http://aviationenthusiast.net Mon, 08 Jun 2009 12:33:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Searchers are racing against time and the elements as they try to retrieve pieces of an Air France jet before the wreckage sinks into the sea. Officials say, the plane with 228 people aboard broke apart over the Atlantic hours after leaving Rio de Janeiro late Sunday. Flight 447 had flown ... http://aviationenthusiast.net/2009/06/04/no-hope-of-survivors-in-the-air-france-447-crash/ A new low-cost airline will begin serving mid-sized U.S. cities that it thinks larger carriers have left behind. Clearwater-based JetAmerica said 34 nonstop passenger flights a week will start July 13 at Toledo, Ohio; South Bend, Ind.; Melbourne, Fla.; Newark, N.J.; Minneapolis and Lansing, Mich. Twenty-eight flights start or end ... http://aviationenthusiast.net/2009/05/28/new-us-low-cost-jetamerica-to-fly-in-june/ Weak economic conditions will lead to a sharp seven percent drop in travel on U.S. airlines for the summer vacation season, an industry group said Friday. The Air Transport Association said this will translate into 14 million fewer passengers in the period from June 1 through Aug. 31, compared with ... http://aviationenthusiast.net/2009/05/19/us-airlines-see-big-drop-in-summer-travel/ British Airways (London) will start nonstop service between its London-Heathrow (LHR) hub and Las Vegas on October 25. The daily flight will be operated by a 777-200ER configured with 274 seats, 24 of which will be “world traveler plus,” 36 business-class with seats that recline fully to 180 degrees and ... http://aviationenthusiast.net/2009/05/18/british-airways-to-start-heathrow-las-vegas-route/ Airbus said Wednesday that it cut its planned production of A380 superjumbo jetliners this year to 14 planes from 18, blaming the global economic crisis and its impact on airlines. Airbus said it plans to deliver “more than 20″ A380s next year. The A380, the world’s largest passenger plane, carries ... http://aviationenthusiast.net/2009/05/07/airbus-cuts-a380-output-airlines-slow-fleet-growth/ Boeing’s commercial airplane customers in the past week placed 18 new plane orders, but canceled orders for 26 aircraft, including 25 orders for the much-delayed 787 Dreamliner. Boeing reported the transactions for the week, ended May 5, on its Web site Thursday. The company didn’t identify customers who canceled orders ... http://aviationenthusiast.net/2009/05/07/boeing-takes-18-new-orders-cancels-26-in-recent-week/ A photo shoot involving a 747 used as Air Force One and two fighter jets flying at low altitude led to hundreds of frightened calls from residents and workers in Lower Manhattan Monday morning, triggering memories of 9-11 as many evacuated their offices. Although the shoot was authorized, the normal ... http://aviationenthusiast.net/2009/04/27/air-force-one-photo-shoot-triggers-panic-in-manhattan/ Porter Airlines, the two-year-old Canadian carrier, plans to double its fleet of Bombardier airplanes as it adds more destinations that may include Boston or Washington. Porter will increase its fleet to 18 Bombardier Q400 planes this year, Chief Executive Officer Robert Deluce said in an interview today. Porter “could well ... http://aviationenthusiast.net/2009/04/27/porter-airlines-plans-to-double-bombardier-fleet/ Airline stocks tumbled worldwide on Monday, dragging a benchmark U.S. index to its biggest drop since 2001 on concern that the swine flu outbreak will damp travel demand. U.S. carriers reported some cases of suspected flulike symptoms to health authorities, the Air Transport Association trade group said, adding that details ... http://aviationenthusiast.net/2009/04/27/airlines-tumble-on-swine-flu-concern/ Angola’s flag carrier TAAG Angola said Friday it had suspended a pilot and his co-pilot for landing at the wrong airport in Lusaka, the capital of Zambia. The pilot landed the Boeing 737 at Lusaka City Airport when he should have landed at Lusaka International Airport during a regular stopover ... http://aviationenthusiast.net/2009/04/24/angolan-pilot-lands-at-wrong-airport/