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Aviation Daily, March 31, 2016

VOL. 404 NO. 61 March 31, 2016

Airlines

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Air New Zealand May Sell Its Major Stake In Virgin Australia

Mar 30, 2016
Virgin Australia’s largest stakeholder—Air New Zealand—is considering selling its share of the Australian carrier.
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Virgin Atlantic Expands U.S. Network, Inks Flybe Codeshare

Mar 30, 2016
Virgin Atlantic Airways is launching two new U.S. routes from England’s Manchester Airport, further strengthening its refocus on the transatlantic market.

Suppliers

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Boeing Plans 4,000-Plus Job Cuts To Reduce Costs

Mar 30, 2016
The manufacturer confirms more than 4,000 jobs will be cut across the company’s Commercial Airplanes group by mid-year as part of cost reduction efforts announced in February.

Intelligence

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Australian Airport Strikes Begin

Mar 30, 2016
Australia’s customs and immigration workers have launched strikes at the country’s airports.

Airframers/Suppliers

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Customer MRJs To Begin Assembly Late This Year

Mar 29, 2016
Assembly of the first MRJ regional jets for delivery to customers will begin in the second half of this year, said Mitsubishi Aircraft, which added that meeting the initial production target will require full use of the plant’s capacity.

Safety

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Third Of FAA’s UAS Incidents Were ‘Close Encounters’

Mar 30, 2016
An independent analysis of the latest unmanned aerial system sighting reports released by the FAA concludes that slightly more than one-third of incidents involved close encounters, and one-third of those involved multi-engine jet aircraft.

Technology

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Queensland Nets Australian Biofuels Plant

Mar 30, 2016
A biofuels pilot plant to be built in Queensland by Australia’s Southern Oil Refining will supply fuels for the U.S. Navy and Royal Australian Navy and could lead to a commercial-scale production facility that would also produce aviation biofuels for airlines.
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Alcohol-To-Jet Moves Closer To Alaska Airlines Demo Flight

Mar 30, 2016
Alcohol-to-jet (ATJ) biofuel has passed balloting at standards developer ASTM international, and is expected to be approved for use in aircraft by early April.

Industry Data

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Airline Snapshot: All Nippon Airways

Mar 31, 2016
View the Airline Snapshot: All Nippon Airways Chart in PDF format.

Programs

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JAXA Continues To Assess X-Ray Space Telescope Failure

Mar 30, 2016
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has been unable to assess the condition of its Hitomi X-ray astronomy satellite, despite briefly receiving signals from one of five pieces into which the spacecraft has broken after an apparent onboard failure of some kind.