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Airbus, Boeing log nearly $62 billion in airliner deals at Farnborough
Airbus came out on top at the 2016 Farnborough Airshow, reporting $35 billion in orders for a total of 279 airliners. Boeing saw firm orders and commitments for a combined 182 commercial aircraft at Farnborough, valued at $26.9 billion. The bulk of Airbus’ sales were for A320 family aircraft, which accounted for 269 of the total aircraft orders, generating $31.3 billion in business. Firm orders accounted for 187 of the A320 family orders; MOU/commitments accounted for 82 of the A320s.
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Boeing details range-boosting 737-7 redesign
Remaking the smallest version of the 737 Max family to carry more passengers and fly further presents three options: Shrink the larger 737-8, stretch the smaller 737-7 or combine elements of both. In the end, Boeing decided to stretch the 737-7 by two seat rows and added major elements of the 737-8 in the first major tweak to the 737 Max line-up more than five years after launching the program.
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Boeing 727 demonstrates aerial spraying at Farnborough
Boeing’s venerable 727 airliner is part of the Farnborough flying display this year, as Oil Spill Response is using the event to demonstrate its aerial spraying capabilities. The 727’s usual oil-spill spraying flight profile involves passes at an altitude of 150ft (45m) and a speed of approximately 160kt (300km/h) with flaps at 15°. At Farnborough, the demonstration flyby is undertaken at around 300ft, followed by a steep climb-away.
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Aer Lingus converts options on two Airbus A330-300s
International Airlines Group (IAG), the parent company of Irish carrier Aer Lingus, has converted two Airbus A330-300s options to firm orders. In a stock market disclosure, IAG said the options dated back to an order announced in September 2014. The aircraft will be delivered in 2017 and used to expand its transatlantic network.
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Alaska COO to helm Virgin America after merger
Alaska Airlines President and Chief Operating Officer Ben Minicucci will become CEO of Virgin America following the Alaska Airlines acquisition. Virgin's Peter Hunt will remaiAer Lingus converts options on two Airbus A330-300sn as chief financial officer for the next two years.
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American Airlines sees RPM uptick in June
American Airlines reported an increase of 2.2% for revenue passenger miles for June as the company reiterated investor guidance for second-quarter results.
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American Airlines brings larger jets to Brownsville, Texas
American Airlines' move to the CRJ-900 aircraft for service connecting Brownsville, Texas, and Dallas-Fort Worth, means the availability of first-class seating for travelers. United Airlines offers first class aboard its CRJ-700s servicing Brownsville-Houston flights.
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CargoLogicAir receives second Boeing freighter
UK freight startup CargoLogicAir has taken delivery of a Boeing 747-8F at the Farnborough Airshow, joining its first aircraft, a 747-400F. London Stansted-based CargoLogicAir received its air operator’s certificate at the start of 2016 and launched operations in February.
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Delta Second Quarter Profit Edges Up
Delta Air Lines reported a slightly higher profit for the second quarter and said it would make fewer seats available to the United Kingdom and elsewhere than previously planned. Delta said earnings rose 4 percent to USD$1.55 billion in the second quarter from a year earlier.
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Hawaiian discusses plan to customize the passenger experience
Hawaiian Airlines and Virgin America have opted to auction off unsold premium cabin seats rather than give them away. "[A]irlines remain a relatively low-margin business and this is an opportunity ... for our guests to customize the experience in a way they can find valuable," said Hawaiian's Peter Ingram.[
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KLM brought into Air France, China Eastern JV
Air France-KLM Group has signed a new agreement with China Eastern Airlines to include Netherlands-based KLM in the existing joint venture between the French and Chinese carriers. "This agreement is another crucial stage in the partnership between China Eastern Airlines and the Air France-KLM Group,” Air France-KLM EVP commercial, sales and alliances Patrick Alexandre said.
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Norwegian Air Doubles Pre-Tax Profit
Low-cost carrier Norwegian Air Shuttle reported a doubling of pre-tax profit in the second quarter to NOK930 million. Operating revenue was NOK6.63 billion, up 13 percent from the same period a year ago.
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Norwegian converts to long-range A321neo
Scandinavian budget carrier Norwegian is to take the long-range version of the Airbus A321neo, by converting 30 previously-ordered aircraft. The airline committed to 100 A320neo jets in mid-2012. But Airbus has disclosed, during the Farnborough air show, that Norwegian plans to take the A321LR version of the largest member of the re-engined single-aisle family.
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Qatar Airways To Buy 49 Percent Of Meridiana
Qatar Airways is to buy 49 percent of Meridiana in a move that could bolster the Italian carrier's ability to compete in the European market. The agreement was reached at the Farnborough Airshow, with the deal closing in early October, subject to certain conditions, Qatar Airways said in a statement. The airline gave no further detail on the conditions or the price.
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Southwest plans new service from Oakland, Calif., to Mexico
Southwest Airlines has announced plans to roll out direct flights connecting Oakland, Calif., and the Mexican cities of San Jose del Cabo/Los Cabos and Puerto Vallarta. The new service is scheduled to launch early next year.
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CLE receives grants for snow equipment, runway upgrades
The Federal Aviation Administration has awarded Ohio's Cleveland Hopkins International Airport more than $22 million in grants to purchase snow removal equipment and fund airfield safety improvements.
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Rafael and Northrop team to offer Toplite for V-22
Rafael and Northrop Grumman are teaming to offer the former’s Toplite optronic system for the US Marines Corps’ Bell Boeing MV-22 tiltrotor. The two companies teamed to respond to a request for proposals issued for an advanced optronic system that is needed to improve the operational capabilities of the MV-22 in different combat scenarios.
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United to pay $2.25 million fine; former PANYNJ chair admits bribery
Chicago-based United Airlines has agreed to pay the US government a financial penalty of $2.25 million for its conduct related to a federal bribery case, but will not be prosecuted criminally in the matter. The announcement of the agreement between United and the US Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey (USAO) came as former Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) chairman David Samson pleaded guilty in a US federal court to bribery, conceding that he approved construction of a hangar for United aircraft at New York Newark International Airport (EWR) only after United agreed to institute twice-weekly flights between EWR and Columbia, South Carolina, near Samson’s vacation home.
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Aviation Quote
Many wonderful inventions have surprised us during the course of the last century and the beginning of this one. But most were completely unexpected and were not part of the old baggage of dreams that humanity carries with it. Who had ever dreamed of steamships, railroads, or electric light? We welcomed all these improvements with astonished pleasure; but they did not correspond to an expectation of our spirit or a hope as old as we are: to overcome gravity, to tear ourselves away from the earth, to become lighter, to fly away, to take possession of the immense aerial kingdom; to enter the universe of the Gods, to become Gods ourselves.
— Jerome Tharaud, 'Dans le ciel des dieux,' in Les Grandes Conferences de l'aviation: Recits et souvenirs, 1934.
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