Singapore’s Changi Airport is increasing its passenger service charge by 43% to help pay for construction work but will not change the fee for transiting passengers in an effort to retain its status as an international hub.
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The arbiter for negotiations between Air Canada and its pilots union has selected the carrier’s final offer, setting a binding, five-year agreement in place over the objections of the union. The Air Canada Pilots Association (ACPA), which counts more than 3,000 members, characterizes the decision as unjust. The collective agreement will run until April 1, 2016.
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Delta Air Lines' plan to purchase its own oil refinery in Philadelphia is advancing. “We expect to have the refinery up and running in mid-2013. We are in the process of making capital investments, and we expect returns in 2013-–not huge, but it’s a start,” Delta TechOps Engine and Component Maintenance Managing Director David Garrison said yesterday at the Joint Propulsion Conference in Atlanta. The refinery will be operated for Delta by BP and has the capacity to refine 185,000 barrels per day of which 15,000 barrels will be jet fuel.
Airports Council International-North America (ACI-NA)is urging U.S. congressional leaders to make policy decisions that consider the role of airports beyond activities included in last year’s FAA reauthorization. Although the reauthorization secured funding through September 2015, many challenges remain for airports that can be addressed through legislative action, ACI-NA says in separate letters to House and Senate leaders.
The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee on July 31 approved a bill to oppose the EU’s emissions trading system (ETS), but only after panelists amended the bill to limit the transportation secretary’s authority to prohibit U.S. carriers from participating.
The U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is planning to roll out its pre-screening program at 35 airports by the end of the year. TSA PreCheck, currently available at 19 airports through five major airlines, exempts enrolled passengers meeting eligibility requirements from removing their shoes, laptops from bags, and other on-site safety procedures. A TSA spokesman identifies Thurgood Marshall Baltimore/Washington International, Newark Liberty International and Washington Dulles International among the 16 airports the agency is targeting for the rest of 2012.
Pan-Asian airline group Tiger Airways in the coming days expects to finalize a deal to buy 40% of Philippine carrier Seair. Tiger Airways Holdings Group CEO Chin Yauseng says Seair, which leases its Airbus aircraft from Tiger and sells tickets through Tiger’s website, will be split into two operations immediately after the deal is completed, with the turboprop fleet spun off into a separate company, Seair International.
Allegiant Air, taking advantage of depressed values for used narrowbody aircraft, will add a third aircraft type to the airline’s fleet with the lease of 19 Airbus A319s.
A consortium of 19 aviation industry groups, including Airlines for America (A4A) and the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA), is urging the Obama administration to strike harder against the EU’s emissions trading system (ETS) during high-level government meetings planned this week in Washington.
The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) is attempting to block an effort by Hawker Beechcraft to award up to $5.3 million in bonuses to company executives under the Key Employee Incentive Plan (KEIP).
The government of Uruguay plans to liquidate Pluna Airlines and auction the carrier’s remaining aircraft on Sept. 3, a source close to the airline tells Aviation Week. Pluna had a fleet of 13 Bombardier CRJ900ERs when it was grounded in mid-July, according to Aviation Week Intelligence Network data. Of these, six were returned to lessors, the source says.
Safety officials are investigating an unidentified issue with a Boeing 787’s General Electric GEnx-1B engine that occurred on July 28 at Charleston, S.C., which shut down a runway and forced flights to be diverted.
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Airbus has delayed by about three months the A350’s entry into service (EIS) as it addresses problems with automated drilling for the aircraft’s wings. The delay pushes the A350-900 variant’s EIS into the second half of 2014, parent company EADS said July 27 in a statement discussing its first-half financial results. Because of this, EADS incurred a €124 million ($152.6 million) charge in the second quarter of 2012.
National Air Transportation Association selected Thomas Hendricks as its new president, succeeding James Coyne, who has been NATA’s president since 1994.
To list an event, send information in calendar format to Ingrid Lee at [email protected] (Bold type indicates new calendar listing.) Aug. 13-16—Airports Council International-North America, 2012 Public Safety & Security Fall Conference, Arlington, Va., www.aci-na.org/event/1753 Aug. 16—4th Annual BALA Summit, Business Aviation in Latin America, LABACE, Sao Paulo, Brazil, /www.aeropodium.com/cp/bala.html Aug. 18-22—54th NEC/AAAE Annual Conference, Providence, Rhode Island, www.necconference.org
