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by The National Business Aviation<br />
Association (NBAA) Annual Meeting &<br />
Convention is the world's most important<br />
business aviation event. Moreover,<br />
NBAA2012 represents the most<br />
productive and efficient opportunity for<br />
business – all in one place, all at one<br />
time. There's no other aviation event that<br />
can match it - Key operators and industry<br />
leaders - over 25,000 attendees - will<br />
meet in Orlando, FL to conduct business,<br />
make buying decisions and set the stage<br />
for business aviation activity for the year<br />
ahead.<br />
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This Month..<br />
EDITORIAL/ COVER STORY 4<br />
NBAA-2012, 30-1st Nov, Orlando,<br />
FL..Flying High<br />
SPECIAL REPORT 5-6<br />
Celebration <strong>World</strong> Tourism Day on 27th of<br />
September 2012 held...<br />
AVIATION NEWS 8-52<br />
* Maximizing Aviation’s Contributions to Korea’s<br />
Economy<br />
* Eznis <strong>Air</strong>ways First to Operate Bombardier Q400<br />
<strong>Air</strong>craft in Mongolia<br />
* SriLankan wins ‘Best in Region’ APEX Award<br />
* Turkish <strong>Air</strong>lines continues to expand its network<br />
in Africa...<br />
* Etihad <strong>Air</strong>ways lends its support to fundraiser<br />
concert<br />
* Belavia Takes Delivery of its First EMBRAER 175<br />
jet<br />
* Austria's InterSky orders 2 ATR 72-600s<br />
* <strong>Air</strong>bus Military A400M to continue long tradition<br />
of humanitarian air transport in Germany<br />
* Gulfstream G550 receives type certification<br />
* A Fourth Bombardier Global <strong>Air</strong>craft Added to US<br />
<strong>Air</strong> Force Inventory<br />
* Boeing Onboard Performance Solution for iPad<br />
to be Launched by Qantas<br />
* First Learjet 75 Production <strong>Air</strong>craft Lights Up with<br />
Power On<br />
* Events<br />
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NBAA 2012- Flying High<br />
The National Business Aviation<br />
Association (NBAA) Annual<br />
Meeting & Convention is the<br />
world's most important business<br />
aviation event. Moreover,<br />
NBAA2012 represents the most<br />
productive and efficient<br />
opportunity for business – all in<br />
one place, all at one time. There's<br />
no other aviation event that can<br />
match it - Key operators and<br />
industry leaders - over 25,000<br />
attendees - will meet in Orlando,<br />
FL to conduct business, make<br />
buying decisions and set the stage<br />
for business aviation activity for<br />
the year ahead.<br />
Attendees, the decision makers in<br />
the industry, will be spending time<br />
on the Exhibit floor, meeting and<br />
interacting with Exhibitors, and<br />
playing a central role in the<br />
purchase process for their<br />
Companies.<br />
NBAA2012 will feature Exhibits<br />
at the Orange County Convention<br />
Center, an on-site outdoor Static<br />
Display at the Orange County<br />
Convention Center and a Static<br />
Display of <strong>Air</strong>craft on Orlando<br />
Executive <strong>Air</strong>port, over 100<br />
Education Sessions and<br />
Maintenance and Operations<br />
Sessions (M&Os) and over<br />
25,000 business aviation<br />
professionals who are interested<br />
in seeing and learning about all<br />
that is new in the world of<br />
business aviation.<br />
According to recent press release,<br />
the FAA Acting Administrator<br />
Michael Huerta to Speak at<br />
NBAA2012 where he will deliver<br />
remarks during the Opening<br />
General Session of the NBAA’s<br />
65th Annual Meeting &<br />
Convention (NBAA2012), which<br />
is scheduled for Oct. 30 to Nov. 1<br />
at the Orange County Convention<br />
Center in Orlando, FL.<br />
“NBAA is honored to include<br />
Michael Huerta during the kickoff<br />
event to this year’s Convention,”<br />
said NBAA President and CEO<br />
Ed Bolen. “His insights on a<br />
variety of issues of importance to<br />
the business aviation community<br />
will be of great interest to all<br />
Attendees.”<br />
Huerta assumed the role of acting<br />
administrator last December; he<br />
had previously been FAA deputy<br />
administrator.<br />
The NBAA2012 Opening General<br />
Session runs from 8:30 to 10 a.m.<br />
on Tuesday, Oct. 30, and will<br />
feature several presenters. Bolen<br />
also will welcome Forbes<br />
magazine publisher Rich<br />
Karlgaard during the session.<br />
About 25,000 business aviation<br />
professionals are expected to<br />
attend NBAA2012, which<br />
represents a productive and<br />
efficient opportunity for the<br />
business aviation community to<br />
meet, network and learn while<br />
also viewing the latest product<br />
and service offerings, all in one<br />
convenient location. Key<br />
operators and industry leaders<br />
gather to conduct business, make<br />
buying decisions and plan for<br />
business aviation activity for<br />
2013 and beyond.<br />
Besides, Electronics Pioneer,<br />
Business Aviator Bill Crutchfield<br />
also to Speak at NBAA2012.<br />
Bill Crutchfield will be one of the<br />
featured speakers at the Opening<br />
General Session for the National<br />
Business Aviation Association’s<br />
(NBAA’s) 65th Annual Meeting &<br />
Convention (NBAA2012).<br />
Crutchfield is the founder of<br />
Crutchfield Corporation and an<br />
avid business aviation proponent.<br />
Crutchfield, who built his awardwinning<br />
firm – one of the largest<br />
and most recognized specialtydirect<br />
retailers of consumer<br />
electronics – through a fierce<br />
dedication to customer service,<br />
will discuss how business<br />
aviation has been instrumental in<br />
his company’s success.<br />
A former U.S. <strong>Air</strong> Force officer,<br />
Crutchfield was Ernst & Young’s<br />
“1999 Master Entrepreneur of the<br />
Year” for Virginia. Among his<br />
numerous recognitions, he was<br />
inducted into the Consumer<br />
Electronics Association Hall of<br />
Fame in 2007. Crutchfield has<br />
been a pilot for over 50 years. He<br />
has owned a wide range of<br />
aircraft from a Cessna 150 to a<br />
King <strong>Air</strong> C90B, the plane which<br />
he has flown for the past 15 years.<br />
Crutchfield has credited general<br />
aviation for three key wins. First,<br />
it has greatly improved his<br />
efficiency and effectiveness as a<br />
CEO. Second, Crutchfield<br />
believes that his business<br />
decision-making skills are<br />
enhanced by maintaining a high<br />
level of piloting proficiency.<br />
Third, Crutchfield credits his<br />
plane for improving the lives of a<br />
large number of people living in a<br />
remote, economically depressed<br />
region of Virginia. Without it, he<br />
could not have opened a satellite<br />
call center there. His success led<br />
to other businesses investing in<br />
the area.<br />
NBAA President and CEO Ed<br />
Bolen said he looks forward to<br />
hearing Crutchfield’s<br />
perspectives at the Convention.<br />
“Bill Crutchfield has first-hand<br />
experience with the value<br />
business aviation can provide in<br />
helping a company succeed in his<br />
fiercely competitive industry,”<br />
Bolen said. “We look forward to<br />
hearing his insights about how<br />
flying has strengthened Bill’s<br />
company and his own leadership<br />
skills.”<br />
Crutchfield will join Forbes<br />
Publisher Rich Karlgaard and<br />
FAA Acting Administrator<br />
Michael Huerta as speakers at the<br />
session, to be held on Oct. 30 at<br />
the Orange County Convention<br />
Center in Orlando, FL. Also at<br />
the session, FedEx Express and<br />
its founder, Frederick W. Smith,<br />
will be honored with NBAA’s<br />
2012 Al Ueltschi Award for<br />
Humanitarian Leadership, for<br />
serving as the leading aviation<br />
sponsor of the ORBIS Flying Eye<br />
Hospital, which brings together<br />
dedicated eye care professionals<br />
and aviators to give the gift of<br />
sight to people in developing<br />
countries around the world. The<br />
following day's opening session<br />
will feature political analysts<br />
James Carville and Mary<br />
Matalin.<br />
The Federal Aviation<br />
Administration (FAA) has granted<br />
a request from the National<br />
Business Aviation Association<br />
(NBAA) to extend Exemption<br />
7897, more commonly known as<br />
“NBAA’s Small <strong>Air</strong>craft<br />
Exemption,” which was set to<br />
expire Sept. 30.<br />
This latest extension, Exemption<br />
7897E, expires March 31, 2013,<br />
and is unchanged from previous<br />
versions.<br />
NBAA’s Small <strong>Air</strong>craft Exemption<br />
allows operators of pistonpowered<br />
airplanes, small<br />
airplanes and all helicopters to<br />
utilize, among other provisions,<br />
the limited options for cost<br />
reimbursement permitted under<br />
Part 91, Subpart F of the Federal<br />
Aviation Regulations. This<br />
exemption is only available to<br />
NBAA Members.<br />
“The FAA will be reviewing the<br />
Small <strong>Air</strong>craft Extension to<br />
clarify some elements of the<br />
additional maintenance flexibility<br />
granted under the provisions of<br />
the exemption,” said NBAA Vice<br />
President for Safety, Security,<br />
Operations & Regulation Doug<br />
Carr. “NBAA does not expect that<br />
the FAA's review will ultimately<br />
alter the provisions of the<br />
exemption in a way that would<br />
affect any Members that currently<br />
qualify for and utilize the<br />
exemption.”<br />
See you at the NBAA in Orlando,<br />
FL...<br />
<strong>Air</strong> <strong>World</strong> October 2012-4
SPECIAL REPORT<br />
Message<br />
Mr. Mohammad Ali<br />
Malkani<br />
Honourable Minister<br />
for Tourism, Govt. of<br />
Sindh<br />
I feel delighted as my Tourism<br />
Department has made timely<br />
efforts to Celebrate <strong>World</strong><br />
Tourism Day and launching of<br />
Books, Brochures, Video<br />
Documentaries on Sindh<br />
Tourism.<br />
On the occasion of <strong>World</strong><br />
Tourism Day 2012 I would like to<br />
take this opportunity to invite the<br />
people of Pakistan and the <strong>World</strong><br />
to visit Sindh for the purpose of<br />
tourism and leisure. Government<br />
of Sindh is fully committed for<br />
the promotion of tourism and is<br />
investing heavily on<br />
infrastructure development and<br />
promotion. For the first time<br />
Sindh Tourism Development<br />
Corporation (STDC) has<br />
produces comprehensive and<br />
quality literature, including<br />
