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Aviation Daily, July 9, 2015

VOL. 402 NO. 6 July 09, 2015

Regulatory/Legislative

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Aerospace Trade Group, In Blow To U.S. Airlines, Backs Open Skies

Jul 08, 2015
In siding with the Middle East’s most-powerful airlines over American Airlines, United Airlines and Delta Air Lines, the AIA acknowledged that its members—which include Boeing, General Electric, United Parcel Service, and United Technologies—conduct a considerable amount of business outside the U.S.

Low-Cost Carriers

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Ryanair To Ditch Copenhagen For Lithuania Over Labor Dispute

Jul 08, 2015
CEO Michael O’Leary called the labor court’s decision “bizarre,” and said the company would appeal the ruling, “which allows competitor airline [SAS] unions to blockade Ryanair-based aircraft at Copenhagen even though these unions do not represent any Ryanair pilots or cabin crew.”

Intelligence

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Airbus: NEO Order Lead Over MAX Here to Stay

Jul 09, 2015
Airbus is dismissing claims by Boeing that the A320neo’s order lead over the 737 MAX is only temporary. Airbus has taken firm orders for 3,825 NEOs, compared with 2,836 that Boeing has won for the MAX. Boeing says the disparity is due to the NEO’s earlier launch. “Boeing is right,” retorts Airbus CEO Fabrice Bregier. “The lead of the A320neo over the 737 MAX is temporary—until around 2030.”

Europe

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Air Passenger Tax Disparity Worries U.K. Government

Jul 08, 2015
Over the past three years, the central government in London has considered giving the parliaments in Cardiff and Edinburgh more power to decide whether the unpopular charge should be levied in those two countries.

Asia-Pacific

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AirAsia Affiliate Files Complaint Over Damaging Investor Report

Jul 08, 2015
The report by Hong Kong-based GMT Research attracted a lot of attention and is believed to be a factor in a rapid drop in share value for the AirAsia Group (Aviation Daily, June 22).

Safety

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Safety Lapses Threatened Flydubai Flights

Jul 07, 2015
Safety lapses at low-fare carrier Flydubai and its maintenance, repair and overhaul provider, Jordan Aircraft Maintenance Company allowed for unlabeled, active oxygen generators to be shipped in hold cargo on two flights in late 2013.

Inflight Entertainment

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Virgin America Picks ViaSat Internet For 10 New Aircraft

Jul 08, 2015
The airline is a long-time Gogo customer, and in 2009, it became the first carrier to install the company’s early-generation Wi-Fi on its entire fleet.

Airlines

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Virgin Australia Becomes Latest Airline To Buy Analytics Company

Jul 08, 2015
The carrier announced that it has purchased Torque Solutions (Australia) Ltd., which will be integrated into its "Velocity Frequent Flyer" unit. The transaction’s value is not being revealed.

Cargo

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HNA Shanghai Cargo Unit Likely To Take Passengers

Jul 08, 2015
The move should alleviate a longstanding problem of HNA’s airline business: its scarcity of connections between major cities.

Leasing

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Airwork Gains New Lease Customers For 737 Freighter Fleet

Jul 08, 2015
The carrier owns a fleet of 17 737-300s and -400s, after adding eight -400s over the past year that are being converted to freighters. The airline had previously said it would add six of these aircraft.

Forecasts/Industry Data

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Airline Snapshot: Air France

Jul 09, 2015
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