Aviation Daily, May 5, 2015

“The 10-day strike it still going on; however, TAP has managed to run the situation pretty well and it is under control everything considering,” a spokeswoman told Aviation Daily, noting that TAP has been averaging about 70% of its daily scheduled operations so far.

The pilots—who say negotiations with the company have stalled—argued that they should be permitted to strike, as they allege the airline illegally changed their work rules after they voted to join the International Brotherhood of Teamsters in August 2012.

The airline said on May 4 that it will introduce daily flights to Los Angeles, Boston and Atlanta in 2016. The first Los Angeles flight will land on Jan. 1, Boston will follow on March 1, and Atlanta on July 1.

“Emirates does not receive and never has received any form of subsidy from the UAE (United Arab Emirates) government,” the company says in its “Open Sky” government affairs newsletter. “And considering that we have operated to the U.S. since 2004, we fail to understand how we can possibly be competing unfairly in 2015.”

All three routes are underserved or not served from Seattle, but they are all key markets for Delta Air Lines, which offers robust service to all from its Atlanta hub.

Embraer reported a $61.7 million first-quarter net loss, a reversal from the $110.6 million net profit in the year-ago quarter. The Brazilian manufacturer attributed the loss mostly to income tax expenses of $118 million. First-quarter revenue was down 14.5% to $1.06 billion, compared to $1.24 billion in the year-ago quarter. Embraer delivered 20 commercial jets and booked new firm orders for 22 commercial jets in the first quarter. At the end of the quarter, it had a $20.4 billion backlog, compared to a $19.2 billion backlog a year ago.

The crew of an Aer Arann ATR 72 flying for Aer Lingus is credited with “good airmanship” in finding a way to remove salt deposits that had completely blocked the view forward from the twin turboprop’s windscreen while attempting to land at the Cork Airport in January 2014.

The Safety Alert For Operators (SAFO) targets UTC Aerospace (Hamilton Standard/Hamilton Sundstrand) series-14 PCUs, which are installed on ATR 42s, ATR 72s, Embraer EMB-120s, Saab 340s, and Bombardier Dash 8-100s, -200s, and -300s, among other aircraft.

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