guides, maps and books on<br />
various tourism related aspects of<br />
the province.<br />
After the devolution of Federal<br />
Tourism Ministry and transfer of<br />
power to provinces, tourism<br />
became a provincial matter. Since<br />
then Sindh Tourism Ministry<br />
with its subsidiary STDC is<br />
involved in the upbringing of<br />
various tourist sites in the<br />
province. Sindh being the land of<br />
Sufism and cradle for many<br />
civilizations is blessed with many<br />
sites that are worth visiting, but<br />
before we invite people to visit us<br />
we wanted to be ready, so that we<br />
can offer best possible facilities<br />
to our guests.<br />
All cabanas at Keenjhar Lake<br />
Resort have been fully renovated<br />
and work of beautification and<br />
landscaping at the Resort in<br />
underway. Renovation world of<br />
rest house at Haleji Lake is<br />
underway while the construction<br />
of restaurant at Shah Jahan<br />
Mosque has started. Gorakh Hill<br />
project is fast take shape under<br />
the watchful surveillance of<br />
Gorakh Hill Development<br />
Corporation.<br />
Our Directorate of Tourism<br />
Services (DTS) is serving better<br />
to achieve the targets of<br />
licensing to tour operators and<br />
travel agencies, while generating<br />
revenue for Nation. Meanwhile,<br />
the activities of Tour Operators<br />
and travel agencies are also being<br />
monitored by DTS.<br />
Pakistan Institute of Tourism and<br />
Hotel Management (PITHM) is<br />
imparting valuable services in the<br />
field of training youth for the<br />
travel and tourism industry. All<br />
out efforts are made to upgrade<br />
the Institute in terms of faculty<br />
and facilities for the students.<br />
Today we stand committed with<br />
rest of the world in celebrating<br />
the <strong>World</strong> Tourism Day 2012<br />
with the message of peace and<br />
harmony, according to the themes<br />
of tourism and sustainable<br />
development in our jurisdiction<br />
in global perspectives. We are<br />
showing to the world that<br />
Pakistan, in general and Sindh, in<br />
particular is the land of love and<br />
we welcome our guests with open<br />
arms at Sindh destination.<br />
With Compliments<br />
MESSAGE<br />
Mr. Muhammad<br />
Naseer Jamali<br />
The Secretary Tourism<br />
Department<br />
Govt. of Sindh<br />
This year, the theme of The<br />
United Nations <strong>World</strong> Tourism<br />
Organization (UNWTO) is set as<br />
“Tourism and Energy: Powering<br />
Sustainable Development”. The<br />
<strong>World</strong> Tourism Day celebration<br />
has given an opportunity to meet<br />
and reflects to share our<br />
experience and knowledge in two<br />
fields, tourism and sustainability<br />
that are very important for the<br />
development and well-being of<br />
our peoples. The UNWTO makes<br />
fruitful collaboration. Such<br />
cooperation plays key role in the<br />
relationship among the member<br />
countries including Pakistan.<br />
Sindh province is blessed with<br />
natural beauties and<br />
archaeological and even oldest<br />
historical places of tourism, as<br />
any other country in the world.<br />
But, we are not making so proper<br />
and perfect use of our resources<br />
to earn for this Nation. The Indus<br />
valley Sindh is river streams,<br />
beautiful landscape, rich<br />
agriculture fields, ancient<br />
archeological sites, sweet water<br />
lakes, vast Thar Desert, cultural<br />
variety and arts and crafts. This<br />
Land gives a look of live cultural<br />
panorama. Arts and crafts and<br />
even artisans are seen<br />
everywhere. Folklore, classics of<br />
music and poetry are regular<br />
features of lifestyle. Shrines of<br />
mystic poets and saints are found<br />
in every part of Sindh. The horse<br />
and cattle shows have legacy of<br />
our rich agricultural past and<br />
present. Thus, that hi<strong>story</strong> starts<br />
from Tourism; as a result, they<br />
owned the Sindhi culture, Sindhi<br />
language and local social norms.<br />
There are many world class<br />
tourism places to visit the Sindh.<br />
I feel delighted as our Sindh<br />
Tourism Department has made<br />
timely efforts to Celebrate <strong>World</strong><br />
Tourism Day and launching<br />
awareness material in the form of<br />
Books, Brochures, Video<br />
Documentaries on Sindh<br />
Tourism and providing facilities<br />
to the tourists.<br />
The last financial year has been<br />
the <strong>story</strong> of past with the<br />
Landmarks left behind, while<br />
highlighting the completed<br />
targets, successfully.<br />
Lastly, I invite tourists to enjoy<br />
our historical, natural and<br />
cultural heritage. It is our hope<br />
that this date will constitute<br />
another step towards the<br />
recognition of the tourism<br />
sector's crucial economic and<br />
social contribution and the<br />
importance of renewable energy<br />
for social, economic and<br />
environmental sustainability, as<br />
theme of <strong>World</strong> Tourism Day<br />
2012.<br />
With best wishes<br />
AIR WORLD October 2012-5
SPECIAL REPORT<br />
Message<br />
Mr. Manzoor Ahmed<br />
Kanasro<br />
Managing Director,<br />
Sindh Toursim<br />
Development<br />
Corporation,<br />
Govt. of Sindh<br />
As the world celebrate<br />
“<strong>World</strong> Tourism Day” this<br />
year with the theme<br />
“Tourism & Sustainable<br />
Energy: Powering<br />
Sustainable Development”,<br />
Tourism is the most dynamic<br />
sector of the world economy.<br />
As such, we need to fully<br />
exploit its growth potential in<br />
a sustainable way to the<br />
benefit of all citizens.<br />
Keeping in view the changing<br />
circumstances in our region,<br />
the situations call for renewed<br />
stronger partnership amongst<br />
all tourism stakeholders to<br />
effectively promote and<br />
project the tourism potential<br />
in Sindh.<br />
As an industry tourism can<br />
contribute to poverty<br />
eradication, creation of<br />
productive jobs and also be a<br />
dimension in the creation of<br />
much needed social harmony.<br />
After a period of political<br />
turmoil, environmental and<br />
natural disasters, conflicts and<br />
new diseases that have<br />
affected tourist movements,<br />
we are more confident than<br />
ever that tourism in Sindh has<br />
the capacity to successfully<br />
address some of the main<br />
issues which are at the root of<br />
such problems, especially<br />
extreme poverty and social<br />
harmony. So let us celebrate<br />
this year’s <strong>World</strong> Tourism<br />
Day with a firm resolve to<br />
promote the tourism potential<br />
of the country which will help<br />
build better understanding of<br />
our true image as a peace<br />
loving country among the<br />
comity of nations.<br />
We are currently re<strong>cover</strong>ing<br />
from the biggest flood and<br />
rain disasters hit our region<br />
ever. In this time of need, we<br />
hope that the local and<br />
international tourism<br />
community will also come<br />
together in support of Sindh’s<br />
rich cultural, historical,<br />
archaeological and national<br />
heritage in ‘Tourism &<br />
Sustainable Energy: Powering<br />
Sustainable Development’<br />
that is being the theme of this<br />
year’s <strong>World</strong> Tourism Day.<br />
STDC aims to place Sindh<br />
once again on the map as one<br />
of the most attractive tourist<br />
destinations.<br />
With best compliments<br />
In commemorate of <strong>World</strong> Tourism Day (September 27, 2012), Sindh Tourism Development Corporation (STDC) organized a<br />
seminar on Tourism & launching ceremonies of Tourism Books, Brochures & video documentation. Seen in the picture, Mr.<br />
Muhammad Ali Malkani, Honourable Minister for Tourism- Sindh, Mr. Muhammad Naseer Jamali, The Secretary Tourism<br />
Department, Govt. of Sindh, Mr. Manzoor Ahmed Kansaro, Managing Director, Sindh Toursim Development Corporation,<br />
Government of Sindh and other distingushed guests addressing the audience on the occasion.<br />
AIR WORLD October 2012-6
AVIATION NEWS<br />
NBAA Welcomes Passage of<br />
Senate Bill Prohibiting<br />
Compliance With EU-ETS<br />
Washington, DC, September 22,<br />
2012 – The National Business<br />
Aviation Association (NBAA)<br />
applauded final passage of Senate<br />
legislation prohibiting operators<br />
of U.S. aircraft from participating<br />
in a European scheme to regulate<br />
aviation emissions.<br />
The Senate approved the bill,<br />
S.1956, the "European Union<br />
Emissions Trading Scheme<br />
Prohibition Act," which directs<br />
the transportation secretary to<br />
prevent all U.S. aircraft operators<br />
from taking part in the European<br />
Union Emissions Trading<br />
Scheme (EU-ETS). Similar<br />
legislation was passed by the<br />
U.S. House earlier this year, and<br />
the two bills must now be<br />
reconciled into a single measure<br />
for a final vote from both<br />
chambers.<br />
NBAA President and CEO Ed<br />
Bolen specifically pointed to the<br />
leadership of Senators John<br />
Thune (R-SD), Claire McCaskill<br />
(D-MO) and others for<br />
supporting the bill. "NBAA<br />
thanks Senators Thune,<br />
McCaskill and others on both<br />
sides of the aisle who supported<br />
this legislation," Bolen said.<br />
Bolen has repeatedly pointed out<br />
the industry’s concerns about the<br />
scheme, and has supported both<br />
the House and Senate versions of<br />
the legislation opposing the plan.<br />
In June, Bolen testified before the<br />
Senate Committee on Commerce,<br />
Science and Transportation,<br />
calling the scheme "fatally<br />
flawed," adding that, "as badly as<br />
the airlines are treated, general<br />
aviation is treated even worse"<br />
under the EU-ETS.<br />
Review Bolen’s testimony in its<br />
entirety.<br />
In other testimony, NBAA<br />
Members have pointed out to<br />
congress that the proposal is<br />
unfair, intrusive, administratively<br />
burdensome and fails any<br />
reasonable cost-benefit test for<br />
the environment.<br />
"We appreciate the forceful<br />
message this bill sends to the EU<br />
against the imposition of a new<br />
carbon tax on aircraft," Bolen<br />
said.<br />
Bolen reiterated NBAA's<br />
position that international<br />
standards governing civil<br />
aviation should be enacted by the<br />
International Civil Aviation<br />
Organization (ICAO). "The<br />
general aviation community<br />
continues to support the<br />
framework for addressing<br />
