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Bombardier launches high density CS300 with Air Baltic
Bombardier has officially launched a high-density 160-seat variant of its in-development CSeries CS300. The airframer says the higher-capacity aircraft requires the addition of a second pair of over-wing exit doors and will be available as both a line-fit and retrofit option. Latvia's Air Baltic has become the first customer for the "extra capacity" jet, although it has opted to configure its aircraft with 148 seats.
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NTSB Still Seeking 787 Battery Fire Cause
The US NTSB on Thursday released hundreds of pages of details from its investigation of a Boeing 787 battery fire, but the information did not reveal what caused the January blaze nor advance Boeing's goal of getting the plane back in the air. The National Transportation Safety Board said it would hold a public hearing in April on the design and certification of the Boeing 787 battery system and a forum on lithium-ion battery technology in general the same month.
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LaHood Still Has Questions On 787s
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood needs more information to be convinced that Boeing Co.'s proposed fixes to batteries on its 787 Dreamliner are adequate to enable the jet to resume commercial flights. "I have made it very clear that I want a thorough review" of the Boeing plan, Mr. LaHood told The Wall Street Journal Wednesday. "I am going to ask a lot of questions" before a final decision is made.
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Vueling Board Rejects IAG Takeover Offer
The board of Spanish low-cost airline Vueling on Thursday recommended that shareholders reject a takeover offer from International Airlines Group. The board said the offer of EUR€7 (USD$9.18) per share did not reflect the value of the company.
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EADS To Carry Out 'No Taboos' Strategic Review
EADS will have "no taboos" in a strategic review that will consider acquisitions and new structures for subsidiaries, chief executive Tom Enders said on Thursday. Enders said the company would look at all aspects of its business, including a possible change in corporate structure. Enders also said the ongoing problems with Boeing's 787 Dreamliner were likely to make regulators more cautious in certifying new aircraft. EADS' Airbus unit is Boeing's chief rival.
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Sukhoi Superjet Makes Emergency Landing In Moscow
A Russian Sukhoi Superjet 100 carrying 77 passengers was forced to make an emergency landing at Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport on Thursday after its landing gear failed to retract, the Emergencies Ministry said. The Aeroflot operated aircraft had taken off from Sheremetyevo and was on its way to the Volga River city of Nizhny Novgorod when it was forced to return. No one was injured during the landing, the ministry said on its website.
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Other News

SAS Group's February 2013 traffic figures; • SAS Group carried 2.0 million passengers in February, down 2.6% • SAS Group’s capacity (ASK) was up by 1.7% and the Group’s traffic (RPK) increased by 1.1%. • The SAS Group’s load factor decreased by 0.4 p.u. to 66.4%. • The traffic, capacity and passengers figures are affected by the leap year in 2012 by approximately 3%. Group market trends, RASK and yield development. The traffic growth was slightly lower in February partly due to the leap year in 2012. However, the underlying development continued to be in line with expectations.

United Airlines (UAL) today reported February 2013 combined operational results for its airline units. UAL's consolidated traffic (revenue passenger miles) in February 2013 decreased 3.4 percent and consolidated capacity (available seat miles) decreased 8.4 percent versus February 2012. UAL's consolidated load factor in February 2013 increased 4.1 points compared to February 2012. UAL's February 2013 consolidated passenger revenue per available seat mile (PRASM) increased an estimated 6.5 to 7.5 percent compared to February 2012.

Southwest Airlines Co. announced today that the Company flew 7.1 billion revenue passenger miles (RPMs) in February 2013, a 2.3 percent decrease from the 7.2 billion RPMs flown in February 2012. Available seat miles (ASMs) decreased 3.1 percent to 9.3 billion from the February 2012 level of 9.6 billion. The February 2013 load factor was 75.8 percent, compared to 75.2 percent in February 2012. For February 2013, passenger revenue per ASM (PRASM) is estimated to have increased approximately two percent compared to February 2012.

