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Aviation Daily - April 7, 2014

VOL. 396 NO. 1 April 07, 2014

Intelligence

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Anti-Merger Branson Allows That Times Change

Apr 07, 2014

Data Watch

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A4A Monthly Passenger Yield: February 2014

Apr 07, 2014
A4A Monthly Passenger Yield: February 2014 U.S. Cents Per RPM Domestic International

Industry Data

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U.S. Domestic Airport Operations - Virgin America: Fourth Quarter 2013

Apr 07, 2014
Arrivals On Time Taxi In Flights Arrivals (avg. Mins.) 1 San Francisco 4,344 85.3% 6.4
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U.S. Domestic Airport Operations - Hawaiian: Fourth Quarter 2013

Apr 07, 2014
U.S. Domestic Airport Operations - Hawaiian: Fourth Quarter 2013 Arrivals On Time Taxi In Flights Arrivals (avg. Mins.)

Airframers/Suppliers

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A350-800 Backlog Becomes Smaller Again

Apr 07, 2014
The firm order backlog for the Airbus A350-800 is shrinking further, after Aircraft Purchase Fleet cancelled a commitment for 12 aircraft, according to Airbus’s latest orders and deliveries statistics. Aircraft Purchase Fleet is a vehicle set up for Alitalia aircraft financing and acquisition. But given the shaky financial state of that airline, the order has looked doubtful for some time. Airbus also has been actively encouraging its customers to switch to larger A350 versions.
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Europe Readies Technology For Next Regional Turboprop

Apr 07, 2014
European research is amassing an array of technologies that could be applied to a future 90-seat regional turboprop to significantly reduce noise and emissions. An evaluation of technologies being developed under Europe’s Clean Sky public-private research program indicates a 2020-time frame advanced turboprop would have a 48% smaller airport noise footprint and reduce emissions by 23% for carbon dioxide and 43% for nitrogen oxides.
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Boeing Launches 737 MAX-Based BBJ

Apr 07, 2014
Eighteen years after Boeing and General Electric teamed up to develop the Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) version of the Next Generation 737, the first corporate derivative of the follow-on 737 MAX has been launched by an undisclosed customer.
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Boeing Pressing On With Supply Chain Savings Push

Apr 07, 2014
Boeing suppliers are developing “a sense of acceptance” that the manufacturer’s push for a 15% reduction in supply chain costs won’t ease up even as the economy improves, an informal survey of several major suppliers by Canaccord Genuity finds. Whether the push will succeed remains to be seen.

Safety

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IATA: Oversight Deficiencies Are Leading Accident Contributor

Apr 07, 2014
Inadequate regulatory oversight was the most common contributor to fatal air transport accidents from 2009-13, and among the most cited factors in all accidents, an International Air Transport Association (IATA) analysis reveals. IATA examined 432 qualifying accidents in the five-year period, including 94 with fatalities, and broke down the causal factors in each accident sequence. It then categorized the factors into five broad categories: Latent conditions, (external) threats, flight crew errors, undesired aircraft states, and countermeasures.

Airlines

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Four OEMs Vie For KLM Cityhopper Fokker 70 Replacement

Apr 07, 2014
Air France-KLM will decide on replacements for KLM Cityhopper’s 19 Fokker 70s in the fourth quarter of this year from among four competing regional airframers—ATR, Bombardier, Embraer and Mitsubishi Aircraft, says KLM Cityhopper Managing Director Boet Kreiken.
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Star Focuses On Avianca, Azul In Brazil Rebuilding Effort

Apr 07, 2014
Following the departure of US Airways and TAM, the Star Alliance is looking at ways to restore its presence in Latin America, specifically in Brazil. “We may need a second carrier in Brazil,” Star CEO Mark Schwab told Aviation Week on the sidelines of the recent Phoenix aviation symposium. Talks with Azul, currently a regional carrier based in Campinas, continue, according to industry sources.
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Delta Expects Its Refinery To Turn Profit This Year

Apr 07, 2014
Delta Air Lines expects its Trainer, Pa., oil refinery to be profitable this year, but the carrier already has realized fuel-price benefits from the amount of jet fuel the facility has kept in the market. The Trainer facility lost $46 million in the fourth quarter and $116 million for the full year 2013, Delta Chief Financial Officer Paul Jacobson said last month. But the refinery had a positive effect on Delta’s fuel bill, at about $0.03 per gallon for the full year.

Aviation Week Conferences

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AviationWeek Conferences & Exhibitions

Apr 07, 2014
Apr. 8-10—MRO Americas 2014, Phoenix Convention Center, Phoenix, Ariz. Apr. 9—MRO Military 2014, Phoenix Convention Center, Phoenix, Ariz. June 10-11—MRO Eastern Europe, Baltics and Russia, Sheraton Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland July 16-20—Farnborough Commercial Manufacturing Briefings and Farnborough Air Show, U.K.

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Upcoming Events

Apr 07, 2014
Apr. 7—ACI-NA 2014 Airport Concessions, Finance & Human Capital Conference, Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, Dallas, Texas, http://aci-na.org/event/3207 Apr. 7—ACI-NA 2014 Legal Affairs Spring Conference, Dallas, Texas, http://aci-na.org/event/3208

Correction

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Correction; Daily, April 3

Apr 07, 2014
CORRECTION: A story in The DAILY April 3 misidentified SR Technics' LCC customer in its Malta facility. It is easyJet.