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Aer Lingus Repeats Rejection Of Ryanair Bid
Irish airline Aer Lingus on Friday renewed a call to its shareholders to reject Ryanair's latest takeover bid, saying its budget rival had failed to provide any new information on its offer.
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TAV Planning To Buy Rest Of Havas Unit
Turkish airports operator TAV Holding said it had started talks about buying the remaining 35 percent of its Havas ground handling services unit which it does not already own.
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Australian Airports Fund Shares Rise On Offer
The Australian Infrastructure Fund, which holds interests in several state airports, said on Friday it had agreed to a AUD$2 billion (USD$2.10 billion) offer from the sovereign wealth Future Fund, sending its shares to a 5-year high.
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Cessna Citation Ten max Mach increased to 0.935
Cessna has increased the speed of its Citation Ten business jet, which the company claims will make it the fastest civil aircraft in the world. The aircraft new maximum speed is Mach 0.935-it was previously thought to top out at Mach 0.92.
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No crisis for 787 despite big Qantas cancellation
Boeing has suffered its largest Dreamliner cancellation so far after Qantas scrapped its firm order for 35 787-9s worth $8.5 billion, taking the cumulative cancellation tally beyond 200. However, with the move to terminate the Dreamliners on order for its mainline division being triggered by the Australian flag carrier's financial woes, the cancellation is not seen as having any major repercussions for the 787 program.
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Russia’s UAC reveals 130-seat aircraft launch plan
Russia’s United Aircraft Corp. (UAC) has announced plans to launch a 130-140-seat aircraft program, UAC president Mikhail Pogosyan said at the International Air Transport Forum in Ulyanovsk. The new aircraft, expected to enter the market between 2016-2020, will fill the gap between the lengthened 110-155-seat Sukhoi Superjet 100 and the 150-200-seat MS-21, Pogosyan said.
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Uruguay sets rules for liquidated Pluna’s fleet auction
The Uruguayan government has announced rules for the fleet auction of liquidated Pluna Lineas Aereas Uruguayas’ (PU) seven Bombardier CRJ 900s, to take place Sept. 12. The government-owned carrier suspended operations July 3.
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SunExpress to reduce capacity for winter season
SunExpress (XQ), a joint venture of Lufthansa and Turkish Airlines, will reduce capacity for the coming winter season by cutting weekly flights between Europe, Turkey, Germany and Egypt to 200, compared to 1,000 in the summer season. On the domestic side, XQ will operate around 200 weekly flights between 16 destinations for the winter.
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Cebu Pacific looks to hire 200 to support expansion
Cebu Pacific (5J) plans to hire 200 new employees to support the nine aircraft scheduled to join its fleet later this year and in 2013. The Philippines’ largest carrier said among the new hires will be pilots, flight attendants and ground support crew. 5J will hold a recruitment fair next week. The additional aircraft will be a mix of Airbus A320s, A330s and ATR 72 turboprops.
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Allegiant Air’s 350 pilots, previously non-unionized, have voted to join the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) union. “Pilots want fair work rules, improved scheduling, improved pension and health care benefits and the security of a Teamster contract,” IBT said in a statement, adding that unionization was a “major victory” for Allegiant’s flight deck crew.
Flybe Nordic, the joint venture (JV) between UK regional carrier Flybe (BE) and Finnair (AY), plans to expand its services in Denmark. Flybe Europe CEO Mike Rutter said the carrier’s income has tripled over the past year since it acquired Finnish Commuter Airlines. It plans to increase its route network, particularly to and from Denmark, he said.
Singapore Airlines (SQ) has contracted ONG&ONG, a Singaporean firm specializing in architectural and interior design, to develop a new concept for its lounges at airports around the world. The carrier said it will spend more than S$20 million ($16 million) over the next five years to revamp its airport lounges.
Qantas will deploy Panasonic inflight entertainment systems onboard 16 Boeing 767s, streaming content direct to iPads at every seat. The carrier will also refresh the aircraft cabin interiors, adding leather seat covers in business class and enhancing carpet, lighting, curtains and dividers. The first of the upgraded aircraft is scheduled to enter service in October.
