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Aviation Daily, October 10, 2014

VOL. 399 NO. 5 October 10, 2014

Propulsion

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CFM Begins First Leap Engine Flight Tests

Oct 10, 2014
LOS ANGELES—The first version of CFM’s new generation Leap engine family entered flight testing on Oct. 6, when the Leap-1C variant completed its…

Airports

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U.S. To Screen Passengers Arriving From Guinea, Liberia And Sierra Leone For Ebola

Oct 10, 2014
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have unveiled a plan to implement health…

Intelligence

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People Express To Possibly Resume Service

Oct 10, 2014
People Express said Thursday it has an agreement with a new aircraft provider and could resume service if the U.S. Transportation Department approves it as an Indirect Air Carrier.

MRO

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Engine MROs Remain Under Threat From OEMs

Oct 10, 2014
MADRID—Engine manufacturers are becoming still more monopolistic, to the detriment of the entire engine maintenance industry, AJW Engines Director…

Fuel Watch

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Global Jet Fuel Prices

Oct 10, 2014
/site-files/aviationweek.com/files/uploads/2014/10/AVD_10_10_2014_fuelw.pdf Global Jet Fuel Prices (midpoint)* As of October 8, 2014, compared with…

Airlines

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As Capacity Increases, Spirit’s Load Factor Falls, Worrying Analysts

Oct 10, 2014
Spirit Airlines on Wednesday reported a lower-than-expected September load factor, concerning investors who question the carrier’s massive growth…
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United Turnaround More Solid, Analysts Say

Oct 10, 2014
United Airlines’ long-awaited turnaround may finally be closer to reality, as the carrier bested its competition in unit-revenue estimates, Wall…
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Croatia’s Trade Air Eyes A320s, 737s For Fokker Replacement

Oct 10, 2014
Croatian charter and aircraft, crew, maintenance and insurance (ACMI) operator Trade Air is seeking an Airbus A320 or Boeing 737 to kick off the…
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Thai LCC Abandons Move To Don Mueang

Oct 10, 2014
Thai Airways low-cost carrier (LCC) offshoot Thai Smile has backtracked on recent plans to move its operations to Bangkok’s de facto LCC hub, Don…

Airframers/Suppliers

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Bombardier Trials CSeries Repairs

Oct 10, 2014
MADRID—Bombardier Aerospace’s Belfast facility is working to establish composite repair procedures for the CSeries, testing potential events such as…
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Boeing Leads YTD Commercial Orders But Airbus Closes Gap

Oct 10, 2014
After trailing rival Boeing for most of the year, Airbus’s commercial aircraft orderbook surged in the third quarter, as the company logged 560…
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Ahead Of Roll-Out, MHI Assembling Third MRJ

Oct 10, 2014
Just over a week before it rolls out the first MRJ regional jet, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) is performing system checks on the aircraft in preparation for a first flight due in second-quarter 2015.

Forecasts/Industry Data

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Number and Rate of Reported Wildlife Strikes and Strikes With Damage for Commercial Air Carrier Aircraft USA, 1990-2013

Oct 10, 2014
/site-files/aviationweek.com/files/uploads/2014/10/AVD_10_10_2014_cht1.pdf Number and Rate of Reported Wildlife Strikes and Strikes With Damage for…