greenhouse gas emissions<br />
developed by the ICAO," Bolen<br />
said.<br />
"The business aviation<br />
community has a continuous<br />
record of improvement on<br />
emissions reduction," Bolen<br />
added. "We will continue our<br />
decades-long effort to promote<br />
policies that minimize the<br />
industry’s carbon footprint."<br />
(Seoul) – The International <strong>Air</strong><br />
Transport Association (IATA) has<br />
called on the Republic of Korea<br />
(Korea) to continue to build on<br />
the success of the Korean<br />
aviation industry and to further<br />
strengthen its competitive<br />
advantage.<br />
“Korea has created a strong<br />
framework for the success of its<br />
air transport industry. Aviation<br />
supports KRW 8.3 trillion of<br />
economic activity in Korea—<br />
equal to 0.8% of GDP — and<br />
employs some 140,000 people. If<br />
we add in the impact of aviationrelated<br />
tourism, the numbers rise<br />
to KRW 23.1 trillion—that’s<br />
2.2% of GDP—and some<br />
488,000 jobs or 2.2% of the<br />
workforce,” said Tony Tyler,<br />
IATA’s Director General and<br />
CEO.<br />
Today Korea is the world’s 15th<br />
largest economy and is the<br />
seventh country to join the 20-50<br />
club— with average per capita<br />
income exceeding $20,000 and<br />
having a population of 50<br />
million. “Aviation enables<br />
business. These achievements<br />
would not have happened without<br />
connectivity to world markets,”<br />
said Tyler.<br />
“Efficient connectivity does not<br />
just happen. It is the result of the<br />
interactions of a complex value<br />
chain of airlines, airports, air<br />
navigation service providers,<br />
agents, freight forwarders,<br />
manufacturers and so on. And<br />
their activities are deeply<br />
impacted by government policy<br />
initiatives. If everyone is focused<br />
on creating a competitive<br />
environment for the aviation<br />
industry, the economy grows<br />
stronger together. And that is<br />
good news for everybody,” said<br />
Tyler.<br />
Maximizing Aviation’s<br />
Contributions to Korea’s<br />
Economy<br />
IATA is the global association for<br />
some 240 member airlines.<br />
Together they comprise 84% of<br />
world traffic. Both Asiana and<br />
Korean <strong>Air</strong> are members of<br />
IATA.<br />
Tyler identified infrastructure and<br />
global standards as areas for<br />
Korea to focus.<br />
Infrastructure: “Incheon airport is<br />
consistently profitable and enjoys<br />
a great reputation with respect to<br />
the quality of the infrastructure<br />
and service that it provides. The<br />
continuous challenge is to make<br />
Incheon even better,” said Tyler.<br />
In 2007 the airport agreed to a<br />
10% reduction in landing charges<br />
from 2008 to 2010. Tyler<br />
suggested that a similar reduction<br />
would enhance Incheon’s<br />
competitiveness even more.<br />
“Whether it be decisions on<br />
charges, construction or airport<br />
privatization, it is critical that<br />
Korea’s competitiveness be the<br />
guiding factor. You have created<br />
a great competitive advantage<br />
with the excellent facilities at<br />
Incheon which are competitively<br />
priced. Don’t lose that<br />
advantage,” said Tyler.<br />
Global Standards: Tyler<br />
highlighted the need for Korea’s<br />
aviation industry to continue to<br />
innovate based on global<br />
standards. He recognized Korean<br />
<strong>Air</strong>’s strong support for the<br />
introduction of e-air waybills into<br />
the Korean market as part of the<br />
e-freight initiative. E-freight<br />
improves efficiency in the air<br />
freight sector by removing paper<br />
documents.<br />
Incheon is also playing a key role<br />
in using global standard<br />
technology to smooth passenger<br />
processes with self-service<br />
options for check-in, baggage<br />
tagging, travel-document checks,<br />
boarding, flight re-booking and<br />
baggage tracing as part of IATA’s<br />
Fast Travel program. “Incheon’s<br />
use of biometrics is among the<br />
most advanced in the world. To<br />
keep that leading edge we look<br />
forward to working with Incheon<br />
and other key stakeholders in our<br />
Checkpoint of the Future (CoF),”<br />
said Tyler. CoF uses technology<br />
and intelligence to remove the<br />
hassle of security while making<br />
the process even more effective.<br />
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Environment<br />
The global air transport industry<br />
is committed to three sequential<br />
goals to manage its 2% share of<br />
global manmade carbon<br />
emissions. These are:<br />
• To improve fuel<br />
efficiency 1.5% annually to 2020<br />
• To cap net emissions<br />
from 2020 with carbon-neutral<br />
growth<br />
• To cut net emissions in<br />
half by 2050 compared with 2005<br />
levels<br />
To achieve these ambitious goals<br />
the industry is pursuing a fourpillar<br />
strategy based on more<br />
technology investments, efficient<br />
infrastructure and better<br />
operations. As part of this<br />
strategy, the global air transport<br />
industry is seeking a globally<br />
coordinated approach through the<br />
International Civil Aviation<br />
Organization (ICAO), including<br />
for market based measures. Tyler<br />
thanked Korea for its strong<br />
support of this approach.<br />
Korea’s support is particularly<br />
important in light of Europe<br />
including international aviation<br />
in its unilateral and extraterritorial<br />
Emissions Trading<br />
Scheme (ETS) with airlines being<br />
required to submit their permits<br />
to Europe in April 2013. Under<br />
this scheme Korean carriers<br />
would need to purchase carbon<br />
permits from Europe to <strong>cover</strong><br />
emissions over the entire length<br />
of flights to and from Europe,<br />
including emissions over Korea,<br />
China, Russia, Mongolia and any<br />
other state that is on the flight<br />
path outside of Europe.<br />
Korea is part of a group of some<br />
25+ states which have met in<br />
Delhi, Moscow and Washington<br />
to make clear their opposition to<br />
the EU ETS. “Nobody wants a<br />
trade war. Convincing Europe to<br />
create the space for success in the<br />
ICAO discussions by somehow<br />
lifting the immediate threat of its<br />
unilateral actions is a top<br />
priority,” said Tyler.<br />
Cathay Pacific <strong>Air</strong>ways<br />
today unveiled its new<br />
Regional Business Class<br />
product, coinciding with the<br />
airline’s 66th anniversary as<br />
Hong Kong’s home carrier.<br />
Speaking at an unveiling event<br />
held at Cathay Pacific City, the<br />
airline’s headquarters, Chief<br />
Executive John Slosar said: “Our<br />
new Regional Business Class seat<br />
was developed after listening to<br />
our customers’ feedback and it<br />
underlines our commitment to<br />
excellence in innovation and<br />
providing an exceptional travel<br />
experience. Our continued<br />
investment in products and<br />
services is a key element of our<br />
ongoing commitment to the<br />
development of Hong Kong as<br />
one of the world’s leading<br />
international aviation hubs.”<br />
The new inflight product is the<br />
result of an intensive passengerled<br />
design process involving<br />
input from the airline’s Marco<br />
Polo Club members to refine<br />
comfort, versatility and function.<br />
Every aspect has been<br />
thoughtfully designed around<br />
passengers’ needs, providing a<br />
space in which to dine, work,<br />
read, watch TV or simply relax.<br />
Cathay Pacific unveils<br />
new Regional Business<br />
Class<br />
The principal feature of the new<br />
product is the seat, which offers<br />
an extensive recline, extended<br />
legrest and innovative cradle<br />
motion that ensure passengers<br />
can rest in comfort. The seat pitch<br />
has been increased from 45” to<br />
47”, providing extra legroom for<br />
passengers. The in-seat width has<br />
also been increased from 20” to<br />
21”, providing extra living space<br />
for passengers. The seat has also<br />
been sculpted to maximise<br />
passenger living space. Each seat<br />
is encased in a fixed shell<br />
ensuring that passengers’ living<br />
space is not encroached upon by<br />
the passenger in front.<br />
The seat features independent<br />
electronic controls for recline and<br />
the legrest, allowing passengers<br />
to adjust the seat into their ideal<br />
position at the touch of a button.<br />
The ergonomically designed seat<br />
articulates into a comfortable<br />
“lazy-Z” position that allows<br />
passengers to be cradled in the<br />
optimum position for relaxation.<br />
Passenger comfort is further<br />
enhanced by a six-way<br />
movement headrest and an<br />
extended legrest.<br />
The design of the seat has<br />
ensured that ample storage space<br />
is available for passengers’<br />
personal baggage and items.<br />
Each seat is equipped with a<br />
universal power supply outlet to<br />
keep electronic devices fully<br />
charged. A multi-port connector<br />
includes an USB port that can be<br />
used to charge devices such as<br />
mobile phones and BlackBerry<br />
devices, and an<br />
iPhoneÒ/iPodÒ/iPadÒ connector<br />
that allows passengers to connect<br />
their own devices and watch<br />
video through the personal TV.<br />
Other highlights of the product<br />
include the introduction of the<br />
StudioCX widescreen on-demand<br />
entertainment system, which is a<br />
new feature for Cathay Pacific’s<br />
regional fleet. Each seat is<br />
equipped with a new and<br />
enlarged 12.1 inch, touchscreen<br />
monitor, which is mounted into<br />
the back of the fixed seat, a large<br />
meal table that allows passengers<br />
ample space to spread out while<br />
they work or dine, and an<br />
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extendable cocktail table.<br />
The new Regional Business Class<br />
product will be installed on all of<br />
Cathay Pacific’s regional Boeing<br />
777-200/300 and A330-300<br />
aircraft. The first Boeing 777<br />
aircraft is due to enter service in<br />
January 2013, while the first<br />
A330-300 will be completed in<br />
the fourth quarter of 2013. All of<br />
the airline’s regional aircraft will<br />
be fitted with the new product by<br />
the end of 2014.<br />
This latest product development<br />
follows a number of other recent<br />
enhancements to Cathay Pacific’s<br />
inflight offering. In 2011, the<br />
airline introduced its new longhaul<br />
