Barco said Selex Sistemi Integrati selected its arrival and departure manager software for deployment at the new Doha International Airport, scheduled to open in 2012. JDA Software announced Continental Airlines has completed implementation of the JDA Cargo Revenue Optimizer and "related solutions."
Swiss International Air Lines announced that, due to the unfolding nuclear crisis in Japan, it will reroute its daily Zurich-Tokyo Narita flight via Hong Kong in both directions so the carrier can avoid making crew changes in Japan. The flight will now leave ZRH in the evening instead of in the afternoon.
Sargent Aerospace & Defense said its Aftermarket Services group is acquiring more than 1,200 Boeing 737-300 and NG line-replaceable units ranging from avionics, fuel pumps, electromechanical actuators, engine components, to landing gear top assembly units, valued at approximately $4 million. The majority of the LRUs will be "in overhauled condition ready for outright sale, as well as exchange and lease programs." Non-overhauled material will be used for inventory, improving stocking levels for subassemblies and piece part items, the company, a unit of Dover Corp., said.
Spanish airport operator AENA and unions reached a preliminary agreement to call off 22 days of strike action between April and August ( ATW Daily News, March 9), AENA said on Wednesday. “The agreement was reached after nearly 20 hours of talks,” it noted in a press release, adding that the accord still had to be voted on by workers.
The planned strike by the Indian Commercial Pilots Assn., the union representing 800 Air India pilots who were Indian Airlines pilots prior to the 2007 merger, has been deferred for four weeks as talks begin with the labor commissioner ( ATW Daily News, March 15).
Rolls-Royce said Wednesday that Asiana Airlines selected the Trent 900 to power the six Airbus A380s the Seoul-based carrier has on order for delivery from 2014-2017 ( ATW Daily News, Jan. 7). The contract includes a TotalCare long-term service agreement.
The impact for European airlines and airports owing to the Japanese earthquake, tsunami and crisis at the Fukushima nuclear plant should be limited to global GDP, FX rates, fuel prices and a possible shift of capacity away from Japan, according to a research report by Citi Investment Research & Analysis.
Air Berlin CEO Joachim Hunold told ATW on the sidelines of ITB Berlin last week that the carrier is busy completing the necessary requirements to join oneworld by April 2012.
Air Lease Corp. CEO Steven Udvar-Hazy, whose statements on aircraft programs have long carried significant weight, said Boeing's 737 replacement solution will likely include a larger aircraft offering for which the twin-aisle concept makes sense.
Lufthansa's supervisory board on Wednesday approved orders for 35 new aircraft comprising 25 Airbus A320neos, five A321neos and five Boeing 777 freighters.
Air Lease Corp. CEO Steven Udvar-Hazy, whose statements on aircraft programs have long carried significant weight, said Boeing's 737 replacement solution will likely include a larger aircraft offering for which the twin-aisle concept makes sense.
Boeing successfully completed the final gauntlet testing on the first 747-8I on March 13. Gauntlet testing simulates flight conditions to test systems and ensures flight readiness. Cabot Aviation arranged the sale of one IAE V2500-A1-powered Airbus A320-200 to Myanmar Airways International on behalf of Cyprus Airways. Copa Airlines took delivery of one Sky Interior-equipped 737-800 from Boeing, becoming the first Latin American carrier to receive the aircraft with the new interior, it said. The delivery brings Copa's 737-800 fleet to 18.
Air New Zealand warned it will lose money in the second half of the financial year because of high fuel prices and the impact of earthquakes in New Zealand and Japan. It expects full-year earnings to fall below NZ$100 million ($75 million). Japan Airlines is calling on its JAL Mileage Bank members to donate miles to raise funds for relief work in Japan. The airline told members that for every 7,500 miles donated, ¥7,500 ($91.60) will be contributed to help victims of last Friday’s devastating earthquake and support recovery and restoration process.
BAE Systems and California-based engine lessor Willis Lease Finance Corp. signed an agreement under which BAE Systems’ Regional Aircraft Asset Management unit will provide aircraft acquisition, remarketing and lease management services to Willis Lease. Willis is looking to expand beyond the engine leasing business into the market for used aircraft. The company in September signaled its shift into the airframe market when it signed an MOU with SuperJet International for the purchase of six Sukhoi SuperJet-100s with options for another four (ATW Daily News, Sept. 3, 2011).
International Aero Engines announced the launch of an upgraded V2500 engine, the V2500 SelectTwo, which will be offered on the A320 family as an "upgrade option" for the V2500 SelectOne. The new variant "is projected to provide [a] 0.58% fuel burn savings compared to the V2500 SelectOne" for a 500 n.m. A320 mission, IAE said. The SelectTwo is comprised of a software upgrade for the electronic engine control as well as a new data entry plug. Entry into service is planned for 2013.
Airports Council International said 2010 passenger traffic rose 6.3% at its 900 member airports compared to 2009, according to preliminary figures released Tuesday.
Momentum in the air transport operational recovery in Tokyo following last week's devastating earthquake and tsunami could be difficult to maintain in the face of growing fears over radiation exposure from unstable nuclear reactors.
EasyJet is the first airline Swiss International Air Lines said it performed its flight operations Munich became the first airport in Germany to receive
Eurocontrol’s Maastricht Upper Area Control Center implemented the first phase of its so-called Free Route Airspace Maastricht program, which aims to put into place a direct route network to reduce flight times, fuel burn, carbon and other emissions and costs in high-density European airspace. The first phase covers 142 new direct routes in the MUAC-controlled airspace, initially only during the least busy hours of the night to ensure maximum safety. From year end they also will be used on weekends.
Air New Zealand began daily ASPIRE (Asia and South Pacific Initiative to Reduce Emissions) flights between Auckland and San Francisco last month, moving the program beyond the demonstration stage. It launched ASPIRE—a JV between US FAA and its counterparts and airlines in Australia, New Zealand, Japan and Singapore to reduce fuel burn--with the first demonstration flight in the fall of 2008.
