Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit (Stealth Bomber)
The Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit is a multi-role stealth aircraft able to drop conventional and nuclear weapons. The bomber was a milestone in the bomber modernization program of the United States. The B-2 is the most expensive plane ever built: estimates for the costs per plane range from 1.157 bill...
Boeing 717
The 100 seat 717 is the latest development of the popular DC-9/MD-80/MD-90 family and the only Douglas airliner which Boeing (which merged with McDonnell Douglas in 1997) plans to retain in its product line-up. It is designed for high cycle, short range regional airline operations....
Increase in UK Air Passenger Duty (APD) from 1 February 2007
The UK government recently announced, with immediate effect, that Air Passenger Duty (APD) will double for passengers travelling from 1st February, 2007. This meant that passengers who had booked their tickets for travel from 1st February, prior to the date of the announcement, would be liable to pa...
Airbus delivers A320 MSN3000 to AirAsia
Airbus has today delivered A320 manufacturing serial number 3000 (MSN3000) to Asia's largest low cost carrier, AirAsia. The official handover to Dato' Tony Fernandes, Group Chief Executive Officer of AirAsia by Louis Gallois, Airbus President and CEO, and co-CEO of EADS, took place at a ceremony hel...
Guggenheim Aviation Partners orders six Airbus A330-200F aircraft
Following the authorization to offer the A330 Freighter last summer, Guggenheim Aviation Partners, LLC (GAP), the US-based aviation investment firm, acting on behalf of one of its investment funds, is the first customer to sign a contract for the A330-200F, the newest member of the A330/A340 family....
Lufthansa leads the way in service, safety and on the web
Lufthansa has once again gained top marks from the readers of the German magazine Business Traveller Deutschland. The airline was ranked first in several categories and received five Business Traveller Awards. For the first time Lufthansa was named the overall “best airline on routes to No...
Chairman of AIR FRANCE KLM Resigns from Alitalia Board of Directors
Since the Italian Government has launched a bid to acquire stakes in the capital of Alitalia and as AIR FRANCE KLM is a partner of Alitalia, the AIR FRANCE KLM Chairman can no longer sit on the Board of Directors....
Six new SWISS destinations from Basel
Flight LX 1934 from Basel to Barcelona, operated by aircraft HB-IXN, took off on time at 09:55 this morning as the first of SWISS’s six new services from EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg which are introduced today. The new connections raise to ten the number of destinations with non-sto...
Mihin Air & HolidayAir, new Sri Lankan airlines
Sri Lanka will launch its second international airline. Actually this nems is not new. The government-owned budget airline "Mihin Air" will be launched shortly after the cabinet approved the proposal Wednesday....
FedEx Adds Anti-Missile Freighter
A FedEx MD-10 aircraft is now in commercial revenue service with a Northrop Grumman-developed Guardian anti-missile system. The aircraft almost unnoticed except for a small gathering of press and politicians departed Los Angeles International Airport this week marking the beginning o...
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