Aviation Daily, February 11, 2016

In separate announcements, the FAA and NTSB reinforced warnings about the dangers of transporting lithium-ion and lithium-metal batteries as bulk cargo in passenger and freighter aircraft.

Ryanair is opening to more bases in Germany, making good on its plans to significantly increase its market share in Europe’s largest economy.

HNA Group carrier Tianjin Airlines, moving into long-haul operations this year, proposes to begin three low-frequency services to London and Moscow in June.

Although Garuda Indonesia is set to enlarge its fleet with new deliveries this year, it still has not decided between the Airbus A350 or Boeing 787 to fill its long-term replacement needs. The airline is continuing to assess the two aircraft types, in a process that began last year. It is “still finalizing its widebody refleeting plans by studying the A350-900 and 787-9 fuel efficiency and operating costs before making a final decision,” a Garuda spokesman told Aviation Daily.

A foreign carrier could operate the only cabotage route in the U.S. for the next 12 months if the U.S. Transportation Department (DOT) extends Polynesian Airlines’ exemption.

A China Eastern order for Airbus A350s—expected since October—is likely to be announced around March, an industry source in China says.

Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) will be offering its cheapest “SAS Go Light” fares ...

NASA is seeking a significant increase in money for aeronautics research to fund a series of large-scale subsonic and supersonic civil-aircraft X-plane demonstrators to prove the benefits of technologies developed with industry.