Aircraft News - North America.Nov 13, 2006 Defense stocks tumble after Rumsfeld resigns. Shares of large defense firms, including Boeing, Lockheed Martin For the former company, see . Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) is a leading multinational aerospace manufacturer and advanced technology company formed in 1995 by the merger of Lockheed Corporation with Martin Marietta. and Raytheon, dropped Wednesday after Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld resigned. President George W. Bush nominated former Central Intelligence Agency Director Robert Gates to replace Rumsfeld. Nov 9, 2006 No big defense spending changes seen with new Congress. Major questions about the war in Iraq and national defense await the new Congress, no matter how the parties share power. However, analysts do not expect defense spending patterns to change much. Democrats may shift spending to areas like body armor Noun 1. body armor - armor that protects the wearer's whole body body armour, cataphract, coat of mail, suit of armor, suit of armour armet - a medieval helmet with a visor and a neck guard and combat vehicles that are directly connected to operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Nov 8, 2006 Airbus, Boeing, FedEx FedEx Ditches A380, Switches To Boeing. FedEx Express FedEx Express, based in Memphis, Tennessee, USA, is the world's largest cargo airline. It is a subsidiary of the FedEx Corporation and delivers packages and freight to more than 220 countries each day[1]. said on Tuesday it would buy 15 Boeing 777-200F freighter aircraft and canceled its order of 10 A380-800F Airbus aircraft due to delays in delivery. FedEx said its agreement with Boeing also gives it options to purchase an additional 15 aircraft. It expects to take delivery of four of the 777 aircraft in 2009, eight in 2010 and the remaining three in 2011. Nov 7, 2006 Boeing Boeing's options stretched for 747-8I, with refusal to rule out two sizes of aircraft, to meet Emirates' requirements. Boeing is leaving the door open to building the longer-range, short-stretch version of the 747-8 Intercontinental to meet Emirates' requirements, despite the fact that it has adopted a 5.6m (18.4ft) stretch of the freighter as the baseline for the passenger model. Nov 10, 2006 Boeing Boeing leads in aircraft orders so far in 2006. Boeing has booked orders for 793 airliners so far this year. It is ahead of Airbus, its European rival, which has won contracts for 508 airliners. Airbus has delivered 353 planes in the first 10 months of the year, compared with 330 for Boeing. Nov 10, 2006 Boeing Boeing began using a moving assembly line--moving at 1.6 in. per min.--during final assembly of the 777. The company said it plans to complete a continuous, one-bay moving 777 assembly line that will include systems installation, final body join and final assembly in 2008. Nov 9, 2006 Boeing Boeing 787 needs to diet, but performance looks better than expected. The 787 is approximately 5,000 lb. overweight, 787 VP and Boeing GM Mike Bair said during a conference call with reporters yesterday, but the company has a plan to take the weight off through "further part optimization and material substitution." Boeing can can lighten its hot-selling 787 by 2.5 tons, a move that will make the plane the most fuel-efficient airliner in its category. Boeing executives say the weight issue has forced it to boost research and development spending on the plane by $300 million. Nov 7, 2006 Boeing Boeing To Boost 787 Production. Boeing has confirmed it will boost production rates for its new 787 long-range aircraft in response to higher-than-expected demand, according to a newspaper report on Tuesday. Mike Blair, Boeing vice president and general manager of the 787 program, said that strong sales and a review of production rates was expected to see output lifted from 2011, according to the Financial Times. Nov 7, 2006 Boeing Democratic majority may improve Boeing's fortunes. The chances of Boeing winning a contract to build Air Force tankers may improve if the Democrats win control of Congress, some analysts say. If Democrats gain a Senate majority, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., who has criticized some Boeing contracts, would not become chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee The term Armed Services Committee could refer to:
