The Houston-Tokyo Narita route—announced in December and launching June 12—will increase ANA’s passenger feed from the southern U.S. and South and Central American markets, newly appointed ANA Senior Vice President-Americas Hideki Kunugi said.
Premium—or non-economy—traffic on international routes has been largely flat since August 2014, “consistent with a lagged response to the waning business confidence” throughout the second half of last year, IATA says.
Operations at the U.K.’s third-busiest airport were halted for 20 min. during the late morning of April 20, after a drone was spotted near one of the airport’s two runways.
Brazilian manufacturer Embraer delivered 20 commercial aviation aircraft in the first quarter of 2015, which is six more than it did in the 2014 March quarter and a 42.9% increase year-over-year. All of the delivered aircraft were Embraer 175 models, including nine to SkyWest, six to Republic Airlines, two each to American Airlines and United Airlines, and one to Japan’s Suzuyo Corp., parent of Fuji Dream Airlines.
/site-files/aviationweek.com/files/uploads/2015/04/avd_04_17_2015_fuelw.pdf Global Jet Fuel Prices (midpoint)* As of April 15, 2015, compared with previous week and previous year cts/gal prev. week prev. year NY Jet Barges 182.10 18.99 -110.81
Honeywell, Inmarsat and satcoms-technology specialist Kymeta are developing a Ka-band antenna for business and commercial aviation that should offer better broadband service and suit installation in smaller aircraft.
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The $9.26 billion order, announced in London on April 17, reverses Emirates’ trend to power its A380s with the Engine Alliance GP7000 engine and potentially steers the airline toward a reengined A380neo that Airbus President Tim Clark says the manufacturer is still deliberating.
Earlier this month, the U.S. departments of State, Commerce and Transportation (DOT) invited comments from interested parties on both the subsidies case and whether the U.S. government should begin consultations with the governments of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Qatar on the issue.
“As a result of this withdrawal, no election will be held on April 22, and the union will not be able to file for a new election for at least six months,” Boeing said in a statement released on April 17.
The airline took delivery of the aircraft, its third owned A319, last month. The Sharklet-equipped aircraft will replace a leased A319 that will be returned to the lessor in July. In addition to the four A319s, Drukair currently flies one ATR 42-500.
Emirates has placed the largest ever order for Rolls-Royce engines following its decision to power its next batch of 50 Airbus A380s with the Trent 900.
ATS’s Kansas City facility, which opened in mid-2014 and complements its original heavy-check operation in Everett, Washington, and its VIP completion-focused facility in Moses Lake, Washington, is “off and running,” ATS CEO Matt Yerbic told Aviation Daily at MRO Americas.
In its report to the European Commission (EC), the agency says there has been an unexpected increase in the levels of uncooperative military traffic—particularly over the Baltic Sea, where the Russian armed forces have been flying an increased number of flights using combat and intelligence-gathering aircraft—although the report does not name Russia as the source for these flights.
The carrier has long signaled its intention to add a third direct route to the U.S. mainland, and it was believed that Chicago and Houston were the lead contenders.
Often done to coincide with an aircraft down for a heavy check, an InTech team comes in and removes the interior, cleans and overhauls the components and then reinstalls the cabin as a turnkey service.
