AirGuide Business back issues from June 2009:
Aerospace & Defense News - Space.
Jun 01, 2009 ... New York (AirGuideBusiness - Space News) May 31, 2009 Florida Weather Could Delay Endeavour Launch. The same Florida weather than forced the space shuttle Atlantis to land in California after its successful mission to the Hubble Space Telescope may also delay launch ...
Aerospace & Defense News - Defense Africa / Middle East.
Jun 01, 2009 ... May 31, 2009 BVR Systems BVR Systems (1998) Ltd., a diversified world leader in advanced military training and simulation systems, today announced, entering into an agreement with Yuval Golan Investments Ltd. and Michael Golan Securities Holdings Ltd. (collectively ...
Aerospace & Defense News - Defense Asia / Pacific.
Jun 01, 2009 ... May 31, 2009 Boeing Boeing said Tuesday the Indian government has requested proposals for two helicopter projects totaling more than USD 2 billion. The Indian Air Force wants 22 attack helicopters and at least 15 heavy-lift helicopters as part of a USD 30 billion ...
Aerospace & Defense News - Defense Europe.
Jun 01, 2009 ... May 31, 2009 Eurofighter The four launch Eurofighter nations look set sign a Tranche 3A contract for a combined 112 aircraft by late June, with their action to avert a costly gap in production of the combat aircraft. May 29, 2009 Lithuanian ...
Aerospace & Defense News - Defense North America.
Jun 01, 2009 ... May 31, 2009 William Cohen, who served as defense secretary in the Clinton administration, says in an op-ed for the Washington Times that the recent saber-rattling by North Korea reinforces the need for a U.S. missile shield. May 28, 2009 In an effort to better ...
Aerospace & Defense News - Technology Asia / Pacific.
Jun 01, 2009 ... May 31, 2009 Airbus Weeks before the first China-built Airbus is due for delivery, the head of the European planemaker is pushing the idea of expanding future production to the United States and India. Airbus chief executive Tom Enders, writing 40 years after the ...
Aerospace & Defense News - Technology Europe.
Jun 01, 2009 ... May 31, 2009 Playing with a model plane wing in a wind tunnel led researchers at the University of Warwick to a surprising discovery: by waggling a wing, planes could be up to 20 percent more fuel efficient, saving huge costs and significantly reducing the greenhouse gas ...
Aerospace & Defense News - Technology North America.
Jun 01, 2009 ... May 31, 2009 William Cohen, who served as defense secretary in the Clinton administration, says in an op-ed for the Washington Times that the recent saber-rattling by North Korea reinforces the need for a U.S. missile shield. May 28, 2009 In an effort to better ...
Air Cargo News.
Jun 01, 2009 ... New York (AirGuideBusiness - Air Cargo News) May 31, 2009 A decline in the air cargo freight market following the international financial crisis seems to have hit bottom, according to the head of the International Air Transport Association. Air cargo, a key barometer of world ...
Aircraft News - Africa / Middle East.
Jun 01, 2009 ... May 31, 2009 Emirates Airlines, Airbus The recent near-catastrophe in which an Emirates Airbus A340-500 was almost lost on take-off after the first officer miscomputed the aircraft's weight by a single digit in the electronic flight bag has highlighted the human ...
Aircraft News - Asia / Pacific.
Jun 01, 2009 ... May 31, 2009 Air New Zealand, Boeing, Rolls-Royce Air New Zealand revealed the results of its Dec. 29 Boeing 747-400 biofuel test flight, saying that data gathered from the 2-hr. flight show that a 50/50 blend of jatropha-based fuel and standard jet fuel could reduce ...
Aircraft News - Europe.
Jun 01, 2009 ... May 31, 2009 Playing with a model plane wing in a wind tunnel led researchers at the University of Warwick to a surprising discovery: by waggling a wing, planes could be up to 20 percent more fuel efficient, saving huge costs and significantly reducing the greenhouse gas ...
Aircraft News - North America.
Jun 01, 2009 ... May 31, 2009 Improved colour vision requirements for flight crew could lead to a 35 percent increase in the number of prospective pilots meeting the minimum medical threshold. Colour-blindness research sponsored by the UK's Civil Aviation Authority and the US FAA, and carried ...
Aircraft Finance & Leasing News - Africa / Middle East.
