Actualité aéronautique

Air Canada Implements ITA Software’s Faring & Web Technology

transmise le 13 octobre 2009 par Business Wire

ITA Software, Inc., the leader in developing innovative solutions for the travel industry, today announced that Air Canada is moving forward with the implementation of ITA’s faring and web technology. Air Canada will deploy ITA’s pricing, shopping and web front end modules across multiple online channels, including the airline’s consumer website and travel agency website.

LHTEC Expands Global CTS800 Reach Through Exclusive Distributor Agreement with API

transmise le 13 octobre 2009 par Business Wire

The Light Helicopter Turbine Engine Company (LHTEC), a 50:50 joint venture between Honeywell and Rolls-Royce, has signed a ten-year agreement with Aerospace Products International, Inc. (API), naming API as the exclusive distributor of CTS800 spare parts globally.

AeroShares Charter, LLC Buys CharterAuction.com and Will Relaunch as Private Jet Charter Auction

transmise le 13 octobre 2009 par Business Wire

New Hampshire company AeroShares Charter, LLC has announced the acquisition of website CharterAuction.com and plans to relaunch the pioneering online resource for private jet charter in coming weeks.

Turkey Trumps Santa: Priceline.com Reports That The Average Thanksgiving Airfare This Year Is $80 Less Than An Airline Ticket Home For Christmas

transmise le 13 octobre 2009 par Business Wire

Can’t afford to fly home for Thanksgiving and Christmas this year? Then you may be better off choosing to spend Turkey Day with the folks, according to priceline.com . Based on holiday airfares booked by priceline.com customers between July 1 and October 1, 2009, priceline.com found that the average Thanksgiving airfare this year is $361 – almost $80 less than the average December holidays airfare of $440.

Blue Sky Network Chosen by Max Air to Track Flights and Enhance Safety of Mecca Pilgrimage Airlift

transmise le 13 octobre 2009 par Business Wire

Blue Sky Network, a leading global provider of GPS tracking and communication solutions for land, sea, and aviation assets, today announced Nigerian-based Max Air selected Blue Sky Network’s automated flight following and communication devices for its fleet of planes. Max Air will particularly depend on this safety equipment in late November during the Hajj, an annual Muslim pilgrimage to the Islamic Holy Land that has traditionally been plagued with travel difficulties.

Fraport Traffic Figures - September 2009: September Results Confirm Forecast for 2009

transmise le 13 octobre 2009 par PRNewswire

Fraport AG served 4.6 million passengers at its Frankfurt Airport (FRA) home-base hub in September 2009, down 4.7 percent year-on-year. "The September passenger figures confirm our 2009 full-year forecast of only a five to six percent drop in passenger traffic at Frankfurt," explained Fraport executive board chairman Dr. Stefan Schulte. In particular, intercontinental traffic has developed over proportionately well again and is increasingly influencing the positive development of traffic figures.

Chiffres du trafic de Fraport - septembre 2009 : les resultats de septembre confirment les previsions pour 2009

transmise le 13 octobre 2009 par PRNewswire

En septembre 2009, l'Aeroport de Francfort (FRA) de Fraport AG a permis a 4,6 millions de passagers de voyager, ce qui represente une diminution de 4,7% par rapport a la meme periode de l'annee precedente. "Le nombre de passagers de septembre confirme nos previsions pour l'annee 2009 : une chute de seulement 5 a 6% du nombre de passagers a Francfort", explique le President du Conseil executif de Fraport, le Professeur Stefan Schulte. Le trafic intercontinental en particulier s'est de nouveau developpe de maniere surproportionnee et influence de plus en plus le developpement positif des chiffres du trafic.

Logistics Giants Join Forces with WFP to Respond to Asian Crises

transmise le 12 octobre 2009 par Business Wire

Three of the biggest corporate names in global logistics - Agility, TNT and UPS - have joined international efforts to expedite food supplies to hundreds of thousands of people affected by natural disasters in Asia, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) announced today.

Video: Guy Laliberte's First Poetic Social Mission In Space

transmise le 12 octobre 2009 par PRNewswire

Guy Laliberte, founder of Cirque du Soleil and the ONE DROP(TM) Foundation, unveiled the artistic concept behind his poetic social mission, which will be carried out from the International Space Station (ISS). This is the first ever artistic and social event to originate from space.

Video : La premiere mission sociale et poetique dans l'espace de Guy Laliberte

transmise le 12 octobre 2009 par PRNewswire

Guy Laliberte, fondateur du Cirque du Soleil et de la Fondation ONE DROP(TM), a leve le voile sur le concept artistique de sa mission sociale et poetique qui s'organisera autour de la Station Spatiale Internationale (SSI). C'est la premiere fois qu'un evenement artistique et social est cree depuis l'espace.