Copyright Photo: Colin Hunter. OK-GEB arrives at Auckland on the Aircalin flight from Noumea.

Czech Airlines-CSA (Prague) is operating its Airbus A320-214 OK-GEB (msn 1450) on a dry lease to Aircalin-Air Caledonie International (Noumea).

 

Jetstar Pacific Airlines (Jetstar.com) (Ho Chi Minh City) is facing a safety investigation following allegations from a former chief engineer.

News link:

vietnewsonline.vn/News/Society/9273/Jetstar-Pacific-faces-safety-accusations.htm

Nepal Airlines (Kathmandu) will fly to Lhasa (Tibet) starting next year following a new treaty between Nepal and China.  Air China will also be permitted to fly the same route.

Fly Kumba (Harare) is ready to commence scheduled operations on Friday (November 13).

News link:

www.herald.co.zw/inside.aspx?sectid=12181&cat=8

Blue Bird Aviation (Nairobi) lost a Beech 1900 yesterday (November 9) when it crashed on approach to Nairobi (Wilson Airport).

News link:

www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=1144028102&cid=159&

Ryanair Boeing 737-8AS WL EI-CSC (msn 29918) (Cable and Wireless) STN, originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.

Ryanair (Dublin) will leave Basel/Mulhouse and drop its six routes over a dispute over airport fees. The Irish carrier was demanding the airport drop its rates.

News link:

www.saffronwaldenreporter.co.uk/content/saffron/news/story.aspx?brand=SAFOnline&category=NewsSaffron&tBrand=

HertsCambsOnline&tCategory=newslatestSAF&itemid=

WEED09%20Nov%202009%2016%3A42%3A58%3A067

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Aer Lingus Airbus A320-214 EI-DEP (msn 2542) LHR, originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.

Aer Lingus (Dublin) is considering selling four older aircraft (four A320s, three A321s and four A330s) to raise capital.

News link:

www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/finance/2009/1110/1224258479348.html

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Mexicana Airbus A318-111 XA-UBT (msn 2367) JFK, originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.

Mexicana (Mexico City) last night at midnight (November 9) formally joined the Oneworld Alliance including subsidiaries Mexicana Click and Mexicana Link.

Press release:

finance.yahoo.com/news/oneworld-Alliance-Welcomes-prnews-3004827804.html?x=0&.v=1

Copyright Photo: Ken Petersen.

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United Express-SkyWest Airlines Bombardier CRJ200 (CL-600-2B19) N932SW (msn 7714) LAX, originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.

SkyWest Airlines (United Express) will add four new destinations from the Chicago O’Hare hub in early 2010. United Express service will be added from ORD to Eau Claire (March 1), Hancock/Houghton (March 1), Muskegon (February 11) and Paducah (February 11).

Press release:

finance.yahoo.com/news/United-Brings-New-Chicago-prnews-1949796172.html?x=0&.v=1

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US Airways Express-PSA Airlines (2nd) Bombardier CRJ700 (CL-600-2C10) N702PS (msn 10135) CLT, originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.

PSA Airlines (2nd) (US Airways Express) (Dayton) will start flying the Melbourne, FL-Charlotte route (three roundtrips daily) for its parent US Airways starting on February 11, 2010. This marks the return of US Airways to the Melbourne area.

Press release:

finance.yahoo.com/news/US-Airways-Resumes-Flights-bw-2055955289.html?x=0&.v=1

Copyright Photo: Dave Campbell.

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American Airlines’ (Dallas/Fort Worth) Chairman and CEO Gerard Arpey vows to fight to keep JAL-Japan Airlines in the Oneworld Alliance as an equal partner.

Press release:

finance.yahoo.com/news/American-Airlines-CEO-Gerard-prnews-1312113157.html?x=0&.v=1

 

Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-890 WL N570AS (msn 35185) SEA, originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.

Alaska Airlines (Seattle/Tacoma) yesterday (November 9) launched four-times-weekly service between Oakland and Kahului (Maui) with Boeing 737-800s. Today the company will start thrice-weekly flights between OAK and Kona (Big Island).

Press release:

finance.yahoo.com/news/Alaska-Airlines-Launches-prnews-1581380085.html?x=0&.v=1

Alaska Airlines also announced new Hawaii service from Sacramento and San Jose, CA.

Press release:

finance.yahoo.com/news/Alaska-Airlines-Announces-New-prnews-2200759689.html?x=0&.v=1

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Copyright Photo: W.T. Liew. 9M-AFJ taxies at Kuala Lumpur base.

