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Kenya Airways Receives First Fully Owned Freighter Jet
The new freighter jet, a Boeing B737-300, has a cargo capacity of 20 metric tons. It is the first of four passenger aircraft owned by the airline which were identified for conversion into freighters in October 2012 to strengthe...
United Airlines on Track to Save 85 Million Gallons of Fuel in 2013
United Airlines is honoring Earth Month by announcing its new goal to save 85 million gallons of fuel in 2013, equivalent to 828,750 metric tons of CO2 or roughly $275 million dollars at current fuel prices. Fuel is the airline...
Dubai Tourist Police To Get Lamborghinis
The city that boasts the world’s tallest building is equipping its police with USD$400,000 Lamborghini sports cars that Dubai’s deputy police chief says are in keeping with the Gulf capital’s image. The...
Air-France-KLM Seeks To Delay A380 Deliveries
Air France-KLM said it is in talks with Airbus about postponing deliveries of the next A380s it has on order by several months as it tries to rein in spending and reduce debt. The Franco-Dutch carrier operates a fleet of...
Qatar Hopes Its 787s Will Fly In April
Qatar Airways chief executive Akbar Al Baker said he hopes that all five of the airline’s Boeing 787s will be back in service by the end of April, as confidence grows in the industry that regulators may be close to...
Air Algerie Tenders For 16 Planes
Algeria’s national carrier Air Algerie launched a tender on Thursday to buy 14 passenger aircraft ranging from 70 to 250 seats and two 13-20 tonne-capacity cargo jets, as it seeks to renew its fleet and cope with c...
