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Aviation Daily, April 20, 2015

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Airlines

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Emirates Orders Trent 900 For Future A380s

Apr 17, 2015
The $9.26 billion order, announced in London on April 17, reverses Emirates’ trend to power its A380s with the Engine Alliance GP7000 engine and potentially steers the airline toward a reengined A380neo that Airbus President Tim Clark says the manufacturer is still deliberating.
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Emirates Asks U.S. Government To Release Documents

Apr 17, 2015
Earlier this month, the U.S. departments of State, Commerce and Transportation (DOT) invited comments from interested parties on both the subsidies case and whether the U.S. government should begin consultations with the governments of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Qatar on the issue.
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Drukair Bets On Enhanced A319 Performance For Operations Into Paro

Apr 17, 2015
The airline took delivery of the aircraft, its third owned A319, last month. The Sharklet-equipped aircraft will replace a leased A319 that will be returned to the lessor in July. In addition to the four A319s, Drukair currently flies one ATR 42-500.

Airframers/Suppliers

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Embraer Logs Orders For 22 Commercial Jets, Delivers 20 E175s In Q1

Apr 18, 2015
Brazilian manufacturer Embraer delivered 20 commercial aviation aircraft in the first quarter of 2015, which is six more than it did in the 2014 March quarter and a 42.9% increase year-over-year. All of the delivered aircraft were Embraer 175 models, including nine to SkyWest, six to Republic Airlines, two each to American Airlines and United Airlines, and one to Japan’s Suzuyo Corp., parent of Fuji Dream Airlines.
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IAM Withdraws Petition To Unionize Boeing South Carolina

Apr 17, 2015
“As a result of this withdrawal, no election will be held on April 22, and the union will not be able to file for a new election for at least six months,” Boeing said in a statement released on April 17.

MRO

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United Airlines Moving Tech-Ops Data, Considering New Systems

Apr 15, 2015
This big project is one of the last pieces of merging the operations of Continental and United. Airlines frequently save the tech-ops piece as a last step because of the complexity and scope—as well as the process changes that are first required.
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Honeywell Offers Voice-Recognition System For Maintenance Procedures and Records

Apr 17, 2015
Headset and computer system tailored to aerospace frees technicians from data entry, speeds work and increases accuracy.
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Airlines Want MROs To Help More With Data And Predictive Maintenance

Apr 15, 2015
“We need to be getting away from the ‘no trouble found’ that drives everybody nuts,” says Ahmad Zamany, the vice president of technical operations at Copa Airlines, the Panama-based carrier.

Industry Data

Upcoming Events

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Upcoming Events

Apr 17, 2015
To list an event, send information in calendar format to Donna Thomas at [email protected]. (Bold type indicates new calendar listing.) Apr. 20-22—APEX Multimedia Market, Prague, Czech Republic, http://apex.aero/Events/EventCalendar/tabid/213/Default.aspx

Aviation Conferences and Exhibitions

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Aviation Week's Conferences & Events

Apr 17, 2015
For a complete list of Aviation Week’s upcoming events, and to register, visit www.aviationweek.com/events May 5-6, 2015—MRO BEER (Baltics, Eastern Europe, Russia), Budapest, Hungary Jun. 17, 2015—Commercial Aerospace Manufacturing Briefing C0-located with the International Paris Air Show, Auditorium, (Conference Centre - Hall 2C), 9:00am-11:15am