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MRJ structurally ready for a 'safe first flight'
Mitsubishi Aircraft says that static strength tests conducted thus far have confirmed that its MRJ regional jet is structurally ready for a “safe first flight”. Strength tests done so far include wing-up bending and fuselage pressurisation, says executive chief engineer Nobuo Kishi in a briefing with media in Nagoya.
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Delta Reports Financial and Operating Performance for August 2015
Delta Air Lines today reported financial and operating performance for August 2015. Consolidated passenger unit revenue (PRASM) for the month of August decreased 6.5 percent year over year, consistent with recent trends of pressure from foreign exchange, lower surcharges in international markets, and yields in select domestic markets. In addition, unit revenues were negatively impacted by the timing of Labor Day holiday travel.
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Delta to offer travel credits if on-time arrival rate slips
Delta Air Lines has unveiled a new program that gives travel credits to business fliers if the carrier doesn't exceed their competition's on-time arrival rate over the course of a year. "We've been focused on relentless operational success, because any carrier could replicate anything we do, whether it be seats or food or Sky Clubs, but they can't replicate our performance," said Bob Somers, vice present of global sales for Delta. Last year, Delta had an on-time arrival rate of 83.7%.
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Hawaiian Airlines is the Official Airline of the Oakland Raiders
awaiian Airlines is proud to announce it will serve as the Official Airline of The Oakland Raiders for the 2015 National Football League (NFL) season. Hawai'i's largest and longest serving carrier has provided its signature 'Mea Ho'okipa' (translation:I am host) in-flight hospitality and charter service for the team's away games since 2000.
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Hawaiian debuts global fusion menus on select flights
Honolulu chef Lee Anne Wong has helped to revamp the menu offerings on Hawaiian Airlines. On Tuesday, the carrier began serving curry-crusted fish and other global fusion menu items on flights from Hawaii to Japan. In December, Hawaiian will also offer new menu items from Wong and other local chefs on all first-class cabins from Hawaii to the mainland US.
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Malaysia Airlines starts operations under new company
Malaysia Airlines has begun operations under its new corporate entity, Malaysia Airlines Berhad. The changeover to a new company, which was completed on 1 September, is a major part of the carrier's turnaround plan, says chief executive, Christoph Mueller.
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Southwest opens new ticket station at Houston airport
The first phase of the West Concourse at Hobby Airport in Houston opened on Tuesday, including a new ticket station for Southwest Airlines. The second phase of the West Concourse is slated to open on Oct. 15, when Southwest begins international flights from the airport.
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Avolon Delivers One New Airbus A320-200 Aircraft to VivaAerobus
Avolon, the international aircraft leasing company, announces the delivery of one new Airbus A320-200 aircraft to VivaAerobus. Today’s delivery is the third of four aircraft due to deliver from Avolon to VivaAerobus.
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Delta, Seattle soccer team extend partnership
Delta Air Lines and the Seattle Sounders have agreed to extend their partnership. Delta, based in Atlanta, will remain the official airline of the Major League Soccer team. Delta offers flights to 36 destinations from Sea-Tac airport.
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Seven killed in Nigerian air force Dornier crash
Seven people were killed when one of the Nigerian air force’s Fairchild Dornier 228 transports crashed soon after taking off from Kaduna airport for Abuja on 29 August. The fatalities included both crew members and all five passengers aboard the twin-turboprop.
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Cessna delivers first Citation Latitudes
Cessna has handed over the first Citation Latitudes, less than three months after the midsize business jet received US certification. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based charter company Aircraft Management Group was among the first operators to take delivery of the eight-seat twin. The type has now begun a 28-day, 39-airport demonstration tour of the USA, with additional tours planned later this year for Europe, the Middle East and Asia, Cessna says.
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Comlux takes delivery of first Sukhoi Business Jet
The aircraft, MSN 95060, is one of six long-range Superjet 100s that was initially earmarked for Russia's UTAir. However the carrier cancelled this order, according to Flightglobal's Fleets Analyzer database. omlux says the central Asian branch of its VIP airline division, Comlux KZ – based in Almaty, Kazakhstan – will use the VIP airliner for charter services following a retrofit.
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Embraer prepares to deliver first Legacy 450, following US validation
Embraer is gearing up to deliver its first Legacy 450 business jet, with the super-light aircraft to be handed over to its US launch customer in the coming weeks. US Federal Aviation Administration validation for the seven-seat twin was secured on 31 August, three weeks after Brazilian type certification was awarded.
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Greenpoint to complete its first Boeing 777
Boeing Business Jet specialist Greenpoint Technologies is to complete its first 777. The aircraft, a 777-200LR, will arrive at Greenpoint's widebody hangar in Moses Lake, Washington early next year, although the Zodiac Aerospace subsidiary says interior design work is already underway. Greenpoint, which will not confirm the client or whether the aircraft is green or second-hand, says the 777 is the latest "in a long list of other Boeing models modified and completed, such as multiple 747s, 787s, 757s and over 20 737 BBJs".
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Aviation Quote
I belong to a group of men who fly alone. There is only one seat in the cockpit of a fighter airplane. There is no space alotted for another pilot to tune the radios in the weather or make the calls to air traffic control centers or to help with the emergency procedures or to call off the airspeed down final approach. There is no one else to break the solitude of a long cross-country flight. There is no one else to make decisions.
I do everything myself, from engine start to engine shutdown. In a war, I will face alone the missiles and the flak and the small-arms fire over the front lines.
If I die, I will die alone.
— Richard Bach, Stranger to the Ground, 1963.
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