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AMR Flight Attendants To Vote On Contract

Leaders of American Airlines' flight attendants' union will let its members vote on the company's latest contract offer, possibly heading off a threat by the carrier to abandon current agreements and impose stricter terms unilaterally.
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Aerostar Wins Puerto Rico Airport Deal
Puerto Rico's government selected Aerostar Airport Holdings in a deal worth USD$2.57 billion to run its Luis Munoz Marin International Airport, the largest in the Caribbean.
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Airport Bus Bomber Was Not Bulgarian
The man who blew up a bus carrying Israeli tourists at a Bulgarian airport, killing himself and six others, was a foreign national and Sofia is trying to pin down details with the help of foreign spy services, the interior minister said on Friday.
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London Gatwick Eyes Second Runway
London's Gatwick Airport may need to build a second runway to cope with an expected 30 percent rise in passenger numbers by 2045, it said in a master plan published on Thursday.
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Higher-weight A330 not intended as A350-800 substitute

Airbus insists that the higher-weight A330 will not evolve into a substitute for the A350-800, reiterating that it still intends to develop the shrink variant of its new twinjet family. Chief operating officer for customers John Leahy stresses that there is "not even an internal review" over the -800's future, although he says slot constraints on the A350 program are directing the airframer to prioritise sales of the higher-value -900.Airbus will tweak the A330 family to raise the maximum take-off weight to 240t, giving a consequent increase in range, and is pitching entry into service for 2015, a year earlier than the A350-800.
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ANA 787s affected by defect in Trent 1000 gearbox

All Nippon Airways (ANA) grounded five of its 11 Boeing 787 aircraft on 21 July, after being notified by Boeing that there may be a defect in the gearbox of the Rolls Royce Trent 1000 engine. "We received a message from Boeing to the effect that there may be an issue with the gearbox on the engines of the 787s in ANA's fleet. No related problems have arisen on our 787s, however we have ascertained that the part at issue is fitted to five of our aircraft," says an ANA spokesman.
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Syrian protest derails US Mi-17 deal with Russia

A $171 million option contract between the USA and Russia to supply 10 Mil Mi-17 utility helicopters for Afghanistan by 2016 seems likely to stall, after the US Congress voted on 19 July to suspend all contact with Russia’s state arms export company Rosoboronexport over deliveries to Syria.
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BA scraps bond issue after lack of interest

British Airways has dropped plans for a bond issue which was to be linked with its newly-created subsidiary, British Airways Limited, as well as slots at London Heathrow. The airline had said on 9 July that the terms and timing of the bonds would depend on investor feedback and market conditions.
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Korean Air sinks to 2Q loss despite 11% revenue rise

Korean Air (KE) incurred a KRW159 billion ($140 million) net loss in the second quarter, reversed from a KRW21 billion net profit in the year-ago period. Steep foreign exchanges losses and interest expenses helped push KE into the red for the three months ended June 30.
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West Atlantic mulls different fleet replacement route
West Atlantic, Europe’s largest regional cargo airline, is looking at taking more Boeing 737s as it seeks to renew its fleet. The company, formed in 2008 from Sweden’s West Air Europe and the UK’s Atlantic Airlines, was launch customer for the planned Airbus A320P2F freighter conversion. However, the project was cancelled by Airbus in summer 2011, leaving the carrier searching for a new solution for its equipment requirements.
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Nordic Unified Air Traffic Control takes over Danish/Swedish airspace
Sweden and Denmark combined their air navigation services earlier this month through the jointly owned company Nordic Unified Air Traffic Control (NUAC). NUAC has been certified as a provider of air traffic services and has taken over the en route operations previously provided by Naviair (Denmark) and LFV (Sweden) in the Danish/Swedish functional airspace block (FAB). It is the first integrated air navigation services provider (ANS) in Europe to provide services to an FAB. Advantages touted include a range of synergies that will benefit airlines, passengers and the environment.
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Luxair faces uncertain future

Luxair’s (LG) future remains unclear after the state of Luxemburg bought a 12.09% stake from Swiss forwarding and logistics specialist Panalpina for an undisclosed sum last week. “Currently we can’t say what will happen with our shares in LG. The future will tell,” Dany Frank, spokesperson of Ministère du Développement durable et des Infrastructures, said.
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Other News

Air Berlin (AB) said it will adjust its winter schedule down by 2% by cutting 40 weekly flights from Hamburg (HAM). The carrier has ceased HAM flights to Zurich, Barcelona and Karlsruhe, and has eliminated frequencies from various airports. As a result, HAM is expecting to lose 4,000 AB flights and 500,000 AB passengers annually. AB has announced it will launch 3X-weekly Berlin-Chicago O’Hare flights from March 23, 2013. From May 2013, frequencies should increase to 5X-weekly.

