Subscription Required

 

Aviation Daily, September 9, 2015 is published in Aviation Daily, an Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN) Market Briefing and is included with your AWIN membership.

Already a member of AWIN or subscribe to Aviation Daily through your company? Login with your existing email and password

Not a member?  Learn how to access the market intelligence and data you need to stay abreast of what's happening in the air transport community.

LoginLearn How
Magazine Issue

Aviation Daily, September 9, 2015

VOL. 402 NO. 49 September 09, 2015

Airlines

article

United CEO Jeff Smisek Leaves Amid Corruption Probe

Sep 08, 2015
Smisek was replaced immediately by Oscar Munoz, a long-time United and Continental board member, who was most recently president and COO of CSX Corporation.
article

Silver Airways Says It Is Improving EAS Reliability

Sep 08, 2015
Silver Airways blamed a “series of unforeseen and uncontrollable events,” including a parts shortage and poor winter weather, for its operational reliability problems earlier this year in three Essential Air Service (EAS) markets.

Labor

article

Lufthansa Cancels 1,000 Flights As Pilot Conflict Deepens

Sep 08, 2015
The ongoing dispute between Lufthansa and its pilots is turning into the most serious crisis the airline has seen since its near-bankrupty in the early 1990s.

Intelligence

article

Frontier Drops Three Mexico Routes

Sep 10, 2015
Frontier Airlines told the U.S. Transportation Department on Aug. 31 that it no longer requires authorization on three Mexico routes: Rockford, Illinois to Cancun, and Chicago to Puerto Vallarta and San Jose Del Cabo. All three authorizations expire in mid-November. Frontier said it has already discontinued service on all three routes.

Airframers/Suppliers

article

Bombardier Names Lufthansa’s Buchholz As Chief Procurement Officer

Sep 08, 2015
Nico Buchholz, who was Lufthansa Group’s executive vice president-fleet management, has been appointed Bombardier’s new chief procurement officer (CPO).

Safety

article

FAA Formalizes Airspace Rules For Hobby Rockets

Sep 09, 2015
The FAA is proposing to update its decades-old rules that do not formally recognize launch and recovery operations for high-powered amateur rockets on U.S. soil.
article

EASA Moving To Reduce Fan Cowl Door Loss Risk

Sep 08, 2015
To curb instances of unlatched fan cowl doors being torn off in flight, The European Aviation Safety Agency is urging operators to amend procedures, suggesting at least one related airworthiness directive is in the works.

Departures

article

Extend FAA, Then Get Reauthorization Right

Sep 10, 2015
FAA programs—including the critical Airport Improvement Program (AIP)—will expire at the end of September, and there are just a handful of legislative days for Congress to act until then.

Forecast/Industry Data

article

Leisure and Business Fares: Week of August 31 vs. Previous Week and Year-ago Week

Sep 10, 2015
View the PDF