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Aviation Daily, October 6, 2014

VOL. 398 NO. 1 October 06, 2014

Airlines

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China Eastern To Introduce Auckland Flights

Oct 06, 2014
China Eastern plans to launch seasonal service to New Zealand in December, becoming the second Chinese carrier to serve that country. The airline will operate nonstop flights from Shanghai to Auckland International Airport between Dec. 9 and March 28, using Airbus A330-200s. According to the airport, China Eastern initially will operate four flights weekly, then move to daily service beginning Jan. 16. Air New Zealand already serves the Auckland-Shanghai route.
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Air France Needs To Move Quickly On Pilots’ Talks

Oct 06, 2014
Air France is hoping to reach a rapid solution with its pilots so it can start preparing for growth at Transavia France. “Talks with pilots are ongoing.
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American Will Move Larger Regional Jets To Miami

Oct 06, 2014
As American Airlines reduces the number of 50-seat jets operating at Miami International Airport in favor of larger jets, its subsidiary Envoy Airlines will substantially reduce its schedule there and is closing its flight attendant and pilot bases and moving out of hangar space. As of Oct. 1, Envoy operated 60 daily departures from Miami with 23 aircraft. By Dec.
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EasyJet Increases Its Full-Year Profit Guidance

Oct 06, 2014
EasyJet has increased its full-year, pre-tax profit forecast to £575-580 million ($930-935 million), after receiving a boost from the knock-on effects of the Air France pilots’ strike. Previously, EasyJet was predicting a £545-570 million pre-tax profit for its financial year ending Sept. 30, 2014, but the top end of this outlook has been raised by £10 million.
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Silver To Keeping Growing In Florida, Avoid EAS Contracts

Oct 06, 2014
Silver Airways will continue to invest in its Florida and Bahamas network while pulling back on flying from network carrier hubs, CEO Sami T. Teittinen said in an interview. Teittinen, the airline’s former CFO, took over last month when Dave Pflieger left to run Island Air, a five-aircraft operation owned by Oracle founder Larry Ellison.
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American: Delta “Squandering” Haneda Slots From Seattle

Oct 06, 2014
American Airlines is asking the Transportation Dept. (DOT) to seize one of Delta Air Lines’ Tokyo Haneda frequencies and reallocate it to American for service from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). In a strongly worded regulatory filing, American claims Delta has reduced the winter Seattle-Haneda schedule to the point of irrelevance. “Delta is deserting Seattle,” American said in its filing.

Regulatory/Legislative

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Indonesia Signs Up To ASEAN Open Skies

Oct 06, 2014
Indonesia has opened the door to a Southeast Asian airspace-unification process that began in 2004 by signing an agreement to allow Association of Southeast Asian Nations-based (ASEAN) airlines unrestricted access to its Jakarta airports. As the last ASEAN country to register for the regional open skies framework, to date Indonesia has been reluctant to allow universal access outside existing bilateral Air Services Agreements (ASAs), mainly due to the threat of countries with more developed airline industries cutting into its market.
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European Commission Rules On Airport State Aid Cases

Oct 06, 2014
The European Commission (EC) has ordered carriers Germanwings, Meridiana, Ryanair, TUIFly, as well as Germany’s Zweibrücken Airport, Alghero Airport in Italy and Brussels Charleroi to repay illegal state aid, and launched an in-depth investigation into airline agreements at Brussels National Airport. A series of other investigations, involving Frankfurt-Hahn and Saarbrücken airports in Germany, Alghero in Italy, and Västerås in Sweden, were cleared.

MRO

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Spares Sales No Longer Locked To Traffic Demand, Data Suggest

Oct 06, 2014
Evidence of a shift away from the historical trend of commercial aftermarket spares sales fluctuating based on traffic demand—and aircraft utilization—continues to mount, with several factors emerging as primary drivers. A recent Canaccord Genuity supplier survey underscored that 2014 spare parts sales are lagging behind a steady climb in global available seat kilometers (ASKs), which the International Air Transport Association (IATA) reported were up 5.6 % year-over-year through August.

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Oct 06, 2014
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Industry Data

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Domestic Scheduled Airline Travel on U.S. Airlines

Oct 06, 2014
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Calendar of Events

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Upcoming Events

Oct 06, 2014
To list an event, send information in calendar format to Donna Thomas at [email protected]. (Bold type indicates new calendar listing.) Oct. 6-9—2014 ACI-NA Public Safety & Security Fall Conference, Arlington, Virginia, http://aci-na.org/event/4309 Oct. 7-8—Airsat Forum 2014, Arion Resort & Spa, Athens, Greece, www.iata.org/events/Pages/airsat-forum.aspx

Aviation Week Conference & Exhibits

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AW Conferences & ExhibItions

Oct 06, 2014
You can now register online for Aviation Week events. Go to www.aviationweek.com/conferences or contact: Lydia Janow, 212-904-3225 or 800-240-7645 ext. 5 (U.S. and Canada only) Oct. 7-9—MRO Europe, Madrid Spain Nov. 4-6—MRO Asia, Singapore EXPO Convention and Exhibition Centre, Singapore Nov. 19-20—A&D Programs, Wigwam Resort, Liltchfield Park, Ariz.