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Aviation Daily, July 31, 2014

VOL. 397 NO. 22 July 31, 2014

Regulatory/Legislative

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U.K. House of Lords Examining Civil Use of UAVs

Jul 31, 2014
LONDON — The U.K. House of Lords is to launch an inquiry into the civil use of UAVs prompted by concerns over safety and privacy. The inquiry will be…

Data Watch

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Top 20 Airports In Caribbean Only 2013, International Flights

Jul 31, 2014
/site-files/aviationweek.com/files/uploads/2014/07/avd_07_31_2014_dataw.pdf Data Watch: Top 20 Airports In Caribbean Only 2013 International Flights…

Safety

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Task Force To Examine Airspace Safety In The Wake Of MH17

Jul 31, 2014
MONTREAL — The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and other major global aviation…
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Air Algerie Cockpit Voice Recorder Damaged On Impact

Jul 31, 2014
French air accident investigators have read the flight data recorder (FDR) of the Boeing MD-83 that crashed in Mali while operating for Air Algerie, but work is continuing on the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) which was damaged on impact. Flight AH 5017 was operating from Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso to Algiers on July 24 when it crashed in the Gossi region of northeastern Mali, near the border of Burkina Faso. The wreckage was found in a disintegrated state, and there were no survivors among the 112 passengers and six crew on board.

Forecasts/Industry Data

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Top 20 City Pairs Caribbean Only 2013

Jul 31, 2014
/site-files/aviationweek.com/files/uploads/2014/07/avd_07_31_2014_cht1.pdf Top 20 City Pairs Caribbean Only 2013 Rank City Pair Total Seats Seats Added Seats Change CAGR 2004 - 2013 1 New York - San Juan 1,849,987 39,150 1.1% -2.5% 2 Paris - Pointe-a-Pitre 1,168,022 74,980 3.4% 0.7% 3 New York - Santo Domingo 1,069,804 16,977 0.8% -0.2% 4 Fort de France - Paris 1,042,539 29,597 1.5% 0.4%
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Top 20 Airports In Caribbean Only 2013, International Flights

Jul 31, 2014
/site-files/aviationweek.com/files/uploads/2014/07/avd_07_31_2014_cht2.pdf Top 20 Airports In Caribbean Only 2013 International Flights Rank Airport (code) Country Total Flights Flights Added Flights Change CAGR 2004 - 2013 1 San Juan (SJU) Puerto Rico 106,140 -5,384 -4.8% -3.7% 2 St.Maarten (SXM) Netherlands Antilles 61,608 3,560 61.0% 1.8% 3 St.Barthelemy (SBH) Guadeloupe 42,600 1,878 4.6% 7.1%

Airlines

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Boeing Urges International Action To Meet Pilot Shortage Challenge

Jul 31, 2014
LOS ANGELES — Boeing says international collaboration between industry, government and academia is required to avoid future shortages of commercial…
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Grupo Aeromexico Sinks To $7 Million 2Q Net Loss

Jul 31, 2014
Grupo Aeromexico incurred a net loss of MXP89 million ($6.9 million) in the second quarter, reversed from a net profit of MXP322 million in the 2013…
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Delta Realizes Cost Savings From Domestic Crude At Trainer

Jul 31, 2014
Delta Air Lines is upping the amount of domestic crude oil that it refines at its Trainer, Pennsylvania, facility to help lower jet fuel costs even…
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Transavia Wins Right To Use Amsterdam Schiphol’s Low-Cost Pier

Jul 31, 2014
Transavia has gained access to Amsterdan Schiphol’s budget Pier H through court procedings, but the low-cost subsidiary of Air France-KLM has not yet…
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ANA Spikes Planned Investment In Myanmar’s Asian Wings

Jul 31, 2014
ANA Holdings, citing rapidly intensifying competition in Myanmar, has “abandoned its plan” to invest in Asian Wings Airways (AWA), the Japanese…

Airports

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Singapore’s Aviation Sector Braces For Shrinkage

Jul 31, 2014
Singapore’s Minister for Transport, Lui Tuck Yew, has said that although the country’s aviation business has solid future prospects, the whole sector should prepare itself for externally driven economic shocks, brought on by regional volatility. “As a global air hub, [Singapore aviation] is highly dependent on international economic and political developments,” he said at a recent policy event.