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Boeing 787 enjoys strong demand
The Boeing 787 Dreamliner is facing strong demand for the fuel-efficient aircraft.
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Spirit Aero Profit Rises On Higher Demand
Spirit AeroSystems reported a stronger quarterly profit and revenue, helped by strong demand for commercial aircraft. Net income rose to USD$181.9 million, from USD$153.6 million a year earlier. Revenue in Spirit's fuselage systems, which accounts for half its total revenue, rose 6.8 percent to USD$916.8 million in the first quarter ended April 2, driven by higher deliveries.
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Airlines

Aer Lingus Q1 Loss In Line With Last Year
Aer Lingus reported a first-quarter loss in line with last year, but said trends were positive and it was confident of growth, whether or not an IAG takeover goes ahead. For the three months ended March 31, when fewer customers fly, Aer Lingus reported an underlying operating loss of EUR€48.4 million, little changed from the EUR€48.5 million loss last year.
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American to offer service from Charlotte, N.C., to Burlington, Vt.
American Airlines announced they will be adding a new, non-stop flight from Burlington to Charlotte, North Carolina. A press release says the new service will launch on August 18, 2015. “Burlington, our neighbors, and people all over Vermont are fortunate to have this added opportunity to more easily reach their business or personal travel destinations. We thank American Airlines for its confidence in Burlington and welcome its Burlington to Charlotte service to our Airport. I appreciate all that Aviation Director Gene Richards and the Airport team have accomplished over the past three years," Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger said.
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European regulators set to approve Delta pact, sources say
The European Commission is prepared to approve an agreement between Delta Air Lines, Alitalia and Air France-KLM, sources say. The carriers are part of the SkyTeam global alliance.
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Ryanair Has USD$5 Million Taken From Bank Account
Almost USD$5 million was fraudulently taken from one of Ryanair's bank accounts, the airline said, adding that it understood the funds had been frozen and would be repaid shortly. "Ryanair confirms that it has investigated a fraudulent electronic transfer via a Chinese bank last week," the airline said in a statement.
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Spirit Airlines Q1 Profit Jumps 83 Percent
Spirit Airlines reported a first-quarter profit of USD$69 million, up 83 percent on the same period last year. Last year, the budget airline posted net income of USD$37.7 million. Total revenue per available seat mile dropped 9.9 percent last quarter compared to a year earlier, on a capacity increase of 25 percent.
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United Airlines lends a hand in Nepal aid effort
United Airlines is helping relief efforts in earthquake-stricken Nepal. The carrier will match donations of customers and employees up to $50,000, and will also give MileagePlus miles to loyalty members who donate. "Our hearts are with those living and working in Nepal as they recover from this devastating event," said Mark Anderson, senior vice president of corporate and government affairs for the carrier.
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Airports

LAX served 4.2% more passengers in March
The number of passengers traveling through Los Angeles International Airport continued to climb last month. More than 6 million travelers passed through the airport in March, up 4.2 percent from 5.8 million travelers in the same month in 2014. Through the first three months of the year, LAX has seen 2.7 percent more passengers than it did in the same period a year earlier, according to figures released Tuesday by airport operator Los Angeles World Airports.
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Military

ShinMaywa US-2 involved in major accident at sea
A ShinMaywa US-2 amphibious aircraft operated by the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force was involved in a major accident off the coast of the nation’s Kochi province. A news report on social media shows the aircraft, bearing tail number 9905, floating nose down in the sea, its fuselage perpendicular to the waves.
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Peru accepts first locally-assembled KT-1P trainer
Peruvian company Seman has delivered its first locally-­assembled example of the Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) KT-1 trainer to the Latin American ­nation’s air force.
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UK to bolster Nepal relief efforts with Chinooks
The UK is to bolster its commitment to the relief effort in Nepal with the deployment of three Royal Air Force Boeing CH-47 Chinook HC3 heavy-lift helicopters. A Boeing C-17 strategic airlifter has already been used to transport urgently needed equipment and personnel to the Himalayan nation following the devastating 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck on 25 April.
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Training key to RAF C-130J role expansion
The Royal Air Force’s Lockheed Martin C-130J Hercules transports have continued to be heavily utilized following years in Afghanistan, and have been used in a range of humanitarian roles – most recently in delivering supplies in support of the crisis following the earthquake in Nepal on 25 April. A Hercules deployed to India via RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus on the evening of 28 April from RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire, and the transport will provide logistics support for Kathmandu once it arrives. The commitment follows a range of other humanitarian disaster relief operations that the UK aircraft have recently carried out, including the delivery of supplies to people on Mount Sinjar displaced as a result of Islamic State attacks in Iraq, and in support of a UN relief effort in South Sudan.
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Aviation Quote