Business Class which was<br />
voted “<strong>World</strong>’s Best Business<br />
Class” by over 18 million airline<br />
passengers in the recent Skytrax<br />
<strong>World</strong> <strong>Air</strong>line Awards. Earlier<br />
this year it introduced its new<br />
Premium Economy Class and a<br />
new long-haul Economy Class<br />
seat, both of which have been<br />
winning praise from customers.<br />
See below for details of the new<br />
Regional Business Class and a<br />
comparison with the existing<br />
product:<br />
Eznis <strong>Air</strong>ways<br />
First to<br />
Operate<br />
Bombardier<br />
Q400 <strong>Air</strong>craft<br />
in Mongolia<br />
Q400 aircraft, the only large<br />
turboprop with capabilities to<br />
meet performance challenges of<br />
region<br />
TORONTO, ONTARIO--<br />
(Marketwire) - Bombardier<br />
Aerospace recently welcomed<br />
Eznis <strong>Air</strong>ways LLC to the<br />
growing family of Bombardier<br />
Q400 aircraft operators. Eznis<br />
<strong>Air</strong>ways LLC, the largest private<br />
airline in Mongolia, has acquired<br />
a previously owned Q400 aircraft<br />
and has started service in the<br />
country with the fast and fuelefficient<br />
turboprop. Eznis<br />
acquired the Q400 aircraft<br />
through Nordic Aviation Capital,<br />
the Denmark-based leasing<br />
company.<br />
Eznis' acquisition of the Q400<br />
aircraft follows the type<br />
acceptance certification that was<br />
awarded by the Civil Aviation<br />
Authority of Mongolia in May,<br />
2012 for operation of the aircraft<br />
in the Central Asia nation. The<br />
certification in Mongolia<br />
preceded the decision in June,<br />
2012 by the Interstate Aviation<br />
Committee (IAC) - commonly<br />
known by its Russian acronym,<br />
MAK - to award aircraft type<br />
approval to the Q400 turboprop<br />
for operation in Russia and the<br />
Commonwealth of Independent<br />
States (CIS).<br />
"The Q400 aircraft is leading<br />
Bombardier's expansion across<br />
much of Asia and the certification<br />
in Mongolia, in addition to the<br />
recent type approval in Russia<br />
and the CIS nations, are an<br />
important part of our strategy,"<br />
said Rod Sheridan, Vice<br />
President, Customer Finance,<br />
Bombardier Commercial<br />
<strong>Air</strong>craft, who leads the business<br />
unit's Asset Management Group<br />
(AMG). The AMG is dedicated to<br />
the management and remarketing<br />
of Bombardier's previously<br />
owned commercial aircraft<br />
portfolio.<br />
"We're delighted to welcome<br />
Eznis <strong>Air</strong>ways as one of five new<br />
operators that have ordered or<br />
acquired the Q400 aircraft this<br />
year, and the first in Mongolia,"<br />
added Mr. Sheridan.<br />
"We are thrilled to add the Q400<br />
aircraft to our fleet," said<br />
Munskhsukh Sukhbaatar, Chief<br />
Executive Officer, Eznis<br />
<strong>Air</strong>ways. "The powerful yet fuelefficient<br />
turboprop can fly in the<br />
most difficult conditions that<br />
Mongolia presents - high winds,<br />
large swings in temperatures, and<br />
high elevation airports."<br />
Powered by two new-generation,<br />
5,071-shaft horsepower (shp)<br />
PW150A engines, and capable of<br />
flying at a speed of up to 360<br />
knots (667 km/h), the Q400<br />
aircraft can quickly climb above<br />
the strong summer head winds<br />
which blow across Mongolia, and<br />
also access the high elevation<br />
airports in mountainous regions<br />
of the country. Its steep approach<br />
capabilities allow the aircraft to<br />
quickly descend over the<br />
mountains to easily navigate the<br />
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strong northerly winds found at<br />
Chinggis Khaan International<br />
<strong>Air</strong>port in UIaanbaatar, where<br />
Eznis is based.<br />
The Q400 aircraft has been<br />
certified for gravel runway<br />
operations that predominate in<br />
rural Mongolia, which enables<br />
Eznis to fly mining charter<br />
customers directly to mine sites,<br />
while the aircraft's large baggage<br />
compartment allows ample<br />
storage of mining provisions.<br />
Bombardier has booked firm<br />
orders for 460 Q400 and Q400<br />
NextGen turboprops, and<br />
delivered aircraft are in service<br />
with more than 40 operators in 33<br />
countries, on six continents.<br />
These aircraft have transported<br />
more than 243 million passengers<br />
and have logged more than 3.7<br />
million flight hours and over 4.0<br />
million take-offs and landings.<br />
NBAA Joins<br />
Other Groups<br />
in Calling for<br />
Legal Filing<br />
Against EU-<br />
ETS<br />
Washington, DC, – The National<br />
Business Aviation Association<br />
(NBAA) has joined with 18 other<br />
aviation organizations in an<br />
appeal for President Obama to<br />
take legal action against the<br />
European Union Emissions<br />
Trading Scheme (EU-ETS).<br />
In a Sept. 17 letter, the coalition<br />
asks Obama to file an “Article<br />
84” proceeding with the<br />
International Civil Aviation<br />
Organization (ICAO), to<br />
challenge the EU's inclusion of<br />
international aviation operations<br />
in its regulation on carbon<br />
emissions, arguing that only<br />
ICAO has the authority to<br />
regulate such matters on a global<br />
scale. Article 84 of the Chicago<br />
Convention allows the ICAO to<br />
resolve aviation-related disputes<br />
among member states if prior<br />
attempts at reconciliation prove<br />
futile.<br />
“Standing up against the<br />
application of this unilateral<br />
scheme on U.S. airlines and<br />
general aviation aircraft operators<br />
is necessary to protect U.S.<br />
sovereignty and jobs,” the letter<br />
states. “The United States must<br />
answer, and an Article 84 action<br />
is an appropriate and critical part<br />
of that answer.”<br />
Review the coalition’s letter.<br />
Under EU-ETS, carbon credits<br />
would be available to be bought,<br />
sold and traded on the open<br />
market.<br />
The aviation industry has<br />
opposed the proposal because it<br />
has been developed as a<br />
unilateral, regional dictate that<br />
does not promote harmonization,<br />
and instead sets in motion a<br />
patchwork of separate and<br />
potentially conflicting<br />
regulations. Additionally, the EU-<br />
ETS violates international<br />
agreements and U.S. sovereignty<br />
by taxing emissions on even the<br />
portion of flights to the EU that<br />
take place over U.S. airspace.<br />
Finally, the proposal does not<br />
demonstrably advance<br />
environmental objectives,<br />
because revenues collected<br />
through the scheme are not<br />
required to be invested in<br />
emission-abatement initiatives.<br />
The coalition’s letter to Obama<br />
notes the industry’s ongoing<br />
concern about aircraft emissions,<br />
and the important work being<br />
done, appropriately, through<br />
ICAO to develop a global<br />
approach to emissions policy.<br />
"Our organizations continue to<br />
support the global framework for<br />
addressing aviation greenhouse<br />
gas emissions as agreed to at the<br />
2010 ICAO Assembly," the letter<br />
states. "Work is going on now to<br />
further flesh out that agreement<br />
and to put it into operation.<br />
However, the EU-ETS has been a<br />
roadblock to reaching full<br />
agreement and it must be<br />
removed."<br />
The coalition’s letter comes<br />
amidst significant government<br />
and industry activity on the EU-<br />
ETS.<br />
For example, in June, NBAA<br />
President and CEO Ed Bolen<br />
testified before the Senate<br />
Committee on Commerce,<br />
Science and Transportation that<br />
“as badly as commercial airlines<br />
are treated, non-commercial<br />
aviation is treated even worse”<br />
under EU-ETS, and appealed to<br />
Senators to support legislation<br />
barring U.S. participation in the<br />
scheme.<br />
Also recently, China has<br />
threatened to pull orders for<br />
<strong>Air</strong>bus commercial airliners if the<br />
EU takes action against Chinese<br />
operators, prompting<br />
representatives from the four<br />
partner nations of the <strong>Air</strong>bus<br />
consortium to ask for suspension<br />
of the international provisions<br />
under EU-ETS.<br />
Conviasa Takes<br />
Delivery of its<br />
First<br />
EMBRAER<br />
190 Jet<br />
São José dos Campos, – Embraer<br />
(NYSE: ERJ; BM&F-<br />
BOVESPA: EMBR3) recently<br />
delivered the first EMBRAER<br />
190 jet to Venezuelan <strong>Air</strong>line<br />
Conviasa, Consorcio<br />
Venezuelano de Industria<br />
Aeronáutica e Serviços Aéreos<br />
S.A. The companies signed a<br />
contract last July for the<br />
acquisition of six E190, including<br />
an option for an additional 14<br />
units of the same aircraft model.<br />
The contract also includes a flight<br />
simulator and a logistics package<br />
to support operations for the next<br />
five years.<br />
The total value of the deal, at list<br />
price and January 2012 economic<br />
conditions, is USD 271.2 million,<br />
and could reach USD 904 million<br />
should all purchase options be<br />
converted into firm orders. The<br />
delivery ceremony was attended<br />
by Brazil´s Vice minister of<br />
Development, Industry and<br />
Foreign Trade, Ricardo Scheafer,<br />
representing the Minister<br />
Fernando Pimentel, the<br />
Venezuelan Minister for <strong>Air</strong> &<br />
Aquatic Transportation, Elsa<br />
Gutiérrez Graffe, Ambassadors<br />
and other officials from both<br />
countries, besides Embraer and<br />
Conviasa executives.<br />
“We are certain that the E190 will<br />
have an extremely important role<br />
in the development of Conviasa<br />
and Venezuela’s air<br />
transportation, due to its<br />
versatility, comfort and low<br />
operational cost”, said Paulo<br />
Cesar Silva, President of<br />
Embraer, Commercial Aviation.<br />
“Additionally, Conviasa’s entry<br />
into the E-Jet family of customers<br />
strengthens our leadership in<br />
Latin America and the Caribbean<br />
where we have over a 70% share<br />
of the commercial aviation<br />
market in the 120-seat jet<br />
segment.”<br />
“In compliance with the<br />
determinations of our<br />
Commander President Hugo<br />
Rafael Chávez Frías, and the<br />
implementation of the air<br />
transport policies by Minister<br />
Elsa Gutierrez, the new Embraer<br />
aircraft will allow us to<br />
interconnect national and<br />
international destinations at a<br />
regional level, with much more<br />
quality”, said César Martínez<br />
