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Aviation Daily, May 12, 2016

VOL. 405 NO. 30 May 12, 2016

Airlines

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Southwest: Mexico City Slot Allocation ‘Not Transparent’

May 11, 2016
Southwest Airlines is in what it calls the “first phase” of its expansion in Mexico. At first the low-cost carrier will target leisure routes to resort destinations, but that will change as it begins a second phase, an executive with the Dallas-based carrier said in an interview here.
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Jin Air Targets Growth With 737, 777 Additions

May 11, 2016
South Korean carrier Jin Air is poised to add more narrow- and widebody aircraft to its fleet over the next few months, and expects further increases in 2017.

Airports

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IAG’s Walsh To Fight Plan For Third Heathrow Runway

May 11, 2016
The head of British Airways’ parent company said he would fight against the proposal to build a third runway at London Heathrow Airport, calling it “indefensible” from a cost point of view.

Airframers/Suppliers

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Mitsubishi Hopes To Win MRJ Orders On Passenger Comfort

May 11, 2016
Mitsubishi is betting U.S. regional carriers and their major-airline partners will be more interested in its MRJ-family jets, now that all three legacy carriers are emphasizing passenger experience on smaller aircraft, a Mitsubishi executive said at the Regional Airline Association conference here.

Safety

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Global Group Will Standardize UAS Traffic Management

May 11, 2016
A group of regulators, air navigation service providers (ANSP), manufacturers and operators is being formed to draft a global interoperability blueprint for unmanned aircraft system (UAS) traffic management (UTM).

Suppliers

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Rolls-Royce Delivers First Trent 900s For Emirates A380

May 11, 2016
DERBY, England—Rolls-Royce has delivered the initial shipset of Trent 900 engines to Airbus for 52 Emirates Airline A380s.

Regulatory/Legislative

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IATA Chief Optimistic About Carbon Agreement

May 11, 2016
IATA Director General Tony Tyler is optimistic that world governments will agree on a global carbon offsetting system for commercial aviation later this year.

MRO

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SAS Awards Eirtech End-Of-Lease Project

May 09, 2016
CHICAGO—SAS has awarded Eirtech Aviation a multimillion-euro contract to provide redelivery support for more than 40 leased aircraft during the next four years.

Industry Data

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Airline Snapshot: SkyWest Airlines

May 12, 2016
View the Airline Snapshot: SkyWest Airlines in PDF format.