AirAsia (AirAsia.com) (Malaysia) (Kuala Lumpur) has introduced this new logojet on Airbus A320-216 registered 9M-AFJ (msn 2881) featuring cartoon figures.

ANA (All Nippon Airways) Boeing 747-481 JA8098 (msn 25207) NRT, originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.

ANA (All Nippon Airways) (Tokyo-Haneda) will be phasing out the remaining three Boeing 747-400s (JA8098,JA8958,JA8962) in 2010. All three aircraft are deployed on charters, except for occasionally substituting for the Boeing 777s on the Tokyo (Narita)-Paris (CDG) route. 10 747-400Ds (without the winglets) will remain in service on trunk domestic routes, although they are likely to be phased out with delivery of the Boeing 787 Dreamliners.

Copyright Photo: Michael B. Ing.

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Copyright Photo: Via Pepscl. F-HSUN is pictured on the ramp at Jeddah.

Corsairfly (Corsairfly.com) (Paris-Orly) is operating its ex-United Airlines Boeing 747-422 F-HSUN (msn 26880, ex N191UA) in this hybrid livery for Garuda Indonesia on Hajj charter flights.

 

Copyright Photo: Teun Sans. D-ADIJ is seen at Eindhoven shortly after painting before going to Munich for the final preparations.

Boliviana de Aviacion-BoA (Cochabamba) is getting ready to acquire ex-Airberlin Boeing 737-3M8 D-ADIJ (msn 25041). The airliner is currently at Munich being prepared. The new state airline of Bolivia added its first Boeing 737-300 (CP-2550) on December 6, 2008.

 

Copyright Photo: Harri Koskinen. ATR 42-320 UR-UTB (msn 386) is pictured on the ramp at Helsinki on November 2, 2009. Note the new original art tail design. The airliner was delivered on the same day.

UTair Aviation (Khanty Mansiysk) has set up an Ukrainian subsidiary.

 

 

Copyright Photo: Antoni Mazur. SP-LLC lands at the WAW base with the special markings.

LOT Polish Airlines (Warsaw) has taken its gold “Common Task”-adorned Boeing 737-45D SP-LLC (msn 27157) and added a big “80″ with smaller “Flying since 1929″ sub-titles as it celebrates its 80th Anniversary.  Congratulations LOT.

 

Aer Lingus (Dublin) reported its revenues dropped by 9.7 percent in the third quarter. The company is cutting 676 positions and parking a long-range aircraft for the winter.

News link:

www.independent.ie/business/european/aer-lingus-revenues-down-97-1937800.html

V Australia Airlines (Sydney) is interested in ordering six Boeing 777-200 LRs for the Sydney-New York (JFK) and Perth-London (Heathrow) routes in 2011 according to ATW. The subsidiary of Virgin Blue is also expected to order Boeing 737-800s and 737-900 ERs. The order is likely to be disclosed at the upcoming Dubai Air Show.

News link:

www.atwonline.com/news/story.html?storyID=18418

Efly (efly.it) on Friday (November 6) announced it had suspended all scheduled operations and was reverting back to a charter airline offering wet leasing services. The new airline was operating on the Catania-Luqa (Malta) route with a BAe 146-300.

Press release:

http://www.efly.it/

Image: TMA Cargo

TMA Cargo (Trans Mediterranean Airways) (Beirut) in October 2009 introduced this new image and also announced they plan to restart cargo operations (including Paris Orly) with Boeing 737-300F and Airbus A300-600F freighters.

Air India Boeing 747-437 VT-ESN (msn 27164) LHR, originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.

Air India (Mumbai) is expected to make some radical changes including cutting possibly 650 flights a week including the New York route.

New link:

economictimes.indiatimes.com/Air-India-may-ground-650-flights-per-week/articleshow/5204785.cms

Copyright Photo: Terry Wade.

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British Airways Boeing 747-436 G-CIVP (msn 28850) (Oneworld) LHR, originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.

British Airways (London) will axe another 1,200 positions after suffering a six-month loss of $485 million.

News link:

news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8345912.stm

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Ex-Avianca (Bogota) Boeing 727-44 HK-313X (msn 18895) has been preserved as a resort suite in Costa Verde, Costa Rica.

News link:

www.luxist.com/2009/04/15/costa-verde-resort-offers-fuselage-suite

 

United Express-Mesa Airlines Bombardier CRJ200 (CL-600-2B19) N75995 (msn 7361) JFK, originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.

