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Kenya Airways considers canceling 787s, claims first delivery delayed 3 months
Kenya Airways Group MD and CEO Titus Naikuni said the carrier is considering canceling the nine 787s it has on order, and claimed Boeing has informed him that the Dreamliner's first delivery to ANA will be delayed another three months.
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Air New Zealand posts $57 million fiscal year profit
Air New Zealand credited "innovation and performance improvement" for a near-quadrupling of its net income to NZ$82 million ($57.4 million) for its fiscal year ended June 30 compared to a NZ$21 million profit in the prior year.
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FAA proposes highest civil penalty in agency history against American
US FAA yesterday proposed its highest-ever civil penalty, a $24.2 million fine against American Airlines for allegedly "failing to correctly follow" a 2006 Airworthiness Directive regarding MD-80 maintenance.
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Air China's first-half 2010 net profit up 60%
Air China said it earned net income of CNY4.61 billion ($677 million) in the first half of 2010 owing to "the recovering global economy…[and] accelerated economic growth in China…[and] reasonable control of operating costs."
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ANA targets first 787 commercial flight in March after fresh delay
Boeing 787 launch customer All Nippon Airways (ANA) now aims to operate its first commercial flight with the 787-8 in March, following Boeing's announcement today of a fresh delay to the program. A spokeswoman from the airline, which had initially expected the first delivery this year-end, says the delay is "regrettable".
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More Rossiya An-148s to undergo enhancement
St Petersburg-based Rossiya is to modify other Antonov An-148 regional jets in its fleet as the airline continues to introduce the type to its operation. The carrier on 24 August accepted the fifth serially built An-148, with the sixth of the type due to begin pre-delivery test flights at the Voronezh airframer VASO.
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Other News

Air Berlin CEO Joachim Hunold has said the carrier has rebounded "slower than expected" from April's volcanic ash-related airspace closures in Europe, which cost it "about €40 million" ($50.6 million) in lost revenue and forced the cancellation of "3,625 flights, resulting in a loss of 600,000 seats affecting 400,000 passengers," he said. Hunold noted that the carrier is considering joining with other airlines for a possible legal action but would not give details. The CEO said AB is "working to reduce costs by €20 million this year." He explained that AB is on track to reduce costs in the third quarter but warned the fourth quarter could see costs rise owing to possible losses on fuel hedges and foreign currency exchanges. He said codeshare agreements with Finnair and Amercian Airlines should be in place by Nov. 1. He added that AB is now starting talks with British Airways and Iberia regarding codeshare agreements "for the summer 2011." AB currently operates a fleet of 149 aircraft.

An American Airlines 737NG yesterday became the first aircraft in the US to use a "publicly available, commercially designed instrument flight path" when it landed at Bradley International in Hartford, Conn., according to Naverus, the GE Aviation subsidiary that designed the path. Naverus received a Letter of Qualification from US FAA in September 2009 enabling it "to design and validate Required Navigation Performance flight paths for public use in the United States". The AA flight marked the first time a US carrier used an RNP approach designed by a third party for public use. All previous RNP approaches to US airports were designed by FAA in conjunction with carriers such as Southwest Airlines and Alaska Airlines. Naverus, which was acquired by GE last November, said the new landing procedure at BDL "will enable airliners to land on Runway 15 during periods of low clouds and visibility that previously would have stopped them from landing there." Naverus GM Steve Forte said the AA 737NG flight "marks a significant milestone for the flying public by augmenting the means to develop and deploy airspace improvements in the US that will translate to fewer delays, less air pollution and greater system reliability...We showed how third-party navigation providers, like GE, and airlines, like American, are helping accelerate these improvements."

SAS said it is "phasing out" all of its MD-90s and has entered into 5-yr. leases covering its eight MD-90s with an undisclosed US airline. The eight aircraft will be delivered starting in the 2010 third quarter and ending in the 2011 second quarter. The average age of the SAS MD-90s is 13.5 yr. The carrier took delivery of its first MD-90 in 1996. "The MD-90 has...been a niche aircraft in the SAS Group fleet and this transaction fits very well in to SAS's initiative to simplify and standardize its fleet and thereby reduce the number of aircraft types used in its total fleet," SAS said.

