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Aviation Daily, June 17, 2015

VOL. 401 NO. 55 June 17, 2015

Airlines

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United To Cease Flights From JFK

Jun 17, 2015
United Airlines from Oct. 25 will cease operating flights from New York John F. Kennedy International Airport, and will shift all operations to Newark Liberty International Airport, the company said. Delta Air Lines will trade its Newark slots for United’s JFK slots, pending government approval. The companies are not disclosing how many slots will be traded at each airport.
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European Airlines Ponder Uniting In New Lobbying Group

Jun 16, 2015
The five largest European airline groups are in the process of defining the details of a new industry-lobbying body that would supersede current organizations, industry sources tell Aviation Daily.
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Air France Announces Network Cuts, Considers Aircraft Deferrals

Jun 16, 2015
The airline plans to discontinue services to Stavanger, Norway; Vigo, Spain; Verona, Italy; and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; and has decided to fly smaller aircraft less frequently to destinations in Japan, Russia and Brazil.
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United Asking Flight Attendants To Track Customer Milestones

Jun 16, 2015
Flight attendants began receiving the new mobile devices this week in Chicago, and they should be distributed companywide by the end of August.
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Swiss Switches 10 CS100s To CS300s; Targets Mid-2016 As EIS

Jun 16, 2015
The carrier is investing about $2 billion in the CSeries, which Hohmeister said is “a quite heavy investment for a small airline like Swiss.”
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Air Astana Commits To A321LR Lease To Replace Boeing 757s

Jun 16, 2015
LE BOURGET, France—Air Lease Corporation (ALC) has placed the first of its Airbus A321LRs with Air Astana. The national carrier of Kazakhstan signed lease deals for seven A320neo family aircraft. Four of them will be the recently launched A321LRs, the long range version of the A321neo with a 97-ton maximum take-off weight. Air Astana plans to take delivery of the aircraft in 2019. They will replace the current fleet of Boeing 757s.

Airframers/Suppliers

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Hazy: Airbus A380 Stretch ‘Would Be Nice To Have’

Jun 16, 2015
Hazy said a stretch of around six meters would allow Airbus to accommodate up to six additional rows on both the lower and upper deck.
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Embraer Wins Orders For Both The E-Jet E1 and E2

Jun 16, 2015
The lessor’s deliveries are scheduled to begin in 2018 for the E190-E2, and in 2019 for the E195-E2, at a rate of roughly seven units per year through 2021.

Suppliers

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IBM Partners With Airbus On Platform for Life-Cycle Management

Jun 16, 2015
As part of this, IBM has partnered with Airbus to develop two versions of Maximo for Aviation—one dedicated to MRO and a broader one that works across an entire life cycle of a fleet—either of a single aircraft type or of a mixed fleet.

Regulatory/Legislative

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House To Introduce Bill To Split FAA In July

Jun 16, 2015
WASHINGTON—House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster says his committee soon will produce an FAA Reauthorization bill that will split the agency’s safety and air traffic control (ATC) and modernization roles. “In talking with House Leadership, I believe the bill could be on the House Floor in July,” said Shuster at an Aero Club of Washington speech on June 15. The move comes as the FAA’s most-recent four-year authorization expires at the end of September.