Aircraft News - Asia / Pacific.Aug 13, 2007 Plane Crashes In Polynesia, At Least 14 Dead A passenger aircraft plunged into the sea in French Polynesia French Polynesia, officially Territory of French Polynesia, internally self-governing overseas country (2002 pop. 245,516) of France, consisting of 118 islands in the South Pacific. The capital is Papeete, on Tahiti. on Thursday, killing at least 14 people, with another six still missing at nightfall when a search was suspended, French authorities in Papeete said. Aug 10, 2007 ABX Air ABX Air (NASDAQ: ABXA) is a cargo airline based in Wilmington, Ohio, USA. It operates scheduled, ad hoc charter and ACMI freight services, including overnight express small-package services and freight in the USA, Canada and Puerto Rico. , Air China, Boeing ABX Air yesterday agreed to purchase a Boeing 767-200ER from Air China and convert it to a freighter for long-haul international operations Internal Operations (I.O., IO or I/O) is a fictional American Intelligence Agency in Wildstorm comics. It was originally called International Operations. I.O. first appeared in WildC.A.T.S. volume 1 #1 (August, 1992) and was created by Brandon Choi and Jim Lee. . The Wilmington, Ohio-based cargo carrier projected the total cost to purchase, modify and put the aircraft into revenue service at approximately $23 million. ABX ABX Antibiotics ABX Airborne Express ABX Abstracting ABX Albury, New South Wales, Australia - Albury (Airport Code) ABX Automatic Branch Exchange ABx Non-Antibiotics ABX Asset Backed Securities Index ABX Acoustic Bass Extension primarily operates as a DHL DHL abbr. 1. Doctor of Hebrew Letters 2. Doctor of Hebrew Literature subservice carrier in the US but is eager to grow non-DHL operations outside North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . "We continue to expand our presence in the ACMI charter industry and look forward to adding this aircraft to our 767s already deployed with ACMI customers serving the South American and Asia/Pacific markets," President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Joe Hete said. The 767 will be delivered to ABX Air in the fourth quarter and then sent to VEM VEM Versatile Exercise Mine (US Navy) VEM Volume Electronic Mail (Canada Post Corporation) VEM Virtual Electron Microscope VEM Value Engineering Manager VEM Value Estimation Model Maintenance & Engineering in Brazil for cargo conversion. It is expected to enter service in the second quarter of 2008, likely becoming the 43rd 767 in ABX's fleet. Aug 7, 2007 Air New Zealand Parameter not given Error... ''Template needs its first parameter as beg[in], mid[dle], or end. Parameter not given Error... , General Electric, Boeing Air New Zealand placed four firm orders for its Boeing 777-300ER aircraft powered by GE90-115B engines, plus options for three additional aircraft, GE Aviation said in a news release. The order is valued at more than $250 million. The airline, which flies to Asia, Europe, North America and the South Pacific, also operates Boeing 737, 747 and 767 aircraft powered by CFM International engines. CFM, headquartered in Evendale, is a joint venture between GE Aviation's parent General Electric and Snecma in France. GE Aviation, based in Evendale, develops and manufactures jet engines for commercial and military aircraft. Aug 6, 2007 Cathay Pacific Airways, Boeing Cathay Pacific Airways has announced that it has placed an order for five more advanced wide-body Boeing 777-300ER "Extended Range" aircraft, increasing its commitment to a total of 23 of the aircraft type.The five additional Boeing 777-300ERs will be purchased directly from the Boeing Company. In December 2005 Cathay Pacific made a commitment to acquire 16 Boeing 777-300ERs - the airline's biggest-ever order for new aircraft. Aug 7, 2007 Cathay Pacific Airways, Boeing, General Electric Cathay Pacific Airways exercised options on five GE90-115B-powered Boeing 777-300ERs, increasing its commitment to the model to 23 aircraft. The conversion is part of CX's December 2005 order for 16 (with 12 directly purchased from Boeing and four leased from ILFC ILFC International Lease Finance Corporation ILFC International Lunar Finance Commission (TV show: Space: 1999) ) plus 20 options. Last year it exercised rights for two more aircraft. Its first -300ER will be delivered next month and it will have five by year end. They will be introduced on the Hong Kong-New York JFK route from Nov. 1. Aug 8, 2007 Mitsubishi Mitsubishi could bring Japanese brand to the air. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is known for its airplane parts and has poured billions of dollars into manufacturing facilities. Next spring, the company plans to start building a plane of its own, a 70- to 90-seat commercial passenger jet called the MRJ MRJ Mitsubishi Regional Jet MRJ Macintosh OS Runtime for Java MRJ Maximally Random-Jammed MRJ Macintosh Runtime for Java , or Mitsubishi Regional Jet. Aug 7, 2007 ZZ Editorial eMail: edit@AirGuideOnline.com For Air Transport & Travel Business Experts contact our Director of Content Aram Gesar eMail: bizintel@AirGuideOnline.com For more global news, reviews, features and analysis, please subscribe to our Newsletters: http://www.airguideonline.com/order_formsubs.htm#news To Advertise: advert@AirGuideOnline.com AirGuideFlightTracker is a new service that keeps travelers informed on flight and airport status via the Web. For more go to http://www.airguideonline.com/airline_tracker.htm Copyright [c] 2007 Pyramid Media Group / Air Travel Media. All rights reserved. |
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