NewsCommercial
Boeing's 737 Max arrives for Farnborough debut
The new Boeing twinjet, which is currently in flight-test back in Seattle, will make its first public appearance at the show, having made its first flight on 29 January 2016.
Link
Airlines take deliveries from Airbus
American Airlines took delivery of three A321s, part of a record delivery month in 2016 for Airbus. Airbus delivered 64 aircraft for the month.
Link
US Releases List Of Airlines For Flights To Havana
The Obama administration has proposed eight airlines including United, Delta, American and Southwest to start nonstop flights from the United States to Havana, administration officials said. The tentative list of airlines also includes Alaska Air, Frontier Airlines, JetBlue, and Spirit Airlines.
Link
Embraer E2 also affected by GTF start issues
Embraer’s E190-E2, which is powered by Pratt & Whitney geared turbofan (GTF) family of engines, is experiencing some of the startup issues seen on the Airbus A320neo. “Our [PW1900G] engine does have some of issues that have been manifested on other applications, but by the time we enter service they will all have been corrected,” Embraer Commercial Aviation COO Luis Carlos Affonso said, speaking at a pre-Farnborough Airshow briefing held at Embraer’s plant in Evora, Portugal on June 28.
LinkAirlines
Hawaiian Airlines to roll out service connecting Big Island, Tokyo this winter
Hawaiian Airlines is rolling out service connecting Kona, Hawaii, and Tokyo this winter. The first flight is scheduled to take off Dec. 20.
Link
JetBlue to offer seasonal flight from Newark, NJ, to Barbados
From Nov. 17 through Jan. 7, JetBlue will offer service from Newark, NJ, to Barbados. JetBlue currently has flights to the Caribbean destination from New York, Boston and Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Link
Swiss Avro RJ100 involved in UAV near-miss
Swiss investigators have released a preliminary report into a “serious incident” on June 19, involving a near-miss between an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), or drone, and a Swiss Avro RJ100 on approach to London City Airport. The Avro RJ100, registered HB-IYT, was operating a scheduled service between Zurich and London City with 87 passengers on board.
LinkAirports
Brexit Uncertainty Could Hit Air Traffic Demand - ACI
Political turmoil caused by Britain's vote to leave the European Union could knock demand for air transport later this year, the director general of airport association ACI Europe said. Shares in major European airlines such as easyJet, British Airways owner IAG and Ryanair have been hard hit since the Brexit vote, due to fears over travel demand and whether flying rights will be affected.
Link
HNA Says Offer To Buy Gategroup Successful
China's HNA Group said the 63.6 percent of the voting rights and shares in gategroup it now owns are sufficient for its takeover bid for the Swiss airline catering firm to succeed. "HNA is pleased about this interim result and remains confident that more shareholders of gategroup will recognise the benefits of accepting the offer and therefore tender their shares into the offer during the additional acceptance period," the Chinese aviation and shipping conglomerate said in a statement.
Link
Hahn Airport Sale Close To Collapse
The sale of Germany's Frankfurt-Hahn Airport to a Chinese investor appears close to collapse, the airport's local government owner said, after the buyer failed to make an initial payment last week. "Talks in Shanghai seem to point towards a collapse of the sale to SYT," said Roger Lewentz, the interior minister for the federal state of Rhineland Palatinate, which is the airport's main owner.
Link
Military
NATO countries fall short when it comes to defense spending
NATO countries fell short by $100 billion last year when it came to committed funding for the region's defense needs. "With global threats on the rise, $100 billion per year would mark a major increase in NATO's ability to defend itself and maintain the peace in Europe," writes Justin T. Johnson.
Link
Lockheed gets C-130J contract modification
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $20 million U.S. Air Force contract modification for engineering change proposals on the C-130J Super Hercules. The work will incorporate five engineering change proposals into the production baseline of the C-130J multi-year fleet.
Link
Sukhoi completes initial flight tests on T-50
The Russian aircraft manufacturer Sukhoi has declared a flight test milestone for the T-50, before handing over the fifth-generation fighter to the Russian government for additional testing. Sukhoi completed more than 700 flight tests, which confirmed aircraft requirements set by the Russian ministry of defense, United Aircraft Company said in a July 7 post on Facebook. The company has submitted the T-50 prototypes of the prospective aviation complex front-line aviation (PAK FA) programme for state joint tests, UAC states.
Link
Canada examining all options for CF-18 replacement
The Canadian government is consulting industry representatives on a replacement for its CF-18 fighters, as the new Liberal administration steps away from the controversial Lockheed Martin F-35 program. Canada will kick off talks with industry and government officials at the Farnborough Airshow on 11 July, Canadian Minister of National Defence Harjit Sajjan says in a news release. Throughout the summer, the government also will gather information on acquisition costs, lifecycle costs, maintenance, delivery times and interoperablity with North American Aerospace Defense Command, the release states.
Link
Plans under way for October F-35B sea-based test
Lockheed Martin’s F-35B is due to embark on a third phase of ship-based developmental testing (DT) in October, the final step before it begins qualification trials on the UK’s Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier. Two examples of the short take-off and vertical landing (STOVL) variant will embark on the USS America amphibious assault ship for three weeks at the end of October. It will evaluate operations at the minimum requirement of sea state five, but is expected to go up to sea state six.
Link
China inducts Y-20 strategic transport
The Chinese air force has officially inducted the Xian Y-20 strategic transport. The four-engined jet was inducted during a ceremony in Chengdu, according to China’s defence ministry.
Link
Aviation Quote
As we got further and further away, it [the Earth] dimished in size. Finally it shrank to the size of a marble, the most beautiful you can imagine. That beautiful, warm, living object looked so fragile, so delicate, that if you touched it with a finger it would crumble and fall apart. Seeing this has to change a man.
— James B. Irwin, Apollo 15.
Daily Video
Editor’s Choice
Trivia
Google Airport
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
