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Aviation Daily, February 10, 2015

Airlines

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Jetstar Pilots Agree To Wage Freeze In Contract Deal

Feb 09, 2015
The Australia-based Jetstar pilots staunchly opposed the concessions that Qantas had sought, so the agreement marks a significant win.
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SkyTeam Head Hopes Korean And Delta Will Work Out Differences

Feb 09, 2015
“I would say the SkyTeam platform at least helps them stay in contact,” Wisbrun said in an interview in Los Angeles, where SkyTeam was holding its supervisory board meeting.
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RAA President Resigns

Feb 09, 2015
Roger Cohen, president of the Regional Airline Association (RAA) for the last eight years, has resigned effective immediately. The association’s board appointed the current head of government affairs, Faye Malarkey Black, as interim president while it searches for a permanent replacement. RAA did not specify a reason for Cohen’s sudden resignation.

Air Traffic Management

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Tracking Mandate May Help Change FAA’s Data Link Recording Requirement

Feb 09, 2015
The issue stems from FAA’s 2008 final rule mandating changes to flight data recorders (FDR) and CVRs.

Safety

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ICAO: Mixed Review On Key Safety Upgrade Metrics

Feb 09, 2015
“At the rate that we’re improving, it will take until 2043 to hit that 2017 [target],” said ICAO Air Navigation Bureau Director Nancy Graham, at the recent second High Level Safety Conference (HLSC) in Montreal.

Airframers/Suppliers

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Bombardier: CSeries Fuel-Burn Tests Showing ‘Good Results’

Feb 09, 2015
With four aircraft now flying, the company has added more than 570 hr. of testing over the five months since the CSeries returned to flight in early September.
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GE Dowty Assessing Fire Impact On C-130J, Q400 Programs

Feb 07, 2015
Bombardier and Lockheed Martin are bracing for delivery disruptions to their respective Q400 and C-130J assembly lines after a massive fire destroyed around 80% of General Electric’s Dowty production site in the U.K. that makes propellers for both models. The fire, which broke out at the Staverton facility around midnight on Feb. 5, gutted the main manufacturing plant at the heart of the Dowty Propellers site that employs around 250 workers. All 29 of the employees who were in the building at the time escaped without injury.
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Airbus Appoints New Program Leaders

Feb 05, 2015
The manufacturer promoted Klaus Roewe, A320neo program chief, to run the entire A320-family program, including the current production-standard aircraft.
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Chinese Y-12E Turboprop To Be Certified In Russia

Jan 27, 2015
Harbin Aircraft Industry Group, a division of Avic, is working toward Russian certification of its 19-seat Y-12E turboprop utility aircraft.

Industry Data