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Boeing reaffirms it is on track to develop the 777X derivative for service entry by the end of the decade and is not stalling the new widebody project. Denying a Seattle Times report that development progress is slowing, Ray Conner, president and CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, says, “Our timing on a decision to offer that airplane has not changed. We are absolutely committed to the 777X and continue to invest the necessary time and resources to ensure we produce a superior airplane for our customers.”
Honeywell is demonstrating an enhanced version of its RDR-4000 IntuVue commercial-aircraft weather radar, which includes predictive hail and lighting detection as well as extended-range turbulence detection. Certified this year, the enhanced radar has entered service with a “large airline” launch customer, which so far has a single Boeing 737NG equipped with the system. Flight demonstrations to additional potential forward-fit and retrofit customers are under way using Honeywell’s Convair 580 radar test-bed.
Honeywell is “in discussions with a Russian firm regarding the potential use of our TPE331-12U engine” in Antonov An-2 aircraft, the U.S. manufacturer tells Aviation Week.
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Four companies have expressed interest in buying the assets of bankrupt Uruguayan airline Pluna, according to a source close to the airline, who says Argentine carrier Sol and Venezuelan’s Conviasa have joined Uruguayan airlines BQB and Cutsca in the bidding process. The auction is scheduled for Sept. 13. The Uruguayan government has stipulated that the auction winner also must take on 250 former Pluna employees within 60 days and that Pluna’s assets—13 Bombardier CRJ900ERs and route authorities—go to a single buyer.
Airbus plans to introduce the A350 in at least three batches in an effort to incorporate important changes while keeping to its planned entry-into-service schedule. The most significant modifications to the aircraft will be made in the transition from batch 2 to 3, which is to take place with MSN17, several industry sources tell AviationWeek. Weight Reduction
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The Allied Pilots Association (APA) says it is attempting to gain American Airlines’ attention by authorizing the union’s board to prepare a strike ballot if management imposes “negative term sheet provisions.” Strikes are rare while a company is restructuring under Chapter 11; “This is basically a shot across the bow” after the pilots rejected American’s “last, best and final” contract offer, says an APA spokesman,
Qantas has cancelled its firm orders for 35 Boeing 787-9 aircraft, but executives say that by moving forward options it can still add -9s starting 2016 if it meets its target for turning around its international operation.
One year after Boeing unexpectedly ended an acrimonious dispute with the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) with a four-year contract deal, the company is facing a new quarrel, this time with its Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace (Speea)-represented workforce.
Lufthansa’s cabin crew union UFO has decided to continue negotiations until next week before calling on members to strike rather than proceed with immediate industrial action. The union yesterday rejected what was declared to be a final contract offer by the airline, saying the proposal was “not negotiable” because it demanded drastic cuts and efficiency gains.
Taiwan’s third-largest airline TransAsia Airways wants to work with the country’s two larger competitors to establish a low-cost carrier (LCC). Foreign LCCs are luring some Taiwanese travelers away from local carriers, and if the Taiwanese operators fail to respond the foreign airlines will capture this market segment, said a TransAsia spokeswoman when asked to clarify remarks made by TransAsia’s chairman, Vincent Lin.
The U.S. Transportation Department‘s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) is calling on the FAA to improve management of a program that requires airports to assess potential wildlife aircraft strikes. “FAA has not developed robust inspection practices, and its inspectors do not have the technical expertise to effectively oversee the Program,” the report says of the FAA's Wildlife Hazard Mitigation Program.
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The University of North Dakota (UND) is getting ready to launch an unusual joint program with the Grand Forks County Sheriff’s Department that it hopes will establish a template for law enforcement use of small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). Planned to begin in early October, pending FAA approvals, the program will see UND Department of Aviation personnel operating up to four small fixed- and rotary-wing UAS in support of the police anywhere within 16 counties in northeast North Dakota.