Nov 6, 2006 Boeing, Sikorsky, Lockheed Martin Air Force may name winner of helicopter contract today. The Air Force may announce the winner of a contract to build a new search-and-rescue helicopter today. Sikorsky, Boeing and Lockheed Martin are competing for the contract, which is worth up to $13 billion. Nov 9, 2006 Chautauqua Airlines, AAR Aar, river: see Aare. AAR signed a three-year agreement to manage supply chain service for Chautauqua Airlines. AAR will provide asset planning and repairs and maintain rotable parts to support 24 CRJ CRJ Canadair Regional Jet CRJ Chiropractic Research Journal CRJ Commission for Racial Justice CRJ Cylinder Reduction Jumper 200s joining the fleet from January for Chautauqua's new service agreement with Continental Airlines. Nov 9, 2006 Comair No public hearing planned for Comair crash, NTSB NTSB abbr. National Transportation Safety Board says. National Transportation Safety Board investigators say they will not hold a public hearing on the crash of Comair Flight 5191, which crashed in Kentucky in August. They may rule on possible causes of the accident, which killed 49 people, by next spring. Nov 10, 2006 Delta AirElite Delta AirElite Beefs Up Charter Fleet. In February, Delta AirElite Business Jets Delta AirElite Business Jets is an airline based in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. It operates jet aircraft and helicopter charter services as a subsidiary of Comair. Its main base is Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport[1]. Inc., a subsidiary of Delta Air Lines, expanded its fleet with the addition of a Citation X and Learjet 31A. In early August, DAE See digital audio extraction. renewed its partnership with Bombardier Flexjet and Jet Solutions, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , first established in October 2003, to continue offering the Flexjet 25 jet card. Last week, on Oct. 31, DAE added a Bombardier Challenger 604 to its fleet. Nov 10, 2006 Delta AirElite Delta AirElite's 10-passenger C-604, based at Lunken Airport (LUK LUK Let Us Know LUK Lamellen und Kupplungsbau (German automotive parts maker) LUK Luke AFB (Phoenix, AZ) LUK Lunken Airport, Cincinnati (Airport Code) LUK Linux User Kernel ), located three miles southeast of Cincinnati, in Hamilton County, Ohio Hamilton County is a county located in the southwest corner of the state of Ohio, United States. The county seat is Cincinnati, and as of 2000, the population was 845,303. This made it the third most populous county in Ohio (and Ohio's second most densely populated county). , DAE is one of the largest operators of C-604s in the industry. The 604, with a 4,600-nm range and a maximum cruise speed of 533 mph, is a popular choice of aircraft used for regional and intercontinental flights; the aircraft is a good choice for flights to Europe and South America. Nov 10, 2006 ExpressJet ExpressJet said it would add five of those freed up aircraft to its Corporate Aviation business, bringing the fleet in that unit up to 15. Operating revenue operating revenue Revenue from any regular source. Revenue from sales is adjusted for discounts and returns when calculating operating revenue. Compare other revenue. rose 8.8 percent to USD USD In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the U.S. Dollar. 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. $428.6 million, helped by fuller planes. Load factor rose 1.5 points to 78.1 percent. Operating margin Operating Margin A ratio used to measure a company's pricing strategy and operating efficiency. Calculated by: fell to 8.1 percent from 9.6 percent. The company rebated USD$2.6 million back to Continental to meet its contractual operating margin of 10 percent. Nov 8, 2006 ExpressJet ExpressJet said last May it would hold on to 69 regional jets after Continental canceled a capacity purchase agreement. That decision left the company searching for new business ventures for the planes. Nov 8, 2006 Northwest Airlines, AAR, Boeing AAR will perform heavy MRO MRO In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Mauritanian Ouguiya. 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. and interior modifications on up to 15 Northwest Airlines 757s. Work begins this month in Indianapolis and will continue through July 2007. Nov 9, 2006 Republic Airways Earlier this year, CO removed 69 ERJs from ExpressJet's network after the two companies failed to agree on new financial terms. CO subsequently tapped Republic Airways Holdings Republic Airways Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: RJET) is an aviation holding corporation based in Indianapolis, Indiana, which owns three regional airlines operating in the United States: Chautauqua Airlines, Republic Airlines and Shuttle America. to replace the ExpressJet lift. In October, ExpressJet announced the launch of its ExpressJet Corporate Aviation subsidiary, which will start in December with 15 of the ERJs. Nov 9, 2006 United Airlines United plane clips another on O'Hare taxiway taxiway: see airport. . Aviation officials said a United Airlines airliner clipped the tail of another United plane Tuesday at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport O'Hare International Airport is an airport located in Chicago, Illinois, United States, 17 miles (27 km) northwest of the Chicago Loop. It is the largest hub of United Airlines (whose headquarters is in downtown Chicago) and the second-largest hub of American Airlines (after . No one was injured, and both flights were canceled. 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