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Aviation Daily, July 15, 2014

VOL. 397 NO. 10 July 15, 2014
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Propulsion

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Oil System Fix Under Test For CSeries Engine

Jul 15, 2014
FARNBOROUGH — Pratt & Whitney says it is testing and verifying a “more robust” oil system for the PW1500G as part of company-wide efforts to return the grounded Bombardier CSeries test fleet to the air as soon as possible.

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Jul 15, 2014
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Industry Data

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Summary of Statistics Destination Airport May 2014

Jul 15, 2014
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U.S. Airports Ranked by Number of Arriving Passengers May 2014

Jul 15, 2014
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Airframers/Suppliers

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Bombardier Awaiting C Series Engine Fix Validation

Jul 15, 2014
FARNBOROUGH — Bombardier says modifications to the PW1500G engine are tested which, if proven successful, would allow the test fleet to return to the air in the coming weeks. Mike Arcamone, President Bombardier Commercial Aircraft, says the modifications are being validated and the “testing is progressing well. We are confident.”
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Airbus Formally Launches The A330neo With ALC As First Customer

Jul 15, 2014
FARNBOROUGH — Airbus has formally launched the A330neo, a re-engined version of its oldest in-production wide-body. The aircraft is to deliver a 14% reduction in fuel burn per seat compared to the current aircraft. Airbus plans to deliver the first A330neo in the fourth quarter of 2017 following a development period of little more than three years.

Departures

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The Traveling Public Deserves The Low Fare Competition Norwegian Air International Will Bring to the Transatlantic Market

Jul 15, 2014
Within the aviation industry, there exists a long and vigorous history of incumbents doing all in their power to suppress new and innovative competitors from entering the marketplace. One of the most durable examples is that of Southwest Airlines, which was opposed at every turn by its competitors through years of litigation, political pressure, and scare tactics directed at consumers and government regulators. Now history is repeating itself, as we at Norwegian Air International (NAI) are seeking to break new ground to offer everyone affordable flights across the Atlantic.

Airlines

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Bombardier Seals $230 Million Deal With Khazakstan

Jul 15, 2014
Newly minted central Asian airline Air Khazakstan is to start flying the first of 10 Bombardier Q400 NGs next March, with a $230 million price tag on the aircraft/operations deal. Bombardier’s director of business development and sales in Russia and the CIS, Mark Gilbert, added that initial pilot training will be carried out in Canada, and that expatriate staff would establish the operation, “but the whole idea is that the Air Khazakstan company is managed by officials from Kazakhstan,” he said.
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No Decision Yet On Privatization Of Air India, Minister Says

Jul 15, 2014
NEW DELHI — India has not yet decided whether to privatize money-losing national carrier Air India. “The decision will be taken on merit,” Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapati Raju says. “Every suggestion will be examined,” he told the upper house of parliament. The state-run airline, which has been losing money since 2007, recorded a 14.5% jump in revenues – from 124 billion rupees ($2 billion) in the fiscal year ending in March 2013 to 143 billion rupees ($2.3 billion) – during the current fiscal year.
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Hainan Airlines Plans Order For 50 737 MAXs

Jul 15, 2014
Hainan Airlines, China’s fourth-largest carrier, has decided to order 50 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, says an industry official familiar with the company’s negotiations with manufacturers. The privately owned airline, which often struggles to get government permission to acquire aircraft, has not yet signed the order, says the official.
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DOT, EU Officials Meet On NAI

Jul 15, 2014
U.S. Transportation Department (DOT) officials are meeting with their EU counterparts in Brussels to discuss Norwegian Air International’s (NAI) application for a foreign air carrier permit to fly to the U.S., although industry observers say it could be months — not days or weeks — before the DOT makes a decision on the application.
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Eastern Air Lines Signs MOU To Order 20 MRJs

Jul 15, 2014
U.S. company Eastern Air Lines Group, which has not yet begun flying, has signed a memorandum of understanding to order 20 Mitsubishi Aircraft MRJ regional jets and to take options on a further 20. If confirmed, the intended order will take the MRJ backlog to 185. Deliveries are due to begin in 2019, probably taking some or all of the remaining production slots that Mitsubishi Aircraft had to sell. The first delivery of the MRJ is due in 2017.

Environment

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Call For Partners Launches Europe’s Clean Sky 2

Jul 15, 2014
Europe has launched its first call for core partners in Clean Sky 2, its largest ever public-private civil aeronautics research program. Core partners will join the 16 leaders of Clean Sky 2 and make a substantial long-term commitment to the program, which is funded by government and industry. Clean Sky 2 will run from 2014-2024 and, at almost €4 billion ($5.4 billion), is 2.5 times the size of the current Clean Sky program, which began in 2008 and runs until 2017.

Lessors

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Aercap To Look At A330neo Order

Jul 15, 2014
Aercap, Airbus’ single largest customer by aircraft numbers, is showing an interest in placing an order for the A330neo. Aercap President and Chief Commercial Officer Philip Scruggs said at the Farnborough Air Show that “we will undoubtedly look at it” and “when it is right we will move.” Of all leasing companies Aercap has the largest number of current generation A330s in its portfolio.

DataWatch

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Top 5 U.S. Airports Average Arrival Delays: May 2014

Jul 15, 2014
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