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Start-up Greenland Express has merged with two other airlines, Eyjaflug and Air Arctic, and is aiming to launch Embraer 190 services by April 2014. Iceland-based Eyjaflug and its Houston-based sister company Air Arctic have each taken a 20% stake in Greenland Express, which was previously fully-owned by founder Gert Brask. In return, Greenland Express has taken a 33.3% stake in the two existing airlines, cementing the equity partnership. The three carriers will be amalgamated as Greenland Express Air.
The French civil aviation safety agency, BEA, has reiterated its request to the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and other authorities to define “explicit operational limits” pilots should use when intercepting a glide path from above on landing.
Swissport has become the new owner of Servisair, creating a ground handling giant with a SFr3 billion ($3.3 billion) turnover. The two companies, both active in ramp, passenger, baggage and cargo handling, began exclusive talks in July. The European Commission gave its conditional go-ahead on Dec. 19, subject to the disposal of ground handling activities at four airports, and the deal was completed on Dec. 23. In 2014, Servisair will be completely integrated into Swissport. Further information will be released after Jan. 7.
People may be buying the latest electronic goods, but they are certainly not spending as much as they were 10 years ago. That means the air cargo industry, which is being swamped with belly capacity, is being left with a lot of empty space and nothing to fill it. Talk to air cargo experts and they will be just as likely to discuss the demand for iPhones as they are the metal in the air. That is because the industry was traditionally a key indicator of global trade’s health, always showing a peak in demand during the weeks immediately leading up to Christmas.
Southwest Airlines’ deal to buy 85 Split Scimitar Winglet shipsets (SSW) and take 600 options sets the carrier up to become Aviation Partners Boeing’s (APB) largest customer for its newest winglet modification program. The agreement, finalized last week and announced Jan. 2, will provide 52 kits for existing 737-800s and 33 more for aircraft on tap for delivery in 2014. Southwest took options on 95 more of the kits – which are designed for -800s “provisioned” for blended winglets.
Worldwide airline air-incident figures continued to trend downward in 2013, evidence that existing broad-spectrum safety improvement measures are working and that areas of specific focus are accurately defined, Aviation Safety Network (ASN) data show.
Three more major air traffic management organizations are joining Nav Canada in buying stakes in Aireon, a satellite-based surveillance system which could extend ATM coverage over oceanic airspace. Aireon recently announced it has reached investment agreements with the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA), Denmark’s Naviair and Italy’s ENAV. Not only are they buying stakes in Aireon, they will also be customers for the new service.
LAM Mozambique is pressing for further information after preliminary investigations revealed its Embraer crash on Nov. 29 could have been deliberately caused by the aircraft’s captain. Namibia, which is leading the investigation, had already said there was a tremendous impact and no evidence of mechanical failure.
Brussels Airlines will benefit from €15 million in financial aid through a new and controversial contribution from Belgium’s federal government to Brussels Airport. The subsidy will help the airline, in which Lufthansa holds a 45% stake, to contain its expected net loss for 2013 to around €30 million. Brussels Airlines’ restructuring plan ‘Beyond 2012-2013’ had targeted to reduce losses to below €20 million in 2013 (from a €60.7 million net loss in 2012 and a €70.90 million deficit in 2011) and bring the company back to profitability by 2014.
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The wing section of a British Airways Boeing 747-400 was heavily damaged after clipping a building while taxiing at Johannesburg’s O.R. Tambo International Airport. The aircraft, G-BNLL, was taxiing for departure at 10:40 p.m. on Dec. 22 for a return flight to London Heathrow when the starboard wing hit the upper floor of a two-story building. It appears that the 747 did not make a left-hand turn toward the threshold of Runway 03 Left and instead continued on a taxiway with limited wing-tip clearance for use by general aviation aircraft.
After months of discussions, Germany’s Intro Aviation has finally put in a firm offer for Air France’s Irish regional airline CityJet, and the deal is expected to close in early 2014. CityJet was put up for sale last summer. Germany’s Intro Group emerged as a likely buyer and was expected to conclude talks in July, but exclusive negotiations ended in September without a deal.
Norwegian Air Shuttle has signed a letter of intent for two Boeing 787-9 aircraft with delivery in early 2016, but its long-haul low-cost model—with labor contracted in Asia and an air operator certificate (AOC) from Ireland—is facing increasing opposition from full-service competitor SAS, and from ALPA, the U.S. Air Line Pilots’ Association. ALPA accuses the Norwegian low-cost carrier (LCC) of attempting to “dodge laws and regulations.”
Developing countries could establish their own aerospace industry by acquiring rights to small out-of-production turboprops, lightly modifying them and resuming production, suggested former e2consult principal Patrick Edmond. Edmond, who is now Shannon Airport group strategy director, outlined his ideas during a one-to-one briefing with Aviation Week affiliate Air Transport World at the European Regions (ERA) general assembly in Salzburg, Austria.
Facing fierce competition, state-owned RAK Airways of Ras Al Khaimah suspended operations on January 1 and the chance for a successful revival seems remote. RAK Airways management says it is re-evaluating the “best options” for its future, but that future looks daunting due to the intense competition of other United Arab Emirates (UAE) airlines, including full-service carriers Emirates and Etihad and low-cost carriers rivals flydubai and Air Arabia.
EADS has formally rebranded as Airbus Group, retaining its Airbus commercial aircraft identity and renaming its other two divisions as Airbus Defence and Space, and Airbus Helicopters. This means the group’s Cassidian, Astrium and Airbus Military defence and space activities have now been united under the Airbus Defence and Space division. Airbus Group is also planning to change its legal status, subject to regulatory and shareholder approvals, although its organizational structure and operations will remain the same.
An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 787 has made its first flight since suffering structural damage in a fire at London’s Heathrow Airport in July. Boeing test pilots took ET-AOP on a test flight from Heathrow on Dec. 21, flying racetrack patterns over the North Sea at 39,000 ft. The aircraft was due to land at Manston Airport in Kent, U.K., in the afternoon and then return to Heathrow later in the day. It is not clear whether more flights will be required, but Boeing is hopeful of returning the aircraft to passenger operations in the coming weeks.
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) inspector general (IG) is keeping his rhetorical heat on the FAA, particularly its troubled rollout of the NextGen air traffic control system, according to a 2014 look-ahead list of “top management challenges.”
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