All North America articles – Page 620
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NewsAmerican-US Airways case moves ahead despite US govt shutdown
The US Department of Justice’s (DOJ) challenge of American Airlines and US Airways’ proposed merger is moving forward, with a district court judge setting additional hearing dates ahead of the 25 November trial.
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NewsRepublic sells Frontier to Indigo
Republic Airways Holdings will sell its low-cost carrier Frontier Airlines to an affiliate of Indigo Partners for $36 million in cash plus $109 million in debt, following months of speculation that Indigo would be the buyer.
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Delta to rollout Surface tablets to pilots
Delta Air Lines plans to equip its pilots with Microsoft Surface 2 tablets for use in the cockpit by the end of 2014.
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NewsBeechcraft develops more powerful King Air 350ER for military market
Beechcraft has quietly developed and certificated a more powerful version of the King Air 350ER for military and other special missions customers.
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Aeromexico and Delta apply for five US-Mexico route authorities
Aeromexico and Delta Air Lines have applied for five new US-Mexico route authorities from the US Department of Transportation (DOT), adding to their rapidly growing cross border network.
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NewsBell picks Garmin for final piece of SLS jigsaw
Bell Helicopter has selected the final major system for its new Short Light Single with the announcement that Garmin will supply its G1000H avionics suite for the developmental rotorcraft.
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NewsSpaceX launches new rocket successfully
New version of Falcon 9 successfully launched, but not all objectives met.
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NewsOrbital Sciences' Cygnus docks with ISS
Orbital Sciences successfully docked its Cygnus cargo capsule with the International Space Station (ISS) for the first time on 29 September, becoming only the second company to do so.
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NewsAlaska exercises orders for five more 737-900ERs
Alaska Airlines has exercised an option to purchase five Boeing 737-900ER aircraft from the manufacturer in a deal valued at a list price of $481 million.
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AAR to add third maintenance line at Duluth
Aerospace contractor AAR continues to expand its facilities at Duluth, Minnesota, announcing it will add a third maintenance line to help fulfill a multi-year MRO agreement with Air Canada.
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NewsBeechcraft reveals certification plans for new 'PD434' product
Beechcraft is ramping up pre-launch development of a new product internally named the “PD434”, as the manufacturer hones its market strategy in on the increasingly...
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Air Canada closes $1.4bn refinancing
Air Canada closed its about $1.4 billion secured refinancing today, which is aimed at reducing the carrier's interest burden and cost structure.
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Air Canada signs maintenance agreement with Premier Aviation
Air Canada has selected Premier Aviation to provide airframe maintenance for its fleet of 45 Embraer E-190 aircraft and 15 E-175 aircraft.
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ANALYSIS: Aerospace Top 100 has never had it so good
Anybody one talks to in the aerospace industry today seems to agree that the civil aviation boom that started in the mid-2000s has years to run. The financial crisis of 2008-2009 caused a wobble, for sure, but even a recession worse than any since the 1930s and high oil prices ...
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ANALYSIS: Airline profits stumble on route to higher returns
IATA expects the upturn of the business cycle and slightly lower oil prices to help fuel improved profits for airlines in 2014, even if its sees slower progress this year than it first envisaged.
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ANALYSIS: United sees value in flights to 'fresh' Chengdu
United Airlines is going west, to western China that is, more than a decade after the Chinese government began incentivising investment in the region.The...
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AUVSI: AeroVironment receives new Raven contract from US Army
AeroVironment has received a $13.5 million contract modification from the US Army for its RQ-11B Raven UAS ...
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AUVSI: Northrop touts Sandshark as training aircraft
Northrop Grumman is pitching its Sandshark as a training unmanned aircraft to potential buyers at the AUVSI show.