The five largest European airline groups are in the process of defining the details of a new industry-lobbying body that would supersede current organizations, industry sources tell Aviation Daily.
As part of this, IBM has partnered with Airbus to develop two versions of Maximo for Aviation—one dedicated to MRO and a broader one that works across an entire life cycle of a fleet—either of a single aircraft type or of a mixed fleet.
The lessor’s deliveries are scheduled to begin in 2018 for the E190-E2, and in 2019 for the E195-E2, at a rate of roughly seven units per year through 2021.
MIAMI—Air France-KLM is concerned that yields on transatlantic services might erode as several airlines shift capacity from other regions in the world.
JAC, a wholly owned subsidiary of JAL Group, signed a contract for the purchase of eight firm orders of ATR42-600s, plus one option and 14 purchase rights. It is the first contract signed between ATR and a Japanese airline.
LE BOURGET, France—Airbus is advancing its plan for more-radical enhancements to boost and sustain the A320neo from 2020 onwards. The manufacturer is moving into the next phase of its A320neo incremental development (ID) plan, which, if sanctioned, will build on the interim A320neo Plus cabin and flight-deck upgrade now in planning for introduction around 2017.
The airline—established as a company but not yet flying—has acquired three Boeing 737-300F freighters from lessors: Two are from Aviation Capital Group and one is from Yangtze River International Leasing.
LE BOURGET, France—Qatar Airways has topped up its Boeing 777 commitment with a firm order for 10 777-8Xs and four 777 Freighters. The Doha-based airline will start taking delivery of the newly ordered 777-8Xs in 2020. These aircraft, which are in addition to the 50 777-9Xs Qatar has already on order, take Boeing’s total orders and commitments for the type to 320. Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker said he “hopes” his airline will be the first operator of the aircraft.
As of early June, the carrier had one Boeing 767 equipped for the trial, but planned to have all nine of the aircraft type completed and participating by year-end.
A long-time staffer and former manager of FAA’s Engine and Propeller Directorate (EPD), Pardee is perhaps best known for his efforts to establish the Aviation Safety Information Analysis and Sharing program, which is helping FAA transition to a proactive, data-driven safety oversight approach.
Airbus is confident it no longer needs a large Airbus A330 order from China to be able to sustain the new rate of six per month, according to Executive Vice President Procurement Klaus Richter.
Bombardier presented a CS100 in Swiss livery and with a passenger cabin and a CS300 at the Paris air show on June 14 in what it hopes will be a turning point for the program after years of slow sales and development issues.
Alaska Airlines is expected to conduct a biofuel-demonstration flight next year using alcohol-to-jet fuel produced from forest residues, through a project to use waste left over from logging and reduce the risk of wildfires in the Pacific Northwest. Gevo will convert cellulosic sugars from waste wood into renewable isobutanol using its fermentation process. The isobutanol will then be converted into alcohol-to-jet synthetic paraffinic kerosene (ATJ-SPK).
To list an event, send information in calendar format to Donna Thomas at [email protected] . (Bold type indicates new calendar listing.) Jun. 22-25—SAE 2015 International Conference on Icing of Aircraft, Engines, and Structures, Hotel International Prague, Prague, Czech Republic, www.sae.org/events/icing Jun. 22-26—Aviation Forum 2015, Dallas, Texas, www.aiaa-aviation.org/
Virgin America said this week it is upgrading its in-flight entertainment system with higher-resolution touch screens. Passengers will be able to watch high-definition video on Panasonic EcoV2 monitors, and the product can hold three times as much content as the current version. The system will run on Android-based software, and will be installed on 15 aircraft by the end of 2015. The airline will continue retrofits in 2016.
For a complete list of Aviation Week’s upcoming events, and to register, visit www.awin.aviationweek.com/events Jun. 17—Commercial Aerospace Manufacturing Briefing C0-located with the International Paris Air Show, Auditorium, (Conference Centre - Hall 2C), 9:00am-11:15am Oct. 13-15—MRO Europe, ExCel London Exhibition and Convention Center, London, U.K. Nov. 4-6—MRO Asia, SingEx Exhibition and Convention Center, Singapore.
