Click here to view the pdf Aircraft Operating Costs and Statistics, 12 Months Ended December 2011, Jet Aircraft Pages 9 and 10 of 11 777 Manufacturer: Boeing
The European Commission’s (EC) aviation occurrence data collection and analysis effort is growing in both size and capability, with more occurrences being entered into the system and more meaningful reports being produced as a result. The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) provides an update on the project, known as the European Central Repository for occurrences (ECR), in its just-released 2011 Annual Safety Review. The database now includes some 625,000 occurrences after gaining slightly more than 200,000 in 2011, up from 140,000 added in 2010.
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport says it has been planning for the eventuality that Delta Air Lines would shutter its Comair regional subsidiary. “This is very unfortunate, but it is something we had anticipated happening,” a spokeswoman for the Kenton County Airport Board says, referring to Comair’s shutdown. “We had planned for this for years.” Delta plans to cease Comair’s operations on Sept. 29.
Click here to view the pdf Fuel Watch: Global Jet Fuel Prices (midpoint) As of August 1, 2012, compared with previous week and previous year cts/gal prev. week prev.
Lease rates for used Airbus A319 aircraft have bottomed out and will start to rise slowly over the next 12 months, predicts the CEO of BBAM, which manages and services Fly Leasing’s fleet. Steven Zissis also says he already is seeing a slight increase in lease rates for used A320 aircraft with improved demand and “a more normal level” of supply.
Eleven years ago, Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary famously predicted that one day most or all of the airline’s fares would drop to zero because the low-cost carrier would be raking in so much ancillary revenue from other flight and non-flight products and services.
The "FAA would face significant cuts in operations” under a budget penalty known as sequestration, Jeffrey Zients, the acting director of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, told lawmakers during an Aug. 1 House Armed Services Committeee hearing on the defense budget. Congress passed the law that would require the penalty into law one year ago, on the premise that a $1 trillion across-the-government budget cut would be so painful that it would force lawmakers to agree on an even larger deficit reduction package.
Click here to view the pdf Top Carriers: Okinawa - Tokyo Haneda, July 15-21, 2012, Ranked By Scheduled Seats Top Carriers: Okinawa - Tokyo Haneda, July 15-21, 2012, Ranked By Scheduled Seats Daily Each Way Depts. Share ASKs (000) Share Seats/Dept.
The use of Embraer 190 aircraft in pro-rate operations at Frontier Airlines is inconsistent with Republic Airways’ goal to convert its branded-airline subsidiary into an “ultra-low-cost carrier,” Republic CEO Bryan Bedford says, which is why the regional carrier is returning two of the 99-seat jets to lessors this fall and selling five under a tentative deal with US Airways.
In a move reflective of the difficulties U.S. airlines continue to have with their long-sought service to Tokyo’s close-in Haneda International Airport, particularly from cities in the eastern U.S., Delta Air Lines is asking for U.S. Transportation Department (DOT) permission to move its Detroit-Haneda service to Seattle. Furthermore, American Airlines told the DOT it does not object to Delta’s request—as long as it is given similar leeway to move its service from New York John F. Kennedy International Airport.
NASA hopes to make the first flight of the reconfigured Boeing X-48C hybrid wing body demonstrator this week, possibly on Aug. 3. Fayette Collier, NASA environmentally responsible aviation project manager, says flight testing is imminent. The X-48C is a heavily modified, twin-engine version of the baseline three-engine X-48B, and has been rebuilt to evaluate the handling characteristics of a low-noise design.
Philippine carrier ZestAir is withdrawing from all turboprop routes, a sign it may be phasing out its Xian Aircraft MA60s. Brian Hogan, the airline’s chief executive adviser, says ZestAir in the coming weeks will decide whether to discard the Chinese-built aircraft. The airline states on its website that turboprop services will end about Oct. 28 and that it will no longer take bookings on its MA60s after that date.
JetBlue Airways says it has amended its E-190 acquisition agreement with Embraer to give the carrier until July 31, 2013, to decide whether to amend the deal to include a new E-190 variant—if the aircraft manufacturer develops one.
Transport and environment ministers from 17 countries opposed to the EU’s emissions trading system (ETS) were not able to agree on methods to combat greenhouse gas emissions during the first day of the closed-door meetings this week, several sources close to the talks tell Aviation Week. The aim of the meetings, which began July 31 and ran through yesterday, was to find political consensus on a global alternative to the ETS and to support the technical work being undertaken in the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).
The Myanmar government’s desire to attract foreign trade and tourism, coupled with the recent easing of sanctions against the country, is leading foreign carriers to rush in with new service. All Nippon Airways (ANA), EVA Airways and Korean Air (KAL) plan to launch flights to the country in the coming months, and Qatar Airways plans to resume services suspended in 2008 due to high fuel prices.
Allegiant Air, which is planning to bring at least 19 used Airbus A319 aircraft into its fleet over the next few years, also is open to adding to its group of six used Boeing 757s.
The nomination of Michael Huerta to a five-year term as FAA administrator took another step forward July 31 with unanimous approval by the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (Texas), the committee’s top Republican, says some senators have not received answers to written questions to Huerta, who is currently the acting administrator, but the nomination proceeded regardless.
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.
Click here to view the pdf Aircraft Operating Costs and Statistics, 12 Months Ended December 2011, Jet Aircraft Pages 7 and 8 of 11 757-200 Manufacturer: Boeing