WestJet and Air France today announced they have entered into a code-share agreement enabling Air France to offer its customers 10 new Canadian destinations operated by WestJet. The "AF" code is now on select WestJet flights connecting from Toronto to Vancouver, Edmonton, Saskatoon, Regina, Thunder Bay, Ottawa, Quebec City, Saint-John's, Moncton and Halifax. Winnipeg and Calgary flights also bear the French carrier's code for both Toronto and Montreal connections to Air France's direct flights to Paris.

Aviation Quote

You can always depend on twin engine aircraft. When the first engine quits the second will surely fly you to the scene of an accident.

Anonymous

On This Date

---In 1910... Claude Moore-Brabazon receives the Royal Aero Club’s first aviator’s certificate in London. Charles Rolls receives the second.

---In 1910... Elise Deroche, the colorful self-styled Baroness Raymonde de Laroche, becomes the first woman in the world to receive a pilot’s license in Paris.

---In 1917... German airship pioneer Count von Zeppelin dies.

---In 1934…Edwin Hubble photo shows as many galaxies as Milky Way has stars.

---In 1946…The Bell 47 receives the first type certificate awarded to a commercial helicopter.

---In 1949... Nonstop flight of 56 hours and 2 minutes has put captain William Odom in the record books. Leaving Honolulu, Hawaii, he covers a distance of 4,957.25 miles before landing at Teterboro, New Jersey to gain the world record in Class C-1-c for light aircraft.

---In 1974... Charles de Gaulle Airport at Roissy-en-France is officially opened. The new international airport is located 15.5 miles (25 km) from the center of Paris.

---In 1979…1st extraterrestrial volcano discovered on Io, a satellite of Jupiter.

---In 1986…Suisei, Japan Comet Flyby made its flyby.

---In 1989…EVA Air is founded.

---In 1996…Cebu pacific Airlines commences flight operations.

---In 2008…Donald S. Lopez, Sr., passes away. A former U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force fighter and test pilot and until his death the deputy director of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.

Daily Video

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Humor

Flight Attendants

A flight attendant was out golfing one day off when she hit her ball into the woods.

She went into the woods to look for it and found a frog in a trap.
The frog said to her, "If you release me from this trap, I will grant you 3 wishes."

The flight attendant freed the frog and the frog said, "Thank you, but I failed to mention that there was a condition to your wishes-that whatever you wish for, your captain will get 10 times more or better!"
The flight attendant said, "That would be okay," and for her first wish, she wanted to be the most beautiful flight attendant in the world - beautiful enough to make people stop flying SQ. The frog warned her,
"You do realize that this wish will also make your captain the most handsome pilot in the world, an Adonis, that other flight attendants will flock to."

The flight attendant replied, "That will be okay because I will be the most beautiful flight attendant and he will only have eyes for me."
So, KAZAM - she's the most beautiful flight attendant in the world!
For her second wish, she wanted to be the richest flight attendant in the world.

The frog said, "That will make your captain the richest pilot in the world and he will be ten times richer than you."
The flight attendant said, "That will be okay because I'm such a devoted flight attendant that what is mine is my captain's and what is my captain's is mine."

So, KAZAM she's the richest flight attendant in the world!
The frog then inquired about her third wish, and she answered, I'd like a mild heart attack."

Moral of the story : Flight attendant are clever bitches. Don't **** with them

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Queso wrote:Miamiair, thanks so much for putting together and posting the Daily each day. ..

Queso wrote:Miamiair, thanks so much for putting together and posting the Daily each day. I may not always post a reply or a guess at the trivia, but I do enjoy reading the news, jokes, and watching the video each day. Thanks for the SR-71 stuff the other day on the anniversary of it's retirement.

We appreciate it.

Queso wrote:Miamiair, thanks so much for putting together and posting the Daily each day.

Queso wrote:Miamiair, thanks so much for putting together and posting the Daily each day. I may not always post a reply or a guess at the trivia, but I do enjoy reading the news, jokes, and watching the video each day. Thanks for the SR-71 stuff the other day on the anniversary of it's retirement.

We appreciate it.