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Alaska Airlines & Partners Serve Season’s First Copper River Salmon to First Responders

WIL BALDWIN May 18, 2020

Trident Seafoods, Ocean Beauty Seafoods, Copper River Marketing Association and Tom Douglas partner to salute local medical professionals Alaska Airlines Captain Brent Carricaburu presenting the first Copper River salmon, which weighed in at 33 pounds.…

Air New Zealand Dreamliner to Connect South Island Exporters

WIL BALDWIN May 14, 2020May 14, 2020

Air New Zealand will fly its 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft between Christchurch and Auckland three times a week to help transport cargo from the South Island to the rest of the world. Air New Zealand General Manager Cargo Rick Nelson…

JetBlue To Require Customers to Wear Face Coverings During Travel

WIL BALDWIN April 28, 2020April 28, 2020

JetBlue (NASDAQ: JBLU) today announced that starting May 4 all customers will be required to wear a face covering during travel. The policy comes after the airline began requiring all crewmembers to wear face coverings…

Boeing Activates Airlift Capability for First COVID-19 Transport Mission

WIL BALDWIN April 20, 2020April 20, 2020

Boeing [NYSE: BA] completed its first COVID-19 transport mission, using a 737-700 aircraft from its corporate fleet to bring personal protective equipment (PPE) from China to the United States. Working in partnership with FIRST® Robotics Founder Dean Kamen, the company transported 540,000…

First Nigerian A-29 Super Tucano Completes Inaugural Flight

WIL BALDWIN April 18, 2020

Jacksonville, EUA, April 17, 2020 – Embraer Defense & Security and Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) announced the first of 12 A-29 Super Tucano light attack, combat and reconnaissance aircraft for the Nigerian Air Force (NAF)…

Boeing Delivers First CH-47F Chinook to Royal Netherlands Air Force

WIL BALDWIN April 6, 2020

Aircraft is first of 20 CH-47F Chinooks to be delivered to RNLAFNetherlands is one of eight NATO nations to operate the heavy-lift helicopter Boeing [NYSE: BA] recently delivered the first CH-47F Chinook with an upgraded…

Ferrari Extends Italian Plant Closures to April 14

WIL BALDWIN March 27, 2020March 27, 2020

MILAN (Reuters) - Luxury carmaker Ferrari <RACE> said on Friday it would extend the shutdown of its two Italian plants and reopen on April 14, provided it had supplies, and update 2020 forecasts in May…

Norwegian Air Gets Guarantee From Norwegian Government

WIL BALDWIN March 25, 2020March 25, 2020

Norwegian is pleased to announce that two Nordic banks have obtained credit committee approval to provide a guarantee for the required 10 percent for the first tranche of 300 million Norwegian kroner (NOK). Norwegian will…

Siemens Mobility Receives First Battery Powered Train Order

WIL BALDWIN March 24, 2020March 24, 2020

20 Mireo Plus B battery-powered trains for Baden-WürttembergMaintenance contract for 29.5 yearsDelivery of trains by June 2023 Landesanstalt Schienenfahrzeuge Baden-Württemberg (SFBW) has ordered 20 Mireo Plus B trains from Siemens Mobility. The two-car electric trainsets…

Tempo by Hilton Breaks Ground on First Hotel in Louisville

WIL BALDWIN March 11, 2020

Hilton’s new elevated yet approachable brand is off to the races, breaking ground in Louisville, Kentucky less than 60 days after its launch MCLEAN, Va. - Hilton (NYSE: HLT) today announced the start of construction of its…