Air Transport World

Global air transport IT specialist SITA and Lufthansa have jointly developed bag-tracing technology called WorldTracer, which they say will “speed up the repatriation of delayed or mishandled bags to passengers.”

Emirates Airline has delayed the launch of its nonstop Dubai-Panama City services, Emirates president Tim Clark said last week.

Restructuring specialist 4K Invest has completed the majority takeover of Slovenian flag carrier Adria Airways.

Air New Zealand is proposing tighter carbon offset requirements under the country’s emissions trading scheme (ETS), a move spurred by the carrier’s extensive sustainability initiative.

Fastjet CEO Ed Winter has brought forward his leaving date to March 18, triggering the cancellation of an extraordinary general meeting calling for his removal.

UK finance minister George Osborne has signaled a further rise in air passenger duty (APD) in his annual budget speech.

The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee has approved the FAA reauthorization bill proposed last week by Sens. John Thune (R-South Dakota) and Bill Nelson (D-Florida), moving it a step closer to consideration by the full Senate.

Russia’s Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC) has reported that airlines in member states had 56 accidents, including 27 crashes, which killed 116 people in 2015, according to IAC’s Safety Performance Report.

News Briefs from the March 16, 2016 issue of MRO Digest

AerSale will offer AerSafe to comply with FAA’s Fuel Tank Flammability Reduction Rule for commercial passenger aircraft.

The Indian government has confirmed it will spend more than $12 billion on aviation as part of its 12th Five Year Plan (FYP), which finalizes at the end of 2017.

Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency, Rosaviatsia, has restricted Metrojet-branded Kogalymavia Airlines’ air operator’s certificate (AOC), prohibiting it from operating domestic and international flights from March 15 because of debt violations.

Royal Jordanian recorded a net profit of JD16 million ($22.5 million) in 2015, reversed from a loss of JD39.6 million in 2014.

For commercial airlines and airline groups worldwide, year-to-date 2016 passenger traffic, RPKs, load factors, and FTKs, as of March 15, 2016.

Passenger Experience-March 15, 2016

Taipei-based China Airlines, which will take delivery of its first Airbus A350 XWB in July, will launch nonstop flights from Taipei to European destinations from December 2016.

India’s Jet Airways, which recently announced a strategic codeshare with SkyTeam partners Delta Air Lines and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, confirmed it will close its Brussels hub and move to Amsterdam Schiphol.

Eight international flights experienced tarmac delays on US soil exceeding four hours in January, according to the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics.

Russia’s VIM Avia will lease its first Boeing 777 from MC Aviation Partners, a Mitsubishi Corp. leasing subsidiary.

Boeing has delivered the first 787-8 to SMBC Aviation Capital to be leased to Spanish carrier Air Europa.

As low-cost carrier (LCC) Cebu Pacific Air launches its first service to a US territory, Japan-based LCC Vanilla Air said it also intends to expand across the Pacific region.

WestJet Encore has started 3X-daily Toronto Pearson-Boston Bombardier Q400 flights, marking the regional carrier’s entrance into the Canada-US transborder market.

China Eastern Airlines plans to introduce a strategic investor by reducing its state-owned stakes to allow for more capital injection.

Major assembly on the Boeing 787-10, which the manufacturer describes as a straightforward stretch of the 787-9, has started.

Danish lessor Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC) is to acquire US-based Embraer leasing specialist Jetscape Aviation Group for an undisclosed sum.