Aircraft News - North America.Dec 31, 2006 American Airlines American Airlines Major U.S. airline. American was created through a merger of several smaller U.S. airlines and incorporated in 1934. It continued to buy the routes of other airlines, becoming an international carrier in the 1970s; its routes include South America, the , Allegiant Air American Airlines signed a four-year, $30 million deal with Allegiant Air for the provision in Tulsa of 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. , including C checks, on Allegiant's 24 MD-80s. The deal leaves room for additional aircraft if Allegiant grows its fleet. Dec 19, 2006 Boeing Boeing Commercial Airplanes Boeing Commercial Airplanes is a unit of The Boeing Company, based in Renton, Washington consisting of the Seattle-based former Boeing Airplane Company (the civil airliner division), as well as the Long Beach-based Douglas Aircraft division of the former McDonnell Douglas 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. Scott Carson told The Seattle Times in a year-end interview that there has been a major sea change in commercial aircraft production, evidenced by both the 787 and the newly unveiled A350 XWB XWB Extra Wide Body (Airbus) . "There's no way you would ever build another purely aluminum airplane," he told the newspaper. Even a new version of the 737 "will be composite in some form or another." Carson conceded that the manufacturer is "behind schedule in Italy" on 787 production but insisted that "rollout and first flight" still will occur next summer. Dec 26, 2006 Boeing Boeing's order book surged again last week with 38 new orders, bringing its 2006 total to 904, with insiders tipping some significant buys next week to round off a bumper year. The new orders were Kenya Airways' three 787-8s, KLM's three 737-800s, Qantas's five 737s, two 737s from Boeing Business Jets and 25 unidentified 737s. Boeing also identified the customers for three previously unidentified 777s as Qatar Airways (two dash 200Fs) and KLM KLM Kaiserliche Marine (Enigma: Rising Tide game) KLM Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij (Royal Dutch Airlines) KLM Klub Langer Menschen (German: Tall Person Club) (one dash 300ER). Libya's Buraq Air emerged as a buyer for one 737 and the manufacturer noted that an unidentified customer converted one 777 to two 767s. Its biggest seller for 2006 to date has been the 737 series with 623 orders, while the widebody lineup has accounted for nearly 288 orders led by the 787 with 150 followed by the 747 with 67, the 777 with 61 and the 767 with 10. Dec 26, 2006 Boeing, Messier Services-Asia, SR Technics tech·nic n. 1. technics (used with a sing. or pl. verb) The theory, principles, or study of an art or a process. 2. technics (used with a pl. verb) Technical details, rules, or methods. 3. , Guangzhou Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Boeing's Commercial Aviation Services unit yesterday reached agreement with Messier Services-Asia, SR Technics and Guangzhou Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Co. Ltd. for provision of repair and overhaul services on 777 and 737NG landing gear in the Asia/Pacific region. Messier will perform 777 and 737NG landing gear work while Guangzhou and SR Technics will support just 737NG landing gear. The agreements are part of the Boeing Component Repair Network Service Centre program, which has as its goal to "reduce overall repair costs and manage complex rotable programs by establishing additional MRO support in key global regions." Dec 21, 2006 Commercial Jet, Boeing Commercial Jet of Miami will convert three 737-200 passenger aircraft to freighters for Northern Air Cargo Northern Air Cargo is an American cargo airline based in Anchorage, Alaska, USA. It operates services within Alaska and to Canada and the USA. Its main base is Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, with a hub at Fairbanks International Airport.[1]. . CJI CJI Criminal Justice Institute CJI Computer Jobs in Israel CJI Centrul Pentru Jurnalism Independent will use Aeronautical aer·o·nau·tic also aer·o·nau·ti·cal adj. Of or relating to aeronautics. aer  o·nau Engineers' STC STC Supplemental Type Certificate (FAA)STC Society for Technical Communication STC Subject to Change STC Surf the Channel (website) STC Sound Transmission Class STC Singapore Turf Club and also will perform C checks and upgrade avionics. Dec 21, 2006 Hawaiian Airlines, AWAS AWAS Australian Women's Army Service AWAS Angkatan Wanita Sedar AWAS Ansett Worldwide Aviation Services (New York, NY) AWAS Analysis of Wire Antennas and Scatterers AWAS Automated Weather Advisory Station Aviation Services Hawaiian Airlines finalized an agreement with AWAS Aviation Services that includes the purchase of three leased 767-300ERs. Dec 26, 2006 Heico Aerospace, Prime Air Parts Heico Aerospace Holdings Corp. announced the acquisition of an 80.1% stake in Prime Air Inc. and its Prime Air Parts affiliate. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Based in Chicago and Miami, Prime offers niche accessory component exchange services as an alternative to OEMs' spares services. Dec 21, 2006 Meridian Aerospace, Boeing Meridian Aerospace Group announced the sale of an ex-Delta Air Lines 737-200 from PNC PNC Purdue University North Central (Westville, Indiana) PnC Point 'n Click PNC Police National Computer PNC People's National Congress (Guyana) PNC People's National Congress Equipment Finance to Aventura Aviation of New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . Dec 21, 2006 Midwest Airlines, SkyWest Airlines, Bombardier Midwest Airlines signed a deal with SkyWest Airlines to operate up to 25 50-seat Bombardier CRJs in a move that would expand operations and open new markets. The agreement calls for SkyWest to operate 15-25 aircraft over a five-year period, with the first 15 delivered between April and October 2007. The delivery schedule for additional aircraft has yet to be determined. Over the past several weeks, Midwest has been trying to stave off the unwanted advances of AirTran Airways, which is trying to buy the Milwaukee-based carrier. The agreement with SkyWest is part of Midwest's overall growth plan, which eventually will include addition of either A320s or 737-800s to the current fleet of 25 717s and 11 MD-80s. Dec 22, 2006 Raytheon Raytheon aircraft unit competes directly with General Dynamics' Gulfstream unit, Textron's Cessna unit and Bombardier, which makes Lear jets. Hawker Beechcraft, a new company formed by GS Capital Partners and Onex, which bought several Boeing plants in the United States last year, will buy the Raytheon unit. Onex's investment in Raytheon's business jet operations is the company's third major foray into the aerospace sector in the past 18 months. Dec 21, 2006 Raytheon Raytheon aircraft unit which makes business jets under the Beechcraft and Hawker names, as well as military training planes, has been lagging competitors and falling behind Raytheon's more profitable defense operations. The unit, which traces its roots to the founding of the Beech Aircraft Corp. in 1932, had 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. $2.9 billion in sales last year. Dec 21, 2006 Raytheon Raytheon To Sell Aircraft Unit For USD$3.3 Bln. Raytheon said on Thursday it will sell its aircraft business, which makes Hawker and Beechcraft business jets, to a unit of investment bank Goldman Sachs and Canadian buyout firm Onex Partners for about USD$3.3 billion. Raytheon put its Raytheon Aircraft unit up for sale in July. Dec 21, 2006 Thales, GoJet Airlines, Bombardier Thales signed a 16-year deal with GoJet Airlines of St. Louis to provide spare and component services and MRO on avionics on GoJet's fleet of 15 Bombardier CRJ700LRs. Dec 18, 2006 Z Editor: Aram Gesar, eMail: edit@AirGuideOnline.com For more global news, reviews, features and analysis, please go to: http://www.airguideonline.com/onlinenews.htm To Subscribe to our Newsletters: http://www.airguideonline.com/order_formsubs.htm#news To Advertise: advert@AirGuideOnline.com Dec 18, 2006 |
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