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NEWS
International Airlines Group earns €33 million first-quarter profit International Airlines Group, formed by the merger of British Airways and Iberia in January, reported a first-quarter net profit of €33 million ($48.7 million), turned around from a pro forma net deficit of €243 million in the year-ago period. Net income includes an €83 million book gain related to the acquisition of IB and an €80 million tax credit. Link
Austrian Airlines to cut North Africa/Middle East capacity 40% Austrian Airlines Executive Board Member and CCO Andreas Bierwirth said that OS plans to reduce capacity 40% to destinations in Northern Africa/Middle East on its summer schedule. Link
Air Canada incurs first-quarter $20 million loss, cuts domestic capacity Air Canada reported a first-quarter net loss of C$19 million ($19.7 million), narrowed from a C$112 million net deficit in the year-ago period, and cut domestic capacity in the face of escalating energy expenses. The net result was helped by foreign exchange gains of C$104 million and declining unit costs, but the carrier said rising fuel prices kept it in the red. Link
Southwest details management team following AirTran buy Southwest Airlines on Thursday further outlined its management structure following the May 2 closing of its acquisition of AirTran Airways. The two LCCs will operate separately for the time being; SWA aims to achieve a single operating certificate by the 2012 first quarter. Link
Crashed Merpati MA60 was trying to land in poor weather Investigators have detailed the final moments of the Xian Aircraft MA60 which crashed in the sea while attempting to land at Kaimana Utarom airport in West Papua. The Indonesian transport ministry says the effort to retrieve the flight recorders from the Merpati Nusantara Airlines turboprop involves dives to a depth of 15m (50ft). Link
Other News
Boeing is considering a major upgrade or replacement for the 777 as well as the launch of the 787-10, according to a Buckingham Research Group report issued after Boeing Capital Corp.'s investor conference last week. "Upgrade options [for the 777] include a new composite wing, a composite fuselage, upgraded avionics, and new engines," said New York-based Buckingham. According to the firm, Boeing is looking at a 2020 timeframe for a 777 upgrade as it believes Airbus will be delayed in delivering the A350-1000.
"In designing the A350, Airbus ceded the 787-8 market to Boeing, [instead designing] the A350-800 to compete against the 787-9, and [designing] the A350-900 to compete against the 777-200ER," Buckingham stated. "But in designing the A350 to compete against the 787 initially, Airbus limited its ability to compete against the 777 ... Consequently, the A350-1000 requires a new engine (which doesn't exist yet) and significant performance improvements to compete against the 777-300ER."
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, parent of ACMI cargo carriers Atlas Air and Polar Air Cargo, last week posted first-quarter net income of $10.5 million, down 68.9% from a $33.8 million profit in the year-ago quarter.
The AirAsia Group reported a 19% year-over-year increase in first-quarter passengers carried to 7.2 million. Load factor jumped 6 points to 81%. ASKs increased 12.5% to 10.58 billion while RPKs leapt 25.9% to 8.52 billion.
Royal Jordanian Cargo will operate five-times-weekly Amman-Maastricht service from June 12 using an Airbus A310F. RJ Cargo used to operate to MST but switched its European cargo activities to Brussels in June 2007. The carrier said its return to MST was in response to customer demand. MST increased cargo volume in the first quarter 10% year-over-year to 25,000 tonnes.
Frontier Airlines will resume seasonal thrice-weekly ERJ-145 Milwaukee-Branson (Mo.) service July 1-Dec. 14.
Ethiopian Airlines and LAM Air Mozambique will codeshare on Addis Ababa-Maputo service.
JetBlue Airways will increase daily Tampa-San Juan service to twice-daily May 19.
Olympic Air will increase its daily Athens-Amsterdam service to nine-times-weekly for the summer season.
AVIATION QUOTE
I have flown in just about everything, with all kinds of pilots in all parts of the world — British, French, Pakistani, Iranian, Japanese, Chinese — and there wasn't a dime's worth of difference between any of them except for one unchanging, certain fact: the best, most skillful pilot has the most experience.
— Chuck Yeager
ON THIS DATE
May 9th
• In 1926... The first airplane flight over the North Pole is made by Americans Lt. Cdr. Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett in a Fokker F-VII/3m. Their total distance from Spitzbergen, Norway is 1,600 miles (2,575 km).
• In 1932... U.S. Army Air Corps Captain A. F. Hegenberger has become the first pilot in the world to make a “blind” landing using instruments alone, with no back-up co-pilot on board in Dayton, Ohio.
• In 1936... The German airship Hindenburg lands at Lakehurst, New Jersey after its first scheduled transatlantic flight.
• In 1983... The first all-woman flight crew to fly a round trip across the Atlantic is the Air France C-141 crew form the 18th Military Airlift Squadron, McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey.
DAILY VIDEO
EDITOR’S CHOICE
HUMOR
Navy Invented Sex
A Marine and a sailor were sitting in a bar one day arguing over which was the superior service.
After a swig of beer the Marine says, 'Well, we had Iwo Jima.'
Arching his eyebrows, the sailor replies, 'We had the Battle of Midway.
'Not entirely true', responded the Marine. 'Some of those pilots were Marines, in fact, Henderson Field on Guadalcanal was named after a Marine pilot killed at the Battle of Midway.'
The sailor responds, 'Point taken.'
The Marine then says, 'We Marines were born at Tunn Tavern!'
The sailor, nodding agreement, says, 'But we had John Paul Jones.'
The argument continued until the sailor comes up with what he thinks will end the discussion. With a flourish of finality he says...... 'The Navy invented sex!'
The Marine replies, 'That is true, but it was the Marines who introduced it to women.'
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
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