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Filed under: Transportation, Wireless Nary a week after JetBlue expanded its in-flight internet services on BetaBlue comes news that the airline's LiveTV unit will be picking up Verizon's Airfone network.

Jean-Cyril Spinetta, the CEO of Air France-KLM, urged Airbus and Boeing to accelerate the development of more fuel-efficient single -aisle aircraft. According to him, the A320 and 737 have not been improved fast enough to tackle the current context of skyrocketing fuel prices.

EADS unit Airbus and Italy’s Air One airline will on Wednesday sign an agreement for Airbus to supply long-range airplanes to the expanding Italian carrier, said Air One officials. The officials confirmed that Wednesday’s news conference on ‘an important strategic agreement’ between the two companies is for long-range airplanes, declining to give further details.

At the Berlin Air Show, Airbus announced its intention to reduce by 50% both the noise and fuel consumption of its aircraft by 2020. Besides, the CO2 and nitric oxide emissions will be reduced by 50 to 80% over the same period.

Charter Airlines Offer A Wonderful Alternative To Scheduled Flying A quick survey of the airline industry landscape and it isn’t difficult to realize that the hiring forecast for flight attendants is currently gloomy. A few bright spots remain, especially for the flight attendant prospect willing to be based and work overseas.

Plane skids off runway in Honduras, 5 dead TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - A Salvadoran passenger plane skidded off a rain-soaked runway on landing at Tegucigalpa airport in Honduras on Friday, killing five people and injuring 38 as it veered onto a road and smashed into cars and a building.

While the world awaits a ruling from the WTO on funding/subsidies to Airbus and Boeing, the European plane maker sought pledges from a variety of EU Governments to assist footing part of the $18bn+ bill of the new A350XWB family. The German transport minister, Peter Hintze noted that any funding must conform to WTO legislation.

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KD Avia, a fast growing Russian airline, has placed a commitment with Airbus for the purchase of 25 A319s, thus becoming a new Airbus customer. The agreement was signed at the International Berlin Airshow taking place from 27th May to 1st June. KD Avia’s A319s will feature a spacious and comfortable cabin layout.

At the Berlin Air Show yesterday, Gulf Air announced that it had ordered 35 aircraft -15 A320s and 20 A330s- from Airbus, in a deal worth $ 5Bn at list prices, the biggest contract signed by the plane maker since the beginning of the year. Les Echos says this deal can be seen as revenge [...]