Jun 01, 2009 ... May 31, 2009 Bahrain Air, Airbus Middle Eastern carrier Bahrain Air is expecting to expand its fleet rapidly to nine Airbus aircraft within the next five months. It has just taken delivery of its fifth aircraft, an A320 registered A9C-BAV, and is planning to ...
Aircraft Finance & Leasing News - Asia / Pacific.
Jun 01, 2009 ... May 31, 2009 PB Air, Bangkok Airways Thai carrier PB Air indicates it could stay with ATR 72-500 turboprops after the dry lease of its two Bangkok Airways ATR 72-500s expires in October. May 27, 2009 ZZ AirGuideBusiness 090601 Editorial eMail: ...
Aircraft Finance & Leasing News - Europe.
Jun 01, 2009 ... May 31, 2009 Airbus Airbus Chief Executive Tom Enders has been interviewed by French police as part of an investigation into allegations of insider trading at parent company EADS, the planemaker said on Thursday. "We confirm that he was heard but he was not placed in ...
Aircraft Finance & Leasing News - Latin America / Caribbean.
Jun 01, 2009 ... May 31, 2009 Austral Lineas Aereas , Embraer Austral Lineas Aereas signed an agreement Friday to purchase 20 E-190s. Embraer said the contract "will go into effect after fulfilling certain requirements and that should take place within two months." First delivery is ...
Aircraft Finance & Leasing News - North America.
Jun 01, 2009 ... May 31, 2009 Boeing says it received five new 787 orders in the last full week of May, but five cancellations for 767s left the company with a net change of zero. Orders for the long-delayed Dreamliner have now reached 13 so far in 2009. May 29, 2009 From missile ...
Aircraft Supplier & MRO News - Africa / Middle East.
Jun 01, 2009 ... May 31, 2009 Bombardier Bombardier Aerospace selected SAMCO Aircraft Maintenance as a recognized service facility for Dash 8/Q Series aircraft. SAMCO's facility is located at Maastricht and will provide service for aircraft based in Europe, Africa and the Middle ...
Aircraft Supplier & MRO News - Europe.
Jun 01, 2009 ... May 31, 2009 Bombardier Bombardier Aerospace selected SAMCO Aircraft Maintenance as a recognized service facility for Dash 8/Q Series aircraft. SAMCO's facility is located at Maastricht and will provide service for aircraft based in Europe, Africa and the Middle ...
Aircraft Supplier & MRO News - North America.(Company overview)
Jun 01, 2009 ... May 31, 2009 AirWard Corporation AirWard Corporation, a subsidiary of Astrotech Corporation, announced today that it has delivered its first shipment of certified containers that meet the Department of Transportation (DOT) requirements under Rule HM-224B. The order ...
Energy Watch.
Jun 01, 2009 ... New York (AirGuideBusiness - Energy Watch) May 31, 2009 US airlines, burned twice last year by oil price volatility, are under new pressure to hedge now as oil prices rise from their January lows. But as usual, the stability of the airline industry is tenuous. And carriers are ...
Airline Finance News - Africa / Middle East.
Jun 01, 2009 ... May 31, 2009 Bahrain Air, Airbus Middle Eastern carrier Bahrain Air is expecting to expand its fleet rapidly to nine Airbus aircraft within the next five months. It has just taken delivery of its fifth aircraft, an A320 registered A9C-BAV, and is planning to ...
Airline Finance News - Asia / Pacific.
Jun 01, 2009 ... May 31, 2009 Chinese carriers had failed to pay bills totaling about CNY1.87 billion (USD 273.6 million) combined to 32 airports as of Dec. 31, according to the China Civil Airports Assn. Domestic carriers blamed "financial difficulties" for the defaults, which comprise mainly ...
Airline Finance News - Europe.
Jun 01, 2009 ... May 31, 2009 International air traffic was down again in April, but the 3.1 percent slide was much less drastic than the 11.1 percent plunge in March. Every region except Latin America and the Middle East experienced declines. North American carriers saw a 4.2 percent drop in ...
Airline Finance News - Latin America / Caribbean.
Jun 01, 2009 ... May 31, 2009 Aeromexico Mexican operator Aeromexico has asked for regulatory approval to launch three US transborder offerings on 1 July. Aeromexico plans to operate narrowbody aircraft on new routes from Guadalajara-San Jose, California; Puerto Vallarta-San ...