United Airlines (Chicago) has elected to not extend the Mesa Airlines contract. 26 Bombardier CRJ200s (CL-600-2B19) will be phased out of United Express fleet no later than April 30, 2010.

Press release:

finance.yahoo.com/news/Mesa-Air-Group-Inc-Announces-prnews-1562196731.html?x=0&.v=1

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Delta Air Lines (Atlanta) is investigating an incident at New York (JFK) where a Boeing 777 exhaust cone separated from the aircraft on takeoff and fell into a yard on Nassau County on Lond Island, NY. The airliner landed safely at Tokyo (Narita).

News link:

www.dailysentinel.com/nation/content/shared-gen/ap/National/US_Airplane_Part_Falls.html

 

Image: Horizon Air

Horizon Air (Seattle/Tacoma) will introduce its latest Bombardier DHC-8-402 (Q400) university logo plane on Monday (November 9). This time it will be for the Boise State University Broncos.

 

Press release:

finance.yahoo.com/news/Horizon-Air-Plane-in-Boise-bw-555842055.html?x=0&.v=1

 

AirTran Airways N936AT, originally uploaded by cweyer.

AirTran Airways (Orlando and Atlanta) has introduced the third NFL logojet, this time for the Indianapolis Colts. Boeing 717-231 N936AT (msn 55058) rotates at the ATL hub in the blue and white colors.

Copyright Photo: Christopher Weyer.

Air Canada Airbus A330-343X C-GFAH (msn 279) LHR, originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.

Air Canada (ACE Aviation Holdings) (Montreal) reported net income of C$277 million in the third quarter.

Press release:

finance.yahoo.com/news/Air-Canada-reports-2009-third-cnw-732915430.html?x=0&.v=1

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United Airlines Boeing 767-322 ER N675UA (msn 29243) (Chicago Bears sticker) MIA, originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.

United Airlines (Chicago) will expand to the African continent when it adds new daily service from the Washington Dulles hub to Accra and Lagos on May 2, 2010. The company will also expand the Dulles-Kuwait route to Bahrain on April 18, 2010 and also launch a new Chicago O’Hare-Brussels route on March 28, 2010. The African route will be operated with Boeing 767-300s.

Press release:

finance.yahoo.com/news/United-to-Introduce-Three-New-prnews-2379429167.html?x=0&.v=1

United is also introducing new uniforms.

Press release:

finance.yahoo.com/news/United-Airlines-Uniforms-Fly-prnews-3689161671.html?x=0&.v=1

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Copyright Photo: Guillaume Besnard. F-WWYE arrives back at TLS after the first flight.

 

Copyright Photo: Yannick Delamarre. A330-200F F-WWYE (msn 1004) historically climbs away from TLS today.

Airbus (Toulouse and Hamburg) today (November 5) completed the first flight of the first A330-200F freighter.

WestJet Airlines 737-8CT WL C-GWSA (msn 34153) LAS, originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.

WestJet Airlines (Calgary) reported a third quarter net income of C$31.4 million, its 18th consecutive quarterly profit. The company is one of the most successful airlines in North America.

Press release:

finance.yahoo.com/news/WestJet-announces-18th-prnews-3033625834.html?x=0&.v=61

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Republic Airways Embraer ERJ 170-100SU N822MD (msn 17000043) ATL, originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.

Republic Airways Holdings (Indianapolis) reported third quarter new income of $3.3 million.

Press release:

finance.yahoo.com/news/Republic-Airways-Holdings-bw-1077027915.html?x=0&.v=1

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ATI-Air Transport International McDonnell Douglas DC-8-62 (F) N41CX (msn 46129) BWI, originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.

ATI-Air Transport International’s (Little Rock) have voted to join the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) union.

Press release:

finance.yahoo.com/news/Air-Transport-International-bw-3611452273.html?x=0&.v=1

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SkyWest Airlines CRJ200 (CL-600-2B19) N947SW (msn 7786) LAS, originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.

SkyWest Airlines (St. George) will operate five Bombardier CRJ200s for AirTran Airways from Milwaukee to six destinations starting on December 4. The code-share agreement will be operated in SkyWest’s house colors.

Press release:

finance.yahoo.com/news/SkyWest-Airlines-and-AirTran-prnews-1073468401.html?x=0&.v=1

The pilots, represented by ALPA, expressed their “concerns” in a separate press release:

finance.yahoo.com/news/AirTran-Pilots-Outsourcing-bw-2972123343.html?x=0&.v=1

On the financial side, SkyWest, Inc. reported net income of $28.6 million for the third quarter.

