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Airbus hints big announcement at Paris airshow
CEO of planemaking Fabrice Bregier has been offering hints on the record that Airbus may announce "several hundred" new aircraft orders at the Paris airshow.
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Work under way on all A350-1000 test aircraft
Airbus has commenced work on all three development aircraft for the A350-1000 test campaign, as it expects to begin final assembly in the first quarter of next year. Head of A350 programme developments Bruno Hernandez says that the -1000 is “on track” but acknowledges that bringing the components together to meet the final assembly schedule is “very challenging”. Work is under way on the centre wing-box, he says, not only for the first development aircraft but also the second and third.
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American Airlines to locate US Airways training centers in Fort Worth
US Airways’ presence in the Phoenix area is about to get a little smaller. Multiple news outlets reported that in August, American Airlines will move the US Airways flight attendant training program from Phoenix to Dallas.
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Jazeera Airways Lodges Interest In Kuwait Air Stake
Kuwait low-cost carrier Jazeera Airways has begun the bidding process to acquire a 35 percent stake in loss-making state carrier Kuwait Airways. Jazeera has submitted a letter of intent to buy the stake, it said in a statement, adding this was expected to be the first privatization by the government that exceeds the USD$3 billion mark.
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Malaysia Air CEO Says Carrier 'Technically Bankrupt'
The newly appointed chief executive of Malaysia Airlines, Christoph Mueller, said the carrier is "technically bankrupt", as he announced plans for a restructuring that will cut the company's workforce by a third. "We are technically bankrupt... the decline of performance started long before the tragic events of 2014," Mueller said at a news conference.
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Lyle Hogg named president of Piedmont Airlines
Lyle Hogg is the new president of American Airlines subsidiary Piedmont, according to a recent announcement from the airline. He will report to CEO Steve Farrow, who plans to retire in 2016. The announcement of Hogg's new role, who served as vice president of flight operations for US Airways, is part of the regional carrier's leadership succession plan.
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New flight to Florida makes Southwest second-busiest airline at Reagan International
Southwest Airlines has announced its 17th route from Washington, D.C. This time its destination is Orlando, Florida, and it makes it the second-busiest carrier to fly out of Ronald Reagan International.
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Southwest to offer flights out of Houston's new international terminal
Southwest funded the construction of the new international terminal at Houston Hobby airport. The airline has announced plans to fly to locations in Central America, Mexico, and the Caribbean.
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DHL to fund Cincinnati airport expansion
DHL will spend $108 million to expand and renovate its operations at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport. The airport has long served as DHL's primary U.S. air hub.
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LaGuardia main terminal to receive $4 billion makeover
LaGuardia Airport has picked a contractor to manage the $4 billion planned renovation of its central terminal. The project will add a third story to the terminal and capacity to serve 17.5 million passengers annually. A Swedish firm, Skanska AB, is taking a lead role in the construction.
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DOT: Average fare price drops at Kansas City International
Passenger traffic at Kansas City International Airport increased 5.9% last year according to Department of Transportation data. The good news for travelers is that average fare price decreased 2.7% in the same period.
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Airlines expand route options at Rochester International
Airlines at Rochester International Airport will add additional flight options to Chicago, Minneapolis, and across the country, according to Executive Director John Reed. Delta and American Airlines are expected to carry most of the new traffic.
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Tri-Cities Airport opening dedicated Pre-Check security line
The wait time for some passengers at Tri-Cities Airport has just gotten shorter. Those passengers who join the Pre-Check program in advance will now have access to a dedicated checkpoint to facilitate faster processing.
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USAF mulls V-22 for rescue mission, but won’t cut HH-60 buy
The head of Air Combat Command thinks there is a place for the Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey in the US Air Force’s combat search and rescue fleet, but that does not mean the service should buy fewer HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopters (CRHs) from Sikorsky. The air force intends to buy 112 of the in-development Black Hawks to replace its war-weary Pave Hawks, but the greater speed and range of the V-22 makes it an attractive platform for certain pararescue operations.
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Pacific weather forces Solar Impulse divert to Nagoya
Weather has forced a major change to the Solar Impulse round-the-world flight plan, with a five-day leg from Nanjing to Hawaii ending with an unscheduled stop in Nagoya, Japan. With a looming Pacific weather front deemed impassable, flight controllers in Monaco instructed pilot André Borschberg to head for Nagoya.
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Aviation Quote
First Europe, and then the globe, will be linked by flight, and nations so knit together that they will grow to be next-door neighbors. . . . What railways have done for nations, airways will do for the world.
— Claude Grahame-White, 1914.
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