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In a move designed to push the airline’s brand among certain high-value leisure customers, Delta Air Lines has joined with online shopping website Gilt to offer first class flights between Austin, Texas and New York and Los Angeles for considerably less than published fares.

FAA is proposing new technical standards for flight simulation training devices (FSTDs) to ensure that the simulators can be used to train for maneuvers related to full stall, stick pusher, airborne icing, upset recognition and recovery, gusting crosswind takeoffs and landings, and bounced landing recovery.

Hainan Airlines subsidiary Tianjin Airlines has ordered 40 Embraer regional jets, split between the current series and the forthcoming E2 update. Deliveries of 20 current-series aircraft will begin in 2015, with the first of the 20 E2s to be handed over in 2018. Aviation Week reported the order’s imminence earlier this month, though it was expected that Hainan Airlines buy the aircraft on behalf of Embraer-operating subsidiaries (Aviation DAILY, July 15).

Airbus signed firm orders for a total of 358 aircraft and memoranda of understanding for 138 more at the Farnborough Air Show, prompting its boss to declare this year’s event the manufacturer’s best to date. Russian carrier Transaero capped the European manufacturer’s event with an order for 20 A330s, including 12 A330neos. “This was the best Farnborough Air Show in Airbus history,” Airbus CEO Fabrice Bregier said.

Australian airlines are set to save hundreds of millions of dollars annually due to the Australian government’s repeal of a carbon emissions tax. The repeal, passed by the senate on July 17, was one of the central campaign promises of the Liberal-National Coalition leading up to the September 2012 election that it won. Australia will become one of very few countries-–if not the first-–-to axe an emissions tax.

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The loss of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 (MH17) is the latest in a series of potentially crippling blows to Malaysian Airline System (MAS), whose CEO acknowledged it was facing a much-needed “operational reset” even before the July 17 disaster over Ukraine. Like many state-founded and -funded airlines across the region, MAS has been suffering from the predations of low-cost carriers (LCC) AirAsia and Lion Air for years. March’s MH370 disaster has hurt the airline’s reputation and income stream, and the MH17 fallout is still to come.

More than 80% of airline CEOs are confident the industry will see continued revenue growth over the next year, but an equal number express concern about the pace of expansion in developing markets and potential slowdowns in mature ones, a PwC survey finds. While bullish on industry prospects, only about half of the CEOs expect global economic growth to improve over the next 12 months, while 5% expect a decline. Sensitivity over the potential ramifications of a slowdown or economic contraction is much higher, however.

Canada’s largest airlines are protesting a proposed increase in Ontario’s aviation fuel tax from C2.7 cents to C6.7 cents per liter that would be

Fiji Airways recorded a significant boost in operating profit for the first half of 2014, a result that suggests last year’s corporate and fleet

/site-files/aviationweek.com/files/uploads/2014/07/avd_07_18_2014_dataw.pdf Select Airline Ontime Performance By Month Rank Year Month % On-Time Arrivals % Late Arrivals 141 2011 June 76.92 21.03 142 2014 May 76.90 20.86 143 2010 July 76.69 21.53 144 2012 December 76.56 21.60 145 2003 February 76.54 19.22 Note: More on Select Airline On-Time Performance on Pp. 6-7

FARNBOROUGH—Embraer Commercial Aircraft President and CEO Paulo Cesar sees sales opportunities for 400-500 additional current-generation E-Jets before

Ailing low-cost carrier Tiger Airways Holdings (Tigerair) later this month will replace its chairman of the board, bumping an aviation industry

Airbus, in the next two key milestones on the A350 program’s march toward expected certification in early September, is preparing test aircraft for a

Indian low-cost carrier SpiceJet Airlines has selected GE Aviation’s flight efficiency services to support its fleet of 52 Boeing 737 and Bombardier

Domestic passenger demand within the Asia-Pacific region increased in May but was out-paced by international traffic and overall figures, Airports

The bullish outlook exhibited earlier this year among maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) providers has tempered a bit as many airlines continue

The imminent arrival of new Harbin Y-12Es at Real Tonga Airlines (RTA) and Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) continues a series of controversial deals

FARNBOROUGH — ASL Aviation Group, owner of Safair, the South African-based C-130 operator, has signed a letter of intent with Lockheed Martin for up

/site-files/aviationweek.com/files/uploads/2014/07/avd_07_18_2014_cht1.pdf Ranking of Airline On-Time Performance by Month Since 1995 (Pages 4 and 5 of 5) Ranking by Best On-Time Arrival Percent Rank Year Month % On-Time Arrivals % Late Arrivals % Cancelled % Diverted % On-Time Departures Number of Scheduled Flights 141 2011 June 76.92 21.03 1.76 0.29 78.29 528,588 142 2014 May 76.90 20.86 1.91 0.34 77.32 499,278