Aircraft News.European Skybus, owned by Paul Stoddart Paul Stoddart, born May 26, 1955, is an Australian millionaire and former owner of the Minardi Formula One racing team. He has now taken the Minardi brand into the Champ Car World Series after his purchase of the former CTE-HVM team which he has renamed Minardi Team USA. formerly of Minardi (now Red Bull), has acquired five MD-82 aircraft from China Southern with a view to offering them on charter. Sister company Bournemouth-based European Aviation Air Charter European Aviation Air Charter is an airline based in Bournemouth, United Kingdom. It operates ad hoc charter services, VIP flights, and inclusive-tour and sub-charter flights, as well as ACMI wet leases for other airlines. Its main base is Bournemouth Airport. (EAAC EAAC Excitatory Amino Acid Carrier ), has now parked its elderly Boeing 747 fleet and will this year operate five Boeing 737-200s on a program that includes charter operations and backing up budget carriers. The airline's other five 737s are now all in Australia and are used on Stoddart's all business class operation, Ozjet, between Sydney and Melbourne which commenced last November. http://www.ozjet.com.au http://www.eaac.co.uk February 12, 2006 Airlines, manufacturers work on identification technology. Auto-ID Labs The Auto-ID Labs network is a research group in the field of networked radio-frequency identification (RFID) and emerging sensing technologies. The labs consist of seven research universities located on four different continents. in September launched a program to help the aerospace industry adopt identification technology. The program examines how the technology, which was developed for consumer products, should be tailored for aerospace. The Air Transport Association is working with aircraft makers and other companies to develop a system. February 7, 2006 Airbus Airbus tests superjumbo jet in extreme cold. Airbus is conducting cold-weather testing of its A380 superjumbo jet in Iqaluit, Nunavut, a Canadian town just south of the Arctic Circle Arctic Circle, imaginary circle on the surface of the earth at 66 1-2°N latitude, i.e., 23 1-2° south of the North Pole. It marks the northernmost point at which the sun can be seen at the winter solstice (about Dec. . Cold-weather testing represents a significant percentage of Canada's aerospace industry. The manager of the Iqaluit airport Iqaluit Airport (IATA: YFB, ICAO: CYFB) serves Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada and is located adjacent to the town. It is operated by the government of Nunavut. said the plane was able to land when the temperature dropped to minus 20F. February 8, 2006 Boeing Boeing assembles last 717 in Long Beach, Calif.. Boeing is building its final 717 in Long Beach, Calif. When the plane is completed, Boeing will stop producing planes in Southern California, and the only commercial jetliner assembly in the U.S. will take place in Washington state. February 10, 2006 Boeing 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. says backlog may grow in 2006. Boeing Chief Executive James McNerney said some European and U.S. carriers may consider ordering more jets this year. "There are some signs [of demand] in Europe and incipient signs in the U.S.," McNerney said. February 8, 2006 |
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