Ruiz, President of Conviasa.<br />
“Thus, we position Venezuela as<br />
an air transport provider with<br />
modern and efficient aircraft for<br />
the rendering of public service to<br />
all Conviasa passengers.”<br />
The Venezuelan airline’s E190s<br />
are configured with 104 seats in<br />
economy class, in the traditional<br />
and comfortable seat<br />
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arrangement of the Embraer E-<br />
Jets, with four seats per row, two<br />
on each side of the aisle and no<br />
middle seat.<br />
Conviasa is the eleventh member<br />
of the E-Jet family of customers<br />
in Latin America and the<br />
Caribbean. The company<br />
currently offers 14 domestic and<br />
9 international flight destinations.<br />
Embraer forecasts that the Latin<br />
American and Caribbean market<br />
will grow an average of 7% a<br />
year over the next 20 years,<br />
higher than the 5% global<br />
average.<br />
On October 28, Latvian national<br />
airline airBaltic will enter the<br />
winter season with an increased<br />
number of flights in its network<br />
spanning Europe, Middle East,<br />
and Russia/CIS.<br />
Martin Gauss, Chief Executive<br />
Officer of airBaltic: “Our robust<br />
airBaltic ReShape programme<br />
has helped us to achieve positive<br />
results in the high season in<br />
summer. Our winter flight<br />
programme has been very<br />
carefully considered, to preserve<br />
what we achieved in the summer,<br />
while at the same time<br />
maintaining and improving a<br />
vital air infrastructure for both<br />
business and leisure travellers to<br />
and from Riga or any other of our<br />
destinations.<br />
We have improved our service on<br />
the routes where demand and<br />
results are strong. Compared to<br />
last winter, we offer better<br />
connections by growing the<br />
number of flights to cities where<br />
airBaltic passengers can make<br />
single day trips. Numerous<br />
destinations in Western Europe,<br />
Scandinavia, Benelux, Russia,<br />
Ukraine and the Baltic region, are<br />
served multiple times every day,<br />
and we have strengthened this<br />
service for the coming winter.<br />
Major airports and important<br />
regional centres in Europe,<br />
Scandinavia and CIS will also see<br />
flights added for the convenience<br />
of our business customer, while<br />
leisure travellers will enjoy better<br />
service for ski holidays, winter<br />
sun, and city breaks.”<br />
SriLankan<br />
wins ‘Best in<br />
Region’ APEX<br />
Award<br />
SriLankan <strong>Air</strong>lines’ entry, among<br />
an elite list of world airlines that<br />
vied for Passenger Choice<br />
Awards of the <strong>Air</strong>line Passenger<br />
Experience Association (APEX)<br />
in USA, won the award for Best<br />
in Region: Asia & Australasia, at<br />
a gala ceremony in Long Beach,<br />
California, 17th September,<br />
2012.<br />
The ceremony was held during<br />
the APEX 2012 EXPO at the<br />
Long Beach Convention Centre<br />
from 17-20 September, the<br />
premier venue for exhibitors to<br />
showcase new products and<br />
innovations that will improve the<br />
airline cabin environment and<br />
enhance the air travel experience.<br />
APEX, which was formally<br />
known as the <strong>World</strong> <strong>Air</strong>line<br />
Entertainment Association<br />
(WAEA) based in New York, is a<br />
premier global association<br />
management firm with<br />
representation in USA, Europe,<br />
China, Middle East and Asia.<br />
APEX annually celebrates<br />
outstanding inflight services,<br />
products, innovations of airlines<br />
and vendors committed to<br />
improve the airline passenger<br />
experience worldwide.<br />
Having won a prestigious award<br />
for Best in Region – Asia &<br />
Australasia competing with<br />
finalists Cathay Pacific <strong>Air</strong>ways,<br />
Singapore <strong>Air</strong>lines, Kingfisher<br />
<strong>Air</strong>lines and <strong>Air</strong> New Zealand,<br />
SriLankan was also placed in the<br />
finals of three other categories:<br />
‘Best Overall Passenger<br />
Experience (Up to 50 IFE<br />
equipped in Fleet)’, ‘Best Inflight<br />
Video’, & ‘Best Food &<br />
Beverage’.<br />
“Winning an APEX Passenger<br />
Experience award underlines our<br />
commitment to our passengers<br />
and the airline’s continued<br />
pursuit of excellence to achieve<br />
our goal in providing the best<br />
experience inflight. The award is<br />
of great value to us, as the<br />
endorsements come from the<br />
passengers themselves” said<br />
SriLankan <strong>Air</strong>lines’ Chief<br />
Executive Officer, Kapila<br />
Chandrasena.<br />
The elite list of airlines that won<br />
APEX awards in other categories<br />
included, Emirates, Singapore<br />
<strong>Air</strong>lines, Virgin America, South<br />
African <strong>Air</strong>ways, Virgin Atlantic,<br />
Southwest <strong>Air</strong>lines, Norwegian<br />
& Kingfisher <strong>Air</strong>lines.<br />
“The awards this year are the<br />
result of an impressive turnout on<br />
the passenger side, as well as the<br />
continued efforts of airlines to<br />
stand out as the leaders in<br />
passenger experience,” said<br />
Dominic Green, APEX Events &<br />
EXPO Chair and Senior Director<br />
for Client Services at Spafax.<br />
“We congratulate our winners<br />
and look forward to the continued<br />
success of this program.”<br />
While the 2012 Passenger Choice<br />
Awards campaign closed on 30th<br />
June 2012, the 2013 awards cycle<br />
is now open to passengers, who<br />
are encouraged to express their<br />
views on what is on offer to make<br />
their inflight experience<br />
worthwhile.<br />
Bombardier<br />
Expands Sales<br />
and Marketing<br />
Support in the<br />
Americas With<br />
Dallas Office<br />
TORONTO, ONTARIO--<br />
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(Marketwire) - Bombardier<br />
Aerospace announced that it is<br />
continuing its regionalization and<br />
closer focus on customers by<br />
establishing, through one of its<br />
US subsidiaries, a Bombardier<br />
Commercial <strong>Air</strong>craft sales and<br />
marketing office in Dallas, Texas<br />
to serve the United States and the<br />
growth markets of Latin<br />
America. The sales and<br />
marketing team will be colocated<br />
with Flexjet, the<br />
Bombardier group that provides<br />
fractional jet ownership and<br />
services in the Dallas-Fort Worth<br />
Metroplex area, a growing<br />
aviation industry hub in the<br />
United States.<br />
"The opening of new sales and<br />
marketing offices is part of our<br />
ongoing regionalization strategy<br />
to expand our presence globally,<br />
as we progress with our gamechanging<br />
CSeries family of<br />
aircraft," said Chet Fuller, Senior<br />
Vice President, Commercial,<br />
Bombardier Commercial<br />
<strong>Air</strong>craft. "With the previous<br />
establishment of new offices in<br />
Singapore, Shanghai and Dubai,<br />
we have seen a significant<br />
increase in orders, sales<br />
opportunities and new customers<br />
over the past year with all our<br />
product families: the CRJ<br />
NextGen Series regional jets, the<br />
Q400 NextGen turboprop and the<br />
CSeries airliner. Korean <strong>Air</strong>,<br />
Garuda Indonesia, China Express<br />
<strong>Air</strong>lines, Rwand<strong>Air</strong> and Smart<br />
Aviation of Egypt all are direct<br />
examples of new customers in<br />
break-out regions.<br />
"The opening of our Munich<br />
office in 2009 - and now our<br />
Dallas office - positions us better<br />
in our traditional markets where<br />
we already have a strong<br />
presence with our Dash 8/Q-<br />
Series and CRJ families of<br />
regional aircraft," commented<br />
Mr. Fuller. "Bombardier's<br />
commercial aircraft are already<br />
very well represented in the fleets<br />
of North America's regional<br />
airlines, having captured a 73 per<br />
cent share of the 60- to 99-seat<br />
segment. Our Dallas office will<br />
bring us closer to current and<br />
prospective customers in the<br />
United States and Latin America,<br />
making us even better equipped<br />
to anticipate and respond to their<br />
needs in a very competitive<br />
marketplace. We see many<br />
prospective customers across<br />
Latin America as the growth of<br />
the middle class there drives the<br />
markets and the region hosts a<br />
number of upcoming world<br />
events."<br />
Stronger economic growth in<br />
Latin America, including Mexico<br />
and the Caribbean, is forecast to<br />
fuel growth in commercial<br />
aircraft across the region. The<br />
Bombardier Commercial <strong>Air</strong>craft<br />
Market Forecast anticipates<br />
demand for 930 aircraft in the 20to<br />
149-seat market segment in<br />
Latin America over the 2012-<br />
2031 forecast period,<br />
Karachi: The Consul General of Thailand Mr.Wichai Sirisujin,<br />
General Manager Pearl Continental hotel, Mr.Azeem Qureshi, and<br />
President PTFA&BF, Mr.Arif Suleman, addressing joint press<br />
conference at hotel.<br />
representing seven per cent of the<br />
global demand.<br />
While emerging economies fuel<br />
new growth in the aviation sector,<br />
North America remains a critical<br />
market for aircraft sales.<br />
Bombardier's market forecast<br />
predicts that North America will<br />
maintain its leadership position<br />
as the world's largest commercial<br />
aircraft market, and is expected<br />
to require more than 4,700 new<br />
commercial aircraft in the<br />
forecast seat segment, with most<br />
of those deliveries to the United<br />
States.<br />
Each of Bombardier Commercial<br />
<strong>Air</strong>craft's distinct families is<br />
optimized for its respective<br />
markets. The 68- to 80-seat Q400<br />
NextGen airliner is the optimized<br />
turboprop solution for short- and<br />
medium-range markets. The 70to<br />
100-seat CRJ NextGen aircraft<br />
are the optimized regional jetliner<br />
solution. And the all-new, gamechanging<br />
CSeries aircraft are the<br />
optimized single-aisle, mainline<br />
solution for the 100- to 149-seat<br />
market.<br />
Thai food festival at Pearl<br />
Continental Karachi<br />
Karachi: The Thailand used to<br />
believe that colors have their<br />
special impact on people’s life,<br />
there is one passion that binds a<br />
billion people together and that is<br />
food! Pearl Continental Karachi<br />
at Hashoo group celebrates a<br />
joint venture hand in hand a<br />
