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Boeing Delivers 747-400BCF To Guggenheim

Martinair Cargo Will Operate Converted Freighter

Aero-News learned Friday Boeing recently delivered a completed 747-400 Boeing Converted Freighter to Guggenheim Aviation Partners. Guggenheim Aviation Partners leased the freighter to Martinair Cargo, which is operating the airplane on routes to and from the Middle East, the Far East and Australia.

FedEx Plane Slides Off O'Hare Runway

Winter Storm Blasts Midwest

A blast of winter weather may have contributed to an incident Friday morning at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport, as a FedEx plane departed the runway and got stuck in the mud.

Finally! EADS Gives Go-Ahead For Airbus A350XWB

First Plane To Enter Service In 2013

ANN REALTIME UPDATE 12.01.06 1815 EST: It's officially official! Late Friday afternoon, the board at EADS gave the go-ahead for the development and production of the Airbus A350XWB, a new widebody airliner to compete against the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, and the Boeing 777.

Proposed LDA Approach At Boeing Field Under Scrutiny

County Wants To Study Noise Impact

The FAA wants to commission a new Localizer-type Directional Aid (LDA) approach at Boeing Field. The proposal is intended to move traffic farther out over Elliot Bay away from residential communities.

US Airways Makes Its Case For Merger To Delta Execs, Creditors

Neither Side Claims Victory... Yet

Thursday was the day for US Airways Group, as CEO Doug Parker and others met with executives at Delta Air Lines in New York, to make their case for a proposed merger between the two carriers. Also in attendance, a committee made up of Delta's creditors... and it is that audience US Airways hoped to entice into considering the merger bid.