Air Transport World

News Briefs from the July 8, 2015 issue of MRO Digest

[UPDATED] United Airlines said it was "recovering" after a technical issue with its computer systems caused the nationwide grounding of all its mainline flights for more than 90 minutes Wednesday morning.

Aircraft News-July 7, 2015

TAM, the Brazilian carrier that is part of LATAM Airlines Group, expects to take delivery of its first Airbus A350-900 in December and plans to deploy it on a domestic route initially.

From the 2015 ATW World Airline Report, a complete listing of Individual Airline Fleets for the Europe Region.

From the 2015 ATW World Airline Report, a complete listing of Individual Airline Fleets for the Africa Middle East Region.

From the 2015 ATW World Airline Report, a complete listing of Individual Airline Fleets for the Latin America-Caribbean Region.

From the 2015 ATW World Airline Report, a complete listing of Individual Airline Fleets for the North America Region.

From the 2015 ATW World Airline Report, a complete listing of Individual Airline Fleets for the Asia-Pacific Region.

Brussels Airlines has teamed up Air Logistics Group (ALG), as it seeks to further develop its cargo business and increase tonnage 6% in 2015.

US airlines on-time performance, ranked by percentage of flight arrivals on-time at all reporting airports at which these carriers operate, contrasted with the previous month's performance, and the year-ago month's performance.

From the 2015 ATW World Airline Report, a complete listing of Individual Airline Fleets for the Africa-Middle East Region.

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has finalized a €575 million ($635 million) revolving credit facility, taking Air France-KLM’s total undrawn credit to €1.845 billion.

Ryanair is launching its first Israel links, serving Eilat Ovda Airport from three European cities, Budapest in Hungary, Kaunas in Lithuania and Krakow in Poland.

China’s new startup Yunnan Hongtu Airlines plans to launch its inaugural flight in October to explore the lucrative Yunnan tourism market.

Routehappy, which compiles data on amenities fliers can expect on almost every flight on more than 200 airlines, will soon provide information to many websites worldwide, the company announced June 30.

Seven years after setting up a final assembly line and delivery center for the A320 family of aircraft, Airbus and its Chinese partners, the Tianjin Free Trade Zone Investment Co. (TJFTZ) and the Aviation Industry Corp. of China (AVIC), have confirmed their cooperation on an A330 operation.

The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said it is “open to pre-funding” as a means of contributing to the financing of the proposed third runway at Heathrow, attracting a considerable amount of resistance from the airline community.

Boeing logged firm orders for a total of 160 commercial aircraft in June, following orders from Qatar Airways, SMBC Aviation Capital, AerCap and at least five unidentified customers.

Aegean Airlines is trying to reassure customers that it is operating its flight schedule normally in the wake of bank closures, capital controls and uncertainty over Greece’s future in the eurozone.

Lufthansa’s pilot union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC)—which had agreed to arbitration of all open collective wage agreements in May—said Monday that mediation has failed, raising the possibility of new strike action at the height of the summer travel season.

Airbus and Boeing commercial aircraft deliveries year-to-date, sorted by most-recent delivery date.

Airbus and Boeing commercial aircraft gross orders year-to-date, sorted by most-recent date of order placement with manufacturer.

UK low-cost carrier (LCC) easyJet’s cabin crew—represented by trade union Unite—will vote for possible strike action after negotiations over wages broke down July 3.

Airline Routes-July 6, 2015