June 2009

Finnair’s Vice President appointed to IATA’s Environment Committee

by Mr. Plane on June 30, 2009

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Image by Guttorm Flatabø via Flickr The International Air Transport Association IATA has appointed Finnair’s Vice President, Sustainable Development Kati Ihamäki a member of its Environment Committee. The committee currently has 15 members from major airlines around the world. “This was the first time that Finnair’s representative had applied to become a member of the [...]

Frontier Airlines Announces Codeshare Partnership With Midwest Airlines

by Mr. Plane on June 30, 2009

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Image by Getty Images via Daylife DENVER, June 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Frontier Airlines Holdings, Inc. (Pink Sheets: FRNTQ) today announced its wholly owned subsidiary Frontier Airlines, Inc., has reached a codeshare agreement with Milwaukee-based Midwest Airlines. The agreement will allow customers of both airlines to travel to more destinations while enjoying a seamless ticketing and [...]

OpenSkies Celebrates First Anniversary

June 30, 2009 Airlines

Image by Getty Images via Daylife NEW YORK, June 29 /PRNewswire/ — OpenSkies, the unique all business airline, operating nonstop flights between New York (Kennedy and Newark) and Paris (Orly) and between New York (Kennedy) and Amsterdam (Schiphol), celebrates the first anniversary of its inaugural launch. Since OpenSkies first took flight on June 19, 2008, [...]

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Boeing Joins the Wing to Body for First 747-8 Freighter

June 30, 2009 Manufacturers

Image by StarvingFox via Flickr EVERETT, Wash., June 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Boeing (NYSE:BA) has completed another milestone in the assembly of its first 747-8 Freighter by joining the wing to the fuselage. Workers attached the 40-foot (12 m) fuselage section to the center wing box in the final assembly bay at the factory in Everett, [...]

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Yemeni plane crashes, 150 people on board

June 30, 2009 Airlines

An airliner belonging to Yemeni state carrier Yemenia crashed into sea as it came in to land to Comoros. “The plane has crashed and we still don’t know exactly where. We think it’s in the area of Mitsamiouli. There were 150 passengers on board,” Comoros Vice-President Idi Nadhoim told Reuters from the airport at the [...]

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Reservations available to other oneworld flights through the Finnair Internet site

June 29, 2009 Airlines

Image by Tango-Sierra via Flickr It is now possible to make reservations to flights operated by all oneworld airlines on Finnair’s Internet site www.finnair.com. “The variety of destinations widens significantly and the number of city pairs increases considerably, up to 160,000″, says Outi Koponen who manages oneworld relations at Finnair. The booking engine shows the [...]

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American Airlines Begins ‘NYC Challenge 10,000′ Campaign on Facebook

June 29, 2009 Airlines

Image by matt.hintsa via Flickr NEW YORK, June 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — If actors, rock stars and sports figures can all have fan clubs, then why can’t an airline? American Airlines posted the “NYC Challenge 10,000″ to its friends in New York, one of the airline’s focus cities.  In “NYC Challenge 10,000,” American is reaching out [...]

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Airlines Reaffirm Environmental Commitment

June 29, 2009 Airlines

Image by serhio via Flickr WASHINGTON, June 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Air Transport Association of America (ATA), the industry trade organization for the leading U.S. airlines, today issued the following statement in response to passage of the Waxman-Markey climate change bill: “The nation’s airlines have an impressive environmental record and are committed to working with [...]

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