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GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes' maintenance facility in Belo Horizonte has been authorization by Brazil’s National Civil Aviation Agency to paint all types of commercial aircraft registered in Brazil, and not just GOL’s Boeing 737 fleet, as previously permitted. (Photo credit: Air Team Images)
The cost of Southwest's proposed plan to build an international terminal and U.S. Customs and Border Protection facility at Houston Hobby Airport would be covered by increasing the passenger facility charge at Hobby from $3 per passenger to $4.50. An incorrect airport designator code was given for Hobby in the April 11 issue of Aviation Daily.
Embraer may wait until 2013 to pick a new engine for its family of E-Jets as it talks with airlines about what upgrades are needed to keep the jets competitive. President and CEO Frederico Fleury Curado says the Brazilian airframer is studying a range of options for the E-170/175 and E-190/195 jets, including a next-generation engine, whether to offer three or four variants and what improvements should be made beyond the new engines. But he says the company is “some time away from having a frozen configuration.”
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Aspiring carrier Baltia Airlines is blasting the FAA for its certification process for new carriers, describing the process as a “procedural quagmire” in a detailed six-page letter to FAA Acting Administrator Michael Huerta.
Airbus in the coming months could be celebrating another boost from Garuda Indonesia after the carrier’s latest A330 deal excluded three freighter derivatives the airline has previously said will be purchased for a dedicated cargo operation. The airline’s cargo outfit is a wholly owned strategic business unit that has been using the belly-hold space on Garuda passenger aircraft, but the airline plans to supplement this by operating A330 freighters, President Director Emirsyah Satar told Aviation Week and other news media in Singapore earlier this week.
The U.S. is partnering with Brazilian officials to help expand their country’s airport, airspace and security infrastructure, while opening up new trade opportunities for U.S. companies.
A decades-long consolidation of the commercial flight simulation industry has taken another step with the agreement by military-simulator market leader L-3 Communications to acquire Thales’ civil training business. The purchase price of ₤82 million ($132 million) includes the civil simulation business headquartered in Crawley, England, which employs some 400 people, as well as the Asian ATR Training Center in Bangkok.
Florida startup Silver Airways wants to further benefit from the collapse of Pinnacle Airlines by forming a partnership with Delta Air Lines to assume Essential Air Service (EAS) routes contracted to the Memphis-based operator.
In the final run-up to delivery of the first passenger variant of the Boeing 747-8 to Lufthansa this month, a group of pilots from the International Federation of Air Line Pilots’ Association, representing Lufthansa’s flight crews, has flown the aircraft. The flight, which took place on April 9 from Boeing’s Everett, Wash., site, involved an aircraft earmarked for eventual delivery as a Boeing Business Jet variant.
The push for the FAA’s NextGen air traffic control system has gained so much momentum that it will be hard to block its implementation, says the top executive at international shipping giant FedEx.
With Jetstar Japan gaining approval from local regulators the stage is now set for Japan’s first low-cost carrier (LCC) market battle to begin. Jetstar Japan will be the third of three new LCCs to inaugurate service in Japan this year, and with the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport’s (MLIT’s) grant of an air operator’s certificate (AOC) domestic flights could begin as soon as July 3.
The preliminary investigation by United Airlines representatives into the effect of Southwest Airlines’ proposed international schedule from Houston Hobby Airport expects the legacy carrier to cut 6% of its current capacity at neighboring hub at George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH), reduce its workforce by at least 1,300 staff and possibly end a planned $700 million infrastructure investment.
Boeing remains on pace to beat Airbus for full-year orders and deliveries with the U.S. aircraft manufacturer maintaining a strong lead over its rival at the end of the first quarter. Airbus last month reported four cancellations that brought first-quarter activity to 100 gross orders through March 31 and 90 net orders. Although order activity has slowed from the final months of last year, Airbus remains ahead of last year’s pace in new bookings. The company set an order record for the full year.
