Aviation

Frankfurt Airport Expands Cargo Hub

by Mr. Plane on September 1, 2010

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Image via Wikipedia Frankfurt Airport (FRA) is offering an additional 27 hectares of development land at CargoCity South. Fraport AG – the owner and manager of FRA – has issued a worldwide “Call for Expression of Interest” inviting the logistics industry to specify its locational and space requirements. “Airfreight is booming due to the increasing [...]

World Airways to Operate Boeing 747-400 Freighter for Asiana Airlines Through 2010

by Mr. Plane on February 16, 2010

in Airlines,Aviation

World Airways, a subsidiary of Global Aviation Holdings, Inc., has signed an agreement with Asiana Airlines to operate one Boeing 747-400 aircraft on a full-time basis for air cargo service beginning February 23 through the remainder of 2010. Asiana Airlines, a South Korea-based international airline, offers passenger and cargo operations to more than 20 countries [...]

Delta Air Lines, US Airways Respond to DOT Decision

February 10, 2010 Airlines

Delta Air Lines and US Airways today issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s proposed rulemaking on the airlines’ previously announced slot transaction at New York’s LaGuardia and Washington’s Reagan-National airports. In its decision, DOT said it would require the airlines to divest 20 of the 125 slot pairs involved [...]

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Southwest Airlines Reports January Traffic

February 5, 2010 Airlines

Southwest Airlines Co. announced today that the Company flew 5.5 billion revenue passenger miles (RPMs) in January 2010, a 7.1 percent increase from the 5.1 billion RPMs flown in January 2009. Available seat miles (ASMs) decreased 6.7 percent to 7.6 billion from the January 2009 level of 8.2 billion. The load factor for the month [...]

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Fighter Jet Crashes in Forest

January 23, 2010 Aviation

A Hornet jet belonging to the Finnish Defence Forces went down in Juupajoki, some 200 kilometers north of Helsinki around noon on Thursday. The two pilots ejected themselves from the jet before it came crashing to the ground. Rescue workers located the pilots two kilometers from the scene of the crash an hour after the [...]

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Air France/KLM starts “fat taxes”

January 20, 2010 Airlines

Very well known “fat-tax” will have a new proud airline. You may need to pay a little extra if you’re slightly over weight. Air France – KLM combination is the newest airline who charges from the over-weighted passengers. Ryanair tried it a while ago but then dropped the idea but who knows when the plans [...]

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Zero Jobs for Pilot School Graduates

January 15, 2010 Aviation

Image by Sonya >> 搜你丫 via Flickr In the past year, not a single graduate of a flight school has been able to find work as a pilot. The Finnish Pilots’ Association says far too many pilots are being trained. The Pilots’ Association estimates that nearly 200 newly-graduated pilots are out of a job. “I [...]

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Sir Richard Branson Comments on Oneworld’s Differing Approach in Its Fight for Japan Airlines

January 15, 2010 Airlines

Image via Wikipedia Virgin Atlantic’s President highlighted what he believes to be the hypocritical approach Oneworld is taking over the possible Japan Airlines and Delta alliance in comparison to the proposed British Airways/American Airlines tie-up.   “Oneworld’s approach to the potential JAL/Delta transpacific alliance is hypocritical in the extreme. BA and AA’s arguments against the [...]

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