went public in 1916 with Glenn Curtiss as president.
It became the largest aircraft manufacturer in the world during World War I employing 18,000 in Buffalo and 3,000 in Hammondsport, New York. The company produced 10,000 aircraft during World War I, more than 100 in a single week. It is particularly famous for the Curtiss JN4 two-seat biplane, one of the most popular planes of all time.
Other notable Curtiss aircraft include the flying boats made for the United States Navy, including the NC-4, the first airplane to fly across the Atlantic Ocean in 1919. Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company became part of Curtiss-Wright Corporation with 11 other Wright and Curtiss affiliated companies on July 5, 1929.
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An Englishman, a Frenchman and an American
Three guys, an Englishman, a Frenchman and an American are out walking along the beach together one day. They come across a lantern and a genie pops out of it. "I will give you each one wish," says the genie. The American says, "I am a farmer, my dad was a farmer, and my son will also farm. I want the land to be forever fertile in America." With a blink of the genie's eye, 'FOOM' - the land in America was forever made fertile for farming. The Frenchman was amazed, so he said, "I want a wall around France, so that no one can come into our precious country." Again, with a blink of the Genie's eye, 'POOF' - there was a huge wall around France. The Englishman asks, "I'm very curious. Please tell me more about this wall. The Genie explains, "Well, it's about 150 feet high, 50 feet thick and nothing can get in or out." The Englishman says, "Right, fill it up with water."
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