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Airlines

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Air Arabia Jordan Expands Service

May 01, 2015
A GULF LCC—Air Arabia Jordan has secured all necessary licenses and regulatory approvals and will start operations from its Amman Queen Alia International Airport base on May 18. The LCC will launch four routes this month: Kuwait City, Jeddah in Saudi Arabia, Erbil in Iraq, and Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt with more destinations to be added later in 2015. Two Airbus A320s will fly the routes.
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Air France Targets €1.13B Cost-Savings ‘To Safeguard Its Future’

May 01, 2015
“We do not expect it to be easy,” Air France-KLM’s Chief Financial Officer Pierre-François Riolacci conceded in an April 30 briefing with analysts on the group’s first quarter results (Aviation Daily, May 1).
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More Healthy Profits Likely For Japanese Carriers

May 01, 2015
Rising profits seen by ANA are based partly on its international expansion, as it continues its strategy of boosting long-haul flying from its two Tokyo hubs. The airline also is relying on a continuing gradual recovery in the Japanese economy derived from new government policies.
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Watchdog: FAA To Consider New Cybersecurity-Certification Rules

Apr 30, 2015
The watchdog, in a new report detailing concerns with cybersecurity in the transition to NextGen, says the threat for intrusion is increasing as aircraft cockpits and the cabin-share Internet Protocol (IP) connectivity, primarily through information systems connected to both the cockpit avionics and the inflight entertainment systems.
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Hainan Airlines Talks To GE, Rolls-Royce For 787-9 Engines

May 01, 2015
Hainan Airlines is negotiating with General Electric and Rolls-Royce for engines for the 30 Boeing 787-9s that it plans to order, even though it uses GE GEnx engines for 10 new 787-8s it has in service, an industry official says.
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Thomas Cook Begins Flying Converted A330 Refueling Tanker

May 01, 2015
The airline used the A330—leased from the Airtanker consortium—on services to Punta Cana and Cancun, Mexico for the first time on May 1.

Regulatory/Legislative

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Lawmakers Urge U.S. Government To Begin Consultations On Gulf Carriers’ Access

May 01, 2015
In a letter to the two cabinet secretaries, the lawmakers say the capacity Emirates Airline, Etihad Airways and Qatar Airways are adding to the U.S. is subsidized and “in direct contravention to the U.S. open skies policy.

Airports

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DFW Reaches Midpoint In Terminal-Upgrade Effort

May 01, 2015
DFW is juggling the increasing demand for gate availability with the need to sequentially close parts of its terminals for construction, CEO Sean Donohue told Aviation Daily.

Air Traffic Management

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UAV Collision-Avoidance System Completes Flight-Test Campaign

May 01, 2015
The MIDCAS (Mid Air Collision Avoidance System) consortium trials, supported by 11 companies from five European states as well government agencies, flew a series of avoidance maneuvers using a fusion of non-cooperative sensors and detection technologies when put on collision course with a manned aircraft, the EDA announced.

Industry Data

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U.S. Airlines Seasonally-Adjusted Monthly Load Factor

May 01, 2015
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Upcoming Events

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Upcoming Events

May 01, 2015
To list an event, send information in calendar format to Donna Thomas at [email protected]. (Bold type indicates new calendar listing.) May 5-7—2015 Cabin Operations Safety Conference, Le Méridien Etoile, Paris, France, www.iata.org/events/Pages/cabin-safety.aspx