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British Airways plc or BA (LSE: BAY) is the flag carrier airline of the United Kingdom

2010-01-20T06:29:00.000-08:00

British Airways plc or BA (LSE: BAY) is the flag carrier airline of the United Kingdom. BA has its headquarters in Waterside near its main hub at London Heathrow Airport and is the largest airline in the UK based on fleet size, international flights and international destinations. Its second hub is London Gatwick Airport. British Airways has discontinued all direct overseas flights from UK airports other than Heathrow, Gatwick and London City Airport. BA's UK passengers originating at non-London airports must now connect via London or use other airlines with direct services.

American Airlines Flight 587, an Airbus A300

2010-01-20T06:21:00.000-08:00

American Airlines Flight 587, an Airbus A300, crashed into the Belle Harbor neighborhood of Queens,a borough of New York City in New York, shortly after takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport on November 12, 2001. This is the second deadliest U.S. aviation accident to date, after American Airlines Flight 191.

Singapore Airlines Limited (SIA)(SGX: C6L) is the flag carrier of Singapore....

2009-12-03T20:30:00.000-08:00

Singapore Airlines Limited (SIA) (SGX: C6L) is the flag carrier of Singapore. Singapore Airlines operates a hub at Singapore Changi Airport and has a strong presence in the Southeast Asia, East Asia, South Asia, and "Kangaroo Route" markets. The company also operates trans-Pacific flights, including the world's two longest non-stop commercial flights from Singapore to Newark, New Jersey and Los Angeles, California on the Airbus A340-500.
Singapore Airlines was the launch customer of the "superjumbo" Airbus A380. SIA has diversified into airline-related businesses such as aircraft handling and engineering.

Its wholly-owned subsidiary, SilkAir, manages regional flights to secondary cities with smaller capacity requirements. Subsidiary Singapore Airlines Cargo operates SIA's dedicated freighter fleet, and manages the cargo-hold capacity in SIA's passenger aircraft. SIA has a 49% shareholding in Virgin Atlantic and has also responded to the threats posed by the low-cost sector by investing a 49% stake in Tiger Airways. It ranks amongst the top 15 carriers worldwide in terms of revenue passenger kilometres, is the 11th largest airline in Asia and ranked 6th in the world for international passengers carried.

On 15 December 1989, KLM Flight 867 en route to Narita International Airport....

2009-12-03T20:18:00.000-08:00

On 15 December 1989, KLM Flight 867 en route to Narita International Airport, Tokyo from Amsterdam was descending into Anchorage International Airport when the Boeing 747-400 flew though a thick cloud of volcanic ash from Mount Redoubt.All four engines failed leaving only critical systems on backup electrical power. After descending more than 14,000 feet, Captain Karl van der Elst and crew were finally able to restart the engines and safely land the plane. In this case the ash caused more than $80 million U.S. dollars in damage to the aircraft, but no lives were lost.

When all four main generators shut off due to the failure of all the engines, a momentary power interruption occurs when the flight instruments transfer to standby power. Standby power on the 747-400 is provided by two batteries and inverters. The captain performed the engine restart procedure which was not successful on the first few attempts and was repeated until restart was achieved. On some of the attempts, as one or more (but not all) engines started to operate, the main generator would switch back on. This switching on and off caused repeated power transfer interruptions to the flight instruments. The temporary blanking of the instruments gave the appearance that standby power had failed. These power transfers were later verified from the flight data recorder.

AirAsia Berhad dba AirAsia (MYX: 5099) is a Malaysian low-cost airline...

2009-12-02T23:45:00.000-08:00

AirAsia Berhad dba AirAsia (MYX: 5099) is a Malaysian low-cost airline. It operates scheduled domestic and international flights and is Asia's largest low fare, no frills airline. AirAsia pioneered low cost travelling in Asia. It is also the first airline in the region to implement fully ticketless travel and unassigned seats. However, as of 5 February 2009, AirAsia has finally implemented allocated seatings across all AirAsia flights, including in their sister airlines, Indonesia AirAsia and Thai AirAsia. Its main base is the Low Cost Carrier Terminal (LCCT) at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA). Its affiliate airlines Thai AirAsia and Indonesia AirAsia have hubs at Suvarnabhumi Airport, Thailand and Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Indonesia, respectively. The airline is also considering founding Hong Kong AirAsia in the future.AirAsia's registered office is in Petaling Jaya, Selangor while its head office is on the grounds of Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, Selangor.

