June 2009

Finnair flights’ medical emergency service extended worldwide

June 25, 2009

Image via Wikipedia The 24-hour medical service to address possible cases of illness on Finnair flights has been extended to cover the company’s domestic and European flights. On Finnair’s Leisure flights and long-haul network the service has been provided by the US company MedAire. Now an agreement has been reached with EMA Group Oy to [...]

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Argentina Invests to Modernize National Airlines

June 25, 2009

Image by Patxi64 via Flickr BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, June 25 /PRNewswire/ — The Government of Argentina has begun an extensive effort to modernize the national airline Aerolineas Argentinas and domestic carrier Austral. President Cristina Kirchner unveiled a new Boeing 737/700 last week, the first new airplane bought for Aerolineas Argentinas in 16 years. The airline [...]

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Continental Airlines to Celebrate 75th Anniversary

June 25, 2009

HOUSTON, June 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Continental Airlines today announced that it is taking delivery this week of another new Boeing 737-900ER, which is painted with a retro livery to commemorate the airline’s 75th anniversary on July 15, 2009. The new aircraft’s retro livery, which was originally used on aircraft beginning in 1947 and is called [...]

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Boeing Postpones 787 First Flight

June 24, 2009

Image via Wikipedia EVERETT, Wash., June 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Boeing today announced that first flight of the 787 Dreamliner will be postponed due to a need to reinforce an area within the side-of-body section of the aircraft. The need was identified during the recent regularly scheduled tests on the full-scale static test airplane.  Preliminary analysis [...]

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IAM District 142 Ratifies Tentative Agreement With Southwest Airlines

June 24, 2009

DALLAS, June 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Southwest Airlines is pleased to announce that its Customer Support and Services and airport Customer Service Employees represented by the International Association of Machinists (IAM) and Aerospace Workers District 142, voted to ratify the tentative, four-year contract both parties reached last month. The new contract is active through October 31, [...]

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Virgin Atlantic launches vtravelled

June 24, 2009

Image via Wikipedia SOUTH NORWALK, Conn., June 23 /PRNewswire/ — Virgin Atlantic Airways, one of the world’s leading long-haul airlines, today launched a new website, vtravelled.com, to create a new global online community dedicated to people with a passion for travel. Dreamt up by Virgin Atlantic, vtravelled.com is a website designed to engage and inspire [...]

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SkyWest, Inc. Announces Appointment of New Director

June 24, 2009

Image by caribb via Flickr ST. GEORGE, Utah, June 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — SkyWest, Inc. today announced the appointment of Michael K. Young to the Board of Directors of SkyWest, Inc. and its subsidiaries, effective July 1, 2009. Young has been appointed to fill the vacancies that will be created with the resignation of W. Steve [...]

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Pratt & Whitney Establishes Engineering University Partnership with The Ohio State University

June 23, 2009

Image via Wikipedia EAST HARTFORD, Conn., June 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Pratt & Whitney has established a strategic university partnership with The Ohio State University focused on world-class engineering research in the field of power transmission and gear technology for aviation engines.  Pratt & Whitney is a United Technologies Corp. company. Pratt & Whitney will work [...]

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