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NEWS
AMR Woes May Hit Dallas, Miami, Chicago Airports The finances of three major US airports could weaken from the bankruptcy of American Airlines and its parent company, Fitch Ratings said on Friday as it revised rating outlooks on some of their debt. Link
Airbus Sues Boeing Partner Over Winglet Patent Airbus has sued Aviation Partners, challenging its patent on a fuel-saving device used on Boeing planes. Link
EU Details Steps Taken To Comply In Airbus Case The European Union spelled out 36 steps it had taken to comply with a ruling by a panel of the WTO's dispute settlement body (DSB) after the United States complained about subsidies EU countries gave to Airbus. Link
ICAO Examining Four Climate Change Options The ICAO, the United Nations body that oversees civil aviation, is considering four main options to address greenhouse emissions from commercial jets, and has not yet made any decisions, a spokesman said. Link
AMR Bankruptcy Could Spur Consolidation For US Airways, the merger-hungry fifth-largest US airline, a bankrupt American Airlines may present an irresistible takeover target, but many in the aviation world think the headaches and hassles of consolidation are not worth the payoff of such a tie-up. Link
Airbus forecasts North America needs $648 billion in new aircraft by 2030 Airbus predicted that by 2030 the US and Canada will require 6,315 new passenger and freighter aircraft—above 100 seats—worth $648 billion. According to the latest Airbus Global Market Forecast presented Thursday in Washington by Airbus COO-customers John Leahy, 5,901 will be passenger aircraft and 414 will be freighters. Link
ALPA joins A4A lawsuit to stop Air India financing deal The Air Line Pilots Assn. (ALPA) has been granted court permission to become party to a lawsuit brought by Airlines for America (A4A, formerly Air Transport Assn.) against the US Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im Bank). The suit seeks to halt a pending deal for $3.4 billion in Ex-Im bank loan guarantees that will enable Air India (AI) to finance 30 aircraft including 27 787s. Link
AirBaltic becomes fully government owned The Latvian government has acquired the 47.2% stake in airBaltic (BT) previously held by Baltijas Aviacijas Sistemas (BAS), the company controlled by former BT president and CEO Bertolt Flick. It now owns 99.8% of the Riga-based carrier. Link
Russian airlines may have to fund liability insurance The Russian Ministry of Transport has drafted legislation calling for mandatory liability insurance for Russian airlines operating scheduled flights. The insurance would guarantee refunds for passengers if the carriers cancel flights owing to bankruptcy or the loss of an air operator's certificate (AOC). Link
Other News
Ryanair (FR) said it will cut 42 frequencies from its network to/from Riga airport (RIX), citing the new €6.50 ($8.75) security tax imposed by the Latvian government that becomes effective Jan. 1. Beginning Jan. 12, FR will close routes to/from Bristol and Bremen and reduce frequencies on another eight routes, including London Stansted, Bergamo and Rome Ciampino. It serves 16 destinations to/from RIX.
LAN Airlines and Amadeus have signed a full-content distribution agreement. The multi-year agreement guarantees Amadeus travel agents worldwide access to the entire range of fares, schedules and inventory relating to the more than 18 million seats sold annually by the LAN Group Airlines (LAN Airlines, LAN Ecuador, LAN Perú, LAN Argentina, Aires and LAN Express).
Boeing on Thursday opened its new Interiors Fabrication facility in North Charleston, S.C. The Interiors Responsibility Center South Carolina team will manufacture 787 interior parts including stowbins, closets, partitions, class dividers, floor-mounted stowbins used by flight attendants, overhead rests for flight-crews and flight attendants, video control stations and attendant modules for Boeing South Carolina.
Skyworld Aviation arranged a lease of a Saab 340B to SOL Lineas Aereas on behalf of SverigeFlygLeasing. The aircraft was formerly in operation with Sweden-based NextJet.
Somon Air took delivery of one 737-900ER, the 100th delivery of the aircraft type for Boeing. It is the Tajikistan-based carrier’s second 737-900ER delivered with Boeing Sky Interior.
Ameco Beijing has begun to provide the Nitrogen Generation System (NGS) modification on a Boeing 777. FAA and EASA have mandated that all registered aircraft must install NGS by December 2017 and September 2022, respectively. Separately, the company announced it has become the first in China's Civil Aviation Industry to install inflight WLAN on an Air China 737-800.
AVIATION QUOTE
My habit of attacking Huns dangling from their parachutes led to many arguments in the mess. Some officers, of the Eton and Sandhurst type, thought it was 'unsportsmanlike' to do it. Never having been to a public school, I was unhampered by such considerations of form. I just pointed out that there was a bloody war on, and that I intended to avenge my pals.
— Captain James Ira Thomas 'Taffy' Jones, RFC, 37 victories in 3 months W.W.I.
ON THIS DATE
December 5th
---In 1909... George Taylor makes the first manned glider flight in Australia in a glider of his own design. He eventually makes a total of 29 flights at Narrabeen Beach in New South Wales.
---In 1919… Avianca commences operations as SCADTA.
---In 1921... Western Australia Airways opens the first scheduled regular airline service in the country.
---In 1945... US Navy Flight 19 departs Ft. Lauderdale, and disappears over the Bermuda Triangle .
A mother and her son were flying TWA from Kansas to Chicago. The son (who had been looking out the window) turned to his mother and said, "If big dogs have baby dogs and big cats have baby cats, why don't big planes have baby planes?"
The mother (who couldn't think of an answer) told her son to ask the stewardess. So the boy asked the stewardess, "If big dogs have baby dogs and big cats have baby cats, why don't big planes have baby planes?"
The stewardess asked, "Did your mother tell you to ask me?" He said that she had.
So she said, "Tell your mother that TWA always pulls out on time."
And let's get one thing straight. There's a big difference between a pilot and an aviator. One is a technician; the other is an artist in love with flight. — E. B. Jeppesen
HT-ETNW/forum/images/avatars/gallery/first/user1747/1.pngoffline05 Dec 11, 21:34
1. ESTRTEI = TRIESTE (TRS) 2. LNUSIVI = VILNIUS (VNO) 3. LRCANEBAO = BARCELONA (BCN, not BLA) 4. NAARAK = ANKARA (ESB) 5. IHRMMNGBIA = BIRMINGHAM (BHX, not BHM) 6. NENOECPGHA = COPENHAGEN (CPH) 7. BIUKODRNV = DUBROVNIK (DBV) 8. CSTAMU = MUSCAT (MCT) 9. ALYAMT = ALMATY (ALA) 10. TOGOAB = BOGOTA (BOG) not TOBAGO
-HT
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