DALLAS, Aug. 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV) will soon be starting its service to Washington Dulles International Airport with Station Leader Brian Fairbanks and Marketing Manager Craig Keish leading the charge.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo., Aug. 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Readers of Ingram’s, Kansas City’s business magazine, have named Midwest Airlines the best airline serving Kansas City. The annual competition, now in its 18th year, asks readers to rate restaurants, entertainment and cultural events, and business services in the Kansas City metropolitan area. Results are published in the magazine’s August issue.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 31, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) — JetBlue Airways (Nasdaq:JBLU) today inaugurates service at Nashville International Airport with three daily nonstop flights to New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport. New York’s hometown airline is currently offering a special $69(b) fare each way between JFK and Nashville. Regular fares for the new flights will range between $89(b) and $299(b) each way and include the low-fare airline’s signature complimentary in-flight entertainment experience, offering 36 channels of live DIRECTV(r) programming and over 100 channels of XM Satellite Radio
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Hurricane Ernesto and Hurricane John - US Airways has relaxed ticketing policies:
MONTREAL, Aug. 31 /CNW Telbec/ - Air Canada today launched a low ‘Tango Plus’ pricing option offering significant savings off its regular multi-trip Flight Pass prices, specially designed for cost-conscious travellers seeking year-round value. Air Canada’s new low ‘Tango Plus’ price for its range of North America and Rapidair multi-trip passes is valid for 10 or 20 prepaid one-way trips starting as low as $189, anywhere Air Canada, Jazz and their regional partners fly within Canada and the continental United States. The new ‘Tango Plus’ price is now available for purchase in Canada exclusively online at aircanada.com and through travel agents.
Conclusion of first phase of 21-week world demonstration tour São José dos Campos, August 31, 2006 – The EMBRAER 190 recently completed a demonstration tour across the United States. The specially configured E-Jet was shown to 14 airlines in ten states and also made stops to visit prospective customers in several Caribbean islands.
Daytona Beach, Fla., Aug. 31, 2006 - Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University has announced a major expansion and restructuring of its global educational activities through its Worldwide Campus, formerly known as the Extended Campus. The Worldwide Campus will continue to be headquartered in Daytona Beach in what will become the first building in a research park the university is developing adjacent to the Daytona Beach campus. The proposed $11 million, 50,000 sq. ft. building is scheduled for completion by January 2009.
Daytona Beach, Fla., Aug. 31, 2006 - Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University students, faculty, and staff are on standby to cheer one of their own, NASA astronaut Daniel C. Burbank, when the Space Shuttle Atlantis lifts off in early September. Burbank is a 1990 graduate of Embry-Riddle, with a Master of Aeronautical Science degree from the university’s Langley Center in Virginia.
(ST. LOUIS, Aug. 30, 2006) — The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] has delivered the first Joint Helmet-Mounted Cueing System (JHMCS) to the Royal Australian Air Force, increasing the number of international customers using the system to 10. The JHMCS also completed first flights with the Swiss and Finnish air forces’ Boeing-built F/A-18 Hornets. First flights in Canadian F/A-18s are scheduled for September.
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A NASA-sponsored study shows that by using a new technique, scientists can determine what limits the growth of ocean algae, or phytoplankton, and how this affects Earth’s climate. Phytoplankton is a microscopic ocean plant and an important part of the ocean food chain. By knowing what limits its growth scientists can better understand how ecosystems respond to climate change.
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Just Flight is pleased to announce that their brilliant AI traffic expansion Traffic 2005 is now back on sale after being taken off sale due to unforeseen circumstances.
QinetiQ, acting as consortium lead, has successfully delivered the Cursor on Target (CoT) project, a demonstration of network enabled tactical communications between different friendly forces, in a joint networked air-land (NAiL) environment. This Network Enabled Capability (NEC) demonstration was commissioned by the MOD Capability Manager (Information Superiority), managed by the MOD Air Command and Control Systems (ACCS) IPT and supported by the US National Reconnaissance Office. The delivery partnership also included Front Line UK and NATO Commands, DSTL, General Dynamics (UK), SAIC/VTC and US Allies and linked ‘sensors to deciders and effectors’ to deliver a number of desired tactical combat scenarios. These were played out in real time and included: suppression of enemy air defences, close air support and air power show of force.
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Tactical helicopter aviators from 427 Special Operations Aviation Squadron (SOAS) have just returned from a major exercise in Kamloops, British Columbia proving once and for all that life in the Canadian Forces can change on a dime. Until last February Maj Travis (last name protected), Aviation Detachment Commander for the exercise, was a 1 Wing Air Force pilot supporting Land Force and routine Air Force missions with the CH-146 Griffon helicopter. Although his job as a tactical helicopter pilot was always to fly missions in support of the Army, among other things, this is different.
The twentieth edition of Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIIMPAC) has drawn to close and crews have made their way back to their respective bases across Canada. RIMPAC is a U.S. Navy sponsored maritime exercise, which takes place every two years based in the Hawaiian Islands over a 4-week period. Canadian Forces were able to participate along side other nations including Australia, Japan, the Republic of Korea, and the United States.
