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Delta Air Lines will cut close to 200 50-seat aircraft operated by its Delta Connection feeder operation, about 60% of the existing fleet, under the tentative agreement reached with its mainline pilots.
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Saab AB officials say they expect approval within 30 days to increase the certified flight hours of its Saab 340 aircraft by 33% with no new special inspections required, just as the first two aircraft from the model range approach the current limit.
Malaysian low-fare airline group Air Asia could soon add to its firm order for 200 Airbus A320NEOs. CEO Tony Fernandes says negotiations are continuing with Airbus but declined to specify how many aircraft he would like to order. “That depends on the discount Airbus is offering to us,” he said May 24 at an Airbus event in Toulouse. Air Asia took delivery of its 100th A320 on Thursday. The airline has ordered 75 more, plus the 200 NEOs.
The FAA’s latest effort to modernize repair station regulations could create as many challenges as it solves, expect several industry experts. The notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) published May 21 is the latest step in a 23-year odyssey to update FAR Part 145, the rules that govern repair station certficiation. The draft rule’s biggest change is a new ratings system classification aimed at more accurately reflecting today’s industry standards.
Delta Air Lines will cut close to 200 50-seat aircraft operated by its Delta Connection feeder operation, about 60% of the existing fleet, under the tentative agreement reached with its mainline pilots.
Norwegian Air Shuttle will lease two more Boeing 787-8s from International Lease Finance Corp. (ILFC) to bring its current fleet plan for the widebody to eight aircraft. The airline already has a firm order for three 787-8s with Boeing and an agreement to lease three from ILFC to support its long-haul ambitions. The new lease deal is for 12 years, with both aircraft to enter operations in 2014.
Airbus will have to retrofit 120 A380s to resolve a problem with wing component cracking before a permanent fix will be implemented on new-build aircraft. The aircraft maker has already delivered 74 A380s, but the total number in need of retrofit will grow to 120 aircraft because of work already in the production system, says Tom Williams, Airbus’s executive VP-programs.
Southwest Airlines will assume the entire cost of establishing an international operation at Houston’s William P. Hobby Airport should the city’s council approve the move.
The maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) market in Eastern Europe, the Baltic states and the Commonwealth of Independent States is very fragmented and is driving “hyper-competition,” says FL Technics CEO Jonas Butautis. “This region is dominated by smaller players and, frankly, I don’t see that changing,” he adds. ICF SH&E pegs the MRO market in this region at $2.1 billion, compared with $50.9 billion worldwide in 2011.
Republic Airways CEO Bryan Bedford says he can foresee operating the Bombardier CSeries as a low-cost carrier product, but will not say if Republic would fly them under its own brand.
Flight tests of the first Boeing 787 built at the manufacturer’s Charleston, S.C., facility began on May 23, completing the airframer’s goal of establishing dual assembly lines for the new widebody. The aircraft is the 46th 787 to be built and the first Boeing jet to be completed away from either the Puget Sound, Wash., area, or the heritage McDonnell Douglas manufacturing sites in Southern California. Following flight tests and subsequent completion in Amarillo, Texas, the aircraft is due to be delivered to Air India by the end of June.
Mexicana de Aviacion’s plans to exit bankruptcy and restart operations took another step forward after the carrier finalized a deal with Banorte, one of its two largest creditors. Med Atlantica, the investment firm that took effective control of Mexicana this month, has been in talks with Banorte and Bancomext since May 14. After the bankruptcy judge granted the consortium of investors permission to buy Mexicana’s shares, the next step was formalizing agreements with its creditors.
Tony Tyler, Director General and CEO of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), during an address May 23 in Beijing took the opportunity to again criticize the European Union’s inclusion of airline sin its Emissions Trading Scheme and applauded China opposition to the program as “upholding global standards . . . against Europe's misguided plans” that will distort markets and are a unilateral action that understandably are perceived by China “as an attack on its sovereignty.”
The FAA is creating a new classification system for general aviation airports to position them better for local, regional and federal support. This system, which is detailed in a report “General Aviation Airports: A National Asset,” is the culmination of an 18-month study conducted with industry that is intended as a “strategic tool” to help the FAA, state agencies and airport sponsors make planning decisions, the agency says.
Bombardier Aerospace has installed the hydraulic system on its CSeries test rig and will begin enhanced validation testing of the aircraft’s integrated systems. “This is an important milestone that now allows for the operation of the actuation systems for the aircraft’s flight control surfaces, thrust reversers and landing gear,” says the Canadian airframer of the Parker Aerospace-developed hydraulic system installation.
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