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Aviation Daily, September 15, 2014

VOL. 397 NO. 52 September 15, 2014
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Airports

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Airports Plan More Aggressive Push To Boost PFCs

Sep 15, 2014
FAA is authorized through Sept. 30, 2015 thanks to a four-year bill passed in 2012.

Airlines

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Frontier Airlines Says It Can Cuts Costs To Compete With Spirit Airlines

Sep 15, 2014
DENVER—While Frontier’s rebranding this week will help position it to customers as an ultra low-cost carrier (LLC), the airline will not be able to compete with others in the category until it lowers its costs—not including fuel—to six cents per available seat mile (ASM), Chairman William Franke said. When Indigo Partners acquired Frontier at the end of last year, it had a CASM excluding fuel of 7.4 cents, but the management team has cut CASM to just below 7 cents.
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Vietnam Airlines Receives Go-Ahead For IPO

Sep 15, 2014
The Vietnamese government has approved plans for a partial privatization of Vietnam Airlines, with the share float set to occur in November. The long-signaled move calls for 25% of the carrier to be sold—a 20% stake to be sold to one or more strategic investors and a 5% stake made available to the public and employees.
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Southwest Launches First Route To Costa Rica

Sep 15, 2014
Southwest Airlines is continuing its aggressive growth in near-international markets with a new route between Baltimore and San Juan, Costa Rica, the carrier’s first to that country. Daily roundtrip service is expected to begin March 7, 2015, subject to regulatory approval. San Juan will be Southwest’s sixth international destination and the first after the integration of AirTran Airways, expected by year-end.
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Air France-KLM Eyes Asian JVs And Closer Etihad Ties

Sep 15, 2014
Air France-KLM is seeking new strategic partnerships in North and Southeast Asia and is eyeing a revenue-share agreement with Etihad Airways under its newly-unveiled Perform 2020 plan. Speaking at Air France-KLM’s Perform 2020 investor briefing in Paris on Sept.
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CEO: Spirit Will Add 125 New Markets Within Five Years

Sep 11, 2015
Calling Spirit Airlines the “most-efficient producer of seats in the industry,” CEO Ben Baldanza said Sept. 9 that his airline probably will add 125 new markets in the next five years.

Airframers/Suppliers

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MHI Aims to Cut 777X Risk With Automation

Sep 15, 2014
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) is implementing and planning new measures for its Boeing 777 program, including increased automation, to help minimize risk as it looks to its participation in 777 production. The head of MHI’s Boeing program, Shigefumi Tatsumi, repeatedly used the words “stability” and “robust production” when discussing the changes.
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Late Engine Issue Threatens A320neo Flight Delay

Sep 15, 2014
LOS ANGELES and FRANKFURT— Airbus and Pratt & Whitney are believed to be tackling a late-developing certification issue with the Pratt & Whitney PW1100G geared turbofan in an attempt to stave off the looming threat of delay to the first flight of the re-engined Airbus A320neo. The aircraft manufacturer, which declines to comment, has targeted September for first flight of the A320neo with the Pratt engine.

Safety

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ATSB Expands MH370 Priority Zone As Teams Prepare For Underwater Search

Sep 15, 2014
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) says “recent refinements” in satellite ground station parameters and the primary radar track of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 will likely extend the priority search area for the missing Boeing 777-200ER further to the south than previously planned. The potential change in search area is based on new estimates on exactly when the aircraft turned south toward the Indian Ocean from its last known pri

Cargo

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Global Cargo Uptick Lifting Regional Market Confidence

Sep 15, 2014
The expanding string of encouraging monthly reports on global air cargo activity is giving regional operators the confidence to make moves and tap pent-up demand, an executive at Air Transport Service Group (ATSG) reports. ATSG—which counts two all-cargo carriers and a leasing business among its subsidiaries—reports improved demand in its dry- and wet-lease businesses, Chief Commercial Officer Rich Corrado said at the recent Cowen and Co. global aerospace conference.

Industry Data

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Airline Fuel Cost and Consumption, 2006-2014 (All Majors - Scheduled)

Sep 15, 2014
Year Month Domestic Consumption Cost Cost per Gallon

Calendar of Events

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Upcoming Events

Sep 15, 2014
To list an event, send information in calendar format to Donna Thomas at [email protected]. (Bold type indicates new calendar listing.) Sept. 15—SpeedNews 2nd Annual European Aerospace Raw Materials & Manufacturers Supply Chain Conference, Hôtel Palladia, Toulouse, France, www.speednews.com/all/conferences

Aviation Week Conference & Exhibits

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AviationWeek Conferences & Exhibitions

Sep 15, 2014
You can now register online for Aviation Week events. Go to www.aviationweek.com/conferences or contact: Lydia Janow, 212-904-3225 or 800-240-7645 ext. 5 (U.S. and Canada only) Sept. 23-24—Brazing Symposium, Sheraton Wild Horse Pass Resort & Spa, Phoenix, Arizona Oct. 7-9—MRO Europe, Madrid Spain Nov. 4-6—MRO Asia, Singapore EXPO Convention and Exhibition Centre, Singapore

Air Traffic Management

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Watchdog: Flawed Automation Tool Hindering NextGen

Sep 12, 2015
The FAA is mending flaws in a new NextGen air traffic controller automated-decision support tool that is plagued by many of the same performance, reliability, training and procedural problems as its predecessor.