January 2009

Microsoft comments about closing Aces Studio

by Jarkko on January 31, 2009

in Flight Sim

Image via Wikipedia By now, many of you have heard that Microsoft has closed Aces Studio, the publisher of Microsoft Flight Simulator. This was not a reflection of the quality of the products Aces has developed, the sales performance of the games, or the quality of the team at Aces. This difficult decision was made [...]

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Addon Converter X for Flight Simulator X

January 30, 2009

Image by Michael Heilemann via Flickr Addon Converter X is a plugin for FSX that makes many add-on aircraft and sceneries developed for FS2004 compatible with FSX SP2 and FSX Acceleration Pack. Many existing aircraft and sceneries suffer display problems with these FSX versions, such as missing textures or missing scenery objects in the DirectX [...]

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What the pilots contract negotiation is all about in Finnair?

January 30, 2009

Finnair’s CEO Jukka Hienonen has been exceptionally strong took part in the company’s current controversy, and even more unusual way: a personal blog. Hienonen accuses the company’s payroll in the pilot of Finnair’s future at stake. Finnair has been almost a year of collective bargaining with the pilots’ working conditions difficult to adapt the current [...]

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Finnair Expects Normal Flights Despite French Strike

January 30, 2009

Image by Liqueur Felix via Flickr Finnair does not believe its flights will be affected by Thursday’s strike in France, which includes Air France personnel. Finnair has five flights to and from Paris on Thursday, and the company expects all to run on schedule. “We’ll have to wait and see how successful we are,” says [...]

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Mediator Seeks Delay in Finnair Strike Threat

January 30, 2009

District Labour Conciliator Esa Lonka hopes to delay the start of a possible Finnair pilots’ strike by two weeks. He is to propose to Labour Minister Tarja Cronberg that the strike threat be pushed back until after the main ski holiday season for southern Finland in mid-February. Cronberg is to rule on Friday whether the [...]

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IATA : Passenger and Cargo traffic results for 2008

January 29, 2009

Image via Wikipedia The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released international scheduled traffic results for both December 2008 and the full-year. In the month of December global international cargo traffic plummeted by 22.6% compared to December 2007. The same comparison for international passenger traffic showed a 4.6% drop. The international load factor stood at 73.8%. [...]

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Brussels Airlines adds Vilnius to its network

January 29, 2009

Image via Wikipedia Starting 29th March 2009, Brussels Airlines will offer 4 weekly connections between the capital of Europe and Vilnius. This year, the Lithuanian capital has been named the European Capital of Culture. Up until now, the lack of direct connection between the two cities meant that passengers had to include a transfer at [...]

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Flybe treats south west passengers with FREE VIP offer

January 28, 2009

Image via Wikipedia Flybe, Europe’s largest and most successful regional airline, is offering passengers booking day return flights between 26th January and 6th February on its new Newquay to London Gatwick service, free access to its Executive Lounge at London Gatwick airport. The offer, at no additional cost to passengers, is available on flights booked [...]

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