October 2008

Boeing Director Edward Liddy Resigns Board Seat

October 27, 2008

The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] board of directors today accepted with regret the resignation of Edward M. Liddy, who last month was named chairman and chief executive officer of American International Group (AIG). Liddy offered his resignation based upon his concerns that he would no longer qualify as an independent director on the Boeing board [...]

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Prince Harry wants to be helicopter pilot

October 27, 2008

LONDON, England (CNN) — Prince Harry is aiming to follow in his brother’s footsteps by becoming a helicopter pilot, royal officials say. Officials said Harry had begun the selection process and would find out next month whether he had been accepted for training. Harry’s elder brother, William, was awarded his Royal Air Force wings in [...]

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Carenado C152II for FSX Released

October 27, 2008

On October 27th, 2008 Carenado has released the very first NEXT GENERATION product for FSX. It is the C152II, a well known aircraft by most of the pilots because a vast majority of them learned to fly in one of this bird. This aircraft was developed using: • NURBS modeling techniques • High resolution textures [...]

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Ryanair to close Valencia base

October 27, 2008

Ryanair announced the closure of its Valencia base, following through on its threat in a dispute with the Valencian regional government. The LCC said it will pull more than 70 weekly flights from the airport on Nov. 4 and invest $140 million in another base set to be unveiled this week. It opened the base [...]

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vroute is expanding

October 26, 2008

vroute.net just extended vroute.premium with instant access to 15.000 charts for more than 3.000 airports in USA and Australia. The charts are nicely organized by airports and chart types (i.e. departure procedures, initial approach charts, airport diagrams and more). They are are up to date, taken from "real life" sources and relevant for the route [...]

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Brussels Airport Awards 2008

October 26, 2008

Thursday night Brussels Airport for the second consecutive year organized the Brussels Airport Awards ceremony. At the gala night held in the Sky Hall under the theme "50 years of passion – building our future together", awards were presented to the airlines and other airport partners for their outstanding performance over the past twelve months. [...]

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Airbus celebrates first anniversary of A380 entry into service

October 26, 2008

Today, the A380, flagship of the 21st century, celebrates the first anniversary of its entry into service. The first A380 was handed over to Singapore Airlines on 15th October 2007. Their new “Queen of the Skies” entered service on 25th October 2007 with a special charity flight between Singapore and Sydney. Since then the aircraft [...]

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Obama writes letter to Midwest

October 26, 2008

Barack Obama has written a letter to Midwest Airlines expressing concern about the company’s proposed wage and benefit cuts to its union flight crew. The Democratic presidential candidate asked that all parties weigh all options to protect Midwest jobs. Obama’s campaign is contracted with Midwest for charter services. The letter, dated Oct. 10, is addressed [...]

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