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Aviation Daily, December 12, 2018

VOL. 414 NO. 51 December 12, 2018
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Airlines

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Air New Zealand Seeks Union Deal To Prevent Strike

Dec 11, 2018
Air New Zealand is continuing mediation talks with its two engineers’ unions in an attempt to avoid a three-day, pre-Christmas strike.
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IATA: Passenger Demand Rises, Freight Growth ‘Steady’ in October

Dec 07, 2018
Annual growth in global passenger demand rebounded to 6.3% in October from an eight-month low of 5.5% in September, although the upward trend in demand has slowed over the past six months, IATA said in its latest monthly analysis of global passenger and air freight trends.
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AirAsia X Yet To Decide On Extra Airbus A330neos

Dec 10, 2018
Malaysia-based AirAsia X is still considering whether to switch a tentative order for 34 Airbus A330neos to the longer-range version of the A321neo.
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Hawaiian Revises 4Q Guidance, Cites Revenue Dip, Lower Costs

Dec 06, 2018
Hawaiian Airlines adjusted its fourth-quarter (4Q) guidance Dec. 5, reflecting slightly weaker unit revenue and lower unit costs ex-fuel.

Airports

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Moody’s: Enplanements at U.S. Airports To Moderate In 2019

Dec 07, 2018
U.S. airports are expected to see a 3.2% growth in enplanements in 2019, a solid level but well short of the 5.4% year-to-date rate recorded in 2018, according to analysts from Moody’s.

Airframers

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EASA Approves Joint Airbus-ENAC Cadet Program

Dec 10, 2018
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has certified a pilot cadet training program jointly developed by Airbus and Toulouse-based civil aviation university ENAC, Airbus said Dec. 6.
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Court Reversal Frees Boeing And Embraer To Finalize Deal

Dec 10, 2018
A Brazilian appeals court has reversed a lower, provisional decision that would have prevented Embraer and Boeing from finalizing terms of their proposed joint venture (JV).
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Superjet 100 Program Moves From Sukhoi to Irkut

Dec 11, 2018
Russia’s Superjet 100 is no longer part of the Sukhoi product line as parent company United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) re-arranges its structure to separate its commercial and military aircraft manufacturing assets.

Regulatory/Legislative

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Former Boeing Executive Takes Over As RTCA President

Dec 06, 2018
Former airline pilot and Boeing executive Terry McVenes joined standards organization RTCA as its new president and CEO Dec. 1.

Technology

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Spain’s Indra To Use UAVs To Improve Pilot Training

Dec 07, 2018
Spanish electronics company Indra plans to use unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to collect precision data for airport and terrain maps used in generating virtual environments for visual systems on flight simulators.
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Leap Cold-Soak Software Fix Expanded To -1Bs

Dec 11, 2018
European and U.S. regulators have expanded a software-upgrade mandate to CFM International Leap-1B engines that ensures Boeing 737 Max-powered aircraft will not experience engine-fan-speed issues caused by extremely cold weather.

Industry Data

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Leisure And Business Fares: Week Of December 3

Dec 11, 2018