Company Watch - American Airlines.Apr 2, 2007ABX Air will buy a former American Airlines 767-200 and convert it to a freighter, the Ohio-based cargo carrier announced. Cost for purchase and conversion will be approximately $20 million and the aircraft will be available for ACMI charter service by early next year. "We intend to seize opportunities to add to our Boeing 767 fleet when they become available under attractive terms," 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 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. ABX has 35 767s in service, including 29 for DHL DHL abbr. 1. Doctor of Hebrew Letters 2. Doctor of Hebrew Literature . It plans to fly 42 of the type by early next year. Mar 26, 2007 American Airlines parent AMR (1) (Adaptive Multi-Rate) A variable rate speech codec selected by the 3GPP for the 3G evolution of the GSM cellphone system (WCDMA). Using the Algebraic CELP (ACELP) compression technology, AMR provides toll quality sound at transmission rates from 4.75 to 12. Corp. is planning to invest up to $100 million into its Maintenance Services group in an effort to bolster third-party business. It said the funding will be used to update facilities, invest in new technology and increase efficiencies. "In the past three years, we have worked with our [Transport Workers Union Transport Workers Union may refer to:
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