Global Jet Fuel Prices (midpoint)* As of June 18, 2015, compared with previous week and previous year cts/gal prev. week prev. year NY Jet Barges 182.53 -2.59 -112.56 Chicago Jet 180.78 -5.34 -115.31
“The narrowbodies are going to have to ramp up,” Kevin Cummings said in an interview with Aviation Daily at the Paris air show June 17. “I don’t believe that Boeing and Airbus want to have a customer come in the door and tell them "you have to wait nine years" for delivery."
LE BOURGET, France—The General Electric Pratt & Whitney Engine Alliance says it remains in contention to power the potential reengined A380neo with a comprehensive upgrade to the GP7200, but says the timing of such a move depends upon the airframe maker.
The second-stage expansion of Haikou Meilan, on the southern island province Hainan, will raise annual capacity to 35 million passengers and 400,000 tons of freight by 2025, the agency says, the National Development and Reform Commission. The project cost will be 14.4 billion yuan ($2.32 billion).
The Franco-Dutch group’s profitable MRO arm will have to deliver some €170 million ($192 million) in cost savings over the next three years as part of the broader push to drive profitabilty at the group level.
The preliminary assessment, published by the Canadian Transportation Safety Board (TSB) on June 16, puts the focus of the crash on the pilots and the procedures used during the non-precision instrument approach to the runway in the midst of a relatively strong crosswind and snow showers that significantly limited visibility.
The engine is a derivative of the C Series engine and, because of this, Pratt is using a modified PW1500G development unit adapted with the external changes required for the Embraer program.
IATA is “pausing” rollout of its “Cabin OK” plan, which sought to limit the size of carry-on bags, ostensibly to ensure that carry-on luggage travels in the cabin even when the flight is full. The plan, announced last week at IATA’s Annual General Meeting in Miami, met with intense opposition from some carriers, particularly in the U.S., many of which said they had no plans to comply.
United Airlines from Oct. 25 will cease operating flights from New York John F. Kennedy International Airport, and will shift all operations to Newark Liberty International Airport, the company said. Delta Air Lines will trade its Newark slots for United’s JFK slots, pending government approval. The companies are not disclosing how many slots will be traded at each airport.
The first legal loss this spring did not come as a surprise to most industry insiders. Allegiant pilots wanted to mount a “status quo” strike, claiming that they had a legal basis to stop work after the airline illegally changed work rules once the pilots unionized.
Leveraging funding from the Eurostars program, Elbit will integrate a volcanic ash-imaging sensor developed by Norway’s Nicarnica Aviation into its ClearVision multi-spectral EVS. The program is supported by the Norwegian Research Council and Israel’s Office of the Chief Scientist.
Tibet Airlines, a subsidiary of state-owned Air China, holds a 75% economic interest in the new carrier, Himalayan Airlines, says an industry official in China who has been involved in arrangements for the company to begin operations.
LE BOURGET, France— Air Lease Corporation (ALC) has placed the first of its Airbus A321LRs with Air Astana. The national carrier of Kazakhstan signed lease deals for seven A320neo family aircraft. Four of them will be the recently launched A321LRs, the long range version of the A321neo with a 97-ton maximum take-off weight. Air Astana plans to take delivery of the aircraft in 2019. They will replace the current fleet of Boeing 757s.
WASHINGTON—House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster says his committee soon will produce an FAA Reauthorization bill that will split the agency’s safety and air traffic control (ATC) and modernization roles. “In talking with House Leadership, I believe the bill could be on the House Floor in July,” said Shuster at an Aero Club of Washington speech on June 15. The move comes as the FAA’s most-recent four-year authorization expires at the end of September.
The airline plans to discontinue services to Stavanger, Norway; Vigo, Spain; Verona, Italy; and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; and has decided to fly smaller aircraft less frequently to destinations in Japan, Russia and Brazil.
