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LE BOURGET, France, June 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] and Oman Air today announced an order for five Boeing Next-Generation 737-900ER airplanes at the 2013 Paris Air Show. The order, previously unidentified on the Boeing Orders & Deliveries website, is valued at $473 million at current list prices. With this order, Oman Air becomes the first customer in the Arabian Gulf region to order 737-900ERs. Currently, the airline operates a fleet of 15 Boeing...

Fourth consecutive year Air Canada rated Best in North America MONTREAL, June 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - Air Canada has been named Best Airline in North America by the Skytrax 2013 World Airline Awards announced at the Paris Air Show. It is the fourth consecutive year Air Canada has been recognized as a leader in North America and ranked among the best airlines in the world. The annual poll, which is based on surveys of more than 18 million global passengers, is viewed as the key...

Keeping pursuit of excellence and 'Beauty of the Orient' PARIS, June 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- SKYTRAX, a global provider of professional aviation evaluation services, announced the winners of "2013 World Airline Awards" at the 2013 Paris Air Show held in Paris, France on June 18th. Executives from around the world assembled at the World Airline Awards to receive their accolades, which were handed out by SKYTRAX chairman Edward Plaisted. Winners of all the awards, including "World's...

** Steven Harfst Appointed to Lead both eJet Aviation Holdings and eJet Services, Inc. ** BETHESDA, Md., June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- eJet Aviation Holdings, Inc. today announced the appointment of Steven Harfst as Director, President and Chief Executive Officer of both eJet Aviation Holdings and eJet Services, Inc., its wholly owned subsidiary. A veteran aviation industry executive, Harfst was most recently President & Chief Operating Officer of Velos Aviation an aircraft...

In the news release, Appeals Court Decision Rejects Delta Request for Invalidation of Ex-Im Bank Air India Transactions, issued 18-Jun-2013 by Export-Import Bank of the United States over PR Newswire, we are advised by the organization that the first paragraph, first sentence should read "U.S. Court of Appeals" rather than "U.S. District Court of Appeals" as originally issued inadvertently. The complete, corrected release follows: Appeals Court Decision Rejects Delta Request for...

WASHINGTON, June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. District Court of Appeals in Washington, DC today rejected a request by Delta Air Lines to vacate the Export-Import Bank of the United States' ("Ex-Im Bank's") support of sales of U.S.-manufactured aircraft to Air India. The Court has asked Ex-Im Bank to further explain its financing decision for the Air India transactions, but the Court chose to leave undisturbed the Bank's financing of the Air India transaction and did...

Appeals court agrees with Delta that Ex-Im Bank failed to consider effect of financing on U.S. airline jobs ATLANTA, June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) today issued the following statement: "Today the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a challenge by Delta Air Lines and the Air Line Pilots Association to the Export-Import Bank's issuance of loan guarantees for the sale of 30 long-range, widebody aircraft to Air India. Delta and ALPA had argued that the...

CHICAGO, June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- United today announced that it awarded more than $1 million in college scholarships through the United Airlines Scholarship Fund (USF) to 681 employees and their children for the 2013-14 academic year. The scholarship program is funded entirely by employee contributions and fundraising efforts. "The United Airlines Scholarship Fund is a great example of the generous spirit of United co-workers," said Donna Towle, United's vice president of...

- Commitment includes five 747-8 Intercontinentals and six 777-300ERs LE BOURGET, France, June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Korean Air today announced that the airline has agreed to purchase five 747-8 Intercontinental airplanes and six 777-300ER (Extended Range) jetliners, valued at approximately $3.6 billion at current list prices. Boeing will work with Korean Air to finalize the order, at which time the order will be posted to Boeing's Orders & Deliveries...

ARLINGTON, Va., June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- ARC, the financial settlement link between airlines and travel sellers, reported today that the consolidated dollar value of airline tickets sold by U.S.-based travel agencies stayed relatively flat at -0.58 percent* year-over-year in the five months of 2013 compared to the same period last year, totaling $39.0 billion vs. $39.3 billion in 2012 and $36.7 billion in 2011. Sales for May 2013 were down slightly at -0.27 percent to 8.1 billion...