With the contract air traffic tower program protected in the current fiscal year, aviation groups are now turning their attention to fiscal 2014 to guard against potential cuts that could threaten the program. Leaders from nearly a dozen associations concerned with the issue wrote House of Representatives and Senate appropriators seeking $150 million for the program in the next fiscal year, and a provision that would ensure the continued operation of the towers.
Officials of the European Commission (EC) and the FAA have welcomed the International Air Transport Association (IATA) proposal for a single, mandatory, market-based measure (MBM) regime to offset aviation emissions starting in 2020.
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All Nippon Airways (ANA) expects its Boeing 787-8 delivery total for the current fiscal year will not be altered due to the battery issue that grounded the type worldwide and put a temporary hold on deliveries. The carrier is due to take delivery of another eight 787s through the end of March, in addition to its current fleet of 19, said ANA CEO Osamu Shinobe on the sidelines of the International Air Transport Association’s annual general meeting in Cape Town. The delivery schedule is “back to the original plan,” Shinobe added.
Etihad Airways is talking to aircraft manufacturers about a major combined order that would cover its own long-term fleet plans and those of some of the airlines that it partly owns.
Delta Air Lines CEO Richard Anderson will be chairman of the International Air Transport Association’s (IATA’s) board of directors for the next 12 months, succeeding Qantas Airways’ chief Alan Joyce. Anderson’s successor will be named at the close of IATA’s 70th annual general meeting, which will be held June 1-3, 2014 in Doha.
Emirates Airline is considering a more prominent transpacific operation in what would be a slight twist to its business model. The airline may commence service through more intermediate points in Asia to destinations in North America, President Tim Clark said on the sidelines of the International Air Transport Association annual general meeting in Cape Town.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) says there will be opportunities over the next six months to influence a number of governments toward harmonizing passenger rights regulations.
Air France-KLM Group’s three-year restructuring plan, Transform 2015, is on track, but its short- and medium-haul passenger network and cargo business will require additional measures due to the poor economic environment in Europe, especially in the Eurozone.
Pratt & Whitney’s PW1100G geared turbofan for the re-engined Airbus A320NEO has entered flight tests on the company’s Boeing 747SP flying testbed. The flight tests, which began from Pratt’s Montreal, Quebec facility on May 15, get underway as the engine manufacturer confirms it has decided to drop the variable area fan nozzle (VAFN) feature from the NEO engine.
Japan Airlines (JAL) is discussing a major order with Boeing and Airbus for the eventual replacement of its Boeing 777 fleet, and the carrier is not averse to splitting the order between more than one aircraft type or manufacturer.
US Airways and American Airlines are expected to reveal their post-merger senior management team within the next 2-3 weeks, says American CEO Tom Horton. The carriers already have announced a board membership structure for their proposed merged airline, and have said that US Airways head Doug Parker will be CEO and Horton initially will be non-executive chairman.
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The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has won support from most members to support a mandatory emissions offsetting scheme in which all operators would have to buy carbon credits from other industries to offset their future growth. A mandatory carbon offsetting scheme is the simplest and most effective market-based measure (MBM) to reach carbon neutral growth from 2020, IATA believes.
Bombardier is “guardedly optimistic” about being able to announce new sales for its CSeries narrowbody family at the Paris air show, Senior Vice President Sales and Marketing Chet Fuller said on the sidelines of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) annual general meeting in Cape Town. However, the aircraft will not fly before the Paris air show, he says.
China Southern Airlines has received China’s first Boeing 787—five years after it was due—offering the carrier a new tool for dealing with its chronically weak international business. Perhaps ideal for China Southern’s challenge of opening long-range routes with modest traffic from its Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport base, 787s are expected to fly between the hub airport and Paris Charles de Gaulle, Vancouver International, London Heathrow and Auckland airports.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is lifting its profit forecast for the global airline industry in 2013 to $12.7 billion, thanks partly to lower oil prices and average load factor rising above 80% for the first time.
Boeing has started final body join of the first 787-9 stretch derivative at its Everett, Wash, facility. The 206-ft long variant is stretched 20-ft over the baseline 787-8 and will carry 290 passengers in a typical three-class configuration, or 40 additional passengers. The aircraft, which will enter service early in 2014 with launch customer Air New Zealand, is expected to begin its test campaign in the third quarter.