Malaysia Airlines (MAS) (Malay: Sistem Penerbangan Malaysia is the government-owned flag carrier airline of Malaysia. Malaysia Airlines operates flights from its home base, Kuala Lumpur International Airport...

2009-12-02T23:39:00.000-08:00

Malaysia Airlines (MAS) (Malay: Sistem Penerbangan Malaysia is the government-owned flag carrier airline of Malaysia. Malaysia Airlines operates flights from its home base, Kuala Lumpur International Airport, and its secondary hub in Kota Kinabalu. It has its headquarters on the grounds of Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah International Airport in Subang, Selangor.
Despite a financial restructuring exercise in 2006, Malaysia Airlines maintains a strong presence in Southeast Asia, East Asia, South Asia, Middle East and on the Kangaroo Route between Europe and Australasia. Malaysia Airlines also operated transatlantic flights from Kuala Lumpur to Newark, via Stockholm until October 2009. It operates transpacific flights from Kuala Lumpur to Los Angeles, via Taipei. In 1997, the airline flew the world's longest non-commercial, non-stop flight from Boeing Field in Seattle to Kuala Lumpur, flying eastward passing the European and African continents and breaking the Great Circle Distance Without Landing record for an airliner on a Boeing 777-200ER longer than the record held by the Boeing 777-200LR.

PT (Persero) Garuda Indonesia is the national airline of Indonesia....

2009-12-02T23:25:00.000-08:00

PT (Persero) Garuda Indonesia is the national airline of Indonesia. It is named after the mythical bird Garuda. It is headquartered at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang.

In Indian Vedic tradition, Garuda is the carrier of the Hindu god Vishnu; a representation of Garuda appears in the coat of arms of Indonesia. The airline is based in Jakarta at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, with hubs at Ngurah Rai International Airport, Bali, and Singapore Changi Airport, Singapore.The airline flies to a number of destinations in South-East,East Asia, the Middle East and Australia. It also previously flew to several destinations in Europe and North America. From June 2007 to July 2009, Garuda, along with all Indonesian airlines, was banned from flying to the EU.However, this ban has been lifted since July 2009.
Garuda Indonesia is listed as a 3-star airline by Skytrax, and is also listed among Skytrax's Quality Approved Airlines. It is wholly owned by the Indonesian Government and employs 6,285 staff (at March 2007).

PT Lion Mentari Airlines (operating as Lion Air) is Indonesia’s largest private carrier and Asia’s first hybrid carrier which offers both economy- and business-class seating, based in Jakarta, Indonesia

2009-12-02T23:18:00.000-08:00

PT Lion Mentari Airlines (operating as Lion Air) is Indonesia’s largest private carrier and Asia’s first hybrid carrier which offers both economy- and business-class seating, based in Jakarta, Indonesia. It operates scheduled passenger services on an extensive domestic network from Jakarta to 40 destinations with 210 daily flights (as of May 2008). Lion Air also flies to Singapore, Vietnam and Malaysia. Its main base is Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Jakarta . The airline is on the List of air carriers banned in the European Union.The airline was established in October 1999 and started operations on June 30, 2000, when it began scheduled passenger services between Jakarta and Pontianak using a leased Boeing 737-200. It is wholly owned by Rusdi Kirana and family.The airline is also planning to become an IATA member, therefore accompanying Garuda Indonesia.

Batavia Air (PT. Metro Batavia) is an airline based in Jakarta, Indonesia...

2009-12-02T23:07:00.000-08:00

Batavia Air (PT. Metro Batavia) is an airline based in Jakarta, Indonesia. It operates domestic flights to around 30 destinations and international services to Singapore, China and Malaysia. Its main base is Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Jakarta.The airline was established in 2002 and started operations in January 2002. It was originally known as Metro Batavia and started operating using wet-leased Fokker F27 aircraft from Sempati. It launched scheduled services from Jakarta to Pontianak in January 2002. It is wholly owned by PT Metro Batavia.

The Batavia Air fleet includes the following aircraft (at April 2009)
*2 Airbus A319-100
*4 Airbus A320-200
*2 Airbus A330-200 used for domestic routes to Medan and Manado until flight to Jeddah starts
*5 Boeing 737-200
*13 Boeing 737-300
*14 Boeing 737-400