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Airlines, airports, commercial aircraft. (Moderated)
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QF-72 incident: A330, 40 injuries
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A day or two ago, Qantas has an "event" on a Perth-Singapore flight operated on a A330 aircraft. It was serious enough that the aircraft landed near Exmouth (Learmonth) which is at the top west end of australia. This is a small airport. About 40 people were injured, some seriously. [link]... more »
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Credit crisis and airlines
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With the media continuing to cover the credit crisis with very hyperbolic words such as "The whole country of Iceland may be bankrupt", I am somewhat at a loss trying to understand how real this issue is. Some politicians make it look like banks are no longer lending any money to companies/individuals. Yet, I still see Capital One credit card ads... more »
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SWA starts MSP service
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [link] SWA must be smelling blood if they are starting MDW-MSP service. So far, the only service from Chicago to Minneapolis is NWA via Compass, and that's pretty much a monopoly for that route. Depending on how much they want to capitalize on NWA's frequent flier's... more »
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Olympic Airlines may disapear
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this is from [link] : (Sept 14 2008) Olympic Airways (OA/OAL) * The End in Sight? ---Olympic Airlines will soon be declared bankrupt according to the daily newspaper Imerisia. The European Union is expected to meet this week to approve the Greek government's request to close down the state airline and transfer the assets to the... more »
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BAA to sell Gatwick
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This is to be a developing story. No details yet. But BBC World has just announced that BAA has announced it will sell Gatwick Airport. Estimated valie 3.2 billion dollars. Many interested parties, inclusing Macquary (australia) and Fraport (germany) were mentioned. Not long ago, there was a recommendation to breakup BAA, but this... more »
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Credit crunch, AIG and ILFC
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FYI, ILFC, one of the biggest (if not the biggest) aircraft lessors is part of the AIG group. AIG group is now in trouble and there are rumours circulating it might follow Lehman Brothers. Couple months ago, I read a news snippet from Steven Udvar Hazy (big cheese at ILFC) stating that ILFC was safe within AIG.... more »
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Aeroflot crash question
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Aeroflot 737-500 crashed in Russia. First Aeroflot crash since march 1994 (the kid in cockpit turning off autopilot incident). Aeroflot seems to have truly transformed itself since the soviet era, and now has a lot of western aircraft in its fleet. While the media seem to be quick to point to the global russian crash... more »
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'Ice in fuel' caused BA jet crash
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[link] "This was likely to be about "changes in procedures for pilots to follow in certain cold weather conditions" as well as "changes in certain fuel procedures on the ground", he said. " According to BBC news.. Does this mean 777's must fly in warmer air?... more »
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Jazz drops life vests
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 An official with Air Canada's regional carrier Jazz says the airline is removing life vests from all its planes to save weight and fuel. Jazz spokeswoman Manon Stuart said Thursday Transport Canada regulations allow airlines to use floatation devices instead of life... more »
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Boeing strike ?
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In the news is now a threath of a strike at Boeing. A few days ago, there was an interesting press release from one of the unions: [link] The union contends that the 787 is still having supply problems and that Boeing needs to bring work back in-house to solve it. (aka: hire union... more »
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