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A majority of Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) yesterday endorsed a new regulation that will revise and harmonize rules on flight and duty limitations and rest requirements (FTL) for air crews across the EU. The approval, which was backed by 387 legislators against 218 rejections and 66 abstentions, comes a week after the EP’s Transport Committee recommended a dismissal of the new rules.
The balance between Boeing and Airbus in one of the world’s most important air transport markets is shifting with Japan Airlines’ (JAL’s) firm order for 31 A350s, and the consequences will likely be transformational.
The U.S. House of Representatives yesterday voted to fund the FAA in fiscal 2014, a move that would effectively end staff furloughs and permit the U.S. Registry to reopen. The bill, however, is not expected to go further than the House. This is one of only a few agency-specific funding the bills the House is passing independently while negotiations continue on a larger budget deal. Senate leaders, however, are pushing for a single bill, and have indicated they will not accept a piecemeal approach to funding and reopening of the federal government.
New runways to serve London’s airports now seem more likely, after the head of the U.K.’s Airports Commission said more capacity is required. Speaking ahead of the publication of a report examining short-term improvements to airport capacity in the U.K., Howard Davies, chairman of the U.K. Airports Commission, said the country would need “some net additional runway capacity in the southeast of England in the coming decades.”
Air Costa, a new regional carrier in India, aims to acquire more Embraer E-Jets to supplement its current fleet of two E-170s as part of a two-year, $100 million investment plan. The start-up, which will be based in the Andhra Pradesh state in southern India, is a part of LEPL Group, an infrastructure and real estate company. “The airline has already taken delivery of two Embraer 170 aircraft, and will add three more by the end of this year,” says Air Costa Chairman L. Ramesh.
The European Commission has authorized Aegean Airlines’ proposed acquisition of rival Olympic Air from its current owner, the Marfin Investment Group (MIG), reasoning that Olympic would disappear without the €72 million ($96.4 million) deal and that Aegean would then automatically assume Olympic’s market share.
Etihad Airways is set to introduce the Boeing 777-200LR to its fleet after cementing plans to purchase five of the widebodies from Air India. Subject to approvals, the aircraft will be delivered to Etihad from the beginning of 2014, and each will be re-fitted in a three-class cabin configuration consistent with similar aircraft in the Middle Eastern carrier’s fleet. The first aircraft is expected to enter service in April.
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The FAA, sticking to the U.S. Transportation Department (DOT) plan laid out to cope with a prolonged partial government closure, has called in more than 800 Office of Aviation Safety employees responsible for both field inspections and certification of “critical” products.
The demand for British civil aftermarket work is expected to grow in the next decade, but most startups face an uphill struggle to enter a market being squeezed by OEMs. To add to their headaches, the current shortage of skilled engineering labor is set to worsen in the next decade or two, while the trend of partnering with OEMs offers a double-edged sword: MRO providers can gain reliable work from a handful of big customers—but only while it lasts.
Canada has added three new bilateral air transport agreements in a negotiating effort that also expanded bilateral accords with four countries. The new agreements are with Burkino Faso, Ecuador and Macedonia, while deals with Algeria, Ethiopia, South Africa and Turkey have been amended “to introduce more flight options and routing.” Canada’s transport ministry says most of the agreements can be implemented immediately.
TAP Portugal CEO Fernando Pinto says he hopes the privatization of the airline will be restarted soon, and that Brazilian investor Synergy Group will again be the frontrunner. “I hear that Synergy Group continues to be interested. It would be a good fit,” Pinto said at the ISTAT Europe conference in Barcelona. Synergy was close to buying TAP at the end of last year, but the process collapsed just before closing. Pinto says that was because there was insufficient time to complete the transaction ahead of a self-imposed deadline before the end of the year.
Industry reaction to last week’s agreement at the 38th International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Assembly to develop a global market based mechanism (MBM) for emissions from aviation has been generally positive. “Airlines need and want a global MBM. Without losing any of the momentum built up over these last two weeks, we are eager to get on with the detailed work needed to design the global scheme in time for finalization at the 2016 Assembly,” says Tony Tyler, CEO and director general for the International Air Transport Association.
A government and industry panel has recommended that the FAA loosen its ban on using e-readers, tablets, smartphones and other electronic devices in the passenger cabin below 10,000 ft.
The Scottish government plans to nationalize Glasgow Prestwick Airport in a bid to safeguard jobs at the loss-making airport. Prestwick—currently owned by New Zealand company Infratil—is a major base for low-cost carrier Ryanair, but reportedly has been making annual losses of around £2 million ($3.2 million).
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