Al Maktoum spoke as Emirates announced its financial results for the year ended March 31, and underscored that outcry from major U.S. carriers Delta Air Lines, American Airlines and United Airlines will not deter his carrier.
The engine—which flew for 5.5 hr. in the No. 2 position on General Electric’s 747-100 flying testbed at Victorville, California, on April 29—becomes the third member of the family to reach the flight-test stage.
The working group and hearing were direct results of December’s arrest of two people—including one airline employee—accused of smuggling guns onboard Delta Air Lines flights between Atlanta and New York.
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) Managing Director Mark Reis said that SEA’s growth projection means that despite “significant investment” in a capital-improvement plan, demand will leave the airport short of gates and terminal space in the early 2020s.
The new airline may launch this year, the state-owned group that runs the province’s airports said. The carrier would presumably be based at Changchun Longjia International Airport. Changchun is the capital of Jilin.
The airline, which is majority-owned by the Finnish state, reported a net loss for the three months ended March 31 of €9.8 million ($11 million), compared with a €28.1 million loss in the year-ago period. Operating loss narrowed 17% to €28.4 million.
Bellemare reaffirmed that the initial CS100 version of the CSeries is on track for certification by year-end, with some 1,500 hr. of a planned 2,400-hr. flight-testing completed. The 110-seat airliner is planned to enter service with launch customer Swiss, owned by Lufthansa, in the first half of 2016.
“Frankly, the [First Officer Qualification] places an emphasis on flight time that favors candidates who have amassed 1,500 hr. over candidates who have undertaken academic pathways through their piloting career but have not amassed 1,500 hr.,” said Faye Malarkey Black, interim president of the Regional Airline Association.
The document, published May 6, revealed that Lubitz made suspicious altitude inputs on the outbound flight from Düsseldorf to Barcelona on the same day.
Europe-Asia flows are particularly important for future orders of very large aircraft (VLA), including the A380, said Andrew Gordon, Airbus director of strategic marketing and analysis.
Europe-Asia flows are particularly important for future orders of very large aircraft (VLA), including the A380, said Andrew Gordon, Airbus director of strategic marketing and analysis.
In the case of the largest Chinese carrier, China Southern, the shift in fuel prices helped cut unit costs by about 7%, analysts at Singaporean brokerage UOB Kay Hian have estimated.
Delta Air Lines—which paid out $500 million to shareholders in first-quarter dividends and buybacks—has been leading the shareholder-return parade, establishing a dividend in May 2013 and launching a share-repurchase plan. As the carrier’s above-market fuel hedges wear off, it will have even more cash to invest or give back to its owners.
Companies involved in newsgathering, agriculture and rail transport have partnered with the FAA in the hope of extending operations of small unmanned aircraft beyond the limits outlined in proposed rules unveiled in January.
However, “in the past 6-9 months, the retirement rates have eased off slightly,” said David Rushe, a sales and marketing manager for Magellan Aviation Group.
The Qatari national airline already operates three daily services to Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG) with Airbus A340 and A380 aircraft, and now appears to have secured traffic rights to fly three times a week each to Nice-Côte d’Azur and Lyon-Saint Exupéry, respectively.
Virgin America’s obvious move for both slots would have been to add Dallas flights, but competitive pressures have made that impossible. Virgin America is flying Dallas-LaGuardia four times daily, as announced in August 2014, but is flying Dallas-DCA only three times, one fewer than expected.
Mueller officially took over his new role on May 1, and has immediately been forced to address media reports that the airline plans to sell its fleet of Airbus A380s.
The carrier confirms that the negotiating committees of the company and the Hong Kong Aircrew Officers Association (HKAOA) have signed the tentative pay deal. However, it must still be ratified by members. Terms have not been disclosed.
