Led by accelerating deliveries of the GEnx, GE Aviation is entering a critical “execution” phase, said President and CEO David Joyce at the Farnborough air show. With GEnx-powered Boeing 787s and 747-8s entering service more rapidly than expected, GE is in the midst of the fastest widebody ramp-up in its history. About 200 GEnx-1B 787 engines and -2B 747 powerplants are due for delivery in 2013, versus almost 150 this year and about 120 in 2011.
EASA has ordered CFM CFM56-5 and -5B operators in the Commonwealth of Independent States to limit use of TS-1 fuel or replace hydro mechanical units after several inflight shutdowns have been traced to fuel contaminants.
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Airbus has launched higher-gross-weight versions of the A330-300 and A330-200 in an effort to capture key long-range markets previously outside the aircraft’s range. Airbus Chief Commercial Officer-Customers John Leahy says he already is in discussions with two airlines and one leasing company about an order for the new version, which is offered as an option.
Airbus has ended the conceptual design phase for the Airbus A320NEO and the A319NEO, freezing the basic definition of the aircraft. “We have confirmation of performance, all suppliers are engaged and the financial and market assumptions have been confirmed, too,” says Klaus Roewe, senior VP for the A320NEO family. “We will start to cut metal in the very near term.”
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Garuda Indonesia has appointed Indonesia’s Mandiri Securities to provide advice on the initial public offerings for two of its subsidiaries, but there is still a hurdle to overcome.
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FlyGeorgia, a new privately owned air carrier in the Caucasus region, is preparing to begin commercial flights. It will initially operate a pair of Airbus A319s.
Aveos’s airframe division—after failing to attract a buyer—could be broken up and sold to six companies, while its component business has several interested buyers. The Canadian firm has asked for court approval to break the airframe division into 24 lots and sell them for a total of C$10.8 million ($10.6 million), according to a filing by the court-appointed chief restructuring officer (CRO) put in place after Aveos on March 19 shut down and sought protection under Canada’s Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act.
Singapore Airlines’ (SIA) low-cost medium-haul carrier, Scoot, aims to serve eight overseas destinations by year-end, and may grow its business by expanding increasingly into short-haul markets. CEO Campbell Wilson tells Aviation Week that earlier this year the carrier, which operates Boeing 777s, considered launching services to Jakarta, Indonesia, and Manila, Philippines, but could not get the traffic rights.
The FAA is mandating an offshore noise-abating route for helicopter traffic near Long Island, N.Y.—with exceptions for safety and weather—in an action that opponents contend will unjustifiably expand the agency’s authority to intervene in aircraft noise disputes.
A July 5 article on Virgin America should have specified that the company in the first quarter posted a $49 million operating loss and a net loss of $76 million.
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