October 2009

Global Aviation Holdings Names Hendrik Falk As Vice-President Cargo Sales

October 14, 2009

PEACHTREE CITY, Ga., Oct. 14 /PRNewswire/ — Global Aviation Holdings, Inc., parent company of World Airways and North American Airlines, has named Hendrik Falk as Vice President – Cargo Sales, reporting to Chief Marketing Officer Jeff Sanborn. In his new role, Mr. Falk will be responsible for all commercial activities involving the company’s fleet of [...]

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AirTran Airways and the Atlanta Falcons Launch Falcons 1

October 14, 2009

ATLANTA, Oct. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — AirTran Airways, a subsidiary of AirTran Holdings, Inc. and the Atlanta Falcons today launched a one-of-a-kind, custom-painted Boeing 717 in Falcons colors. The plane, dubbed Falcons 1, will operate across the company’s network of more than 60 destinations. Falcons 1 marks the first time in the company’s history that an [...]

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New Simulation Game Development Studio

October 13, 2009

Great news for all the flight simulator fanatics out there. ACES Studio will be alive again soon, only with the different name. Former Aces guys are building a new company for all of us to enjoy. Thrilling!!!! Cascade Game Foundry, a new game development studio in Washington, today announced their entry into the simulation marketplace [...]

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Airlines Welcome Environment Progress at ICAO

October 10, 2009

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) welcomed progress made at the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) High Level Meeting on International Aviation and Climate Change (HLM-ENV). IATA urged governments to move forward quickly to implement what was agreed and develop an even more ambitious agenda. “We took a step in the right direction, toward a [...]

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Tough Targets and a Global Sectoral Approach

October 6, 2009

Hong Kong – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) challenged governments to take four specific actions to support the aviation industry’s responsible approach to climate change: Adopt challenging industry targets to stabilize and eventually reduce aviation’s carbon emissions; Manage aviation’s carbon emissions through ICAO under a new Kyoto II framework by treating aviation as a [...]

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Delta Air Lines CEO Richard Anderson Issues Statement on Lease Extension at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport

October 6, 2009

ATLANTA, Oct. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Delta Air Lines CEO Richard Anderson today issued the following statement announcing an agreement with the City of Atlanta to extend its lease at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport through 2017. “Delta is pleased to have reached an agreement with the City of Atlanta on a lease extension at Hartsfield-Jackson that [...]

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IRIS releases Chirsten Eagle

October 4, 2009

August 2005 saw the release of what is now widely regarded as one of the benchmarks for Flight Simulator Aerobatic aircraft in the form of the Long Island Classics Christen Eagle for FS2004. Now, four years later, and with a gracious nod to both Kevin Lechmanski and Dan Hufford of Long Island Classics, the generous [...]

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GMap Comes to FS2004!

October 2, 2009

FSWidgets has just released the FS2004 edition of GMap, a free moving map system powered by Google Maps. In recognition of the large proportion of folks in the community still using FS9, it was only a matter of time before the FS2004 incarnation would join the existing FSX and X-Plane versions. Available for download at [...]

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