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.
Air Cote d’Ivoire, national carrier of the Ivory Coast, will add two Bombardier Q400s to its fleet after converting options it held on the type to a firm order. The two options were acquired under a contract announced Dec. 18, 2013, which also included a firm order for two Q400 NextGen aircraft. Air Cote d’Ivoire took delivery of its first two aircraft in 2014, in a dual-class configuration. The firm order is valued at approximately $69 million, based on current list prices.
In the worst clash so far among European airlines over how to deal with the Persian Gulf carriers, Iberia and BA left industry-lobby group Association of European Airlines at the end of March.
The carrier is achieving load factors of 80-90% on its new flights from Dallas Love Field, which is higher than its system average, Southwest Vice President-Network Planning Andrew Watterson says.
DOT allowed Delta to retain the coveted slots for flights from Seattle, but imposed a condition that the Atlanta-based carrier operate the route daily, requiring it to ask for a waiver if it intended to suspend service for any two days in a seven-day period. Delta called this condition unreasonable and unprecedented, and urged the DOT to reconsider the rule (Aviation Daily, April 10).
The total amount is essentially unchanged from a year ago, though the Venezuela government has allowed some carriers to repatriate small amounts at inconsistent intervals.
The strong dollar is both a headwind and a tailwind for Delta, CEO Richard Anderson told analysts during the company’s first-quarter earnings call on April 15. On the one hand, the strength of the dollar has dampened demand and reduced international revenues.
