California Pacific Airlines has received its first Embraer 170 aircraft and will begin flight crew training within the next few weeks, but the Carlsbad, Calif.-based aspiring carrier plans to ask the U.S. Transportation Department (DOT) for more time to get its business off the ground.
Gogo intends to upgrade its inflight connectivity services on United Airlines’ premium service fleet to improve wireless access for passengers. The service provider will begin the upgrade, which involves the installation of hardware and software on the 13 Boeing 757-200s that comprise the United p.s. fleet, in early 2013, the company tells Aviation Week.
An early-out provision in AMR Corp.’s “last, best and final offer” to its flight attendants union could reduce the number of furloughs required to meet management’s new $195 million cost-savings target from the labor group. The Association of Professional Flight Attendants (APFA) board has sent the offer to its membership for a vote, which closes Aug. 19.
The U.S. Transportation Department says it will not give airlines more time to comply with new rules on the consistent assessment of baggage fees on interline and code-share itineraries being implemented July 24, but will exercise some discretion in penalizing carriers for violations.
Budget and political decisions made in Berlin, Brussels and Washington will help shape the global aerospace industry. So it was not surprising that an undercurrent of anxiety ran through the recent Farnborough air show.
Wings Club of New York , New York, has selected USMC Gen. (ret.) John Dailey, director of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, to receive the 2012 Distinguished Achievement Award.
Click here to view the pdf Aircraft Operating Costs and Statistics, 12 Months Ended December 2011, Regional Jets Page 3 CRJ 700 Manufacturer: Bombardier
Spirit Airlines’ rapid expansion of service at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) is opening markets that Southwest Airlines could serve nonstop from nearby Dallas Love Field when federal restrictions on service there are lifted in October 2014, an Aviation Week analysis shows. But Barry Biffle, Spirit’s chief marketing officer, says he is not concerned. “You’re talking two years from now, and it’s a big market,” Biffle says. “We’re only putting in enough service to soak up the stimulation [of new demand] with our lower fares.”
Hegan Basque Aerospace Cluster Association of the Basque Country, Bilbao, Spain, appointed Ignacio Mataix, CEO of ITP Group, president, succeeding Jorge Unda, who has become VP. Pedro Fuente was named secretary.
Hawaiian Airlines attributes all of its 2011 operating profit to its growing transpacific operations, the carrier states in financial filings with the U.S. Transportation Department (DOT), and those services continued to make a disproportional contribution to its positive financial performance in the first quarter of this year. The carrier’s DOT Form 41 filings show a $38.4 million operating profit and 10% operating margin for the transpacific services in 2011, but a $13.6 million operating loss and negative 1% margin on domestic services.
Several companies in Thailand are hoping to capitalize on the country’s air traffic growth by starting new carriers. Potential startup Shaba Airlines plans to operate an Airbus A340 from Bangkok to Iran, the Civil Aviation Department’s Wiwit Deepradit, tells Aviation Week. Wiwit, who is chief of the flight operations inspections group, also notes that the carrier has applied for an air operator certificate (AOC), but he would not disclose who owns the airline.
Click here to view the pdf Aircraft Operating Costs and Statistics, 12 Months Ended December 2011, Regional Jets Page 4 CRJ 900 Manufacturer: Bombardier
Transport and environmental ministers from several countries opposed to the EU’s emissions trading system (ETS) will gather in Washington July 31-Aug. 1 for closed-door meetings on political strategies to challenge the bloc’s carbon-trading system.
To list an event, send information in calendar format to Ingrid Lee at [email protected] (Bold type indicates new calendar listing.) July 23-29—Experimental Aircraft Association AirVenture, Oshkosh, Wis., www.airventure.org 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
Hawker Beechcraft Corp. (HBC) is beginning exclusive negotiations to sell most of the company to Superior Aviation Beijing after receiving approval from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court. HBC on July 10 formally applied for clearance to begin the negotiations after receiving a $1.79 billion proposal from the Chinese company for the U.S. manufacturer’s commercial businesses.
The privatization of Puerto Rico’s San Juan Luis Munoz Marin International Airport (LMM) is awaiting FAA approval, which, if granted, would mark the first transition of a U.S. airport from government to private control. The deal awarding Aerostar Airport Holdings a 40-year contract to manage LMM is being reviewed by the FAA and will be finalized after the agency awards a Part 139 operating certificate, says the government of Puerto Rico. A timeline for the approval was not disclosed.
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