Airline Industry News - Development

GAZ Realty, Inc. was awarded an RFP to begin the design, construction and operation of an Airport Plaza at Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW) in Fort Myers, Fla. The decision was made final by the Lee County Port Authority Board of Port Commissioners at the airport’s joint board meeting yesterday. - More

With an eye on accelerating its plan to expand service in Asia and other markets, Hawaiian Airlines today announced the purchase of an additional Airbus A330-200 scheduled for delivery in the second quarter of 2011. - More

World is the first and only Boeing 747 operator to successfully load and deliver six M-ATVs on one aircraft. - More

Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Dushanbe, Tajikistan-based Somon Air today announced an order for two Next-Generation 737-900ERs (Extended Range). The order is valued at $163 million at list prices. - More

Air Transport Services Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:ATSG) announced today that its leasing subsidiary, Cargo Aircraft Management, Inc. (CAM), has delivered the first of two efficient, Boeing 767 wide body freighters to Amerijet International, Inc. - More

Atlas Air to Deliver Major Assemblies for Boeing’s All-New Commercial Jetliner; Nine-Year Contract Grows Atlas Air’s Outsourced CMI Service Offering - More

The acquisition is related to Hawk's recent initiatives in China that are designed to allow Hawk to capture more of the Asian friction markets. - More

Has signed a long term contract with Innovata, the specialist in the creation, hosting and distribution of online based travel planning services to provide routemaps for all its partner airlines. - More

Lockheed Martin regional vice president of Business Development, welcomed the Tunisian Air Force to the growing worldwide Super Hercules family - More

United Airlines (Nasdaq: UAUA) announced the schedule for the airline’s first-ever nonstop service to the African continent, with once-daily service linking Washington with Accra, the capital of Ghana, beginning June 20. - More