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Aviation Daily, June 22, 2015

VOL. 401 NO. 58 June 22, 2015

Airlines

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Delta To Surrender Haneda Slots, American To Begin Flights From LAX

Jun 19, 2015
Delta’s move means American Airlines—the carrier DOT designated as the backup for the slots—will begin operating flights between Los Angeles and Haneda this autumn. The exact date has not been determined, but flight times will be announced soon, an American spokesman told Aviation Daily.
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Jetstar To Establish Turboprop Fleet For New Regional Flights

Jun 19, 2015
The carrier already flies narrowbody jets between main centers in New Zealand, but it now intends to open routes to some smaller cities with a fleet of Bombardier Q300s.
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HNA Plans To Set Up Airline At Ningbo

Jun 19, 2015
The carrier will be called Ningbo Airlines, and have 16-20 aircraft by 2020, municipal media report, citing the agreement between HNA and city administration.

Air Traffic Management

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WAAS Feed To Boost Honeywell Ground-Based Augmentation System’s Accuracy

Jun 19, 2015
The performance boost is the result of integrating a wide-area augmentation system (WAAS) receiver into the SLS-4000 to better predict changes in the ionosphere, a large factor in the accuracy of an aircraft’s derived position from GPS.

Intelligence

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Ex-Embraer Executive Leads Superjet Commercial Revamp

Jun 19, 2015
LE BOURGET, France—Eduardo Munhos de Campos, former Embraer vice president-sales, is heading efforts to establish a unified worldwide commercial structure for the Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ100). Plans to bundle the commercial and marketing activities of Superjet Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company (SCAC) and its Italy-based affiliate, Superjet International (SJI), more than a year ago, are progressing.

Airframers/Suppliers

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Airbus Relaunches A320 Freighter Conversion Program

Jun 19, 2015
Airbus is forecasting demand for more than 600 narrowbody freighter conversions over the next 20 years. Most of these conversions will be in Asia—specifically China—and the U.S.
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Boeing Ditches Drag-Reduction System For 777X

Jun 19, 2015
The company—which developed the system initially for the 787-9—says the drag benefits do not justify its inclusion on the 777X, which is due to achieve firm configuration later this summer.

MRO

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GE-Lufthansa Partnership Eyes 747-8, 777X Third-Party Engine Work

Jun 19, 2015
GE Aviation and Lufthansa Technik have laid the groundwork for a Europe-based GEnx-2B and GE9X full-service overhaul facility.

Industry Data

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Low Cost Airline Full-Time Equivalent Employees, February 2011-2015

Jun 19, 2015
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Upcoming Events

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Upcoming Events

Jun 19, 2015
To list an event, send information in calendar format to Donna Thomas at [email protected]. (Bold type indicates new calendar listing.) Jun. 22-25—SAE 2015 International Conference on Icing of Aircraft, Engines, and Structures, Hotel International Prague, Prague, Czech Republic, www.sae.org/events/icing Jun. 22-26—Aviation Forum 2015, Dallas, Texas, www.aiaa-aviation.org/

Programs

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Airbus Resuming A400M Deliveries

Jun 19, 2015
Flight restrictions preventing newly built A400Ms from being test flown have been lifted by Spanish authorities.
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Alenia Aermacchi To Offer M345 HET For French Training Requirement

Jun 19, 2015
Alenia Aermacchi is offering its M345 High-Efficiency Trainer aircraft to meet a French requirement for a new fast-jet training system.

Technology

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Darpa Seeks GPS-Free Weapons For Contested Ops

Jun 19, 2015
What was once a strength has become a potential weakness, with the likelihood GPS will be jammed in a future major conflict, forcing the U.S. to look for alternate means to enable its precision-guided munitions (PGM) to find their targets in a contested environment.