AirAsia’s Indonesian and Philippine affiliates plan to list their shares through initial public offerings (IPOs), AirAsia Group CEO Tony Fernandes confirmed via social media. He did not detail the target dates for the IPOs, saying they are dependent upon approval from the carriers’ respective boards. AirAsia Indonesia has previously planned an IPO, but the effort was shelved.
Available for the A380 and A350, the service—Airbus Real-Time Health Monitoring, or AIRTHM—goes beyond pushing fault information off an airplane. Through ACARS, Airbus engineers can query sophisticated onboard computers like Centralized Maintenance Systems and Aircraft Condition Monitoring Systems to obtain specific parameters related to a fault.
Delta Air Lines, American Airlines and United Airlines, along with several of their unions, circulated a report earlier this year showing the three Gulf carriers have received more than $42 billion in market-distorting government subsidies over the last decade, a charge the Gulf carriers vehemently deny (Aviation Daily, March 6).
In a note last week to pilots, Republic executives said Delta held a unilateral option to extend the contract for 38 aircraft for an extra five years, but suggested Republic had not expected it would be exercised.
The shop will focus on quick-turn maintenance, performing jobs that range in 1-10 days. Among the services the dedicated facility can perform are “zero checks,” horoscope blend repairs, gearbox changes and repairs, turbine rear-frame repairs, fan disc and case changes, and fuel-nozzle changes, Delta says.
The airline received certification from Philippine regulators for EDTO up to 120 min. from diversion airfields. This will enable fuel savings and reduced flight time on some routes served by Cebu’s Airbus A330 fleet.
Makers of traditional business jets are also awaiting the competition, since the government could decide to partly replace its two 737 Boeing Business Jets and three old Bombardier Challenger 604s with their products while relying on Airbus KC-30 tankers for carrying large passenger loads.
The aircraft is the third A320neo in the test fleet, and joins the first pair of test aircraft which are powered by the competing Pratt & Whitney PW1100G geared turbofan. In all, eight A320neo-family aircraft will be involved in the certification effort, which will include one additional Leap-1A powered A320.
Global Jet Fuel Prices (midpoint)* /site-files/aviationweek.com/files/uploads/2015/04/avd_04_10_2015_fuelw.pdf As of April 8, 2015, compared with previous week and previous year cts/gal prev. week prev. year NY Jet Barges 163.11 -5.17 -123.78
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Labor—including flight attendants—has always been at the forefront of the open skies debate currently pitting the U.S. airline industry against the three big Persian Gulf airlines: Etihad, Emirates and Qatar.
The first flight-test aircraft apparently needs modification following unstated discoveries in ground testing. “In order to fully incorporate the verification results of the various ground tests and related feedback into the first flight-test aircraft, the timing of the first flight has been reviewed and is now scheduled for September or October of this year,” Mitsubishi Aircraft.
Interests on both sides of the border had long considered building a bridge to accommodate U.S. residents who could take advantage of lower fares to Latin America from Tijuana, as well as to service Mexican citizens who want to reach the U.S. more cheaply.
The latest sales include one Airbus A350 full-flight simulator to China Airlines, two Boeing 737-800 simulators to Southwest Airlines, one simulator and training devices for a regional jet sold to an undisclosed customer in Asia, and one Boeing 737-900ER simulator to an undisclosed North American airline.
This will be the third leasing-company launch for Genise, who set up Dubai Aerospace Enterprise’s leasing division—DAE Capital—and founded Boullioun Aviation Services before that.
Airbus, aiming to become a “major” player in A350 aftermarket support, is poised to announce its first long-term agreement with an A350 customer and is in talks with several more, a company executive reports.