freedom of culture, colors and<br />
food that binds the state of<br />
Thailand and its mesmerizing<br />
culture through Thai food festival<br />
held with Pearl Continental<br />
Karachi starting onwards from 21<br />
st Sep 2012 ongoing till 23rd Sep<br />
2012. Mr. Azeem Qureashi has<br />
always put Pearl Continental<br />
Karachi forward in various joint<br />
ventures for cultural activities.<br />
He and the Thai consulate<br />
thoroughly believes in the spirit<br />
of peace and flourishing through<br />
exchange of rich colorful<br />
cultures. Thai food festival<br />
features Exclusive Thai food<br />
dishes, fruit carving, Thai<br />
cultural dance and a live<br />
demonstration of various styles<br />
of Thai kick boxing.<br />
ATR at the<br />
Africa<br />
Aerospace and<br />
Defence<br />
ATR, world's leading<br />
manufacturer for regional aircraft<br />
below 90 seats, is marking its<br />
solid and dynamic presence in<br />
Africa with its ATR 72-600 on<br />
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display at the Africa Aerospace<br />
and Defence (AAD) show at<br />
Waterkloof <strong>Air</strong> Force Base<br />
outside Pretoria.<br />
The aircraft in question has been<br />
brought especially for the event.<br />
It is equipped with the most<br />
advanced technologies and<br />
features the new Armonia cabin,<br />
designed for ATR by the<br />
prestigious Italian designer<br />
Giugiaro. The ATR 72-600 is the<br />
best selling regional aircraft in<br />
the world and offers the lowest<br />
seat mile cost and CO2 emissions<br />
in the regional market.<br />
Its presence is meant to showcase<br />
company's determination to meet<br />
growing demand in one of the<br />
world's most vibrant economies<br />
and its trust in the African<br />
regional aviation market<br />
potential.<br />
ATR has substantially developed<br />
its presence in the Africa and<br />
Middle East region, increasing by<br />
30% its fleet of aircraft as well as<br />
the number of its operators within<br />
the last three years. ATR counts<br />
today 35 operators in this region,<br />
operating more than 100 ATs.<br />
Their feedback is very positive<br />
and this let us believe that this<br />
market will keep growing in the<br />
near future. Our investment there<br />
is the proof of our confidence in<br />
this market.<br />
This also demonstrates how ATR<br />
is applying its regionalization<br />
vision to be close to its<br />
customers.<br />
As evidence in support, the<br />
company has recently set up a<br />
new training center in<br />
Johannesburg, South Africa, thus<br />
marking a new stage in its global<br />
training policy. It emerges as a<br />
center of excellence for not just<br />
South Africa but worldwide<br />
offering access to world-class<br />
training technology and solutions<br />
to commercial aviation industry.<br />
(Tokyo) - The International <strong>Air</strong><br />
Transport Association (IATA)<br />
called on Japan to capitalize on<br />
the economic benefits of air<br />
transport by improving the<br />
sector’s competitiveness.<br />
“I am a Japan optimist. And in the<br />
case of aviation, these last few<br />
years have seen some of the most<br />
promising changes in Japanese<br />
air transport,” said Tony Tyler,<br />
IATA’s Director General and<br />
CEO. Tyler’s remarks to the<br />
American Chamber of<br />
Commerce in Japan highlighted<br />
the opportunities that are being<br />
created with the introduction of<br />
new capacity into the long-underserved<br />
Tokyo market as well as<br />
market liberalization.<br />
Japanese aviation comprises the<br />
world’s third largest domestic<br />
market, about 5.5% of global<br />
traffic and 11% of global industry<br />
revenues. “Japan is important to<br />
global air transport. And air<br />
transport is critical to Japan.<br />
Could this island nation have<br />
grown to be the world’s third<br />
largest economy without<br />
effective air links? The answer is<br />
no. In fact, there is no clearer<br />
example of the aviation industry<br />
being a catalyst for economic<br />
growth than Japan where it<br />
provides vital—irreplaceable—<br />
links to global markets. But I<br />
believe that aviation could be an<br />
even more powerful force in<br />
Japan’s economy,” said Tyler.<br />
An Oxford Economics study<br />
revealed that aviation has a<br />
significant footprint in the<br />
Japanese economy, supporting<br />
0.7% of GDP (JPY 3.135 trillion)<br />
and 0.7% of the Japanese<br />
workforce (429,000 jobs).<br />
Including aviation’s contribution<br />
to tourism, the figures rise to<br />
1.0% of GDP (JPY 4.501 trillion)<br />
and 1.0% of the workforce<br />
(620,000 jobs).<br />
Comparing the impact of aviation<br />
on the Republic of Korea’s<br />
(Korea) economy to that of Japan<br />
illustrates the potential for<br />
aviation to play an even larger<br />
role as an economic catalyst in<br />
Japan. “In Korea, air transport<br />
and related tourism activities<br />
support 2.2% of GDP and about<br />
2.1% of the workforce. So,<br />
aviation has twice the impact on<br />
the Korean economy as it has in<br />
Japan. Aviation has the potential<br />
to deliver many more benefits in<br />
Japan,” said Tyler.<br />
Tyler focused on two findings<br />
from the <strong>World</strong> Economic<br />
Forum’s (WEF) Travel and<br />
Tourism Competitiveness Report<br />
to illustrate the need to focus on<br />
strengthening competitiveness:<br />
• Visa Requirements: When<br />
analyzing the number of<br />
countries granted visa-free entry,<br />
Japan ranked in 76th place while<br />
Korea ranked at sixth place<br />
alongside Malaysia, Singapore<br />
and Hong Kong. “This is a big<br />
handicap if Japan is to make its<br />
ambitious target to increase<br />
inbound tourism to some nine<br />
million visitors this year with an<br />
emphasis on attracting<br />
international meetings,” said<br />
Tyler.<br />
• Cost Competitiveness: Of<br />
the 139 countries in the WEF<br />
rankings, Japan ranked at 106 on<br />
airport charges and ticket taxes<br />
while Korea was 33rd. This<br />
corresponds to a Leigh and Fisher<br />
benchmarking survey of airport<br />
charges which found Kansai<br />
International <strong>Air</strong>port to be the<br />
second most expensive airport in<br />
the world and Narita to be the<br />
Strengthening Japan’s Aviation<br />
Competitiveness<br />
-Reducing Cost of Infrastructure<br />
sixth most expensive.<br />
The leakage of domestic transit<br />
traffic to hubs outside of Japan<br />
illustrates the impact of Japan’s<br />
high cost environment. While<br />
approximately 1.4 million<br />
travelers make<br />
d o m e s t i c / i n t e r n a t i o n a l<br />
connections at Narita annually,<br />
about 500,000 use Seoul’s<br />
Incheon airport as their transit<br />
point. “This is just one<br />
illustration that the negative<br />
impact of high costs on the<br />
aviation business in Japan is real<br />
and measurable. At a time when<br />
Narita is struggling to utilize<br />
capacity, it can ill-afford the lost<br />
business,” said Tyler.<br />
“There are opportunities for<br />
positive change. The New Kansai<br />
International <strong>Air</strong>port Company—<br />
the merged entity managing Itami<br />
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and Kansai—is also focused on<br />
improving its competitiveness by<br />
reducing costs. Narita is clearly<br />
feeling the competition from<br />
Haneda. And cost-efficient<br />
infrastructure will be an even<br />
more important driver of the<br />
success of the many point-topoint<br />
airlines that it is trying to<br />
attract, than it is for the network<br />
carriers,” said Tyler.<br />
“As an initial goal, I urge Narita<br />
airport to permanently reduce<br />
landing charges to the 2009<br />
discounted level while retaining<br />
rental reductions,” said Tyler. In<br />
2005, Narita reduced landing<br />
charges by 11%. Further<br />
reductions in landing and rental<br />
charges were granted in 2009 on<br />
a temporary basis until March<br />
2011. While rental reductions<br />
have been retained, landing<br />
charges were increased back to<br />
levels of the 2005 agreement.<br />
“It would be great news for<br />
aviation—and the Japanese<br />
economy—if none of Japan’s<br />
airports were on the top 10 most<br />
expensive airports list by my next<br />
visit. Everyone who lives, works<br />
or does business in Japan should<br />
have an interest in this. Japan’s<br />
main airports are its gateway to<br />
the world. Cost-efficiently<br />
facilitating that basic<br />
connectivity will help to make all<br />
of Japan more competitive,” said<br />
Tyler.<br />
Comment on Japan <strong>Air</strong>lines Re-<br />
Listing<br />
Speaking on the same day as<br />
Japan <strong>Air</strong>lines re-listed on the<br />
Tokyo Stock Exchange, Tyler<br />
made the following comment: “I<br />
wish Japan <strong>Air</strong>lines well. JAL’s<br />
rehabilitation is a reminder of the<br />
resilience of the aviation<br />
industry. The government and all<br />
involved should be congratulated<br />
for a quick process. The<br />
challenge now is ensure a fair and<br />
equal opportunity for all Japanese<br />
carriers to be successful.”<br />
<strong>Air</strong>bus<br />
strengthens<br />
leadership<br />
position with<br />
more efficient<br />
organisation<br />
A more agile set-up to boost<br />
entrepreneurial spirit<br />
In line with its 2020 Vision,<br />
<strong>Air</strong>bus lays out its plans for a<br />
more efficient and agile<br />
organisation to be implemented<br />
by January 2013.<br />
This new organisation aims to<br />
boost <strong>Air</strong>bus’ overall<br />
performance by shortening the<br />
lines of command, thus making<br />
the company more agile and<br />
capable of taking and<br />
implementing decisions faster. A<br />
more entrepreneurial spirit is<br />
promoted at plant level with a<br />
strong focus on deliveries - on<br />
time, quality and cost.<br />
New ways of working are<br />
defined, empowering<br />
multifunctional teams at <strong>Air</strong>bus<br />
sites with engineering,<br />
procurement operations and<br />
quality being integrated at plant<br />
level. In order to increase<br />
simplicity, all engineering teams<br />
will be regrouped under one<br />
single leadership.<br />
“This new organisation will help<br />
us to strengthen our leadership<br />
position,” said Fabrice Brégier,<br />
President and Chief Executive<br />
Officer. “We are now ready to<br />