Airline Finance News - North America.
Jun 01, 2009 ... May 31, 2009 Airlines are hoping the worst is behind them after April traffic numbers showed that a months-long passenger slide appears to be slowing. With traffic stabilizing, attention is turning to fuel prices, which could make or break 2009 profits at many carriers. FTN ...
Airport Business News - Africa / Middle East.
Jun 01, 2009 ... May 31, 2009 Abu Dhabi Airport, Zebra Enterprise Abu Dhabi Airport Services Selects the proveo Airport Visualiser. Zebra Enterprise Solutions, a division of Zebra Technologies announces the signing of a major contract with Abu Dhabi Airport Services (ADAS). ADAS ...
Airport Business News - Asia / Pacific.
Jun 01, 2009 ... May 31, 2009 Chinese carriers had failed to pay bills totaling about CNY1.87 billion (USD 273.6 million) combined to 32 airports as of Dec. 31, according to the China Civil Airports Assn. Domestic carriers blamed "financial difficulties" for the defaults, which comprise mainly ...
Airport Business News - Europe.
Jun 01, 2009 ... May 31, 2009 International air traffic was down again in April, but the 3.1 percent slide was much less drastic than the 11.1 percent plunge in March. Every region except Latin America and the Middle East experienced declines. North American carriers saw a 4.2 percent drop in ...
Airport Business News - Latin America / Caribbean.
Jun 01, 2009 ... May 31, 2009 Aeromexico Mexican operator Aeromexico has asked for regulatory approval to launch three US transborder offerings on 1 July. Aeromexico plans to operate narrowbody aircraft on new routes from Guadalajara-San Jose, California; Puerto Vallarta-San ...
Airport Business News - North America.
Jun 01, 2009 ... May 31, 2009 Airlines are hoping the worst is behind them after April traffic numbers showed that a months-long passenger slide appears to be slowing. With traffic stabilizing, attention is turning to fuel prices, which could make or break 2009 profits at many carriers. FTN ...
Airline & Airport Services News.
Jun 01, 2009 ... New York (AirGuideBusiness - Airline & Airport Services News) May 31, 2009 Air India Air India is building a maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) centre in Hyderabad at a cost of Rs800 million (USD 17 million). The Indian national carrier says in a statement that ...
Air Transport News.
Jun 01, 2009 ... New York (AirGuideBusiness - Air Transport News) May 31, 2009 Airlines are hoping the worst is behind them after April traffic numbers showed that a months-long passenger slide appears to be slowing. With traffic stabilizing, attention is turning to fuel prices, which could make ...
Business & General Aviation News.
Jun 01, 2009 ... New York (AirGuideBusiness - Business & General Aviation News) May 31, 2009 Airbus The European Aviation Safety Agency has approved a 1t maximum take-off weight increase for the Airbus Corporate Jetliner, a VIP version of the Airbus A319. With the increased MTOW to ...
Travel Business News - Asia / Pacific.
Jun 01, 2009 ... May 31, 2009 Ovation Global Destination management company Ovation Global has expanded its presence in Hong Kong. Ovation's new Hong Kong office will serve Macau as well as its home city. Ovation already has an office in Shanghai. Michael Chiay, director of Ovation ...
Travel Business News - Europe.
Jun 01, 2009 ... May 31, 2009 European hotel room rates, occupancy and revenues almost halved in some cities, the latest STR Global figures for April have revealed. Dusseldorf, typically a business destination, suffered the worst year-on-year declines compared to other major European cities, ...
Travel Business News - Latin America / Caribbean.
Jun 01, 2009 ... May 31, 2009 Bahamas Tourist visits to the Bahamas have decreased by nearly 5 percent this fiscal year as the global recession batters the vast Atlantic archipelago's key industry, the prime minister announced Wednesday. May 28, 2009 GOGO Worldwide ...
Travel Business News - North America.
Jun 01, 2009 ... May 31, 2009 Travel execs told vacationers prefer value over glitz. Marketers looking for ways to get travelers to keep spending, but travel industry executives were told Wednesday that with their limited budgets, families are shopping around for deals and, more and more, are ...
Aerospace & Defense News - Space.
