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Airbus Beluga XL work begins
The first metal cuts have been made for the forthcoming Airbus Beluga XL’s super-freighter’s rear fuselage. The development paves “the way for the final assembly to begin in early 2017,” Airbus said. The metal frames are being produced by Spanish components manufacturer Aernnova at its plant in Tarragona, Spain.
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Airbus Delays A320neo Delivery To IndiGo
Airbus has told India's Indigo that it will not deliver its first A320neo on time because of "industrial reasons." InterGlobe Aviation, IndiGo's parent company, said in a statement at the weekend that it had received notification from Airbus about the delay on December 17.
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A United Airlines CSeries order could be breakthrough Bombardier needs
Bombardier executives were rightly exuberant over Transport Canada’s certification of the CS100, a significant milestone not just for the CSeries program but for Canadian aerospace. The performance metrics Bombardier is reporting from CSeries flight testing are impressive, but to make genuine progress on the CSeries program, Bombardier needs a big order.
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IAG firms 15 Airbus A320neo options
International Airlines Group (IAG) has converted options on 15 Airbus A320neos valued at $1.4 billion at list prices. In a brief statement to the London stock exchange, IAG detailed plans to firm up 15 options that formed part of an order originally placed in August 2013.
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Airlines

Air Canada to offer daily service from Vancouver to Brisbane
Air Canada today announced it plans to increase its new non-stop flights from Vancouver to Brisbane, Australia to daily from three times weekly beginning June 17, 2016. "Customer response to our announcement of the only non-stop flights between Canada and Brisbane has been very positive, and we thank federal Transport Minister Marc Garneau for the revised bilateral agreement which enables us to increase our presence in this important Asia-Pacific market. As a result, Air Canada will boost its new Vancouver-Brisbane service to daily flights," said Benjamin Smith, President, Passenger Airlines at Air Canada.
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Air Italy Boeing 737 loses wheel taking off
An investigation by ANSV, the Italian aviation safety agency, has been launched after an Air Italy Boeing 737-300 lost an undercarriage wheel on departure from Catania Fontanarossa airport in Sicily. Flight IG220 service had just taken off for Milan Linate at 9:30 a.m. local time Dec. 17 with 90 passengers and five crew on board when controllers at Catania tower radioed the aircraft to say an object had been seen falling from the aircraft as it climbed away.
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American Airlines updates uniforms
American Airlines employees will be donning new uniforms beginning September, according to the company. The airline has finished its second test of the new design and is working with partners such as Cole Haan to finalize the garments. "Our employees played a critical role in the design and development of these uniforms, from fabric selection to shirt length," said Brady Byrnes, senior manager for uniforms at American.
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Finnair to reconfigure 22 Airbus A320s, boosting capacity
Finnair plans to invest €40 million ($43 million) in a revamp of its Airbus A320 cabin interiors, adding extra seats to 22 of its aircraft, equating to a 4% capacity boost. The cabin upgrade will see six to eight seats added to each of the A320s, depending on the variant. Finnair said the denser layout will be achieved by modifying storage and technical space at the front and rear of the aircraft, “primarily without changing the leg space available to the passenger.”
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Hawaiian Airlines to add flights from Kauai to Calif. for summer travel
Hawaiian Airlines will add flights from Kauai, Hawaii, to Los Angeles and Oakland, Calif., for the summer travel season. "Next summer will mark Hawaiian's third year offering more options to our guests during the peak travel period," said Peter Ingram, chief commercial officer and executive vice president at Hawaiian. "Thanks to the robust demand from West Coast travelers, we are pleased to build on the success of our seasonal routes by introducing daily service from California to Kauai."
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Southwest announces direct Denver-Albany flight
Southwest Airlines has announced the return of its weekly direct flight connecting Denver International Airport and Albany, N.Y. Flights will resume Saturdays from June 11 through July 30.
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United to expand Newark-Brussels service
United Airlines announced it will launch a second daily flight between Newark Liberty International Airport and Brussels Airport in Belgium between May 5 and October 28, 2016. The carrier will operate the service using Boeing 757-200 aircraft between May 5 and May 24 and between September 7 and October 28, while it will use Boeing 767-300 aircraft between May 25 and September 6.
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Airports

New Berlin Airport Denies Opening Postponed Again
Officials at Berlin's long-delayed new Brandenburg Airport denied a newspaper report that the opening had been pushed back until 2018. The airport, originally due to open in 2012, has been under construction since 2006, with red tape and technical problems repeatedly delaying its inauguration.
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Chile's Airports Resume Operations As Strike Ends
The Chile government and workers tied to the civil aviation authority reached an agreement on Sunday, ending a four day strike that forced airlines to cancel hundreds of flights and left thousands of passengers stranded. "We want say to all the Chileans who were affected (by the strike) that we deeply regret this situation, that we will go the extra mile together with the airlines, with all of our staff and also with workers from the civil aviation authority to reverse this situation," said government minister Jose Antonio Gomez.
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Military

Canada close to deciding CF-18 withdrawal plan
Canada could decide an end date for airstrikes in Iraq and Syria within weeks, and the country’s new defense minister is also assessing other Royal Canadian Air Force roles there. In addition to six Boeing CF-18 fighter jets, Canada has deployed one Airbus C-150T Polaris aerial refuelling tanker and two CP-140M Aurora surveillance turboprops in support of the coalition air campaign against the Islamic State terrorist group.
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Northrop prepares for LRS-B growth in Palmdale
Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems president Tom Vice remembers spending 16h days more than 26 years ago inside a once tightly-secured factory in Palmdale, California, as a flight controls engineer preparing the flying-wing B-2 for first flight on 17 July 1989. “We lived in these little vans testing the flight control system on the airplane, and it was really – and I can’t characterize it as anything else – but it was really cool,” Vice says.
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Aviation Quote

Any sort of ship you have to learn to pilot; it takes a long time, a new set of reflexes, a different and artificial way of thinking. Even riding a bicycle demands an acquired skill, very different from walking, whereas a spaceship—oh, brother! I won't live that long. Spaceships are for acrobats who are also mathematicians.

