The long-delayed Bombardier CSeries is past the halfway stage in flight testing and on track to earn certification this year, but key leasing companies say the airliner’s longer-term success still hinges on getting the aircraft into service smoothly and building credibility by attracting big orders.
The air navigation service providers (ANSPs) of Spain, Germany, the U.K. and the Netherlands have signed an agreement for the joint development of the next generation of the air traffic controller working position (CWP), which should lead to reduced costs, increased efficiencies and ultimately take the Single Europe Sky (SES) forward.
The analysis, done on behalf of the Regional Air Service Alliance (RASA) and presented at the American Association of Airport Executives National Air Service Conference on March 10, argues that the pilot shortage is real, though its ramifications are just coming to light.
“There will be no additional landing rights until the problems linked to the subsidies matter are solved and a level playing field for competition is established,” Brigitte Zypries, Germany’s aerospace industry coordinator and state secretary, said.
Speaking March 9 at the International Society of Transport Aircraft Trading (ISTAT) Americas 2015 conference here, Tinseth said Boeing has no timeline on making a decision regarding whether to launch such an aircraft and would not consider it a replacement for the 757.
The carrier, now 49% owned by Delta Air Lines, has turned a £51 million ($76 million) pre-tax loss in 2013 into a £14.4 million profit last year on a pre-tax and pre-exceptionals basis.
The 2014 global jet accident rate of 0.23 hull losses per million flights was the lowest in history, besting the 2013 rate of 0.41, and the five-year rate through 2013 of 0.58, IATA says.
Both carriers enjoy a particularly strong windfall profit: Emirates has no oil-price hedging in place and therefore has seen an immediate benefit from the recent fall in prices.
Between now and 2018, crews will work on each of LAX’s four runways to revise grades, construct new safety areas and add lighting systems as well as navigational aids that meet federal guidelines.
Airlines are “still a long way from earning [their] way globally,” Luth told the International Society of Transport Aircraft Trading (ISTAT) Americas 2015 conference here March 9. “What we do have is substantial profitability in North America.”
Cathay Pacific says the airport authority has the highest net profit of any airport in the world, strong cashflow and a healthy balance sheet. This means runway construction could be “self-funded through existing revenue streams,” the airline says.
Aimed at providing the equivalent of 2% fuel-burn savings in baseline performance, the rolling upgrade effort will also include a series of optional product improvements to push the total potential fuel-burn savings on a per-seat basis to as much as 5% over the current 777-300ER by late 2016.
The battery issue appeared to be the most significant piece of new information in the report issued by the MH370 investigation team a year after the incident as required by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).
Norwegian Air Shuttle said the company is in a “state of emergency” due to a strike by 680 pilots of its Norwegian Air Norway subsidary, which operates all domestic routes in Norway, Sweden and Denmark, and routes between the Scandinavian countries as well as a number of flights to Europe. Norway’s national mediator met with management and union representatives on March 6 in a bid to end the dispute. Pilots want a collective bargaining agreement with the parent group instead of with its Norwegian Air Norway subsidiary. The walkout began Feb.
/site-files/aviationweek.com/files/uploads/2015/03/avd_03_06_2015_fuelw.pdf Global Jet Fuel Prices (midpoint)* As of March 4, 2015, compared with previous week and previous year cts/gal prev. week prev. year NY Jet Barges 189.14 -0.45 -119.33 Chicago Jet 192.64 -3.42 -118.58 West Coast (LA) Jet 187.14 -7.92 -106.08 Europe: Rotterdam Jet (Barges) 180.16 0.23 -120.03