Jun 08, 2009 ... New York (AirGuideBusiness - Space News) Jun 7, 2009 U.S. Air Force Aims to Launch Space Plane Next Year. It has been a long haul to the launch pad, but the U.S. Air Force and Boeing are gearing up to loft the X-37B [ETH] an unpiloted military space plane, SPACE.com has learned ....
Aerospace & Defense News - Defense.(Company overview)
Jun 08, 2009 ... New York (AirGuideBusiness - Defense News) Jun 7, 2009 U.S. Air Force Aims to Launch Space Plane Next Year. It has been a long haul to the launch pad, but the U.S. Air Force and Boeing are gearing up to loft the X-37B [ETH] an unpiloted military space plane, SPACE.com has ...
Aerospace & Defense News - Technology.
Jun 08, 2009 ... New York (AirGuideBusiness - Aerospace & Defense Technology News) Jun 7, 2009 U.S. Air Force Aims to Launch Space Plane Next Year. It has been a long haul to the launch pad, but the U.S. Air Force and Boeing are gearing up to loft the X-37B [ETH] an unpiloted military space ...
Air Cargo News.
Jun 08, 2009 ... New York (AirGuideBusiness - Air Cargo News) Jun 7, 2009 Demand for air travel could decline further despite signs of a more stable global economy, and prospects of a recovery this year look slim, industry executives said at a meeting of the world's airlines on Sunday. Cargo ...
Aircraft News - Africa / Middle East.
Jun 08, 2009 ... Jun 7, 2009 Gulf Air, Airbus, Boeing Gulf Air will keep taking delivery of jets it has ordered from Airbus on schedule, its chief executive said on Monday. Gulf Air has 35 Airbus planes on order as of March. It has also ordered 16 Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft. Jun ...
Aircraft News - Asia / Pacific.
Jun 08, 2009 ... Jun 7, 2009 AirAsia X, Airbus AirAsia X, the Malaysia-based long-haul low-cost airline, is likely to place an order for the Airbus A350 shortly as part of its expansion plans. The carrier, an associate of Southeast Asian short-haul low-cost airline AirAsia, had been ...
Aircraft News - Europe.
Jun 08, 2009 ... Jun 7, 2009 Air France, Airbus Search crews retrieved four more bodies from a crashed Air France jet on Sunday, spotted other corpses and found a large amount of debris from the plane that crashed into the Atlantic ocean. Six bodies have now been recovered from the ...
Aircraft News - Latin America / Caribbean.
Jun 08, 2009 ... Jun 7, 2009 Air France, Airbus Brazilian search crews on Saturday retrieved the first bodies from a crashed Air France plane in the Atlantic. Navy ships found the bodies of two men and debris including a blue seat with a serial number matching Air France flight ...
Aircraft News - North America.
Jun 08, 2009 ... Jun 7, 2009 The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) says it is investigating an operational error that resulted in two American Airlines jets coming within a half-mile of each other horizontally as they approached parallel runways at the Chicago O'Hare International ...
Aircraft Finance & Leasing News - Africa / Middle East.
Jun 08, 2009 ... Jun 7, 2009 Afrijet Airlines , ATR Afrijet Airlines of Nigeria and ATR announced the signing of a Heads of Agreement deal for the purchase of four 68-seat ATR 72-500s worth a combined USD 80 million. Aircraft wil be powered by PW127Ms and will feature the Elegance ...
Aircraft Finance & Leasing News - Asia / Pacific.
Jun 08, 2009 ... Jun 7, 2009 Air India, Airbus Air India plans to sell 11 of its 20-year-old Airbus A320 aircraft and return another 11 to leesors in the coming year as part of its fleet renewal process. An airline spokesman says that the aircraft that it plans to sell were old ...
Aircraft Finance & Leasing News - Europe.
Jun 08, 2009 ... Jun 7, 2009 Air France KLM, Boeing KLM took delivery of the third of eight Boeing 777-300ERs. The fourth -300ER is scheduled to join the fleet this summer and will feature the new SkyTeam livery. Jun 1, 2009 Airbus Airbus is maintaining its ...
Aircraft Finance & Leasing News - Latin America / Caribbean.
Jun 08, 2009 ... Jun 7, 2009 Aircastle Limited, Avianca, Airbus Aircastle Limited announced today that one of its subsidiaries has taken delivery of a new Airbus A330-200 aircraft on long-term lease to Aerovias del Continente Americano ("Avianca"). Avianca is the flag carrier of ...