Press release:

finance.yahoo.com/news/SkyWest-Announces-Third-prnews-3593843045.html?x=0&.v=1

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AirTran Airways 717-231 N927AT (MarkonAirTran) ATL, originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.

AirTran Airways (Orlando and Atlanta) is adding more pressure on Midwest Airlines (or what is left of Midwest) with new MKE-Dallas/Fort Worth nonstop service starting on April 6, 2010.

Press release:

finance.yahoo.com/news/AirTran-Airways-Launches-New-prnews-1901016659.html?x=0&.v=1

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QANTAS Airways (Sydney) has suspended two pilots who failed to lower the gear on a Boeing 767-300 on approach to Sydney last Monday.

News link:

www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10607283&ref=rss

 

Copyright Photo: Paul Denton.

Royal Falcon’s (Amman) ex-Air Canada/Iraqi Airways Boeing 767-233 JY-JRF (msn 22526) is not often photographed.  Although it was received on June 30, 2007 it did not received titles and the tail logo until late 2008.  JY-JRF is pictured here on a visit to Dubai. Royal Falcon is a Jordanian charter airline.

 

 

Copyright Photo: Yannick Delamarre.

Airbus (Toulouse) is now ground testing the first A330-200F freighter at TLS.

 

The sticker on the left side states ”the right aircraft right now” and the right side states ”Efficient, reliable, profitable”.

WestJet Airlines (Calgary) yesterday (November 3) launched seasonal Calgary-Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo (Mexico) service until May 1, 2010.

Press release:

finance.yahoo.com/news/WestJet-launches-new-service-cnw-2679721129.html?x=0&.v=1

Air New Zealand Airbus A320-232 ZK-OJA (msn 2085) AKL, originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.

Air New Zealand (Auckland) has ordered 14 additional Airbus A320s to replace the final 15 Boeing 737-300s. The 737s will be retired in 2016 when the last A320 arrives.

News link:

www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10607025

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Swiss International Air Lines Airbus A330-223 HB-IQQ (msn 322) YUL, originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.

Swiss International Air Lines (Zurich) reported a lower third quarter operating profit of $46 million.

News link:

www.swissinfo.ch/eng/news_digest/Swiss_airline_keeps_flying_into_profit.html?siteSect=104&sid=11421029&ty=nd

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Edelweiss Air Airbus A330-243 HB-IQZ (msn 369) ZRH, originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.

Edelweiss Air (Zurich) will fly a weekly flight between the Zurich hub and Calgary and Vancouver for Swiss International Air Lines between May 31 and September 14, 2010.

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LN-DYA Boeing 737-8JP norwegianno, originally uploaded by PlanecrazyUK.

Norwegian Air Shuttle (Norwegian.com) (Oslo) has added the image of Norwegian artist Erik Bye to the tail surface of Boeing 737-8JP LN-DYA (msn 39162). The company is also better identifying the image on the tail with new titles.

Copyright Photo: PlanecrazyUK.

WestJet Airlines (Calgary) yesterday (November 2) launched twice-weekly service from Toronto to Freeport in the Bahamas. The seasonal service will operate through April 30, 2010.

Southwest Airlines’ (Dallas) pilots, represented by SWAPA, have ratified the new contract through August 31, 2011.

Press release:

finance.yahoo.com/news/Southwest-Airlines-Pilots-prnews-1695462106.html?x=0&.v=1

Continental Airlines (Houston) on Sunday (November 1) introduced its new flat bed “BusinessFirst” seat on board flight CO 98 from Hong Kong to Newark operated by Boeing 777-224 ER N78013 (msn 29861).

Press release:

finance.yahoo.com/news/Continental-Airlines-First-prnews-2047196747.html?x=0&.v=1

 

Copyright Photo: W.T. Liew. Ex-Adria Airways A320-231 XY-AGG (msn 114, ex S5-AAC) is seen at Kuala Lumpur after repainting into the new colors. It was delivered on October 27, 2009.

MAI-Myanmar Airways International (Yangon) has added its first Airbus A320 and also introduced a new livery.

 

 

Copyright Photo: Javier Rodriguez. The two "all white" 717s are pictured at Palma yesterday.

Quantum Air (Palma de Mallorca) due to the low demand for their scheduled flights and ad-hoc charter services this past summer, has decided to shed at least two of its five Boeing 717-200s. EC-HUZ and EC-JZX  have been painted in an all white condition prior to the return to the lessor. For the 2010 season the airline is planning to return the rest of its 717 fleet due its unprofitability and swap them for larger McDonnell Douglas DC-9-80s (MD-80s).