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Aviation Daily, October 18, 2018

VOL. 414 NO. 14 October 18, 2018
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Airlines

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Hub-flow Increase Strategy Paying Off For United

Oct 17, 2018
United Airlines rode a double-digit revenue increase and declining non-fuel unit costs to deliver a third-quarter (Q3) net income of $836 million, a 29% year-over-year (YOY) improvement.
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Norwegian Air Argentina Begins Domestic Operations

Oct 17, 2018
Norwegian Air Argentina began its domestic operations Oct. 16, the company said, with a Boeing 737-800 flight, DN6022, from Buenos Aires’s Aeroparque Jorge Newbery Airport to Cordoba’s Ingeniero Ambrosio Taravella International Airport manned by local CEO Ole Christian Melhus.
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JetBlue Adopts Noise Reducers To Quiet Jets

Oct 17, 2018
Partly to be a good corporate citizen and partly in response to some local community pressures, JetBlue Airways is adding noise-reducing vortex generators to its existing fleet of 138 Airbus A320-family aircraft.
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Delta To Use Airbus Skywise Predictive Maintenance On A320, A330 Fleet

Oct 17, 2018
As part of Delta TechOps’ investment in predictive maintenance technology, Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines signed a multi-year contract with Airbus to use its Skywise open-data platform for its Airbus A320s and A330s—about 400 aircraft, the two companies said Oct. 15.
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IAG Embeds Start-ups In London Operation To Transform Travel, Operations

Oct 18, 2018
The International Aviation Group (IAG) launched its third Hangar 51 accelerator program this week by embedding 10 start-ups within British Airways, IAG Cargo and Avios, its reward currency program. “Hangar 51 has a unique approach of bringing the start-ups to the heart of our business and harnessing their potential to transform the future of travel,” says an IAG spokesperson.
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Bahama’s Western Air Adds ERJ-145s, Embraer Component Support

Oct 17, 2018
Caribbean carrier Western Air, based in The Bahamas, recently purchased three Embraer ERJ-145s from the manufacturer and has signed a multi-year component support agreement with the OEM, Embraer said Oct. 16.

Interview

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U.S. Senator Details Airline Consumer Rules Plan

Oct 17, 2018
U.S. Sen. Ed Markey (D-Massachusetts) is a member of the Aviation Subcommittee of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, and a leading critic of the U.S. airline industry.

MRO

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Boeing's New Midsize Airplane Will Happen, Say Analysts

Oct 17, 2018
Boeing has pushed back an announcement over pursuing the New Midsize Aircraft (NMA) until sometime in 2019, but increasingly, financial analysts are seeing the new aircraft as a fait accompli.
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A&D Supplier Survey Finds Very Bullish Outlook

Oct 18, 2018
Aerospace and defense suppliers have a “very bullish” outlook, according to Canaccord Genuity analyst Ken Herbert and his latest supply chain survey.
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Drone-Based Aircraft Inspections To Go Mainstream By 2020

Oct 16, 2018
Christian Suttner, the co-founder and managing partner of startup incubator Starburst, predicts drone-based aircraft maintenance inspections will go mainstream by 2020.
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SES Chief: CFM56 Lease Market To Further Its Ascent

Oct 18, 2018
Growth in the CFM56 engine leasing market is set to continue for at least another five years before reaching its peak, says Julie Dickerson, managing director of Shannon Engine Support (SES).
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Aviation Week Forecast Predicts $862B World MRO Market In Next Decade

Oct 17, 2018
A newly-released Aviation Week Intelligence Network 2019 Commercial Fleet and MRO Forecast shows the commercial air transport fleet, for which growth is underpinned by multiple macro-economic trends, will experience growth of 2.8% on deliveries of nearly 23,200 turbofan- and turboprop-powered aircraft over the coming decade.

Suppliers

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AE Industrial Partners Acquires Atlas Group, Combines With FMI

Oct 18, 2018
AE Industrial Partners, a private equity investor, has acquired Wichita-baseed Aerostructures Acquisition, doing business as The Atlas Group, a manufacturer of complex assemblies for business, commercial and military aircraft.

Forecasts/Industry Data

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Fleet and MRO Demand In Western Europe: 2019-2028

Oct 18, 2018
View the Fleet and MRO Demand In Western Europe: 2019-2028 chart in PDF format.

Airline Snapshot

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Airline Snapshot: Air France-KLM

Oct 18, 2018
View the Airline Snapshot: Air France-KLM chart in PDF format.

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