Aircraft News - North America.Jul 23, 2007 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 American Airlines is responding to public concerns about the effect of air travel on the environment by educating travelers about the relatively low emissions generated by aircraft. "Globally, airlines account for only 3% of total carbon emissions," according to David Cush, senior vice president of global sales. Overall, he said, flying is less harmful to the environment than traveling by car. Jul 16, 2007 Boeing Boeing confident 787 will meet schedule targets Manufacturer must overcome weight and other issues and has confirmed that the 787 supply chain has the capacity to support a second major production ramp-up after 2010. Jul 16, 2007 Comair The National Transportation Safety Board plans to release its final report next Thursday on the cause of the Comair flight that crashed in Kentucky last summer. Jul 19, 2007 Compass Airlines, Northwest Airlines, Embraer Compass Airlines, the wholly owned Northwest Airlines regional subsidiary, took delivery of the first of 36 Embraer E-175s. They will be configured with 12 seats in first class and 64 in coach. Compass, flying as Northwest Airlink, launched its first flight in May with a Bombardier CRJ200. It plans to operate 10 E-175s by year end and all 36 by the end of 2008. Jul 19, 2007 Global Aero Logistics Global Aero Logistics, Inc., formerly known as New ATA Holdings Inc., is a private airline holding company, owned by the worldwide Matlin Patterson Investment firm, but based in Indianapolis, Indiana. The company's principal operational holding is ATA Airlines, Inc. (ATA). Unionized pilots at World, NAA NAA Nomina Anatomica Avium. and ATA (1) (AT Attachment) The specification for IDE drives. See IDE. (2) See analog telephone adapter. ATA - Advanced Technology Attachment combined to issue a joint statement saying they will use "all legal means necessary to enforce their respective contractual rights" and will not "tolerate" any attempts by management to "pit one group against another." Global Aero Logistics has said it will operate the three airlines independently. The merger remains subject to US government approval. Jul 19, 2007 Magellan Group, Mercury Aviation Partners Magellan Group and Mercury Aviation Partners signed an MOU (Minutes Of Usage) A metric used to compute billing and/or statistics for telephone calls or other network use. to create M&M Services, a 50/50 joint venture LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control that will build an operating lease Operating Lease A lease contract that allows the use of an asset, but does not convey rights similar to ownership of the asset. Notes: An operating lease is not capitalized it is accounted for as a rental expense. portfolio of "mature aircraft subject to lease with part-out being the long-term goal for each aircraft." M&M said it plans to acquire up to $100 million worth of aircraft such as Boeing 737 Classics, 757s, 767s, Airbus A320s, ATR ATR Achilles tendon reflex, see Ankle reflex 42/72s, Dash 8s and Brasilias. Jul 17, 2007 Raytheon Raytheon is participating in the Empire Challenge 2007, a demonstration evaluating intelligence collection systems for joint and coalition operations. The exercise, which began July 15, is being held at the China Lake Naval Air Warfare Center The Naval Air Warfare Center was a former U.S. Navy military installation located in Warminster, Pennsylvania and Ivyland, Pennsylvania. The U.S. Navy purchased the grounds to establish this facility from the Brewster Aeronautical Corporation following its bankruptcy in the , China Lake, Calif. The Empire Challenge exercise is designed to test and demonstrate techniques, standards and procedures for coalition Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance may refer to:
DCGS Distributed Common Ground Station DCGS Distributed Common Ground/Surface System (US DoD) DCGS Delaware County Genealogical Society (Ohio and Pennsylvania) ) ground systems. Jul 20, 2007 Raytheon, Boeing Raytheon's revolutionary Boeing (McDonnell Douglas) F/A-18 Active Electronically Scanned Array An Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA), also known as active phased array radar is a type of radar whose transmitter and receiver functions are composed of numerous small transmit/receive (T/R) modules. radar is moving into full rate production following U.S. Navy approval. The APG-79 production line is ramping up in anticipation of delivering a total of 437 systems for the Navy in coming years. Jul 20, 2007 Unisys Unisys was selected by the US Cargo Sales Joint Venture to provide "a broad range of IT outsourcing support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services " for the organization. USJV is an alliance of Delta Air Lines, Air France and Korean Air offering cargo-related services in the US. Under the terms of the contract, Unisys will provide USJV with outsourced data center, security, network and desktop management services over a three-year period. Jul 19, 2007 United Airlines United Airlines yesterday said it will accept applications for approximately 100 new pilot positions expected to be filled this year--the first such additions since 2001. "We're investing in our business, and our expansion in international markets enables us to add to our team," VP-Flight Operations Hank Krakowski said. New hires will begin training at UA's Denver training center as early as October and are scheduled to be flying by year end, the airline said. Jul 17, 2007 UPS, Boeing UPS took delivery of its first GE CF6-80C2B C2B Consumer to Business (consumers naming their price for various products or services) C2B Command and Control Battlelab C2B Consulting to Business C2B Commerce to Business C2B Customer to Business C2B Client to Business 5F powered Boeing 747-400F, which it plans to deploy on international services to the Asia/Pacific. The company will take delivery of two more 747-400Fs this year and five in 2008. In addition, it will acquire five of the type from other carriers by 2010, bringing its total 747-400F fleet to 13. The 747-400F has a payload of 273,300 lb. with a range of 4,400 nm. It has 30 load positions on its main deck and can carry 32 smaller containers on the lower deck. It will be the first freighter in the UPS fleet with a hinged nose. Jul 20, 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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