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Southwest Airlines has no official stance on the proposed merger between AMR Corp. and US Airways merger, but the low-cost carrier wants to have a stronger presence at Washington National Airport (DCA) and is opposed to a “new American Airlines” controlling two-thirds of DCA’s slots. “I’m not for or against the AA-US merger—I’m for the ability to compete,” Southwest Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer Bob Jordan said Oct. 6 at the World Route Development Forum in Las Vegas. “It’s very hard to gain access to National.”
Airbus Chief Operating Officer-Customers John Leahy is indicating that the manufacturer might consider a larger A350 variant. “We might stretch it, we are not sure how big the market is,” he told delegates at the ISTAT Europe conference in Barcelona. “We are studying it.” Leahy made the argument that “what the market needs is simplicity” and that the three current versions of the A350 compete well with Boeing’s 777, 787 and 777X products.
The aftermarket issued a no-confidence vote for its tool control practices—with one-quarter of respondents selecting “highest concern” in a recent Aviation Week survey. The Web-based poll, conducted in June and July, questioned the global civil aviation aftermarket industry about tool control practices, in preparation for a panel on asset tracking during Aviation Week’s MRO Europe Conference late last month.
Opposition parties and trade unions have criticized India’s minister for civil aviation Ajit Singh for saying the government could consider privatizing Air India. Singh on Oct. 6 said it would not be possible to keep funding Air India beyond the current $5.8 billion government bailout through 2020 to restructure the carrier.
Airbus is projecting an active secondary market for the A340 family—an outlook that could be bolstered by Rolls-Royce’s (R-R’s) efforts to reduce shop visit costs of Trent 500 engines outfitted on -500s and -600s variants of the four-engine jet. The airframe manufacturer’s product-support forecast sees about 325 A340s still in service in 2017, down only by about 25 from today’s total. Notably, it expects about 90 aircraft to change hands in the next four years, including 26 A340-500s/600s.
Airbus looks set to finally catch up with Boeing in the Japanese market following a major deal for Airbus A350s from Japan Airlines (JAL). JAL yesterday announced a deal that includes a firm order for 18 A350-900s and 13 A350-1000s and options for a further 25 aircraft, with deliveries scheduled to start in 2019. The order is the first widebody commitment for Airbus aircraft by either Japan Airlines or All Nippon Airways, the dominant airlines in Japan. JAL inherited a fleet for Airbus A300s when it acquired Japan Air System.
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The construction of a new and much-larger MRO facility in Batam will allow Indonesia’s Lion Air to move into third-party maintenance work, as well as catering to the carrier’s own rapid fleet growth.
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The owners of London’s Heathrow Airport say they face a huge challenge in raising capital investment after the U.K. Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) put a halt to the airport’s plans to increase per-passenger charges.
Lufthansa has canceled orders for three Airbus A380s in an effort to contain long-haul growth. The latest Airbus orders and deliveries figures, released Oct. 4, list 14 firm orders for the carrier, compared to 17 in July; Lufthansa also confirms the decision. The airline currently operates 10 A380s.
Slovenia’s Adria Airways is developing a strategic plan that will see the airline double the number of passengers between now and 2020. The airline is aiming to carry two million passengers in 2020 by strengthening its share in the inbound tourism market and developing secondary bases in the region, CEO Mark Anzur told Aviation Week last week at the European Regions Airline Association annual general assembly in Salzburg, Austria.
European Union officials late last week welcomed a deal on a global system to limit aviation emissions, which was agreed Oct. 4 at the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Assembly in Montreal, even though it bars the unilateral expansion of Europe’s Emissions Trading System (ETS) to include foreign airlines.
