Chinese carriers earned collective net income of CNY5.52 billion ($815 million) for the month of July owing to robust domestic demand growth, according to CAAC.
Flight Sciences International and Pratt & Whitney are collaborating UK-based emissions verification specialist CICS warns Pratt & Whitney signed an agreement
An industry consortiumled by LFV Sweden and including Swedavia, SAS Scandinavian Airlines, GE Aviation and Rockwell Collins has been awarded an active role in the Atlantic-Interoperability Initiative to Reduce Emissions Green Connections project to validate how existing technology can be better utilized and how ground-based operations can be improved to reduce air travel CO2 emissions. The contract is one of 18 new projects selected by the SESAR Joint Undertaking involving 40 airlines, airports, ANSPs and industry partners to expand AIRE.
Boeing will develop an ecoDemonstrator Program to speed environmental technologies in the areas of fuel efficiency, noise reduction and operational efficiency. At the same time, the program will be used to ready technologies at a faster pace for aviation applications.
Air New Zealand has achieved 0.1 RNP for operations into Queenstown, giving it the ability to operate down to a cloud deck of 600 ft., 423 ft. lower than the previous 0.3 RNP, with the 737-300. The ceiling for the A320 in RNP 0.1 is even lower at just 400 ft.
Boeing sees the US military’s ambitious biofuel target of 50% usage by 2016 as a positive for the aviation industry and not a threat. Addressing media at last month’s Farnborough Airshow in the UK, MD-Environmental Strategy Billy Glover told this newsletter that the US military is a valuable cornerstone partner.
Qantas has warned that it will be seeking new hubs in Europe and thus new travel destinations because of the UK’s recent decision to halt further runway development at London Heathrow and Gatwick on environmental grounds.
ARC reported that July ticket sales through participating travel agencies climbed 14.5% compared to July 2009 to $6.5 billion, marking the ninth consecutive month of improvement but a slowdown compared to a 22% year-over-year improvement in June. Credit card sales grew 15% in July compared to July 2009 to $5.9 billion. Total fares excluding taxes and fees rose 14.2% to $5.5 billion. Domestic fares climbed 8.9% to $3 billion on a 1.4% lift in transactions and international fares leaped 21.2% to $2.5 billion on a 10% rise in transactions.
An Azerbaijan Airlines A319 (msn 2588, built 2005) sustained substantial damage at Istanbul Ataturk International Airport yesterday after it veered off the runway on landing and its nose undercarriage collapsed, according to Ascend. No injuries were reported among the 128 passengers and crew, who safely evacuated the aircraft. The accident happened at 11 a.m. local time Ascend reported. Flight AHY075 was arriving from Baku, Azerbaijan.
International Lease Finance Corp.said it plans to offer $500 million of senior unsecured notes due in 2017. Proceeds will be used to repay a portion of outstanding secured loans from AIG Funding, as well as for general corporate purposes, it said. Barclays Capital Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities LLC are co-managers of the offering.
Cairo-based ground-handling specialist ASE Group sees a bright future ahead, writes Brendan Gallagher. But it could be brighter still if competition were given a more full rein.
US National Transportation Safety Board launched a Go Team to investigate Monday night's crash of a de Havilland DHC-3T near Dillingham, AK. According to the Aviation Safety Network, five of the nine persons on board were killed including former US Senator Ted Stevens (R-AK). EADS North America CEO and former NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe, who was also on the aircraft, survived the crash. The National Weather Service reported deteriorating weather at Dillingham around the time of the accident, estimated at 8:00 p.m. local time.
US airlines recorded only three tarmac delays in excess of 3 hr. during the month of June, a stark improvement over the year ago month’s 268 reported excessive delays, the US Dept. of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics reported yesterday.
Behind any great airline lays an army of service providers responsible for ensuring that crew have everything on their hand for passengers whether it is hot food or washroom towels.
Set up in 1986, EgyptAir Hospital was initially established to provide health-care facilities for staff and all civil aviation employees. Today it is a medical hub for patients all over Egypt, and the world.
Swissport will provide ground handling for Swiss International Air Lines at Zurich, Geneva and Basel through 2015 under a contract signed this month. Annual volume is some 64,000 flights for which Swissport will supply all passenger and baggage handling services, all ramp services, de-icing and "various further airport services and customer processes," Swissport said. Baltic Aviation Academy in Lithuania added the A320 to its type rating training list.
Lufthansa Cargo will increase its worldwide cargo rates by 20% from Oct 1. Ethiopian Airlines said it signed a purchase agreement with Diamond Aircraft Industries of Austria for 10 DA40NG pilot training aircraft and one D-SIM-40 simulator valued €3.7 million ($4.9 billion).
Delta Air Linesflew 19.6 billion system RPMs in July, a .5% rise year-over-year. Capacity decreased .3% to 22 billion ASMs and load factor increased .7 point to 88.3%. Great Lakes Aviationoperated 13.92 million RPMs in July, up 10.1% year-over-year, against a 6.1% cut in capacity to 33.43 million ASMs. Load factor rose 6.1 points to 41.6%.
An Alaska Airlines 737-400 was forced to abort takeoff Sunday in Sitka after an eagle strike shut down one of its engines. An airline spokesperson told CNN the aircraft braked to a stop about 3,000 ft. from the end of the 6,500-ft. runway, which ends at the water's edge. The plane then taxied back to the terminal with its single working engine. None of the 134 passengers and five crew members aboard was injured, he said.
Japan Airlines, undergoing bankruptcy rehabilitation, plans to cut 19,133 jobs from its workforce of 47,000 by the end of March 2015, according to documents cited by Kyodo News.
The ASA Group, a leading private aviation and security services company with a base in Dubai has been ISO 9001:2008 certified, making it one of the few companies in its sector to achieve the internationally recognised quality standard.
MENA Aerospace Enterprises announced today that it has been selected by Bahrain Meteorological Service (BMS) of Civil Aviation Affairs, Kingdom of Bahrain to upgrade its weather radar system at the Bahrain International Airport.
