SEATTLE – Boeing will perform landing gear exchange, repair and overhaul services on Qantas Airways’ 747-400ER jetliners. Qantas, the program launch customer for the 747-400ER and operator of six of the airplanes, becomes the launch customer for the 747-400ER Landing Gear Overhaul and Exchange Program.

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FRANKFURT – Frankfurt Airport, the most important airfreight hub in Europe, is offering an additional 27 hectares of development land at CargoCity South.

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ITASCA, Ill. – Already enabling Internet access on more flights than any other service in the world, Aircell today announced it has installed Gogo® Inflight Internet on its 1,000th aircraft.

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TORONTO, ON – Bombardier Aerospace announced today that Smart Aviation Company of Cairo, Egypt has signed a firm order to acquire two Q400 NextGen turboprop aircraft, and has also taken options on an additional three Q400 NextGen aircraft.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Transportation today assessed a civil penalty against AirTran Airways for violating rules protecting air travelers with disabilities.

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Goodrich Corporation’s rotorblade ice protection system for the AgustaWestland AW139 medium twin-engine helicopter has received certification from the European Aviation Safety Agency.

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BAIE COMEAU, QUE. – Searchers are continuing for a third day in an attempt to locate a missing float plane along the Gulf of St. Lawrence in Quebec with two people on board.

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WASHINGTON, DC – A Compass Airlines flight attendant, represented by the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, was terminated this week after publicly revealing she qualified for foods stamps.

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EVERETT, Wash. – The Boeing Company said today that it now expects delivery of the first 787 in the middle of the first quarter 2011.

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SYDNEY – The International Air Transport Association announced international scheduled traffic statistics for July which showed continued strengthening of demand for both passenger and cargo traffic.

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