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Last Known Photo of Crashed Yemenia Airbus A310 7O-ADJ

An NYCA forum member visiting London caught perhaps the last photo of the tragic Yemenia A310, registration 7O-ADJ, as it approached Heathrow on Monday, June 28th.

Matt Molnar | June 30th, 2009 | Continued

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Chinese Airline Considers Installing Hannibal Lecter-Style “Standing Seats”

Shanghai-based Spring Airlines wants to remove all the seats from its jets. The low-cost carrier has 13 Airbus A320s, but the lengthy wait for new aircraft is making it difficult to keep up with surging demand. A seatless plane would increase capacity 40%.

Matt Molnar | June 29th, 2009 | Continued

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Photo Roundup: Southwest Arrives at LaGuardia

Southwest put on quite a show this weekend to mark their momentous entry into the New York City market. Here are some of the best photos of the first arrivals and the festivities in the terminals.

Matt Molnar | June 28th, 2009 | Continued

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Welcome Aboard the New NYCAviation.com!

NYCA’s new look is the culmination of years of work and the passion of spotters from around the world. We have revamped with an entirely new design, new features such as Spotting Guides, coverage of more airports and events around the globe and more frequent news updates! Read on to find out what else we’ve done and what we have planned…

Phil Derner Jr. | June 27th, 2009 | Continued

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AeroSur New York-Havana Service to Resume, Receive 767 Upgrade

According to government filings, Bolivia’s AeroSur will resume their 1x weekly New York (JFK)-Havana (HAV) scheduled charter service on August 2nd.

July 3rd, 2009 | Matt Molnar | Comments | Continued
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American Airlines Jet Suffers Nose Gear Damage In LGA Bird Strike

An American Airlines 737-800 on approach to LGA hit a bird Tuesday, damaging the landing gear but causing no injuries.

June 30th, 2009 | Matt Molnar | Comments | Continued
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Weekend Wrap: Air France 447 Computers Probed, Billy Mays Death Possibly Aircraft Related, Lufthansa Committed to 747-8

Air France 447 investigators focus on computer failures in crash. Did Billy Mays die as a result of a hard landing at Tampa? Airlines having difficult securing financing for new planes.

June 29th, 2009 | Matt Molnar | Comments | Continued
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Southwest Arrives at LaGuardia!

The gates are ready. The staff are ready. All we need now are some planes. Those will be here soon: We are now only hours away from Southwest Airlines’ highly anticipated entrance into the New York City market.

June 27th, 2009 | Matt Molnar | Comments | Continued
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PrivatAir for Lufthansa to End Munich-JFK All-Biz Service

PrivatAir’s all business class flights operated on behalf of Lufthansa will be discontinued as of July 13th.

June 26th, 2009 | Matt Molnar | Comments | Continued
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XL Airways France Begins Seasonal JFK-Paris CDG Service

XL Airways France will begin twice weekly summer service between JFK and Paris (CDG) starting today, June 26th, using A330-200 aircraft.

June 26th, 2009 | Matt Molnar | Comments | Continued