Lufthansa Technik announced several changes in key positions effective Sept. 1. Senior VP-Engine Services Burkhard Andrich and Senior VP-Aircraft Component Services Johannes Bussmann will swap posts.
Boeing said it finalized an order with Air Lease Corp. for 14 737-800s plus four options and five 777-300ERs. The firm aircraft are valued at $2.5 billion at list prices.
News from ATW's Airports Today: Airports Council International's World Annual Traffic Report released this month details a "strong rebound from the two-year industry slump," the organization noted, pointing out that worldwide airport passengers increased 6.6% in 2010 compared to 2009 to reach 5.04 billion for the full year.
Boeing expected to conclude the 787 flight test program this past weekend and is aiming to receive US FAA certification later this month ahead of first delivery in September to All Nippon Airways, according to The Seattle Times
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Finnair launched a series of biofuel powered flights between Amsterdam and Helsinki in July. The airline is using a 50/50 blend of biofuel derived from recycled vegetable oil and traditional jet fuel. The fuel is supplied by Amsterdam-based SkyNRG, which was co-founded in 2009 by Air France KLM, North Sea Group and Spring Associates. Finnair said it "will accept for permanent use only a biofuel alternative that is socially, ecologically and economically sustainable.”
The Australian Aviation Associations Forum (AAAF) has expressed disappointment and concern at the Australian government’s proposed clean energy future (CEP) plan, describing its associated tax as “onerous, regressive and discriminatory against aviation relative to other sectors of the economy.” The AAAF said that it was concerned that the government had not consulted the aviation industry and that it had described the aviation industry as one of around 500 big polluters and a key contributor to greenhouse gas emissions.
The China Air Transport Association (CATA) and the Arab Air Carriers Organization (AACO) have called for the European Union to rethink plans to include aviation in its emissions trading scheme (ETS) starting next year. Like their counterparts in the Americas — the US Air Transport Association and the Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association —CATA and AACO doubt the legality of applying the EU ETS to international aviation.
The European emissions trading scheme (ETS) appears to be one issue that is uniting the political forces in Washington, DC. Last month a bipartisan contingent of US House of Representatives' members proposed legislation that would "prohibit operators of civil aircraft of the United States from participating in the European Union's Emissions Trading Scheme." The move was yet another shot fired at the EU from a non-EU government, many of which strongly oppose their airlines’ inclusion in the ETS starting next year.
FedEx is moving closer to achieving its 2020 global citizenship goals with significant support from its 290,000 staff combined with latest technology strategic investments. According to FedEx Asia Pacific Asia Pacific David Cunningham, the FedEx 2010 Global Citizenship Update released last week highlights how collaboration and investments can both connect and engage staff while creating economic opportunity.
The Association of Asia Pacific Airlines, which represents 17 major airlines in Asia including Singapore Airlines and Cathay Pacific Airways has lashed out at the UK government for its punitive taxation of air travel in the form of the air passenger duty (APD), which was initially touted by the UK as an environmental measure.
Delta Air Lines and Aerolineas Argentinas announced a codesharing agreement under which DL will place its code on AR flights to Calafate, Cordoba, Iguazu, Mendoza, Rio Grande, Rosario, San Carlos de Bariloche, and Ushuaia; AR will place its code on DL service to Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, New Orleans, New York City, Orlando, Philadelphia, San Francisco, San Juan, Seattle, Washington, Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver. The agreement will begin in the fourth quarter.
Austrian Airlines Group reported a 2011 first-half operating loss of €63.1million ($89.8 million), slightly improved from a €68.7million operating deficit in the year-ago period. Revenue was down 0.7% to €1.02 billion.
Brisbane-based Strategic Airlines will launch flights between Brisbane and Melbourne to Honolulu Dec. 14 after receiving approval from US Dept. of Transportation.
Cathay Pacific Airways blamed high fuel prices for a 59% year-over-year drop in net profit to HK$2.8 billion ($359 million) for the first six months of 2011.
The historic tie-up between AirAsia and Malaysia Airlines could be a precursor to unprecedented consolidation in the Asian airline market, according to the Sydney-based Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation.
When next summer's timetables are released in April 2012, EgyptAir Express expects capacity to return to the level operated prior to the start of civil unrest in Egypt last January, GM-Planning Ehab Ghazy told ATW recently on the sidelines of the Connectivity in Africa conference in Nairobi.
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The historic tie-up between AirAsia and Malaysia Airlines could be a precursor to unprecedented consolidation in the Asian airline market, according to the Sydney-based Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation.
TransAsia Airways will launch weekly Taoyuan-Shanghai Pudong Airbus A321 service Aug. 12. EVA Air will relocate its Newark service to New York JFK beginning Oct. 31. It currently operates four-times-weekly Taipei Taoyuan-EWR flights. Eznis Airways started thrice-weekly Ulaanbaatar-Tavan Tolgoi Avro RJ85 service. Asiana Airlines launched six-times-weekly Seoul Incheon-Huangshan flights.
