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Ethiopian Airlines-affiliated ASKY eyeing long-haul routes
Ethiopian Airlines said that Lome-based ASKY Airlines, in which it now holds a 40% stake, is preparing to start long-haul operations.
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Virgin America incurs $44.6 million first-quarter loss
Virgin America reported a first-quarter net loss of $44.6 million, widened from a year-ago deficit of $35.5 million, owing to “investment in growth and increased fuel prices,” the carrier said.
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Thai to acquire eight 787s and 12 A350s in 37-aircraft deal
Thai Airways International will acquire eight Boeing 787 Dreamliners and 12 Airbus A350s as part of a 37-aircraft acquisition worth Thai baht (Bt) 119 billion ($3.89 billion).
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Australian airlines scrap flights amidst volcanic ash cloud
Qantas Airways has cancelled all trans-Tasman flights to and from New Zealand and domestic flights to and from Tasmania today due to a volcanic ash cloud from the Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano eruption in Chile.
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Boeing opens Charleston line amid controversy
Boeing has officially opened its new North Charleston, South Carolina 787 final assembly line, amid an ongoing dispute between the airframer and its largest union over the legality of the sprawling new facility.
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Other News

Delta Air Lines and Virgin Australia Airlines said Friday they welcomed the US Dept. of Transportation's final approval of antitrust immunity for the airlines' transpacific alliance, which will allow the carriers to implement a joint venture on service between the US and Australia. DOT tentatively approved ATI for the carriers last month, reversing its prior opposition.

Several German companies and organizations have launched the Aviation Initiative for Renewable Energy in Germany, a platform for promoting science and research in the area of climate-friendly aviation fuels, with a main emphasis on sustainability. Founding members comprise airberlin, Lufthansa, Rolls-Royce Germany, EADS, MTU Aero Engines and Munich Airport. Other partners include universities, research institutions, airlines, airports, aircraft manufacturers, engine manufacturers, logistics enterprises and fuel producers. The initiative aims to create a “sound” basis for political decision making with regard to the introduction of climate-friendly aviation fuels.

US Dept. of Transportation said Friday it fined Frontier Airlines $40,000 for failing to display on-time performance for its flights on the carrier’s website in early 2011. “Air travelers have a right to know whether the flight they are buying is chronically delayed or canceled,” said US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood.

MTU Maintenance Berlin-Brandenburg signed an agreement with Uruguay-based carrier Pluna covering maintenance of its CF34-8C5 engines. Pluna operates a CF34-powered fleet of 10 CRJ900 jets. The contract runs until December 2017 and is valued at €20 million ($29.2 million).

Lufthansa Technik signed two agreements with bmi, extending a base maintenance agreement covering 41 aircraft (25 Airbus A320 family aircraft, two A330s and 14 Boeing 737s) as well as forming a new partnership for line maintenance support at London Heathrow, branded, "bmi, partner of Lufthansa Technik." The partnership will provide line maintenance up to (and including) A checks for narrow and widebody aircraft for LH and bmi as well as for present and future external line maintenance customers at LHR.

A J Walter Aviation won a contract with Small Planet Airlines to provide integrated consumables management, supporting charter flight programs from Rome Fiumicino and Milan Malpensa this year. The Lithuania-based airline operates a fleet of six Boeing 737-300s and two Airbus A320s. It operates flights to Lithuania, Estonia, Poland and Italy.



AVIATION QUOTE

Rule books are paper - they will not cushion a sudden meeting of stone and metal.

— Ernest K. Gann, 'Fate is the Hunter.'



ON THIS DATE

June 13th

• In 1916... The Zeppelin-Lindau Dornier Rs II hydroplane, piloted by Schröter and Schulte, succeeds in taking off from Lake Constance, Germany, and makes a four-minute flight.

• In 1942... The U.S. Navy makes its first operational test with Loran (long-range navigation) equipment with a receiver mounted in a K-2 airship on a flight from the Lakehurst, N.J. Naval Air Station.

• In 1962... Capt. Richard H. Coan, USAF, sets a new closed-circuit distance record for helicopters when he flies a Kaman H-43B Huskie a distance of 656.258 mi. This beats the previous record of 625.464 mi. set by a Soviet Mil Mi-1.



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Which Service has the Dumbest Officers? *

• Well, in the Coast Guard the officers stay nice and dry on land, while the enlisted people head out to sea in all sorts of weather.
• In the Army, the officers stand behind the troops and shout, "Attack!"
• In the Navy, the officers stand on the bridge and steer the ship into action.
• In the Marine Corps, the officers stand in front of the troops and shout, "Attack!"
• And in the Air Force? Well, the officers go off to battle in their pretty flight suits, flying their expensive toys, while the enlisted people head for the club for a long one.
* Or, conversely, the smartest enlisted people.



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