BEIJING—Beijing Capital Airlines, an affiliate of Hainan Airlines, is planning to move into long-haul operations this year, beginning with services between Beijing and Helsinki and Copenhagen.
LONDON—Lockheed Martin says that computer simulation models and data collection are helping European airports make marginal but important gains in capacity through minor changes in operations.
The airline is due to launch 787 service on its Dallas-Chicago route on May 7, before introducing the type on its routes from Dallas to Beijing and Buenos Aires on June 2 and 4, respectively (Aviation Daily, Feb. 11).
The competitiveness challenge faced by the European airlines has its roots “in inadequate, discriminatory and poorly implemented European policies,” argues the Brussels-based association representing 29 airlines that carry some 100 million passengers annually.
The memorandum of understanding (MOU) states that ANA Holdings will be joint sponsor along with Integral Corp., the private-equity company acting as debtor-in-possession (DIP) for Skymark’s restructuring under bankruptcy protection. When Skymark’s shares are eventually relisted, Integral will hold 50.1%, and ANA, up to 19.9%.
The mandate is one of several rule changes spawned in part by the 2009 LOC crash near Buffalo, New York, of a Continental Connection Bombardier Q400 turboprop operated by Colgan Air.
Active side-sticks provide tactical and visual feedback in response to pilot and autopilot commands, and overcome the criticism of lack-of-control feedback from the passive side-sticks now used in Airbus aircraft, the Bombardier CSeries and other aircraft.
Warren East, former CEO of semi-conductor firm ARM Holdings, will replace John Rishton from July 2, the company announced on April 22, just days after it concluded its largest ever non-governmental order from Emirates Airline for Trent 900 engines worth $9.26 billion.
SHANGHAI—Jet Aviation is establishing a maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility at Macau International Airport, after securing a 10-year concession from the airport authority. The airport has built a hangar to house the 4,000-sq.-meter (43,000-sq.-ft.) new maintenance shop, which is supposed to begin operating in August under the name Jet Aviation Macao. Apart from maintaining aircraft, it will clean them and provide parking services, says Jet Aviation, a subsidiary of General Dynamics.
“We see no future in a protectionist aviation policy in Europe,” Air Berlin CEO Stefan Pichler said. “The liberalization of bilateral agreements will promote further consolidation and new innovative business models, thereby benefiting all passengers."
Delta Air Lines CEO Richard Anderson, American Airlines CEO Doug Parker and United Airlines CEO Jeff Smisek wrote to the secretaries of State, Commerce and Transportation, expressing alarm that the Gulf carriers have added new flights to the U.S. in the 10 weeks since they first asked the government to investigate the subsidies case.
The Budapest 2.0 project is a two-year program to demonstrate both remote tower operations for the airport and arrival and departure procedures in Budapest terminal airspace, including continuous descent approaches.
The March 24 crash of Germanwings Flight 9525 into the French Alps, thought to be deliberately caused by the first officer, “might cause us to reconsider systems which would allow the control of aircraft to be taken over by personnel on the ground in emergency situations,” according to DFS CEO Klaus-Dieter Scheurle.
DFW is in discussion with a number of international airlines, and by the end of this year, up to two are likely to confirm they will launch service, DFW CEO Sean Donohue told Aviation Daily.
The currently 6-ft.-tall perimeter fence is being raised to 10 ft., topped by one foot of barbed wire, Rosemary Barnes, SJC public information manager, told Aviation Daily.
“Our No. 1 priority is DFW,” said Kelly Fredericks, president and CEO of the Rhode Island Airport Corp. “We are the largest market in the U.S. that does not have Texas service. We think there is a clear demand for it.”
Members of the Portuguese Civil Aviation Pilots’ Union (SPAC) will go on strike between May 1-10, grounding most scheduled flights, ahead of the May 15 deadline for interested parties to submit their bids for TAP Group’s part-privatization.
The Weather Information Service application, available for Window-based tablets and Apple iOS devices, overlays weather data from government meteorological sources onto the aircraft’s filed flight plan, helping crews and dispatchers make strategic inflight decisions about routes and altitudes.
