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NEWS
Chinese firms sign agreement to buy 88 A320 family aircraft China Aviation Supplies Holding Co. and ICBC Financial Leasing inked an accord Tuesday with Airbus to purchase 88 A320 family aircraft. ICBC Leasing signed a purchase agreement for 42 A320 family aircraft and the manufacturer said CAS would likely take the other 46 aircraft. The deal was signed in Berlin, where Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao is meeting this week with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Link
Canadian antitrust official seeks to block Air Canada/UCH transborder JV Canadian Commissioner of Competition Melanie Airken filed an application Monday with the country's Competition Tribunal, an independent law enforcement agency, seeking to "prohibit" Air Canada and United Continental Holdings from launching a planned revenue-sharing joint venture on US/Canada transborder services. Link
ECJ advocate general calls for defining 'passenger compensation' more broadly In what can be fairly described as an extreme pro-consumer opinion that will likely increase airlines' costs associated with the EU 261/2004 passenger compensation regulation, the European Court of Justice's advocate general argued Tuesday that passengers may claim reimbursement for "reasonable" expenditures incurred when an airline fails to provide care and assistance in the event of a canceled flight. Link
Airlines embrace mobile channel, but is ‘lack of vision’ holding them back? After years of talking about the mobile channel, the airline industry is finally embracing it. A third of airlines that responded to SITA’s Airline IT Trends Survey 2011 are already selling through the mobile channel, and another 52% plan to sell tickets via mobile phones by the end of 2014. Link
Boeing opens new 787 facility in Utah Boeing has opened its 787 vertical stabilizer fabrication facility in Salt Lake City, Utah intended to feed its new North Charleston, South Carolina final assembly line. The creation of the 3,250sq m (25,000sq ft) composite fabrication facility will allow Boeing to move toward production of 10 787s per month by the end of 2013, with the fabrication of three 787s per month out of Charleston. Link
LiveTV to spread its wings with global in-flight television As airlines all over the world move to bring in-flight entertainment and connectivity to passengers, JetBlue Airways subsidiary LiveTV is gearing up to go global with its own dedicated Ku-band satellite-supported live television service for overseas flights. Link
NTSB investigates ExpressJet close call Controller error is suspect in a near-miss in clear weather at the Gulfport/Biloxi International airport the afternoon of 19 June when an Expressjet Embraer ERJ-145 with 50 passengers and three crew destined for Houston came within 91m (300ft) horizontally of colliding with a Cessna 172 on a training flight. Link
American Airlines boards economy class based on check-in American Airlines has changed the way economy-class passengers board on domestic flights. Rather than boarding passengers in the back of the airplane first, American's passengers will board based on how they checked in for the flight. The change was an effort "to enhance the travel experience for our customers and to make the boarding process more welcoming and more personal," said David Vance, managing director of airport operations at the carrier. But the union representing American's flight attendants said the new system causes chaos. Link
Delta expects second-quarter profit despite challenges Delta Air Lines said it expects the April-to-June quarter to be "solidly profitable" despite persistently high fuel costs and other challenges. The carrier has been able to cover the increased fuel bills by bolstering airfares and cutting other expenses. Link
Other News
US FAA proposed a $1.05 million civil penalty against Boeing "for allegedly failing to correct a known problem in production and installation of the central passenger oxygen system in" 777s.
Former UPS Airlines President Robert Lekites was named Airbus Americas' executive VP-customers, effective Aug.1, giving him responsibility for North American sales. In the newly-created position, he will report directly to Airbus Americas President and CEO Barry Eccleston.
Air Canada and the Canadian Auto Workers said the airline's approximately 3,800 call center and airport customer service agents in Canada have ratified a new collective bargaining agreement. The four-year accord, which has been approved by AC's board of directors, will remain in effect until Feb. 28, 2015.
Lufthansa Systems was selected by Air Namibia to supply myIDTravel, the integrated ID travel management solution for staff travel.
NavAero signed a contract with Italy-based Neos for the deployment of the tBagC22 Electronic Flight Bag system on the airline's fleet of Boeing 737-800 and 767-300ER aircraft.
Air Berlin cemented a cooperation agreement with Austrian regional Intersky under which passengers can book Intersky tickets via the AB booking machine, allowing AB to add 20 additional routes to its network.
Baltic Ground Services signed an agreement with AeroSvit to provide the carrier with aircraft and passenger ground handling services in Warsaw.
Worldwide Flight Services won new cargo handling contracts from TAP Portugal and US Airways in Miami. For TAP, WFS will provide cargo warehousing and customer service for the airline's five Airbus A330 flights a week. TAP is expected to carry around 2,700 tonnes of cargo per annum on the new route. US appointed WFS to handle cargo warehousing, customer service and international mail line hauls in Miami.
Lufthansa Technik reached a Total Technical Support contract with SunExpress Deutschland to provide technical support for the carrier's six Boeing 737-800s. The airline began operations June 8.
AVIATION QUOTE
To be alone in the air at night is to be very much alone indeed. . . cut off from everything and everyone . . . nothing is 'familiar' any longer . . . . I think that unfamiliarity is the most difficult thing to face; one feels rather like Alice in Wonderland after she has nibbled the toadstool that made her grow smaller — and like Alice, one hopes that the process will stop while there is still something left!
— Pauline Gower
ON THIS DATE
June 29th
---In 1909... In opening demonstration flights before the U.S. Army at Fort Myer, Virginia, Orville Wright makes the first flight with the new Wright A built to replace the one destroyed in September 1908.
---In 1914... Glenn Curtiss takes up nine passengers in New York in his seaplane America, built for Rodman Wanamaker, to make an attempt on the £10,000 prize offered by the Daily Mail for the first transatlantic crossing in a heavier-than-air machine.
---In 1948... The Air Parcel Post Bill becomes U.S. law, establishing domestic air parcel post and raising first class postage rates for air mail from five cents to six cents.
---In 1955…The Boeing B-52 enters operational service with the 93rd Bomb Wing.
---In 1960…The English Electric Lightning enters operational service with No. 74 Squadron RAF at RAF Coltishall.
---In 1962…First flight of the Vickers VC-10.
---In 1963…First flight of the Saab 105.
---In 1977... Italian Professor Enrico Forlanini’s steam-powered helicopter is tested at Alexandria, Egypt.
DAILY VIDEO
EDITOR’S CHOICE
HUMOR
Cuban girl's mother vs. a white girl's mother
A Cuban girl and a white girl were friends. The Cuban girl slept over the white girl's house. It was 3 a.m., and they were still up. The white girl's mother came downstairs and said, "Honey, don't you think it's time for you to go to bed?"
The white girl responded, "Shut up Mother, I don't want to go to sleep!"
Her mother said," Okay, honey. You can go to bed later." The Cuban girl was very intrigued by what happened and decided to use that when she got home.
The next night the Cuban girl's mother said to the Cuban girl, "Chica, go to bed! It's late!" The Cuban girl shouted," Shut up Mami, I don't want to go to sleep!" The Cuban girl's mother took one look at her & raised her eyebrow...
The Cuban girl started to blink, looked around, and asked, "Where am I?"
A lady came over to the bed and answered,
"You're in the Intensive Care Unit, Sweetie."
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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
miamiair wrote:Boeing opens new 787 facility in Utah
Good to see more insourcing!
miamiair wrote:American Airlines boards economy class based on check-in American Airlines has changed the way economy-class passengers board on domestic flights. Rather than boarding passengers in the back of the airplane first, American's passengers will board based on how they checked in for the flight.
As Southwest becomes more like mainstream carriers, American becomes more like Southwest. What a dichotomy!
Good to see more insourcing! 