US lawmakers have proposed adding billions of dollars and dozens of combat aircraft to the Trump's Administration's request. The House and Senate armed services committees released details of a conference report on a $700 billion National Defense Authorisation Act (NDAA) that boosts the number of Lockheed Martin F-35s and maintains the Northrop Grumman E-8C JSTARS recapitalisation programme....
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Robert Dillon has a lot of verve and not just because he’s an employee of Spirit Airlines. He proved that by jumping into the fun with a group of cheerleaders entertaining themselves during a flight delay and it was all captured in a now-viral video. Passengers were waiting to board a flight at Myrtle Beach International Airport (MYR) in South Carolina, when they got the heart-sinking news that what was supposed to a short flight delay was becoming a much longer one. Among the disappointed...
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European low-cost airline Primera Air has committed to extending its venture into the transatlantic low cost market with services from Brussels to Newark International, Washington Dulles, and Boston Logan airports using new Boeing 737 Max 9s. Brussels airport already hosts several short-haul low-cost carriers including Ryanair, which maintains a base there, easyJet, Air Arabia Maroc, and Iceland’s Wow Air, but Primera Air will become the gateway’s first low-cost carrier LCC offering ...
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Irish low-cost airline Ryanair has selected OmniServ to provide all of its check-in, baggage and ground operations handling services at London Stansted Airport.The passenger carrier said that OmniServ operating as Blue Handling was selected after a rigorous tendering process.Starting 1 February next year, OmniServ will replace the existing service provider Swissport and assume responsibility as the new handler for Ryanair at the airport.Swissport will continue to manage Ryanair’s operation...
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Kansas City Aviation Department and Edgemoor Infrastructure & Real Estate will begin construction of a new $1.5bn terminal at Kansas City International Airport by the end of March.The new terminal will be constructed at the site of the closed Terminal A and is scheduled to become operational by 2023.The new replacement terminal will feature 39 gates and can be expanded to accommodate up to 42 gates as per the future requirements. A new apron area to be built around the new terminal will also...
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Today GEE and Hughes Network Systems announced an agreement under which Hughes will deliver satellite connectivity for GEE's next-generation, multi-band airborne services utilizing the high-throughput Ka-band EchoStar XIX satellite, planned for launch in late 2016, to meet the ever-growing demand for higher performance in-flight connectivity over North America....
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