Russia’s UTair (UT) has taken delivery of its first of eight Boeing 767s (ATW Daily News, May 28). By the end of the year, UT will get two more aircraft of the type. The rest of the aircraft will be delivered in 2013. UT, the third largest carrier in Russia, served 5.8 million passengers in 2011, 31.3% more than the previous year.

Norwegian (DY) is increasing its presence in Las Palmas (LPA), Canary Island, from the end of October/early November. The carrier will launch one weekly service to LPA from the Norway cities of Alesund, Evenes, Haugesund, Rygge and Tromso. From Sweden, DY will launch new LPA routes from Karlstad, Malmo and Umea. In addition, DY will launch weekly flights to LPA from Billund/Denmark and Oulu/Finland. DY is also increasing service from 2X-weekly to 3X-weekly on LPA routes from Torp, Bergen, Trondheim and Stavanger. DY will increase its Oslo-LPA service to 8X-weekly; Stockholm Arlanda-LPA service from 3X-weekly to 4X-weekly; and Copenhagen-LPA service from 3X-weekly to 5X-weekly.

Avolon took delivery of the first of 12 direct-order Boeing 737-800 aircraft, the first of four to be placed on lease to Japan Airlines.

Air Lease Corp. will lease 12 new Boeing 737-800s, four new Airbus A320-200s, and two new A321-200s to China Southern on 12-year lease terms.

GECAS has delivered three new Airbus A320 aircraft to Airphil Express.

Skyworld Aviation sold one ex-Olympic ATR 42-320 and spare PW124 engine to Canada-based carrier Calm Air.

Kenya Airways added one Embraer E-190 to its fleet, bringing its Embraer fleet to 10. It acquired the aircraft from Air Lease Corp.

Aviation Quote

A top World War II ace once said that fighter pilots fall into two broad categories: those who go out to kill and those who, secretly, desperately, know they are going to get killed—the hunters and the hunted.

— General Nathan F. Twinning, USAF

On This Date:

---In 1906... Having abandoned his helicopter project, Alberto Santos-Dumont unveils a new aircraft, the No.14 bis. at Bagatelle, France. The odd-looking machine is dubbed canard [duck].

---In 1917... Maj. Benjamin D. Foulois, one of the great figures of early American aviation, is appointed commanding officer of the Airplane Division of the U.S. Signal Corps.

---In 1937... The International Military Aircraft Competition at Dübendorf near Zürich provides the picturesque venue for the first major demonstration of the Messerschmitt Bf 109.

---In 1954… Cathay Pacific VR-HEU, a Cathay Pacific Douglas DC-4 (VR-HEU) from Bangkok to Hong Kong was shot down by the People's Liberation Army Air Force in the South China Sea near Hainan Island. Ten people died, leaving eight survivors. After the incident, Cathay Pacific received an apology and compensation from the People's Liberation Army Air Force. It was apparently mistaken for a Nationalist plane.

---In 1956…First flight of the Dassault Étendard II.

---In 1977…After threats of shutting down transatlantic air traffic, the U.S. and British governments reach the Bermuda II accord, giving British airlines additional ports of entry in the United States and removing American airlines' rights to carry passengers beyond London and Hong Kong.

---In 1979…The British government announces plans to privatise British Airways and publicly sell British Aerospace shares.

---In 1980…First flight of the Aérospatiale Dauphin II.

---In 1983…An Air Canada Boeing 767-233, Fin 604 C-GAUN glided to an emergency landing in Gimli after running out of fuel 12,300 metres (40,400 ft) above Red Lake, Ontario. Few people suffered minor injuries during the evacuation due to the steep angle of the escape chute at the rear of the plane; caused by the collapsed nose at the front.

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miamiair wrote:

---In 1983…An Air Canada Boeing 767-233, Fin 604 C-GAUN glided to an emergency landing in Gimli after running out of fuel 12,300 metres (40,400 ft) above Red Lake, Ontario. Few people suffered minor injuries during the evacuation due to the steep angle of the escape chute at the rear of the plane; caused by the collapsed nose at the front.