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FedEx Express (Memphis) yesterday (September 22) took delivery of its first Boeing 777F freighter (777-FS2, N850FD, msn 37721). The 777F will fly between the United States and Asia. The 777F will be capable of flying 5,800 nautical miles, 2,100 nm further than the McDonnell Douglas MD-11F it will replace.
Press release:
finance.yahoo.com/news/FedEx-Express-to-Take-bw-73758991.html?x=0&.v=1
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Colgan Air (2nd) (subsidiary of Pinnacle Airlines Corporation) (Manassas) and its pilots, represented by ALPA, will begin contract negotiations on September 23.
News link:
finance.yahoo.com/news/Colgan-Air-Pilots-and-bw-1336490399.html?x=0&.v=1
Boeing 737-838 VH-VZF (msn 34200) arrives at Melbourne on September 3 with the special 75th logo. It was later re-registered ZK-ZQA for the journey to New Zealand. Copyright Photo: Gordon Reid via John Adlard.
QANTAS Airways’ (Sydney) 75th Boeing 737 arrived yesterday (September 21) at Auckland with a special decal. Boeing 737-838 ZK-ZQA (msn 34200, ex VH-VZF) is also named for New Zealand aviator Jean Batten and will be operated by subsidiary JetConnect on trans-Tasman services.
Press release:
finance.yahoo.com/news/Qantas-takes-75th-Boeing-prnews-3696035945.html?x=0&.v=1
Copyright Photo: Rurik Enriquez. Please click on photo for full view, information and other photos.
Mexicana (Mexico City) will join the Oneworld Alliance on November 10.
Copyright Photo: Joe G. Walker. Please click on photo for full view, information and other photos.
Continental Airlines (Houston) has selected AAR (Indianapolis) to install Aviation Partners Boeing Blended Winglets on 16 Boeing 757-300s.
Press release:
finance.yahoo.com/news/AAR-Selected-by-Continental-prnews-1904331751.html?x=0&.v=1
brand new airline, ex -Malaysian Airlines B747-400,12Sep09, originally uploaded by Pervez 183A.
Alwafeer Air (Jeddah) is a new Hajj and Umrah charter airline with an ex-Malaysia Airlines Boeing 747-4H6 registered HZ-AWA1 (msn 27672, ex 9M-MPI) which was delivered on September 10, 2009. The new airline, which is partly owned by Saudi Arabian Airlines, expects to start operations this month. Copyright Photo: Pervez 183A via Flickr.
Copyright Photo: Stefan Sjogren. Please click on photo for more photos.
Arik Air (Lagos) may have to change its “Wings of Nigeria” sub-titles if they follow through on their current threat to move to another country. Arik Air is upset about the Nigerian government’s order to move from the domestic terminal at Lagos to the international terminal.
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Skywest Airlines' Bombardier CRJ700 (CL-600-2C10) N743SK (msn 10199) rests between assignments at the Los Angeles hub. Copyright Photo: Roy Lock.
SkyWest Airlines (United Express) (St. George) will start three new United Express routes for United Airlines starting on December 17. Two will be from the Chicago (O’Hare) hub to Asheville and Duluth. The third will be from the Denver hub to Midland/Odessa all with CRJs.
Looking immaculate after repainting, 5A-DKV taxies at Tripoli. Copyright Photo: Chris Smith.
Air Libya (Benghazi) has brought on line and painted this ex-Air Algerie Boeing 727-2D6 registered 5A-DKV (msn 22374) in the full 2003 colors. Air Libya is privately owned and was originallyย established in 1995 as Tibesti Air Libya (Tripoli). The company now operates charter flights in support of the Libya oil industry. 5A-DKV is used on passenger charter operations and is part of a diminishing network of passenger operators of the trijet.
Air Austral (St. Denis, Reunion) has painted its Boeing 777-2Q8 ER F-OMAY (msn 29402) in the new 2009 livery
F-OMAY is pictured at an overcast Toulouse. Copyright Photo: Eurospot.
matching the two new 777-300 ERs.
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