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AH5017 wreckage found in Mali
The wreckage of flight AH5017 has been located in Mali near the border of Burkina Faso. The wreckage of the Boeing MD-83 aircraft “was clearly identified despite its disintegrated state,” said the office of the French President in a brief statement. The wreckage is located near the town of Gossi, and a French military unit is being dispatched to secure the crash site.
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Airbus kicks off A350 route-proving trials
Airbus today began a three-week route-proving campaign using the fifth A350-900, marking the start of the final certification stage for the new twinjet. A350 MSN5, which is equipped with a furnished cabin comprising 265 seats, will operate a “world tour” taking in 14 airports across the world and a route via the North Pole, says Airbus.
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ICAO to take a role in advising airlines of conflict zones
The International Civil Aviation Organization plans to take a greater role in warning airlines of conflicts around the world. In a statement, ICAO said it is meeting with industry leaders about "the respective roles of states, airlines and international organizations for assessing the risk of airspace affected by armed conflict."
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Russia Says Will Cooperate With Dutch-led MH17 Probe
Russia will cooperate with the investigation into the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 and is satisfied that the Netherlands, rather than Ukraine, is leading the effort, the country's ambassador to Malaysia said on Thursday. Liudmila Vorobyeva also rejected suggestions that the pro-Russian separatists blamed by Western governments for shooting down MH17 possessed a Russian-made anti-aircraft missile, and said the rebels lacked the training to use such a system. The norm under rules set down by the United Nation's civil aviation body ICAO is that an air investigation is led by the state in whose territory the plane crashes, but Russia had said that Ukraine should not take charge because the rebels who control the crash site did not trust the authorities in Kiev.
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Taiwan Launches Inquiry Into Deadly Plane Crash
Taiwanese authorities launched an investigation into the crash of a TransAsia Airways turboprop plane in which 48 people were killed with the weather expected to be a factor in the inquiry. The plane, a 70-seat ATR 72, crashed on Wednesday evening near the runway while trying to land on the small island of Penghu, west of Taiwan, after a typhoon had passed earlier in the day. The aircraft had 54 passengers and four crew on board. Two of the dead were French, the French foreign ministry said, and 10 people were injured and taken to hospital. The leaders of rivals China and Taiwan both offered their condolences over the deaths. Taiwan's civil aviation authorities said the weather had been suitable for flying.
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American Airlines reports record quarterly profit
American Airlines Group posted a profit of $864 million for the second quarter, the highest quarterly profit in its history. The carrier approved a plan to repurchase $1 billion shares of stock, and also declared its first cash dividend since 1980.
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Hawaiian shares soar on Q2 results
Shares of Hawaiian Holdings, the parent company of Hawaiian Airlines, rose by more than 12% in trading on Wednesday after the company reported net income of $27.3 million for the second quarter. Passenger revenue per available seat mile also rose 4.1% for the second quarter, compared to the same quarter last year.
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JetBlue Q2 results include 6% PRASM increase
JetBlue Airways Corp. posted a profit of $230 million for the second quarter, compared to $36 million in the same quarter of last year. Quarterly revenue increased 12%, while passenger revenue per available seat mile rose 6% for the quarter.
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Southwest doubles quarterly net income from last year
Southwest Airlines reported $465 million net income for the second quarter, more than double the $224 million for the same quarter of 2013. Earlier this month, Southwest predicted a more than 8% increase passenger revenue per available seat mile for the quarter.
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United Continental reports healthy Q2 profit
United Continental Holdings posted a 68% increase in profit for the second quarter. The carrier reported a profit of $789 million for the quarter, compared to $469 million for the same quarter last year. United Continental also announced plans to buy back $1 billion in stock over the next three years.
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US Airways cancels Star Alliance partnerships following move to Oneworld
US Airways members will lose Turkish and Singapore Airlines from the Dividend Miles roster of partners from next month. Members flying with either airline from August 1 and beyond won’t earn any miles under the Dividend Miles program, nor can they swap miles for Turkish or Singapore flights beyond this date. Although having migrated from Star Alliance to Oneworld earlier this year, US Airways surprisingly continued a number of frequent flyer partnerships with members of its old Star Alliance family.
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Cleveland airport prepares for GOP convention in 2016
Flight cuts at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport were a point of discussion but not a significant hurdle when it came to wooing the 2016 Republican National Convention, local planners and a GOP spokesman said. United Airlines' nonstop destinations out of Hopkins plunged from 59 to 20 when the airline pulled its hub out of Cleveland this spring. Lost were seamless connections between Northeast Ohio and cities all over the country. "We never heard that it was anything of a significant concern," said David Gilbert, the president and CEO of Positively Cleveland, which helped lead the convention hunt. "If it was, it wasn't a large enough concern to prevent them from choosing Cleveland."
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Las Vegas airport handled 3.7M passengers in June
McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas continued to handle more passengers in June, with 3.7 million passengers traveling through the airport last month. The airport saw a 1.3% increase in passengers for the month of June, including a 16.1% increase in international passengers.
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I don't think I possess any skill that anyone else doesn't have. I've just had perhaps more of an opportunity, more of an exposure, and been fortunate to survive a lot of situations that many other weren't so lucky to make it. It's not how close can you get to the ground, but how precise can you fly the airplane. If you feel so careless with you life that you want to be the world's lowest flying aviator you might do it for a while. But there are a great many former friends of mine who are no longer with us simply because they cut their margins to close.
— Bob Hoover
On This Date
---In 1907... At Issy-les-Moulineaux, Blériot flies 492 feet in his monoplane No.VI, the Libellule [dragonfly]. Built by Louis Peyret, the foreman at his works, it has two sets of wings in tandem. To control vertical movement, the pilot slides to end fro on a wheeled seat.
---In 1909... Louis Blériot of France, who flies his Blériot No.XI monoplane from Les Baraques to Dover, England in 37 minutes, makes the first airplane crossing of the English Channel. The event increases public and government awareness of the possible military aspects of the airplane.
---In 1909... Van den Schkrouff makes the first flight in Russia in a Voisin biplane at Odessa.
---In 1964…President Johnson publicly revealed the existence of a new Air Force reconnaissance aircraft which he called the SR-71 instead of RS-71. The Air Force decided that it was easier to re-number the aircraft SR-71 than to correct the President. Thus we all know the aircraft as the SR-71 to this day. (Q)
---In 2000… Air France Flight 4590, a Concorde (registration F-BTSC) charter departing from De Gaulle airport in Paris bound for New York's JFK Airport crashed just after takeoff into a hotel in Gonesse, France. All 109 people on board died, along with four people on the ground. According to the accident investigation report, the probable cause was the destruction of one of the aircraft's main wheel tires, as a result of passing at high speed over a part lost by a pre-departing Continental Airlines DC-10 during the takeoff run. The piercing of one of the fuel tanks by a piece of the exploding tire ignited the leaking jet fuel and caused a loss of thrust in engine number one and two in quick succession.
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When one engine fails on a twin-engine airplane you always have enough power left to get you to the scene of the crash.
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