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For aircraft lessors, the market will get worse before it gets better, but the long-term growth outlook remains positive as global passenger traffic continues its steady climb and macroeconomic indicators begin to recover, says a report by Morgan Stanley analysts John Godyn and William Greene.
Chile’s LAN Airlines continues to strengthen its ties with the world alliance with a new code-share agreement between its Ecuadorian operation and American Airlines. LAN, which joined Oneworld in 1999 when the carrier was still known as LanChile, must choose a single alliance for regulators to approve its planned merger with Star Alliance member Grupo TAM. Increasingly, evidence suggests that the new operator, Latam Airlines Group, will pick Oneworld.
Beijing is thought to be planning unspecified countermeasures against the European Union’s Emissions Trading System (ETS) after the country’s airlines said they would not comply with the law, which went into effect Jan. 1.
US Airways’ expansion at Reagan Washington National Airport will predominantly use capacity currently provided by Air Wisconsin at New York LaGuardia Airport. The mainline carrier’s growth at National uses 42 slot pairs it gained from a swap arrangement with Delta Air Lines that granted the Atlanta-based legacy an allocation of 116 slot pairs assigned to US Airways.
Airbus says it has already developed a fix to wing cracking found on some Airbus A380s. The cracks, first reported by the Sydney Morning Herald, have been seen by at least Qantas and Singapore Airlines. The cracks were first found on the Qantas A380 that suffered an uncontained engine failure with one of its four Trent 900 engines two years ago.
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With a late surge in customer interest in its 737MAX and continuing strength in its ability to build 737s and 777s, Boeing’s 2011 orders and deliveries topped its 2010 performance. Boeing ended 2011 with 921 gross orders but suffered 116 cancellations, which reduced its net order count to 805 aircraft. Its backlog stands at 3,771 aircraft.
The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) and Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) are taking steps to expand their nationwide reach to better fight issues at the local and state levels. The changes come as the groups devote more time and resources on an increasing number of state issues–particularly as states look to raise new tax revenues.
The Aeronautical Repair Station Association (ARSA) is pushing FAA to set new standards on maintenance information to better define what is essential to the continued airworthiness of an aircraft or part and who is affected by the standards. In comments on FAA’s proposed draft policy on instructions for continued airworthiness (ICA), the repair station organization says FAA must first address fundamental problems with the definition of ICA before it tackles availability.
President Barack Obama’s appointment of three new members of the National Labor Relations Board could disrupt an agreement on the FAA reauthorization bill, an investment analyst says.
American Airlines will maintain its code-share agreement with GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes until the Brazilian carrier fully enforces its new “strategic alliance” with Delta Air Lines. The partnership between GOL and Delta, unveiled early last month, contains a condition that excludes GOL from operating a code-share with another U.S. airline, which effectively would end American’s two-year code-share arrangement with the Brazilian operator.
Average yields on Boston-Washington metropolitan area flights fell by 11.4% in the year ended with the second quarter of 2011, in sharp contrast with the two other East Coast shuttle markets, which saw yields rise significantly, an analysis of data from PlaneStats.com/Oliver Wyman shows. Yields between the Boston and Washington markets fell to 28.1 cents for the period. By comparison, The New York-Boston market saw yields rise 16.3% to 96.1 cents and Washington-New York market yields 24.2% to 81.1 cents.
The financial markets have a negative outlook for airlines, even though the industry worldwide reported $5 billion in net profits in the third quarter of 2011, data from the International Air Transport Association show. Despite an industry-wide net profit, airline share prices fell by 3% in December to their lowest levels since early 2009, IATA says.
Tiger Airways Australia is adding more domestic flights to take it to the new limit allowed by Australian regulators, and the carrier wants to raise its flight cap further. Tiger is also “scoping out locations” for a second operating base, a spokeswoman says. Before its grounding, Tiger had its main base at Melbourne Airport, a second at Adelaide, a “virtual” base at Sydney, and a base at Melbourne’s secondary Avalon airport.
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The chorus of opposition to the European Union’s emissions trading system (ETS) grows ever louder, but some airlines are passing the costs on to passengers.
Despite promises made only a year ago of job security if it won the U.S. Air Force’s KC-46A tanker program, Boeing says a changing climate for military work is forcing it to close its Wichita Defense, Space & Security plant by the end of 2013, shifting its work to lower-cost and more efficient factories in San Antonio, Oklahoma City and Seattle.
Qantas says the Airbus A380 that was badly damaged following an uncontained engine failure in November 2010, VH-OQA, is finally due to return to service in March. Repair work on the A380 “is progressing well,” a Qantas spokesman tells Aviation Week. Repairs began in May 2011 and are expected to cost AU$135 million ($139.75 million). In early 2011, Qantas said the aircraft would fly again by the end of that year. However, for the past six months, the airline has signaled that a return to service early this year was more likely.
