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Airbus racks up A320neo commitments in Paris
Airbus continued its steady stream of aircraft order announcements at the Paris Air Show Wednesday, taking commitments and orders in the first three days of the show to more than 600 aircraft—most of them A320s.
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ATR celebrates best-ever Le Bourget sales performance
ATR has plenty of reasons to celebrate its 30th birthday with a big bang after increasing its Paris Air Show tally to a record 60 new orders and 37 options.
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Qatar threatens to cancel A350-1000s after upgrade disappointment
Airbus A350 launch customer Qatar Airways has warned that it may abandon its A350-1000 order if the recently unveiled redesign fails to provide a sufficient step in performance over the Boeing 777-300ER.
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JetBlue announces plans for 40 new A320neos from Airbus
JetBlue is expecting to take delivery of 40 A320neos from Airbus starting around 2017. The move will give JetBlue bigger planes that are about 15% more fuel-efficient than its current A320s. The airline expects to spend about $2.5 billion on the jets. The company also plans to retrofit its fleet of A320s with winglets, which can reduce fuel consumption by about 3%.
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American Airlines restructuring plan may take a little time
American Airlines, which avoided bankruptcy when many rivals filed Chapter 11, has posted a loss in eight of the past 10 years. The carrier has made a number of changes, including securing alliances with top airlines, restructuring its network and updating its fleet. Many of its major competitors also struggled to be profitable over much of the past decade. However, American Airlines executives believe its cost disadvantage will dissipate as other carriers renegotiate labor contracts.
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Aircraft leasing firms are poised to capitalize on opportunities in Asia
The global aircraft leasing industry is in position to take advantage of placement opportunities in China and other markets. Leasing company chiefs, however, say that the opportunities come with their own challenges. "Seven or eight of the operating lessors will have to do the heavy lifting to come up with $100 billion worth of aircraft financing," said Steven Udvar-Hazy, CEO of Air Lease Corp.
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Europe's air-traffic system can't handle expected surge, insiders say
Air traffic in Europe is on the rise again after a pause in growth due to the global economic downturn. By about 2030, forecasts are for about 16.9 million movements annually, putting increased pressure on Europe's air traffic management system. "Everyone knows that the current air traffic management system cannot cope with such an increase," said Patrick Ky, executive director of the research arm of the Single European Sky development effort.
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Lawmakers ask DHS to investigate Hawaii security lapses
Reps. John Mica, R-Fla., and Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, asked the Department of Homeland Security to investigate the failure of Transportation Security Administration agents to properly screen baggage at Honolulu International Airport. The TSA this month said it would fire 36 workers and suspend 12 others at the airport.
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Other News

Boeing and American Airlines announced a partnership at the Paris Air Show Wednesday to bring an "evolutionary ecoDemonstrator program" to reality next year.

Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance confirmed it will expand its service offering to include the 787, adding the Dreamliner to a Boeing aircraft MRO portfolio that currently includes 737 Classics/737NGs, 747s, 757s, 767s, 777s and MD-11s.

US Airways is planning two offerings of enhanced equipment trust certificates totaling $471 million, with proceeds of both generally intended for aircraft financing. One will offer approximately $388 million in Class A and Class B enhanced equipment trust certificates.

Boeing signed an agreement Wednesday with Russia's UTair Aviation under which the airline committed to purchase seven 737-900ERs and 33 737-800s. The order has not been firmed. "Boeing looks forward to finalizing the agreement with UTair," the company stated. Meanwhile, VP and GM-787 Program Scott Fancher said Boeing is making great progress toward finishing certification of the Rolls-Royce Trent 1000-powered 787. Speaking about Tuesday's Le Bourget-debut of the Dreamliner, he added, "It's an honor to bring the 787 to the Paris Air Show on behalf of all of the hard working men and women around the world who have designed and built this amazing plane."

Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. selected Boeing to provide customer support services for its MRJ family. Boeing Commercial Aviation Services will provide Mitsubishi with 24/7 customer support, including spare parts provisioning, service operations and field services. The support portal will be modeled on Boeing's customer web portal, MyBoeingFleet.com, and will support an Airplane Health Management System to monitor, collect and analyze real-time, "smart" airplane data.



AVIATION QUOTE

Sometimes things are bigger than you, and the best you can hope for is to keep your wings level and have patience and a little luck.

— Warren L "Wally" Simpson, a pilot with more than 75 round-trips 'over the hump' in WWII



ON THIS DATE

June 23rd

--- In 1905... Wilbur and Orville Wright make their first flight of 1905 in Huffman Prairie, Ohio, in their new Flyer III, the first practical airplane in history.

---In 1913... The first large airplane designed exclusively as a bomber makes its first flight in Russia. Known as the “Russki Vityaz,” (Russian Knight) it was designed by Igor Sikorsky and built by the RBVZ [Russko-Baltijskij Vagonnyj Zavod (Russo-Baltic Cart Works)].

---In 1924... The prototype Focke-Wulf A 16 monoplane makes its first flight. Capable of carrying four passengers, it is the first product of Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau GmbH.



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HUMOR

The Programmer and the Engineer

A programmer and an engineer are sitting next to each other on a long flight from Los Angeles to New York.

The programmer leans over to the engineer and asks if he would like to play a fun game.

The engineer just wants to take a nap, so he politely declines and rolls over to the window to catch a few winks.

The programmer persists and explains that the game is real easy and is a lot of fun. He explains "I ask you a question, and if you don't know the answer, you pay me $5. Then you ask me a question, and if I don't know the answer, I'll pay you $5."

Again, the engineer politely declines and tries to get to sleep.

The programmer, now somewhat agitated, says, "OK, if you don't know the answer you pay me $5, and if I don't know the answer, I'll pay you $100!"

This catches the engineer's attention, and he sees no end to this torment unless he plays, so he agrees to the game.

The programmer asks the first question. "What's the distance from the earth to the moon?" The engineer doesn't say a word, but reaches into his wallet, pulls out a five dollar bill and hands it to the programmer.

Now, it's the engineer's turn. He asks the programmer "What goes up a hill with three legs, and comes down on four?"

The programmer looks up at him with a puzzled look. He takes out his laptop computer and searches all of his references. He taps into the Airphone with his modem and searches the net and the Library of Congress. Frustrated, he sends e-mail to his co-workers--all to no avail.

After about an hour, he wakes the Engineer and hands him $100. The engineer politely takes the $100 and turns away to try to get back to sleep. The programmer, more than a little miffed, shakes the engineer and asks "Well, so what's the answer?" Without a word, the engineer reaches into his wallet, hands the programmer $5, and turns away to get back to sleep.



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