http://www.opshots.net Thu, 16 Feb 2012 06:51:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.opshots.net/2012/02/opshots-photographer-spotlight-gary-starcher-our-akron-connection/ http://www.opshots.net/2012/02/opshots-photographer-spotlight-gary-starcher-our-akron-connection/#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:00:30 +0000 Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. http://www.opshots.net/?p=2613 OPShots contributor Gary Starcher has been our eyes and ears at Akron-Canton airport for a long time, contributing over 2,000 photos to the site documenting the comings and goings at Hopkins airport's  main competitor.  His photos document the rise of AirTran  at the field, as well as... Read more

]]> http://www.opshots.net/2012/02/opshots-photographer-spotlight-gary-starcher-our-akron-connection/feed/ 0 http://www.opshots.net/2012/02/sikorsky-secures-largest-order-for-s-92-aviation-week/ http://www.opshots.net/2012/02/sikorsky-secures-largest-order-for-s-92-aviation-week/#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2012 04:19:02 +0000 Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. http://www.opshots.net/?p=2606 British helicopter operator Bond Aviation is acquiring 16 Sikorsky S-92 long-range, medium-lift helicopters as it plans a global expansion of its offshore oil and gas exploration support activities. Announced during the 2012 Heli-Expo in Dallas on Feb. 13, the order is the single largest for... Read more

]]> http://www.opshots.net/2012/02/sikorsky-secures-largest-order-for-s-92-aviation-week/feed/ 0 http://www.opshots.net/2012/02/jal-increases-787-order-adds-9s-aviation-week/ http://www.opshots.net/2012/02/jal-increases-787-order-adds-9s-aviation-week/#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2012 04:08:34 +0000 Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. http://www.opshots.net/?p=2601 Japan Airlines has boosted its Boeing 787 order to 45 aircraft, with a new deal for 10 787-9s and the conversion of 10 of its existing 787-8 orders to -9s. The total 787 order now consists of 25 787-8s, and 20 -9s, with another 20 options. The 787-9s are set to enter service from 2015, a... Read more

]]> http://www.opshots.net/2012/02/jal-increases-787-order-adds-9s-aviation-week/feed/ 0 http://www.opshots.net/2012/02/pittsburgh-key-to-plans-for-new-peoplexpress-pittsburgh-business-times/ http://www.opshots.net/2012/02/pittsburgh-key-to-plans-for-new-peoplexpress-pittsburgh-business-times/#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2012 03:58:32 +0000 Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. http://www.opshots.net/?p=2596 In the heyday of PEOPLExpress in the mid-1980s, the airline counted Pittsburgh as one of 18 cities along the East Coast that it served with its discounts and no-frills service.PEOPLExpress linked Pittsburgh with its home base in Newark, N.J., where it was headquartered until it was absorbed... Read more

]]> http://www.opshots.net/2012/02/pittsburgh-key-to-plans-for-new-peoplexpress-pittsburgh-business-times/feed/ 0 http://www.opshots.net/2012/02/hungarian-airline-malev-ceases-operations-flights-grounded-reuters/ http://www.opshots.net/2012/02/hungarian-airline-malev-ceases-operations-flights-grounded-reuters/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:18:11 +0000 Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. http://www.opshots.net/?p=2586 Hungarian flag-carrier Malev announced on Friday that it had stopped operating because its liquidity situation has become unsustainable and all its flights had been grounded as of 0500 GMT on Friday. The airline had been placed under extraordinary protection from creditors and a receiver was... Read more

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