Blue1 will launch 12-times-weekly Helsinki Vantaa-Amsterdam service and will increase six-times-weekly HEL-Paris Charles de Gaulle service to 12-times-weekly Jan. 31. Both routes will be operated with 717s.

Hawaiian Airlines will launch four-times-weekly Honolulu-Seoul Incheon service Jan. 12.

Norwegian Air Shuttle on Nov. 6 will launch weekly service to Agadir from Copenhagen, Oslo Gardermoen and Stockholm and will increase weekly Oslo-Marrakech service to twice-weekly. It will also launch twice-weekly service to Marrakech from Stockholm and Copenhagen. All services will be aboard 737-800s.

US National Transportation Safety Board named Alfonso Montano an Administrative Law Judge.



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Tired Soldier On A Train

A battle weary American soldier boarded a crowded train in in London during the early days of post-WWII, only to discover he was unable to find a place to sit. As he walked the length of the train, he noticed a small white dog curled up on one of the seats. A large, well dressed woman sat in the seat next to the dog. The man hovered near the seat, hoping the woman would take the hint, but she pointedly ignored him.

"Excuse me, Ma'am," the soldier finally spoke, "Is this your dog? Would you mind holding it on your lap so that I may sit down?"

The woman raised her icy gaze to the young man and said in a haughty British accent, "oh! You Americans. You are so rude.
Fluffy is in that seat, and I see no reason why she should give up her comfort for you."

The exhausted soldier nodded, picked up the small dog ... leaned over ... opened the window of the moving train and tossed the dog out. The woman gaped and spluttered in horrified indignation, and the man sitting across from her lowered his newspaper.

"You Americans", he said, "You drive on the wrong side of the road ... you eat with the wrong fork ... and you just threw the wrong bitch out the window."



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1. Finnair
2. TUI
3. Emirates
4. Etihad
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10. Monarch

1. AY Finnair
2. TUI Group
3. EM Emirates
4. EY Etihad
5. FB Bulgaria Air
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7. RE Aer Arann
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9. UN Transaero
10. ZB Monarch

DAL764 wrote:1. AY Finnair
2. TUI Group
3. EM Emirates
4. EY Etihad
5. FB Bulgaria Air
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7. RE Aer Arann
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9. UN Transaero
10. ZB Monarch

8. is Atlant Soyuz Airlines

The logo in 6. looks Hindu to me, but no idea who that is.

SAS said it is "phasing out" all of its MD-90s and has entered into 5-yr. leases covering its eight MD-90s with an undisclosed US airline. The eight aircraft will be delivered starting in the 2010 third quarter and ending in the 2011 second quarter. The average age of the SAS MD-90s is 13.5 yr. The carrier took delivery of its first MD-90 in 1996. "The MD-90 has...been a niche aircraft in the SAS Group fleet and this transaction fits very well in to SAS's initiative to simplify and standardize its fleet and thereby reduce the number of aircraft types used in its total fleet," SAS said.

Who in the US operates the MD-90's? Does Delta still have them?

CO777ER wrote:Who in the US operates the MD-90's? Does Delta still have them?

Their 16 own, China Eastern's 9, Hello's 3 owned ones, and if things go as planned, China Southern's 11, JAL's 16, and these 8.

DAL764 wrote:

CO777ER wrote:Who in the US operates the MD-90's? Does Delta still have them?

Their 16 own, China Eastern's 9, Hello's 3 owned ones, and if things go as planned, China Southern's 11, JAL's 16, and these 8.

I like them, from a pax perspective.

BTW-I had no clue what that retarded Air France derivative was.

ANSWERS:

1. AY, Finnair
2. BY, Thomsonfly
3. EK, Emirates
4. EY, Etihad
5. FB, Bulgaria Air
6. GP, Gadair European Airlines
7. RE, Aer Arann
8. 3G, Atlant Soyuz Airlines
9. UN, Transaero Airlines
10. ZB, Monarch Airlines