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Aviation Daily, August 22, 2014

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Airports

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A380 Operations Remain Challenging For Heathrow

Aug 22, 2014
LONDON — Increasing numbers of Airbus A380 operations could have a negative impact on London’s Heathrow airport in the future, senior air traffic controllers have warned. Flights into Heathrow were seen as one of the key critical markets for the four-engined aircraft when it was first developed during the early 2000s, with airlines able to fly more passengers into the slot-constrained two-runway airport.

Airlines

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ANA Resumes Nagoya Flights As Part Of Haneda Expansion

Aug 22, 2014
The latest round of route announcements by Japan’s major airlines includes the notable return of a domestic trunk service that was previously squeezed out by competition from high-speed rail. All Nippon Airways (ANA) and Japan Airlines (JAL) are both boosting their flights from Tokyo’s Haneda Airport, although JAL also cut flights from elsewhere in its network. Most of the changes will be effective from Oct. 26, and will apply to their schedules for the second half of the fiscal year.
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Long-Haul Ticket Prices In France Fall But Short-Haul Fares Rise

Aug 22, 2014
Fares in France declined in the first seven months from last year, including a year-over-year decline of ticket prices in July. Ticket prices for flights from France, domestic and international, inched down 0.4% in July and fell 0.9% in the first seven months, according to France’s Direction Générale de l’Aviation Civile (DGAC). Data are for fares for return tickets from France (mainland and overseas territories) including all taxes, fees and charges, offered by over 50 airlines.
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Ryanair Appoints Chief Technology Officer

Aug 22, 2014
Ryanair has hired John Hurley as chief technology officer as it continues with its senior management revamp and push to up its digital game. Hurley will join Ryanair on Sept. 15 from American educational publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH), where he was most recently VP-software development. He has been with HMH since 2007 and has held a number of roles, including VP-engineering & product operations, director of product operations, director for platform development and software development program manager.
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A4A: Industry Average Margin 5% In First Half

Aug 22, 2014
Airlines for America (A4A), the U.S. airline industry’s main trade body, said that although extreme weather in the first quarter of this year almost derailed financial results, the airline industry reported an overall profit for the first half of 2014. The trade group based its findings on nine publicly traded airlines: Alaska, Allegiant, American, Delta, Hawaiian, JetBlue, Southwest, Spirit and United. Collectively, these airlines reported a net profit of $3.8 billion, up from $1.6 billion last year, and an operating margin of 5%, up from 2.1% last year.
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Philippine LCC Cebu Pacific passenger traffic up 19.7%

Aug 22, 2014
SINGAPORE—Despite an overall static outlook for business across the region, Manila-based LCC Cebu Pacific (Cebu) has recorded a 19.7% increase in passenger numbers for Q2 2014, to 4.7 million in total, in addition to 3.8 million passengers in Q1 2014.
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Air Berlin Gives Up On Hub-And-Spoke

Aug 22, 2014
Air Berlin is giving up the idea of operating hub-and-spoke systems at its main bases in Dusseldorf, Berlin and Palma de Mallorca. As the airline prepares to reshape its future network, it is focusing on optimizing point-to-point services. Hubs “are not part of our strategy,” CEO Wolfgang Prock-Schauer said Thursday.

FuelWatch

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Global Jet Fuel Prices (midpoint)

Aug 22, 2014
View the PDF Global Jet Fuel Prices (midpoint)* As of August 21, 2014, compared with previous week and previous year cts/gal prev. week prev. year NY Jet Barges 290.34 -5.99 -13.61 Chicago Jet 292.59 -3.59 -14.11 West Coast (LA) Jet 292.84 -3.24 -6.11 Europe: Rotterdam Jet (Barges) 280.12 -5.51 -24.84 Asia/Pacific (Singapore Kero) 275.26 -0.67 -22.36

Clarification

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Clarification

Aug 22, 2014
Clarification:A story in the Aug. 21 issue should have said the long-term goal of the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) is for the U.S. and the EU to work jointly to eliminate all widebody aircraft financing. ALPA’s goal in the 2014 reauthorization is to eliminate Ex-Im Bank widebody financing for state-owned and/or credit worthy airlines.

Safety

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Flight Safety Foundation Nears End Of In-Depth Go-Around Study

Aug 22, 2014
Independent aviation safety body Flight Safety Foundation (FSF) is close to releasing a two-year study into aircraft go-arounds, performed by social science research specialist Presage. FSF director of communications and board relations Emily McGee said the study should be completed this summer, for release in late October.

Departures

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Norwegian Air International: Safety Oversight Risk

Aug 22, 2014
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) is the aviation component of the United Nations primarily responsible for setting international safety standards that all countries agree to follow. As U.S. Ambassador to ICAO, I witnessed tremendous advances in aviation safety by many ICAO member countries and improvements in the standards and recommended practices that form the basis of ICAO’s safety framework.