The airline plans to use a Boeing 777-200LR on the route. Scheduled flight time is 17 hr. 35 min. westbound. Emirates said it can fly the aircraft with a full passenger cabin of 266 seats in a three-class configuration and carry 15 tons of cargo.
According to analysis by Malaysia Airports, “there has been no occasion where flight operations were disrupted due to [pavement and stabilization] works” near the KLIA2 terminal from which AirAsia operates.
Some other major Asian carriers have also seen cargo yields and load factors drop in the second quarter, a worrying sign in a region where cargo is a relatively large part of airline operations.
LONDON—Rolls-Royce says it is positioning itself for long-term growth despite drops in revenue and profit in the first six months of 2015. Company revenues fell by 3% to £6.3 billion ($9.8 billion) compared to the first half of 2014, the company told investors on a recent earnings call, and underlying profits were down by more than 32% to £439 million, compared to £636 million a year ago.
As the airline works to build up its Canadian hubs with international traffic, Air Canada’s overall capacity grew 9.3%—largely stemming from increased seat density on flights operated by two-year-old LCC Air Canada Rouge and the addition of Boeing 787s into the mainline fleet.
“The investigation concerns whether Precision’s directors are breaching their fiduciary duties by failing to adequately maximize shareholder value,” New York law firm Wolf Popper said in a statement.
Dependent on FAA findings, Dallas could “be found ineligible to receive new FAA grants and payments under existing grants until the matter is resolved,” the agency wrote in a Notice of Investigation.
“A recent incident in the United States demonstrates the potential risk after a passenger found her e-cigarette was smoldering and smoking in her handbag after she got off her flight,” the ATSB said on its website.
With an NSF grant of $6 million for the Cloud Map project, a team of four universities will develop an integrated unmanned aircraft system to monitor and investigate the lower atmosphere.
The route is believed to be the only cabotage route allowed by the U.S. government, Charles F. Donley, acting as counsel for Polynesian, told Aviation Daily.
Following the recent completion of formal consultations with Sydney Airport Corporation, the government will issue a notice of intention—essentially a contract proposal—covering the development and operation of the new facility to be located west of Sydney.
In agreeing to pay $37.2 billion for specialty metals and parts supplier Precision Castparts, Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett signals his confidence that demand for large commercial jets will continue to outpace global economic growth.
The Office of Inspector General is initiating an audit of the FAA’s oversight of Suspected Unapproved Parts for the aviation industry. The audit follows a request in March from the ranking members of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and the Subcommittee on Aviation. The members are concerned about the risks the unapproved parts present to aviation safety.
Worldwide air passenger traffic grew 5.7% year-over-year (YOY) in June, slowing from May’s 6.9% YOY growth, IATA’s June Air Passenger Market Analysis report says.
As of July 31, Boeing has pulled into the lead for commercial aircraft orders year-to-date, with 423 booked, compared to rival manufacturer Airbus’s 405.
In November, Allegiant will enter the Kansas City market with twice-weekly, year-round service to three Florida destinations: Orlando, Punta Gorda, and St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport.
The four carriers warned, however, that third-quarter unit revenues could be lower than the same period last year—a development some analysts deem could be too conservative.
A recent FAA market survey calls for a vendor to supply 255 newly built, modular passenger and flight-attendant seats to replace legacy seats the agency says “have suffered wear and tear to the point that they are unable to be maintained to a safe and aesthetically comfortable standard.”
