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November 30, 2010

Lufthansa, Airbus Plan World’s First Passenger Flights On Bio-Fuel

Daily Domestic Flights In Germany To Begin In 2011

Lufthansa is launching the world’s first ever scheduled commercial passenger flights using bio-fuel in the first half of 2011, with an IAE (International Aero Engines) powered Airbus A321 aircraft.

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Flights Cancelled When The Lights Went Out In Atlanta

About 18 Gates Lost Power For Several Hours At Hartsfield

A power outage Monday at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport (KATL) caused about two dozen flights to be cancelled, and several others to be delayed.

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Qantas CEO Lays A380 Engine Problems On Rolls-Royce

Catastrophic Failure Had "Nothing To Do" With Airline Operations

The CEO of Qantas Airways said in an interview Saturday that Rolls-Royce was to blame for the catastrophic failure of a Trent 900 engine on a Qantas A380 which caused the airline to ground its fleet of six of the superjumbos.

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ANA 'Disappointed' In Dreamliner Delivery Schedule

Launch Customer Has Ordered 55 Of The New Airliners

All Nippon Airways (ANA) CEO Shinichiro Ito said Monday that his airline is "pushing" Boeing for a new delivery schedule for its long-delayed 787 Dreamliner. The aircraft suffered another delay in November when a fire in an electrical panel forced a halt to flight testing of the aircraft.

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LAN Airlines Announces Acquisition Of Colombian Airline Aires S.A.

Opens Another South American Passenger Market To The Chile-Based Airline

LAN Airlines S.A. said Friday it had signed a definitive purchase agreement for the acquisition of 98.942% of the outstanding shares of Colombian airline Aires.

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TSA Worker Named In Kidnapping, Assault Has An Arrest Record

Had Been Charged With Harassment And Stalking In Pennsylvania

A TSA security employee who has been charged with the abduction and sexual assault of a woman in Atlanta had previously been convicted of misdemeanor harassment and stalking. He had been hospitalized after attempting suicide following the attack.

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Hawaiian Airlines Orders Six More A330-200s

Airline Has Six A350 XWB Aircraft On Order As Well

Hawaiian Airlines, which became a new Airbus operator this year, has placed a firm order for an additional six A330-200s. These long-haul, twin-engine, widebody aircraft will join Hawaiian’s fleet of three A330s and an existing backlog of another seven A330-200s and six A350 XWBs.

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May Gone, ATA Names Nicholas E. Calio President And CEO

Comes To Airline Trade Organization From Citigroup

The Air Transport Association of America (ATA) announced Monday that it has named Nicholas E. Calio as its President and Chief Executive Officer, effective Jan. 1, 2011.

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Qatar Airways CEO Disappointed In Dreamliner Progress

Questions Bombardier As Well, Says More Business May Go To Airbus

The CEO of Qatar Airways said delays in Boeing's Dreamliner and questions about the Pratt & Whitney engines being developed for the Bombardier C-Series have him leaning towards Airbus as the airline looks at rapid growth in the coming years.

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Search For Air France Flight 447 CVR, FDR To Resume

Fourth Phase Set To Begin In February

The French Transportation Ministry says it will resume the search for the flight data and cockpit voice recorders from Air France flight 447, which went down in the Atlantic Ocean June 1, 2009.  Officials say they will begin the fourth phase of the search in February of next year.

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Gone West: Actor Leslie Nielson

Starred In The Disaster Movie Spoof 'Airplane!'

Leslie Nielson, one of the stars of what became an iconic spoof of the disaster movie genre 'Airplane!', passed away Sunday at his home in Fort Lauderdale, FL. Nielson was 84.

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