London Luton Airport (LTN) have signed a deal with the airport’s operators, extending their contract until 2031. LTN, north of London, is the home of low-cost carrier easyJet and handles mainly budget airlines and charters. It is owned by an offshoot of the local borough council and managed by London Luton Airport Operations Ltd. (LLAOL), a subsidiary of Spanish transport and telecommunications conglomerate Abertis. LLAOL has operated LTN since 1998 and was halfway through the original 30-year management agreement.Aviation Quote
I am not a good shot. Few of us are. To make up for this I hold my fire until I have a shot of less than 20 degrees deflection and until I'm within 300 yards. Good discipline on this score can make up for a great deal.
— Lt. Colonel John C. Meyer, USAAF.On This Date
--- In 1783... Jacques Alexandre César Charles flies the first balloon filled with gas rather than fire-heated air using hydrogen produced by pouring 489 lbs. of sulfuric acid on 1,000 lbs. of iron. The balloon has a diameter of 12 ft.
---In 1910... Radio is first used to send messages between the ground and an airplane when James McCurdy both sends and receives messages from a Curtiss biplane at Sheepshead, New York, using an H.M. Horton wireless set.
--- In 1913... Lieutenant Petr Nesterov of the Russian Army in Kiev performs the first loop-the-loop. The complete circle and other intentional acrobatic stunts prove to be valuable experience for the wartime maneuvers needed during aerial battles.
---In 1939... The first fully jet-propelled aircraft to fly is Germany’s Heinkel 178. A centrifugal flow turbojet engine powers it.
---In 1958…Beale Air Force Base is fully operational under the Strategic Air Command with newly
built 12,000 foot runways. (Q)
---In 1990… Blues guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan is killed in the crash of a Bell 206B Jet Ranger helicopter near East Troy, Wisconsin.
---In 1990…First flight of the Northrop YF-23.
---In 2006…Comair/Delta Connection Flight 5191, a Bombardier CRJ-200, runs off the end of a runway and crashes at Lexington-Blue Grass Airport (LEX) while attempting an early morning departure, killing all but one of the 50 people on board, the lone survivor being the First Officer, James Polehinke. The crash is soon blamed on the crew mistakenly turning onto runway 26 rather than the assigned runway 22, with the plane having been unable to get airborne within the confines of the short 3500ft runway. The crash breaks a then unprecedented safety streak among commercial airlines in the United States, the last major accident having been the American Airlines Flight 587 crash in New York nearly five years earlier.
---In 2006…Boeing 737-900ER/9GP, is shown, with the first operator being Lion Air.Daily Video
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Wish Upon A Star
A guy was walking along the beach in Malibu when he came across this
salt encrusted piece of metal. He scratched away at it to remove
the salt, to reveal a very old oil lamp. With an embarrassed look around him, the guy gives it a quick rub ... a Genie appeared.
This genie, like all genies, was so happy to be freed of the lamp
that he granted the guy three wishes.
"I wish to be a dollar richer than Bill Gates," says the guy.
"You will forever be a dollar richer than Bill Gates. What's your second wish?"
"Genie, I want the most expensive Porsche made: Fire engine red, on
board GPS and the finest audio system ever installed in an
automobile."
The genie waved his hand and the requested Egomobile appeared.
But what about the third wish .... "Genie," the guy said, "I can't think of anything now. May I save the third wish for later?"
"Gee, this is most unusual. But you're in control, and I can't escape
from this lamp until you make a third wish. Call me when you're ready,"
and whoosh the genie disappeared back into the lamp.
The guy carefully placed the lamp on the passenger seat of his new car, and fastened the seat belt. He turns on the radio and pulled off the beach, heading south along the Pacific Coast Highway.
Soon he was up to 60, then 70, then 80. The Porsche handled perfectly. The guy was so happy that he began to sing along with the familiar commercial on the radio.
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