The strength of the turbulence is directly proportional to the temperature of your coffee.
— Gunter's Second Law of Air Travel

On This Date

---In 1904... The St. Louis exposition opens. Octave Chanute exhibits a replica of his biplane glider of 1896, which he launches by using an electric winch.

---In 1917... Pacific Aero Products Company changes its name to Boeing Airplane Company, with William E. Boeing as its president.

---In 1919... The Air Navigation Directions, laying down rules for aircraft registration and pilot licensing, are published in London.

---In 1928... British pilot Lady Mary Bailey lands to complete a flight from England to Cape Town, South Africa. She took off on March 9th.

---In 1932... An international code of air traffic communication is formally established, following the decision to do so at a 1927 conference in Washington,DC. The new code is based on a series of three-letter code starting with the letter “Q” …

---In 1958…First flight of the Blackburn Buccaneer XK 486.

---In 1962…OXCART’s first “official” flight, A-12 (924). Witnessed by a number of CIA and Air Force representatives. Pilot Lou Schalk. 340 knots, 30,000 feet, 59 minutes. This flight was just under one year later than originally planned. Bill Parks joins the pilot program.

---In 1966… Surveyor 1 - USA Lunar Soft Lander launched. Surveyor 1 was the first American soft landing on the lunar surface.

---In 1969... The first woman airline pilot in the West, Turi Widerose of Norway, makes her first scheduled flight as a first officer for Scandinavian Airlines.

---In 1969…Aviogenex commences operations.

---In 1981…Peoplexpress Airlines commenced operations.

---In 1982…The United Kingdom declares an air blockade of the Falkland Islands.

---In 2013… A National Air Cargo B747-400F crashes at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan. Seven aboard are killed in the crash that is caught on video.

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Trivia

1. Which company built the ill-fated Comet?

Hawker Siddeley
De Havilland
Handley Page
Vickers

2. Which of the following does not belong?

DC-5
DC-6
DC-4
DC-7

3. Who was primarily responsible for the design and development of the Constellation?

Juan Trippe
Malcolm Loughhead (Lockheed)
Howard Hughes
Glenn Martin

4. Which Convair model was the company's last entry in the commercial airliner market?

990
240
880
340

5. Which passenger plane was never used as Air Force One?

Douglas DC-7
Lockheed Constellation
Douglas DC-6
Boeing 707

6. Which of the following is not a jumbo jet?

Boeing 747
McDonnell Douglas MD-82
Lockheed L-1011
Douglas DC-10

7. What was the designation of the four-engine jet airliner being produced by Airbus prior to the A380?

A350
A321
A320
A340

8. Before Boeing introduced its long-haul 747-400 series, a smaller version of the 747 was built that had a range of almost 7,000 miles. What was the designation of this popular 'mini-jumbo'?

747-250
747-SB
747-SP
747-200

9. During the 1950s turboprop aircraft made up a large portion of the commercial airliner fleet. Which of the following was not a turboprop?

Lockheed Electra II
Bristol Britannia
Vickers Viscount
Martin 404

10. In the romantic era of the Clippers, Pan Am bought flying boats from Martin, Sikorsky and Boeing. What was the designation of the airplane built by Boeing for service in the fabled Clipper fleet?

307
247
377
314