Aircraft News - Asia / Pacific.Nov 27, 2006 Air India Air India (formerly Air-India, Hindi: एअर इंडिया) is the national flag carrier of India with a worldwide network of passenger and cargo services. Air India started construction on a INR INR In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Indian Rupee. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 500 million ($11.1 million) maintenance base at Thiruvananthapuram Airport. The 15 acres of land was transferred to the carrier by the Kerala government free of charge. Construction is scheduled to be completed in mid-2008. The base will service primarily 737-800s operated by Air India Express. Nov 21, 2006 Jade Cargo, Boeing Jade Cargo International Jade Cargo International is a cargo airline based in Shenzhen, Guangdong, People's Republic of China. It operates cargo services to Asia and Europe. Its main base is Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport. took delivery of its second of six 747-400ERFs. The third is scheduled to come in February. From Nov. 27 Jade will add thrice-weekly flights from Shenzhen to Barcelona (via Brescia) and Osaka. Nov 23, 2006 Kingfisher Airlines Kingfisher Airlines Limited is an airline based in Bangalore, India. It is a major Indian luxury airline operating an extensive network to 34 destinations, with plans for regional and long-haul international services. , Pratt & Whitney Kingfisher kingfisher, common name for members of the family Alcedinidae, essentially tropical and subtropical land birds, with affinities to trogons and swifts and related to the hornbill. , P&W deal, first announced at Farnborough, will be worth $500 million if all options are exercised. The US Dept. of Commerce hosted the signing to highlight the growing trade relationship between the US and India and several dignitaries, including FAA Administrator Marion Blakey Marion Clifton Blakey (born March 26, 1948) was the 15th Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration. She was the second woman to hold the position, serving as a successor to Jane Garvey, the first woman to hold the Administrator title. , were on hand. Kingfisher emphasized the importance of the US to Kingfisher's long-term plans. "I have been witnessing the huge growth in Indo-US trade and it's one reason why I've said since our launch, 'Let's forget the rest of the world and connect India to the US nonstop.'" Kingfisher does not operate US flights but has said it intends to in the future. Nov 21, 2006 Kingfisher Airlines, Pratt & Whitney Kingfisher, P&W ink $300 million deal at Washington ceremony. Kingfisher Airlines and Pratt & Whitney signed a $300 million agreement at a Washington ceremony yesterday covering 10 PW4000-100 engines to power the carrier's five ordered A330s as well as one spare engine, 10 options and an exclusive overhaul and repair program. Nov 21, 2006 Korean Air  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . , Boeing Korean Air had been considering the 747-8 Intercontinental but elected to focus its long-haul fleet around the A380 (for which it has placed five orders), 787 (10 orders) and 777-300ER. It said yesterday's order was of particular importance given the ongoing liberalization lib·er·al·ize v. lib·er·al·ized, lib·er·al·iz·ing, lib·er·al·iz·es v.tr. To make liberal or more liberal: "Our standards of private conduct have been greatly liberalized . . . of China's aviation market, which KE considers critical to its future. "We have to focus on the China market," VP-Strategy Development Keehong Woo said. "In the near future the number of Chinese [traveling by air to destinations worldwide] will be huge. We have to go into that market or we won't survive." The new planes also will enhance "efficiency through modernization of the fleet and reduction in fuel and operational costs," KE said. Nov 22, 2006 Korean Air, Boeing Korean Air signs $5.3 billion purchase agreement for 25 Boeing aircraft. Korean Air placed the biggest aircraft order in its history yesterday, signing a purchase agreement valued at $5.3 billion for 10 777-300ERs, five 737-900s/700s, five 747-8Fs and five 777-200Fs. Nov 22, 2006 Korean Air, Boeing Korean Air took options on four 777-300ERs, two 747-8Fs and two 737-900ERs. The ordered aircraft will be delivered beginning in 2009 and continue through 2019. The carrier said the 777-300ERs will replace 747-400s being converted to freighters while the 747-8Fs and 777-200Fs will inject capacity into its rapidly expanding global airfreight air·freight n. 1. A system of transporting freight by air. 2. The amount charged for transporting freight by air. air network. Korean Air Cargo President Ken Choi said the 10 new freighters are part of a plan to add two freighters every year from 2009. It currently operates 19 owned 747-400Fs and six leased dash 200Fs. Nov 22, 2006 Korean Air, Boeing Korean Air's large order signals the airline's ambition to compete with the world's biggest international carriers. "The purchase forms a key component in Korean Air's strategy of global expansion," it said in a statement. "The airline aims to maintain its title as the world's number one commercial cargo carrier [among passenger airlines if Air France Air France in full Compagnie Internationale Air France French passenger and cargo airline with more than 200 destinations in some 80 countries. It introduced supersonic Concorde service in 1976, but financial loss led the company to cease its Concorde and KLM KLM Kaiserliche Marine (Enigma: Rising Tide game) KLM Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij (Royal Dutch Airlines) KLM Klub Langer Menschen (German: Tall Person Club) are considered separate airlines]...and to become one of the world's top 10 passenger carriers by 2010." 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