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CHICAGO, Aug. 8, 2006 – United customers will now be served a taste of the islands with Trader Vic’s award-winning Polynesian cuisine and world-famous Mai-Tai cocktails, on select flights starting this month. These new menu choices create a tropical experience for customers on all flights to and from Hawaii and on most United and Ted flights that are five hours or longer. “United is thrilled to partner with a renowned restaurant such as Trader Vic’s to provide our customers with a unique travel experience,” said Bill Dove, United’s director of worldwide catering. “Our new Polynesian menu brings the flavor and spirit of the Hawaiian islands to the air, elevating our customers’ in-flight experience and helping begin their vacations before they reach their destination.”
DALLAS, Aug. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV) recently announced that Greg Wells will become the Senior Vice President of Operations, effective Sept. 1, 2006. This new leadership position will report to Mike Van de Ven, Southwest’s newly named Executive Vice President and Chief of Operations. (Visit http://gallery.swamedia.com/photos/value=open/type=jpg for a photo of Greg Wells).
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EAGAN, Minn. – (August 30, 2006) — NWA Cargo, the cargo division of Northwest Airlines (OTC: NWACQ.PK), will expand its all-cargo freighter service between the United States and China after being awarded four additional frequencies per week by the U.S. Department of Transportation.
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Tokyo, Wednesday August 30, 2006: From September 21 2006, members of Japan Airlines’ frequent flyer program - the JAL Mileage Bank (JMB) - can donate miles from their accounts in support of the nonprofit organization, `Special Olympics Nippon’ (Japan). Established in 1994, Special Olympics Nippon (SON) is the Japan branch of Special Olympics, an international organization which currently serves more than 2.25 million persons with intellectual disabilities in more than 150 countries worldwide.
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SEATTLE — Sister carriers Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air are celebrating Horizon’s 25th anniversary this fall with an airfare sale on some of the airlines’ most popular routes. Sale information, including vacation package discounts and bonus-mile offers from Mileage Plan partners, is available on the carriers’ Web sites, alaskaair.com and horizonair.com.
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(ST. LOUIS, Aug. 30, 2006) — The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA], a major developer of integrated intelligence solutions, has received a $5.6 million U.S. Air Force contract to enhance real-time situational awareness in the cockpits of tankers, bombers and heavy-lift aircraft. “Under this follow-on contract, Boeing will provide 75 Combat Track II flight kits to the U.S. Air Mobility Command (AMC) and the Air National Guard (ANG),” said Brian Knutsen, general manager of Boeing Space & Intelligence Systems Mission Systems. “This award enables Boeing to continue providing aircrews with real-time monitoring and intelligence, which allows the crews to respond to threats more quickly and effectively.”
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The ADVANCE pilots had a big success at the 2006 Vertigo, 1st FAI world paragliding and hang gliding aerobatic championship ! Judith Zweifel finished 1st women and 16th in the acro solo ranking, Chrigel Maurer and Peter Neuenschwander finished 2nd in the synchro ranking. With Hervé Cerutti and the other Swiss pilots, they won the bronze medal in the country ranking. Congratulations to our pilots for their great success !
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Montreal, and Cleveland, August 30, 2006 – CAE (NYSE: CGT; TSX: CAE) and Flight Options today announced the two companies have signed a four-year contract extension valued at approximately US$30 million (C$33 million) for CAE to continue as the exclusive provider for all Flight Options pilot training through 2010. Flight Options, a leading provider of fractional shares in business aircraft and a Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN), will send all of its pilots for training at CAE SimuFlite’s Dallas-Ft. Worth (DFW) training centre.
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(McKINNEY, Texas, Aug. 29, 2006) — Raytheon Company completed EO/IR/LD (electro-optical/infrared/laser designator) sensor verification flight testing for the U.S. Army Warrior unmanned aerial system (UAS) this month. Conducted on an Army Twin Otter aircraft, the testing verified system performance and demonstrated the sensor’s wide area search (WAS) capability.
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(Tampa, Fla., August 30, 2006) — (NYSE: CGT; TSX: CAE) - CAE has been awarded an initial subcontract valued at more than US$22 million (C$25 million) by the Boeing Company to begin the design and development of upgrades and new training devices for the U.S. Air Force C-130 Avionics Modernization Program (AMP). The subcontract from Boeing calls for CAE to upgrade an existing C-130H Weapon Systems Trainer located at Pope Air Force Base (AFB) and deliver the upgraded simulator in a C-130 AMP configuration to Little Rock AFB in early 2009. CAE will also upgrade an existing C-130 Cockpit Familiarization Trainer, Cockpit Procedures Trainer, and Fuselage Trainer to the C-130 AMP configuration, as well as design and manufacture a new C-130 AMP Avionics Part Task Trainer. CAE will work closely with Boeing, the C-130 AMP prime contractor, and Lockheed Martin, the C-130 Aircrew Training System prime contractor, to install and test all C-130 training system modifications.
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Finavia will begin work during mid September on an extension to the international terminal at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport and on the construction of a new baggage handling centre. The extended section will mainly be used for traffic to the Far East and the building work is due for completion in the autumn of 2009. Once the extension is complete, there will be eight passenger loading bridges suitable for wide-bodied aircraft at Helsinki-Vantaa instead of the current five. Only two of the current bridges can accommodate the new Airbus A340 and A350 aircraft.
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