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London’s Heathrow Airport is planning to open the re-built Terminal 2 in June 2014. The new £2.5 billion ($3.8 billion) facility, which is earmarked for use by Star Alliance airlines, will open its doors to passengers on June 4, 2014. The new installation includes the main Terminal 2 building, a 522-meter-long satellite pier, known as T2B, as well as a 1,340-space parking lot, energy center and cooling station.
Avic and Rockwell Collins will develop, build and market civil full-flight simulators in a joint company that they hope to set up by the end of this year. The agreement offers a joint path to success in a market that presents great challenges to both companies.
Airbus has named the six-strong flight crew for the first flight of the Airbus A350. Peter Chandler, the company’s chief test pilot, will be at the controls of MSN001, along with Guy Magrin, the A350 project pilot. The two will be accompanied in the cockpit by Pascal Verneau, the project’s test-flight engineer. Three experimental flight test engineers—Fernando Alonso, Patrick du Che and Emanuele Constanzo—will monitor the flight at test stations installed in the cabin.
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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