give more empowerment and onthe-spot<br />
decision-making to our<br />
local teams in order to scrap<br />
bureaucracy and shorten lines of<br />
command. Boost agility,<br />
efficiency and speed and meeting<br />
our high customers’ expectations<br />
is the overriding driver for us.<br />
This new organisation has all the<br />
ingredients to take our business<br />
excellence to the next level.”<br />
Customer focus, innovation and<br />
quality are already key elements<br />
of <strong>Air</strong>bus’ DNA. The “first time<br />
right” approach is going to be<br />
strengthened by integrating the<br />
quality function at plant level.<br />
Supplier management will be<br />
further enforced by creating a<br />
procurement operations function.<br />
All the functions within a plant<br />
will deliver as one team under the<br />
leadership of the head of the<br />
plant, with the support of locally<br />
integrated procurement,<br />
engineering, production and<br />
quality teams. As a result, overall<br />
teamwork will become more<br />
important than ever.<br />
DARPA selects<br />
Rockwell<br />
Collins to lead<br />
cyber security<br />
program for<br />
unmanned air<br />
vehicles<br />
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. –<br />
Rockwell Collins has been<br />
selected as the prime contractor<br />
for the unmanned air vehicle<br />
portion of the High-Assurance<br />
Cyber Military Systems<br />
(HACMS) program sponsored by<br />
the Defense Advanced Research<br />
Projects Agency (DARPA). The<br />
four-and-half-year contract calls<br />
for Rockwell Collins to develop<br />
cyber security solutions for<br />
unmanned air vehicles, with<br />
applicability to other networkenabled<br />
military vehicles.<br />
John Borghese, vice president of<br />
the Rockwell Collins Advanced<br />
Technology Center, said the<br />
company's expertise in security<br />
certification of complex systems<br />
and the use of formal methods<br />
was a key in acquiring the<br />
contract. Formal methods are the<br />
application of rigorous<br />
mathematical reasoning and<br />
advanced analysis tools to prove<br />
relevant properties about a<br />
system.<br />
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“Making sure software is<br />
designed correctly from the<br />
beginning is paramount to<br />
guarantee the security of military<br />
computing platforms,” added<br />
Borghese.<br />
Rockwell Collins is leading a<br />
team that includes Boeing,<br />
Galois, National ICT Australia<br />
(NICTA), and the University of<br />
Minnesota.<br />
Transaero <strong>Air</strong>lines selects<br />
Rockwell Collins’ latestgeneration<br />
PAVES High<br />
Definition Media Server for eight<br />
767s<br />
LONG BEACH, Calif. (Sept. 17,<br />
2012) – Moscow-based<br />
Transaero <strong>Air</strong>lines has selected<br />
Rockwell Collins latestgeneration<br />
PAVES High<br />
Definition Media Server<br />
(HDMS) and Entertainment<br />
Control Panel (ECP) to retrofit on<br />
eight Boeing 767s. Installations<br />
are currently in progress.<br />
Rockwell Collins’ latestgeneration<br />
HDMS is the core<br />
component of its PAVES family<br />
of in-flight entertainment (IFE)<br />
solutions. The HDMS, which<br />
boasts 160 gigabytes of solid<br />
state digital and audio storage<br />
capability enabling multiple prescripted<br />
play periods of<br />
entertainment content, integrates<br />
with the full array of PAVES IFE,<br />
including its new market-first<br />
customizable PAVES 3 in-seat<br />
and overhead video solution.<br />
Rockwell Collins ECP controls<br />
the HDMS and features an easyto-use,<br />
intuitive 16:9 highdefinition<br />
touch-screen with ‘on-<br />
the-fly’ configuration control to<br />
reduce workload for the cabin<br />
crew and maintenance teams. The<br />
ECP not only controls content in<br />
the cabin, it also serves as the<br />
loading platform for all media.<br />
Vector<br />
Aerospace<br />
exhibiting at<br />
Africa<br />
Aerospace and<br />
Defence 2012<br />
Toronto, ON – Vector Aerospace<br />
Corporation, an industry leader in<br />
providing aviation maintenance,<br />
repair and overhaul (MRO)<br />
services for helicopter and fixedwing<br />
aircraft will exhibit at<br />
Africa Aerospace and Defence<br />
2012 (AAD 2012), taking place<br />
at the Waterkloof <strong>Air</strong> Force Base<br />
Centurion, City of Tshwane,<br />
South Africa from September 19-<br />
23, 2012 (Booth 6W4).<br />
“Vector Aerospace is excited to<br />
participate at AAD 2012,” says<br />
Jeff Poirier, president of Vector<br />
Aerospace Engine Services –<br />
Atlantic. “Our comprehensive<br />
engine and component repair,<br />
overhaul and test services deliver<br />
exceptional value and benefit to<br />
our customers. We have the<br />
diverse capability to<br />
accommodate our customer’s<br />
specific requirements and the<br />
detailed product knowledge,<br />
experience and international<br />
service centre network to meet<br />
their needs. We look forward to<br />
meeting with operators at AAD<br />
2012 to discuss how the Vector<br />
team can support their specific<br />
engine repair and overhaul<br />
requirements with superior<br />
quality and unparalleled<br />
customer satisfaction.”<br />
Amadeus<br />
extends its<br />
global content<br />
agreement with<br />
FCm Travel<br />
Solutions<br />
• FCm, a global<br />
corporate travel and expense<br />
management specialist, continues<br />
to benefit from Amadeus content<br />
since its initial agreement in 2007<br />
Madrid, Spain, : Amadeus, a<br />
leading travel technology partner<br />
and transaction processor for the<br />
global travel and tourism<br />
industry, and global corporate<br />
travel and expense management<br />
specialist FCm Travel Solutions,<br />
have strengthened their<br />
partnership by renewing their<br />
global content agreement for a<br />
further five years. Under this<br />
agreement, Amadeus content will<br />
continue to be available to FCm’s<br />
partner network via Amadeus<br />
Selling Platform and Amadeus’ e-<br />
Travel Management booking<br />
tool.<br />
Both Amadeus and FCm have<br />
recognised the strategic<br />
importance of this deal. Gregory<br />
Lording, Global Brand Leader at<br />
FCm Travel Solutions said:<br />
“Amadeus’ global expertise in<br />
distribution, IT and support is<br />
highly regarded. We look<br />
forward to working closely with<br />
Amadeus to ensure our global<br />
business achieves more<br />
consistency across its IT<br />
processes.”<br />
Stephane Durand, Director,<br />
Online & Leisure at Amadeus<br />
noted: “This extended agreement<br />
will reinforce Amadeus'<br />
relationship with FCm. FCm will<br />
benefit from Amadeus’ industry<br />
leading booking and IT solutions,<br />
whilst gaining comprehensive,<br />
global support via our centralised<br />
commercial and IT account<br />
managers. FCm's extended<br />
relationship with Amadeus will<br />
open up new opportunities to<br />
grow further into IT<br />
developments in the near future.”<br />
In support of its ongoing<br />
relationship with FCm, Amadeus<br />
was one of the major sponsors for<br />
FCm's global conference FCm<br />
Focus. During the conference<br />
FCm launched the extended<br />
agreement with Amadeus to its<br />
partner network.<br />
Turkish<br />
<strong>Air</strong>lines<br />
continues to<br />
expand its<br />
network in<br />
Africa...<br />
On November, THY will add<br />
Nouakchott, Mauritania to its<br />
network by extending its current<br />
Dakar service to the Mauritanian<br />
capital. It will be the 24th African<br />
destination in Africa, giving<br />
Turkish <strong>Air</strong>lines one of the<br />
Continent's most extensive<br />
networks. The service will<br />
operate three times each week, on<br />
Tuesdays, Thursdays and<br />
Sundays.<br />
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Heli <strong>Air</strong> Opens<br />
New Base and<br />
Flight<br />
Instructor<br />
Academy at<br />
Gloucestershire<br />
<strong>Air</strong>port<br />
Heli <strong>Air</strong>, the UK’s leading<br />
helicopter business, is delighted<br />
to announce that from 24th<br />
September 2012, its new base at<br />
Gloucestershire <strong>Air</strong>port will be<br />
fully operational.<br />
From helicopter charter to private<br />
& commercial pilot training,<br />
from aircraft broker sales to<br />
helicopter maintenance, from<br />
public transport to infrastructure<br />
surveillance, Heli <strong>Air</strong> offers an<br />
extensive range of services and<br />
operates with more than 40<br />
helicopters from seven bases<br />
across the UK. Gloucester will be<br />
the latest addition to a list that<br />
includes Wellesbourne,<br />
Wycombe, Denham, Silverstone,<br />
Thruxton and Fairoaks.<br />
Heli <strong>Air</strong> is also Europe’s largest<br />
Robinson Helicopter distributor<br />
and operations at Gloucester will<br />
commence with a 2-seat<br />
Robinson R22 and a 4-seat R44<br />
with plans to expand the fleet to<br />
include a 5-seat R66 and a Bell<br />
206 JetRanger in the near future<br />
followed by additional R22s and<br />
a Bell LongRanger.<br />
The Gloucester base will be<br />
home to Heli <strong>Air</strong>’s new Flight<br />
Instructor Academy. In addition,<br />
as the company already holds UK<br />
CAA FTO and TRTO approvals<br />
on many aircraft, the Gloucester<br />
base will also be offering full<br />
PPL(H) and CPL(H) courses and<br />
Type Ratings on the majority of<br />
single engine helicopters.<br />
Captain Mike Buckland, a<br />
recognised specialist in training<br />
commercial pilots to become<br />
helicopter flight instructors will<br />
be the new Heli <strong>Air</strong> Gloucester<br />
Base Manager. He has extensive<br />
knowledge of piloting, flight<br />
instruction and pilot skills testing<br />
& examinations as well as public<br />
transport capabilities and Mike<br />
will be responsible for all Heli<br />
<strong>Air</strong> activities at the base,<br />
including its ongoing<br />
development.<br />
Brian Kane, Heli <strong>Air</strong>’s Head of<br />
Sales & Marketing, commented:<br />
“The company has been<br />
expanding continuously over the<br />
past two years and when the<br />
opportunity arose to secure a<br />
newly built facility adjacent to<br />
the control tower at<br />
Gloucestershire <strong>Air</strong>port, we were<br />
quick to seize it. The airport is<br />
very centrally located, close to<br />
the M5 and the A40, and has an<br />
