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As Europe’s Seventh Framework research program enters its closing stages, the European Commission (EC) is looking for advanced air transport concepts as part of its sixth and final call for proposals. The EC also is seeking proposals for a high-speed aircraft flight-test program as well joint aeronautics research with Russia. The call closes in November.
The FAA is expected within weeks to issue a request for proposal (RFP) for sites to test UAV technologies in civilian airspace. State, local and University officials expect the RFP by the end of July or early August and awards by the end of the year. Recent legislation requires the FAA to integrate UAVs into civilian airspace by Sept. 30, 2015, and the six test sites are a key step toward that goal.
Indonesian state-owned carrier Merpati Nusantara has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) covering financing to acquire 20 C212 turboprop passenger aircraft made by state-owned airframer Indonesian Aerospace (IAe). Merpati will buy five 24-seat C212-200 and 15 28-seat C212-400s, says a senior IAe official, adding that the first, a -200 turboprop, will be delivered early next year. The official says IAe already had an agreement to sell Merpati 20 C212s, but the latest MOU is significant because it includes financing.
Airlines are expressing increasing interest in creating “fare clubs” in which customers pay an annual fee for unique access to discounted ticket prices, says the co-author of a newly released annual tally of the amount of ancillary revenue that airlines are collecting worldwide.
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.
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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.
