LATAM Airlines Group chooses oneworld as its global alliance
TAM Airlines is to join oneworld, the leading alliance for flights from Latin America, Europe and the United States, and with a strong presence in the Asia/Pacific region.
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Sloane Helicopters Signs for Two GrandNew and Two AW169 Helicopters
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce that Sloane Helicopters Ltd of the United Kingdom has signed a contract for the purchase of two GrandNew light twin and two AW169 light intermediate helicopters.
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Life Flight Network Accepts its First AW119Kx Helicopter
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce that Life Flight Network has accepted its first of fifteen AW119Kx sinngle engine helicopters during al ceremony held at Heli-Expo 2013 (Las Vegas) today. All aircraft are expected to be delivered by year end to perform emergency medical service missions with this first aircraft set to be based at Aurora, Oregan.
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AgustaWestland Sets New Safety Benchmark For Helicopter Gearboxes With A 50 Minute “Run Dry” Capability
In what Giuseppe Gasparini, AgustaWestland’s Head of Transmission Systems Design & Development describes as a “outstanding result”, the AW189 main gearbox was subsequently disassembled and the components checked. “Although they had sustained some damage due to lack of lubrication, overall they were in very good shape and this showed that our design approach and the way we engineered the distribution of residual oil made it possible to extend the run dry period to 50 minutes.”
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AgustaWestland at Heli-Expo 2013
AgustaWestland has announced that it is going to display four of its new generation commercial helicopters at Heli-Expo 2013 and also highlight their features.
READ MORE2012 AVIATION SAFETY PERFORMANCE
Western-built jet Hull Losses per million sectors 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Africa 4.31 4.09 2.12 9.94 7.41 3.27 3.71 Asia-Pacific 0.67 2.76 0.58 0.86 0.80 0.25 0.48 Commonwealth of Independent States 8.60 0.00 6.43 0.00 0.00 1.06 0.00 Europe 0.32 0.29 0.42 0.45 0.45 0.00 0.15 Latin America & the Caribbean 1.80
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BOC Aviation Delivers First Embraer 190 Aircraft To Jetairfly
BOC Aviation has delivered the first of two new EMBRAER 190 aircraft to Jetairfly, an airline subsidiary of TUI Travel PLC (“TUI Travel”). The leases for both aircraft were signed last year and the second aircraft is scheduled for delivery next month.
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