Safi Airways Airbus A340-311 YA-TTB (msn 015) FRA (Bernhard Ross) (new livery), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Safi Airways (Kabul) is suspending the Kabul-Frankfurt route on January 10, 2011 as a result of the recent European Union (EU) ban of Afghan-registered aircraft into EU airspace.
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Passaredo Linhas Aereas Embraer EMB-120RT Brasilia PT-SLE (msn 120161) GRU (Marcelo F. De Biasi), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Gol Linhas Aรฉreas Inteligentes S.A. (Sao Paulo) announced it has signed a commercial agreement with Passaredo Linhas Aรฉreas to handle its sales and ticketing.
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Spanair Airbus A320-232 EC-IPI (msn 2027) FRA (Bernhard Ross), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Continental Airlines (Houston) and Spanair (Barcelona), both members of Star Alliance, yesterday announced they will begin codesharing on flights across the Atlantic and to destinations in Spain and Africa.
Effective on January 4, 2011, Continental will place its “CO” code on selected Spanair-operated flights between Barcelona and the following destinations: Alicante, Bilbao, Madrid, Malaga, Menorca, Palma de Mallorca and Valencia, Spain; and Banjul, Gambia. The airline will also place its “CO” code on selected Spanair-operated flights between Madrid and the following destinations in Spain: Alicante, Barcelona, Bilbao, Ibiza, La Coruna, Las Palmas, Menorca, Palma de Mallorca, Tenerife and Valencia. Subject to government approval, Continental will also place its “CO” code on Spanair-operated flights between Barcelona and Nador, Morocco.
At the same time, Spanair will place its “JK” code on Continental-operated daily non-stop flights between Newark and both Barcelona and Madrid.
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Boeing 787-8 N787FT (msn 40694) BFI (Nick Dean) (test aircraft – ZA005), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Boeing (Chicago, Seattle, Wichita and Charleston) is expected to announce soon another delay in the 787 Dreamliner program. How long will the delays last? Will customer airlines continue to cancel orders?
Boeing bet the company that this ground breaking project could be outsourced in many aspects to reduce costs. It appears to be doing the opposite. That outsourcing decision may be coming back now to haunt company officials as this article by the Seattle Times details. Can Boeing survive the 787 delays? We hope so.
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The new livery. Image: Finnair
Finnair (Helsinki) today (December 20) officially unveiled its new corporate identity on Airbus A340-313X OH-LQF (msn 168, ex F-GNIF).
The company commented on the new brand:
“Updating, streamlining and freshening the corporate identity as well as the company’s design heritage have guided the renewal of Finnair’s entire visual identity. Finnair’s new logo has been developed from the present logo. The blue and white colouring has been preserved, but the modern look is lighter than before, with white and silver complementing the distinguished dark blue of the logo.
The Finnair name logotype and F symbol have been an effective combination for decades, but through the identity renewal they have received a more dynamic and modern role as distinct elements. Finnair’s partner in the identity renewal has been the advertising agency SEK & Grey.
The cost of the identity renewal is approximately ten million euros, of which a significant portion, such as the redesign of uniforms and aircraft livery, would in any case have taken place in the next few years. Finnair’s fleet will be painted according to the new look by 2013, and long-haul aircraft during 2011.”
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Air Austral Boeing 737-89M WL F-ONGB (msn 40911) PAE (Nick Dean) (adding 2 737-800s), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Air Austral (St. Denis, Reunion) on December 18 took delivery of its first Boeing 737-800. The airplane is the first of two the airline ordered to replace one 737-300 and one 737-500 in its fleet. The new airplane continues the Boeing-Air Austral relationship that began 20 years ago with the 737 Classic. The delivery ceremony was attended by Gerard Etheve, president of the directory and chief executive officer of Air Austral.
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Turkish Airlines Boeing 777-3F2 ER TC-JJI (msn 40709) PAE (Nick Dean) (latest delivery), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Boeing (Chicago, Seattle, Wichita and Charleston) announced today it is increasing the production rate again for the Triple Seven. The increase will to go to 8.3 airframes per month by the first quarter of 2013.
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Etihad Airways Airbus A330-243 A6-EYO (msn 852) CDG (Christian Volpati), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Air France-KLM Group’s (Paris) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Pierre-Henri Gourgeon is critical of the fast-growing upstarts Emirates Airline, Etihad Airways and Qatar Airways because of the alleged state aid they have received. This advantage is giving the traditional classic airlines in Europe an unfair playing field.
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TACA (taca.com) Embraer ERJ 190-100 IGW N982TA (msn 19000259) SCL (Alvaro Romero), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
TACA Peru (Lima) added the Embraer ERJ 190-100 on the Lima-Santiago route effective on December 15.
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Jetstar Airways (Jetstar.com) (Australia) Airbus A330-202 VH-EBB (msn 522) SYD (John Adlard), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Jetstar Airways (Melbourne) started the Melbourne-Singapore route on December 16 with Airbus A330-200 aircraft in association with the Jetstar Asia. Jetstar may base four Airbus A330s in SIN by the end of 2011, a direct low-cost challenge to Singapore airlines.
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