Aircraft Finance & Leasing News - North America.
Jun 08, 2009 ... Jun 7, 2009 Aviation Week has released the results of its Top-Performing Companies (TPC) Study, the aerospace and defense (A&D) industry's leading annual rankings and competitive analysis, which identifies Lockheed Martin, Precision Castparts, FLIR Systems and Ceradyne as the ...
Aircraft Supplier & MRO News - Africa / Middle East.
Jun 08, 2009 ... Jun 7, 2009 AAR, Bedek Aviation, Boeing AAR was selected by IAI's Bedek Aviation Group to provide the cargo system for its Boeing 767-300 conversion program. AAR and IAI developed a GMF system for the 767-200 conversion in 2002. Jun 2, 2009 Emirates ...
Aircraft Supplier & MRO News - Europe.
Jun 08, 2009 ... Jun 7, 2009 Airbus Airbus aims to boost its annual revenues from services to EUR8 billion euros (USD 11.3 billion) by 2020 from EUR1 billion last year, German weekly Wirtschafts Woche said, citing company sources. That would mean that services would generate about a ...
Aircraft Supplier & MRO News - North America.
Jun 08, 2009 ... Jun 7, 2009 ITI Web Stores announced today that its popular Extend-ITs.com online store has been completely redesigned and expanded. Extend-ITs is the world's largest retail supplier of FAA-approved personal airline seat belt extenders with models for virtually all domestic ...
Energy Watch.
Jun 08, 2009 ... New York (AirGuideBusiness - Energy Watch) Jun 7, 2009 U.S. airlines ended 2008 in a much smaller and less profitable industry than the one that they entered, dropping about 9 percent of capacity, watching seven smaller airlines liquidate, shedding nearly 28,000 full-time jobs ...
Airline Finance News - Africa / Middle East.
Jun 08, 2009 ... Jun 7, 2009 Afrijet Airlines , ATR Afrijet Airlines of Nigeria and ATR announced the signing of a Heads of Agreement deal for the purchase of four 68-seat ATR 72-500s worth a combined USD 80 million. Aircraft wil be powered by PW127Ms and will feature the Elegance ...
Airline Finance News - Asia / Pacific.
Jun 08, 2009 ... Jun 7, 2009 Air India Indian Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel told reporters that an Air India IPO will be "considered" once the "stock markets do better," but that the government will "keep control." He said the airline "is not going to lose its public sector ...
Airline Finance News - Europe.
Jun 08, 2009 ... Jun 7, 2009 Demand for air travel could decline further despite signs of a more stable global economy, and prospects of a recovery this year look slim, industry executives said at a meeting of the world's airlines on Sunday. Cargo demand may have stabilized, but a pick-up is ...
Airline Finance News - Latin America / Caribbean.
Jun 08, 2009 ... Jun 7, 2009 Aircastle Limited, Avianca, Airbus Aircastle Limited announced today that one of its subsidiaries has taken delivery of a new Airbus A330-200 aircraft on long-term lease to Aerovias del Continente Americano ("Avianca"). Avianca is the flag carrier of ...
Airline Finance News - North America.
Jun 08, 2009 ... Jun 7, 2009 Demand for air travel could decline further despite signs of a more stable global economy, and prospects of a recovery this year look slim, industry executives said at a meeting of the world's airlines on Sunday. Cargo demand may have stabilized, but a pick-up is ...
Airport Business News - Africa / Middle East.
Jun 08, 2009 ... Jun 7, 2009 Royal Air Maroc Royal Air Maroc and the Senegalese government signed an MOU last week to establish a new state-controlled airline, ending the dispute related to the April closure of Air Senegal International. Senegal's APS news agency reported that the ...
Airport Business News - Asia / Pacific.
Jun 08, 2009 ... Jun 7, 2009 Air New Zealand Air New Zealand will cut capacity an additional 3 percent in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2010. The airline said it was facing a "difficult demand environment" over the next six months. Cuts will affect routes between London and Hong ...
Airport Business News - Europe.
Jun 08, 2009 ... Jun 7, 2009 Demand for air travel could decline further despite signs of a more stable global economy, and prospects of a recovery this year look slim, industry executives said at a meeting of the world's airlines on Sunday. Cargo demand may have stabilized, but a pick-up is ...