“We do not expect it to be easy,” Air France-KLM’s Chief Financial Officer Pierre-François Riolacci conceded in an April 30 briefing with analysts on the group’s first quarter results (Aviation Daily, May 1).
In a letter to the two cabinet secretaries, the lawmakers say the capacity Emirates Airline, Etihad Airways and Qatar Airways are adding to the U.S. is subsidized and “in direct contravention to the U.S. open skies policy.
Rising profits seen by ANA are based partly on its international expansion, as it continues its strategy of boosting long-haul flying from its two Tokyo hubs. The airline also is relying on a continuing gradual recovery in the Japanese economy derived from new government policies.
DFW is juggling the increasing demand for gate availability with the need to sequentially close parts of its terminals for construction, CEO Sean Donohue told Aviation Daily.
Hainan Airlines is negotiating with General Electric and Rolls-Royce for engines for the 30 Boeing 787-9s that it plans to order, even though it uses GE GEnx engines for 10 new 787-8s it has in service, an industry official says.
The MIDCAS (Mid Air Collision Avoidance System) consortium trials, supported by 11 companies from five European states as well government agencies, flew a series of avoidance maneuvers using a fusion of non-cooperative sensors and detection technologies when put on collision course with a manned aircraft, the EDA announced.
MAS is understood to have decided to phase out its six Airbus A380s over time in an effort to reduce its long-haul capacity and to focus on a more regional network, a significant part of its restructuring.
Walsh sees that effect as “disappointing for us,” because IAG considers further liberalization in terms of air services and ownership of control as an opportunity for more revenue generation rather than a threat, Walsh told investors during the company’s first-quarter earnings presentation.
“The first quarter of the year is definitely usually the worst one. But despite this seasonal effect, we posted a quarter which is not the worst that we have posted over the last few years,” Air France-KLM’s Chief Financial Officer Pierre-François Riolacci noted in a briefing with analysts.
The watchdog, in a new report detailing concerns with cybersecurity in the transition to NextGen, says the threat for intrusion is increasing as aircraft cockpits and the cabin-share Internet Protocol (IP) connectivity, primarily through information systems connected to both the cockpit avionics and the inflight entertainment systems.
“We will allow the maximum time possible for the [sales] guys to close the campaigns, but we will not build whitetails,” he told analysts during the presentation of Airbus Group’s first-quarter results.
Echoing what Spirit Airlines CEO Ben Baldanza said on his carrier’s earnings call on April 29, Cush told analysts the market appears to be absorbing most of the new capacity, though passengers are paying lower prices.
“The planes are full,” Spirit CEO Ben Baldanza said on the carrier’s first-quarter earnings call. “Now the next question is, how can we, over time, move pricing up.”
“We are making progress in reviewing our existing databases to assure the information is up to date,” FAA Director of Aircraft Certification Services Dorenda Baker told lawmakers in a hearing last week.
A total of six contracts have to be renegotiated, including those defining pilot pay, early retirement, retirement benefits, work conditions and productivity.
Next winter, JetBlue will fly Mint aircraft from New York to Aruba and Bridgetown, Barbados, but that’s a short-term experiment, and the flights will only operate daily during the peak holiday season from Christmas to New Year’s.
All three routes are underserved or not served from Seattle, but they are all key markets for Delta Air Lines, which offers robust service to all from its Atlanta hub.
