Airbus has scored its first major order for the A380 this year, after Amedeo firmed up a memorandum of understanding signed at last year’s Paris Air Show covering delivery of 20 aircraft through the end of the decade. The commmitment from Amedo, formerly a part of Doric Lease Corp., brings Airbus more than half-way to its target of reaching at least 30 additional orders for the aircraft in 2014. The deal was announced at the Singapore Airshow.
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General Electric expects the installed base of commercial engines it either builds directly or through joint venture partners to reach 41,000 units by 2017 compared with 34,000 in 2013 as production ramps up to historic highs in the wake of record orders.
Rep. Frank LoBiondo’s (R-N.J.) bill to require FAA to conduct a formal rulemaking process before imposing sleep apnea testing requirements is heading to the Senate for consideration after the House passed the measure, H.R. 3578, by voice vote on Tuesday. LoBiondo, who chairs the House aviation subcommittee, introduced the bill in November after FAA Federal Air Surgeon Frederick Tilton outlined plans to require pilots and air traffic controllers with a body mass index (BMI) to undergo testing for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).
Bombardier believes Asian carriers’ desire to grow in the face of slot constraints at capital city airports will lead them to adopt smaller aircraft so they can fly nonstops between secondary cities and help free up slots by bypassing the capital city airports altogether.
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Air Canada’s aggressive cost-cutting targets are bearing fruit, and helped the carrier deliver a record annual net income in 2013 despite a significant fourth-quarter revenue hit caused by adverse late-year weather.
Low-cost VietJetAir is acquiring up to 100 Airbus A320s, placing a firm order for 63 aircraft along with 30 purchase rights and leases for a further seven. The deal, the first and only commitment Airbus announced on the opening day of the Singapore airshow, reflects a broader market trend in the region—massive growth of low-cost carriers, partly at the expense of legacy carriers and partly complementing the traditional carriers.
Regulators should be assessing costs and benefits before imposing security regulations on the aviation industry, says the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines. With great success, regulators have improved passenger safety over many decades while weighing potential gains against the disadvantages of new rules, says Andrew Herdman, director general of the association. The calculation is not easy, especially since it implies putting a value on life, but it can be done and is done. According to Herdman, the same approach should apply to security, too.
Europe’s defense and space agencies are to expand their cooperation on integrating unmanned aircraft systems into civil airspace for commercial and government missions with a second phase of a project to demonstrate that UAS can be controlled via satellite communications.
Merging commercial human spaceflight missions into the air traffic control (ATC) system is a growing concern within the nascent industry and the government bureaucracies that ultimately will be responsible for regulating it, particularly as the industry approaches sending its first passengers to space.
FAA has finalized a rule codifying that its long-standing “sterile cockpit” mandate applies to pilots using personal electronic devices (PEDs) for anything not directly related to operating aircraft—at least for Part 121 operators. The rule, set for publication Wednesday and effective in 60 days, leans heavily on the agency’s 1981 sterile cockpit rule. The changes add a paragraph to Part 121 specifying that PEDs are not permitted and defining the term “PED.”
Etihad Airways is setting up a new group structure to better reflect the range of businesses its now running beyond the core airline. According to CEO James Hogan, Etihad Aviation Group is being created later this year using the airline as the biggest of several pillars. Other units will include the loyalty program and the travel agency business. Etihad’s various airline participations will be held by the group, too.
Despite continuing political uncertainty in Thailand, Thai low-cost carrier Nok Air is reportedly due to confirm an order for “several” Boeing 737 aircraft at the Singapore Airshow. NOK’s successful IPO last June raised almost $120 million, giving it money to spend on new hardware. Nok CEO Patee Sarasin said at the time he was “excited to expand overseas more,” and the airline indicated it was already looking at acquiring at least four more 737-800s in 2014. Nok has said it was aiming for 20 737 aircraft by the end of this year.
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Hawaiian Airlines set March 11 as the launch date for its new Ohana turboprop subsidiary, as regulators have finally completed the approval process that delayed its introduction. FAA-required proving flights are finished, and the appropriate certification has been granted, a Hawaiian Airlines spokeswoman tells Aviation Week. Two ATR-42s bearing the Ohana livery and configured for 48 passengers have arrived in Honolulu, and a third is due “in the next couple of months.”
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The European Union and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, are aiming to strengthen their cooperation on civil aviation, with both sides affirming an interest to create an open skies between the regional blocks and ultimately seek convergence of the regulatory frameworks.
ExpressJet has upgraded four Bombardier CRJ900 regional jets with WAAS-equipped GPS units as part of an FAA pilot program to fly localizer performance with vertical guidance (LPV) instrument approaches on routes between the U.S. and Mexico.