— Juan Rico, in Robert A. Heinlein's Starship Troopers, 1960.

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Famous Names, Famous Airports

1. Where in the world can you find Juan Santamaria International Airport?

Panama
Spain
Thailand
Costa Rica


2. In which of these Italian cities would you find an airport named after Leonardo Da Vinci?

Florence
Rome
Pisa
Venice


3. After which of these historical figures is the airport in Paris, France, named?

Charles De Gaulle
Thierry Henry
Napoleon Bonaparte
Johannes Kepler


4. In which of these U.S. cities is the William P. Hobby Airport located?

Austin
Dallas
El Paso
Houston


5. Where in the world would you find Benito Juarez International Airport?

Buenos Aires
Madrid
Montevideo
Mexico City


6. Which of these famous people has an airport in Chicago named after him?

Alexander Hamilton
Edward O'Hare
John F. Kennedy
Dwight D. Eisenhower


7. Where in the world can you find an airport named after Nikola Tesla?

Belgrade
Moscow
Belfast
New Delhi


8. Where in the world would you find the Jorge Chavez International Airport?

Bogota
Brasilia
Lima
Sucre


9. Where in the United States would you find an airport named after Fiorello La Guardia?

Newark
New York City
Atlantic City
Boston


10. In what city would I find an airport named after famous soccer player (footballer) George Best?

Rio de Janeiro
Istanbul
Belfast
Stockholm

1. Costa Rica

2. Venice

3. Charles De Gaulle

4. Houston

5. Mexico City

6. Edward O'Hare

7. Belgrade

8. Lima

9. New York City

10. Belfast

helvknight wrote:2. Venice

I would say Rome.

spotteralex wrote:

helvknight wrote:2. Venice

I would say Rome.

I believe Venice airport is named after Marco Polo.

CentrelinePhoto wrote:I believe Venice airport is named after Marco Polo.

Answers:

1. Costa Rica. Juan Santamaria is famous for his heroism at the Second Battle of Rivas in 1856. He is regarded by many as a national hero of Costa Rica, and every April 11th, Costa Rica celebrates Juan Santamaria Day in remembrance of
him. Juan Santamaria International Airport is located in San Jose, the capital of Costa Rica. Its IATA code is SJO.

2. Rome. Fiumicino-Leonardo Da Vinci Airport first opened in 1961. It plays host to airlines like Alitalia, one of the largest Italian airlines. The airport is named for Leonardo Da Vinci, famous for paintings like the "Mona Lisa" and
"The Last Supper". Da Vinci was also famous for his drawings of flying machines years before they were actually made.

3. Charles De Gaulle. Charles De Gaulle is famous for leading the French in World War II and being the president of France from 1958 to 1969. Fittingly, the IATA code for Charles De Gaulle International Airport is CDG. The airport first
opened in 1974.

4. Houston. William P. Hobby was the governor of Texas from 1917-1921. After he was governor, Hobby took the job as president of the "Houston Post-Dispatch", a local newspaper in the Houston area. The IATA code for William P. Hobby
Airport is HOU. Early on, the airport was known as the Howard Hughes Airport, named for the famous aviator.

5. Mexico City. Benito Juarez was president of Mexico from 1858 to 1872. He was president for five terms, but he unfortunately died of a heart attack in the middle of his fifth term in 1872. Benito Juarez Airport's IATA code is MEX. It
is one of the busiest airports in Mexico. When the airport first opened, it was called Balbuena Military Airport. It was renamed for Benito Juarez in 2006.

6. Edward "Butch" O'Hare. Edward O'Hare was a famous lieutenant of the U.S. Navy. He won the U.S. Medal of Honor in 1942 for his work in World War II against Japanese forces. Sadly, just one year later, he died when his plane was shot
down in battle. O'Hare International Airport was named for him in 1949. The airport used to be called the Orchard Depot Airport before it was renamed for O'Hare.

7. Belgrade. The Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport is located in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. Nikola Tesla was an inventor famous for his Tesla coil, a circuit which could be used to make electricity. The Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport
was originally called the International Belgrade Airport before being renamed for Tesla in 2006.

8. Lima. Jorge Chavez was a famous Peruvian aviator who died while trying to fly over the Alps. Jorge Chavez International Airport is one of the main airports in Peru. Its IATA code is LIM. In 2010, Jorge Chavez International Airport
was named "Best Airport in South America" by "Skytrax", an airport review site that is based in the United Kingdom.

9. New York City. Fiorello La Guardia was mayor of New York City from 1933 to 1945. He was a very effective mayor, building numerous new bridges and fighting corruption during his terms. He was nicknamed "The Little Flower" because of
his first name and short stature. LaGuardia Airport is located in the New York City borough of Queens. Its IATA code is LGA.

10. Belfast. George Best played professional soccer for Manchester United in the 1960s and 70s. He scored over 100 goals in his career. He died in 2005 from a lung infection and organ failure. In honor of Best, the Belfast City Airport
was renamed the George Best Belfast City Airport in 2006. The airport's IATA code is BHD.