excellent reputation nationally<br />
for General Aviation as well as a<br />
large helicopter presence already.<br />
We’re very excited about the<br />
prospects for our new base at this<br />
airport.<br />
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Heli <strong>Air</strong> chose Gloucestershire<br />
<strong>Air</strong>port because of its reputation<br />
as a centre of excellence for<br />
helicopter operations. With the<br />
ILS project well underway and<br />
first class modern hangar<br />
facilities available, it is clear that<br />
the very supportive management<br />
team at the airport has a sound<br />
strategy for the future”. Darren<br />
Lewington, Head of Operations<br />
at Gloucestershire <strong>Air</strong>port said:<br />
“We’re delighted to welcome<br />
Heli <strong>Air</strong> to Staverton, adding a<br />
huge benefit to the portfolio of<br />
rotary facilities available here.”<br />
• Heli <strong>Air</strong> is the UK's<br />
largest onshore helicopter<br />
operation, offering the country's<br />
most extensive range of products<br />
and services:<br />
Helicopter Charter<br />
Heli <strong>Air</strong> has its own fleet of over<br />
25 helicopters available for<br />
charter for leisure and business<br />
purposes. The company can also<br />
manage the chartering of<br />
privately-owned helicopters.<br />
Pilot and Instructor Training<br />
With full UK CAA FTO and<br />
TRTO approvals, Heli <strong>Air</strong> can<br />
provide all the training required<br />
to obtain both the Private Pilot’s<br />
Licence PPL(H) and the<br />
Commercial Pilot’s Licence<br />
CPL(H) as well as Type Ratings<br />
for the Robinson R22, R44, Bell<br />
206 JetRanger & LongRanger,<br />
Eurocopter AS350 (Squirrel),<br />
Eurocopter EC120 & EC130,<br />
Hughes 500 (369).<br />
Heli <strong>Air</strong> also now runs at<br />
Gloucestershire <strong>Air</strong>port a full<br />
Instructor Course for pilots<br />
wishing to obtain an instructor<br />
rating - FI(H).<br />
Helicopter Maintenance<br />
Heli <strong>Air</strong> maintains at Wycombe<br />
& Wellesbourne over 120<br />
Robinson R22s & R44s, Bell 206<br />
JetRangers and LongRangers,<br />
Eurocopter EC120s & EC130s,<br />
Squirrels and Twin Squirrels,<br />
MD500s and Agusta 109s.<br />
Brokerage Facilities<br />
Heli <strong>Air</strong> can broker the sale and<br />
purchase of all makes and models<br />
of both new and pre-owned<br />
helicopters.<br />
Utility Infrastructure<br />
Surveillance<br />
Heli <strong>Air</strong> undertakes commercial<br />
contracts for several major UK<br />
pipeline operators.<br />
• Heli <strong>Air</strong> is Europe’s<br />
largest distributor of Robinson<br />
helicopters including the R22, the<br />
R44 and the R66 Turbine.<br />
• Heli <strong>Air</strong>’s Head<br />
Office is at Wellesbourne <strong>Air</strong>field<br />
near Warwick and it has bases at<br />
Denham Aerodrome (Uxbridge,<br />
Middlesex), Fairoaks <strong>Air</strong>port<br />
(Surrey), Gloucestershire<br />
<strong>Air</strong>port, Wycombe <strong>Air</strong> Park,<br />
Silverstone Heliport and<br />
Thruxton Aerodrome in<br />
Hampshire.<br />
airBerlin offers<br />
nonstop flights<br />
to Riga<br />
airberlin is entering the Baltic<br />
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region by offering nonstop flights<br />
to Riga with the new codeshare<br />
partner airBaltic. airberlin adds<br />
its code on flights operated by<br />
airBaltic to the Latvian capital<br />
from several German cities:<br />
Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Munich,<br />
Frankfurt and Berlin. In return,<br />
airBaltic flight guests are - for the<br />
first time - able to book a<br />
connecting airberlin flight to<br />
various German cities in<br />
combination with an airBaltic<br />
flight to Germany.<br />
“The new codeshare partnership<br />
is another step for airberlin<br />
towards the growing markets of<br />
Eastern Europe and adds another<br />
new destination to our codeshare<br />
route network for our guests”<br />
says Paul Gregorowitsch, Chief<br />
Commercial Officer of airberlin.<br />
He adds: “We look forward to<br />
welcoming even more guests<br />
from this region on board our<br />
flights in Germany”.<br />
Etihad <strong>Air</strong>ways<br />
lends its<br />
support to<br />
fundraiser<br />
concert<br />
Etihad <strong>Air</strong>ways, the national<br />
carrier of the United Arab<br />
Emirates, has been named the<br />
Official International <strong>Air</strong>line of<br />
Kazi Abdul Muktadir, Deputy Governor State Bank of Pakistan<br />
presenting the 6th Pakistan SME Conference plaque to Mr. Saquib<br />
Mohyuddin, CEO Business Support Fund, Ministry of Finance,<br />
GOP. Mr. Menin Rodrigues, Chairman of the Conference is also seen<br />
in the picture.<br />
the ‘This is My Life’ Fundraiser<br />
Concert to be held in Islamabad<br />
on September 15 to coincide with<br />
International Aids Day.<br />
The airline will be flying in<br />
renowned Romanian music<br />
producer, singer and DJ, Vika<br />
Jigulina and her team to perform<br />
in a concert organized by<br />
Overseas Event Management,<br />
Project Blitz and Vermillion<br />
Events.<br />
Vika Jigulina is the vocalist in the<br />
international dance hit ‘Stereo<br />
Love’ by Romanian producer and<br />
musician Edward Maya. Her<br />
other hits include ‘Desert Rain’,<br />
‘This is my life’ and ‘Memories’.<br />
Etihad <strong>Air</strong>ways’ Area General<br />
Manager for Pakistan,<br />
Bangladesh and Nepal, Amer<br />
Khan, said: “It is an honour for<br />
Etihad <strong>Air</strong>ways to be associated<br />
with Overseas Event<br />
Management, as it strives to<br />
create awareness of HIV in<br />
Pakistan. HIV AIDS is a grave<br />
public health issue that threatens<br />
the lives of many. It is vital that<br />
people become aware of the basic<br />
facts in order to stop its spread.”<br />
Anita Raja, Project Blitz<br />
manager, said: “I would like to<br />
express my sincere gratitude to<br />
Etihad <strong>Air</strong>ways for their support<br />
and for helping us raise<br />
awareness of this killer disease.<br />
We are confident that the event<br />
will be a success and hope that<br />
we can collaborate even further<br />
in the future.”<br />
Belavia Takes<br />
Delivery of its<br />
First<br />
EMBRAER<br />
175 jet<br />
Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil, –<br />
Belarus-based Belavia has taken<br />
delivery the first of two<br />
EMBRAER 175 jets in a<br />
ceremony held at Embraer’s<br />
headquarters in São José dos<br />
Campos, Brazil. The aircraft,<br />
which is leased from <strong>Air</strong> Lease<br />
Corporation of Los Angeles, will<br />
operate on European routes from<br />
Minsk International airport, in<br />
Belarus. The second E175 is<br />
scheduled for delivery later this<br />
year.<br />
“The E175 is ideally suited to<br />
support Belavia’s fleet plan. It’s<br />
the right sized airplane that will<br />
help the airline carefully increase<br />
frequency without adding excess<br />
capacity,” said Paulo Cesar Silva,<br />
Embraer’s President,<br />
Commercial Aviation. “Like<br />
other E-Jet operators in the<br />
region, Belavia has identified the<br />
E175 as the ideal aircraft to bring<br />
greater efficiency in their fleet by<br />
replacing older equipment.”<br />
The E175 is configured with 12<br />
business class and 64 economy<br />
class seats enabling the airline to<br />
offer a consistent, dual class<br />
product standard across all<br />
aircraft types in its fleet. The<br />
carrier plans to deploy its new E-<br />
Jets on routes between Minsk and<br />
Moscow-Domodedovo, Saint-<br />
Petersburg, Baku, Paris, Yerevan<br />
and Milan.<br />
Embraer’s presence in Eastern<br />
Europe and Central Asia is<br />
steadily increasing. Belavia is the<br />
ninth Embraer E-Jets customer in<br />
the region, along with<br />
Montenegro <strong>Air</strong>lines, <strong>Air</strong><br />
Moldova, Bulgaria <strong>Air</strong>, Aerosvit,<br />
Wind Rose Aviation <strong>Air</strong> Astana,<br />
LOT Polish and Estonian <strong>Air</strong> and<br />
the third operator of the E175 –<br />
LOT was the first and Estonian<br />
the second. There are more than<br />
340 E170s/E175s flying with<br />
airlines around the world.<br />
“We welcome this first E175 as a<br />
key aircraft in supporting our<br />
company’s strategic development<br />
plan which will allow us to better<br />
match capacity to demand on our<br />
main European routes,” said<br />
Anatoly Gusarov, Director<br />
General of Belavia. “The<br />
aircraft’s seating capacity<br />
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complements our narrow-body<br />
fleet, flying where it would be<br />
uneconomical to deploy larger<br />
aircraft and offering equivalent<br />
passenger comfort.”<br />
Embraer has received more than<br />
1,050 orders for its E-Jet family<br />
of aircraft. Nearly 900 E-Jets<br />
have been delivered to some 60<br />
airlines in 40 countries. E-Jets are<br />
operating with mainline carriers,<br />
low cost airlines and are also<br />
deployed on regional routes.<br />
Bolen Tells<br />
Congress of<br />
Aviation's<br />
Support for<br />
'NextGen',<br />
Outlines<br />
Concerns<br />
Washington, DC, – Federal<br />
efforts to achieve a next<br />
generation air traffic control<br />
system (“NextGen”) require a<br />
consensus among all aviation<br />
segments in order to succeed,<br />
National Business Aviation<br />
Association (NBAA) President<br />
and CEO Ed Bolen said in<br />
testimony today before a House<br />
subcommittee hearing on the<br />
progress of NextGen initiatives.<br />
“NextGen modernization holds<br />
the promise of a safer, more<br />
efficient, more accessible, and<br />
more cost-effective national<br />
transportation system,” Bolen<br />
told members of the Aviation<br />
Subcommittee for the House<br />
Committee on Transportation and<br />
Infrastructure, thanking<br />
lawmakers for their continued<br />
commitment to improving the<br />
nation’s aviation system. The<br />
subcommittee held the hearing to<br />
review the FAA’s Management of<br />
the NextGen program.<br />
Bolen was invited to appear<br />
before the subcommittee to<br />
represent RTCA, an organization<br />
charged with providing<br />
c o n s e n s u s - b a s e d<br />
recommendations to the Federal<br />
Aviation Administration (FAA)<br />
for proceeding on NextGen.<br />
Bolen is a former RTCA chair,<br />
and today serves as its vice chair.<br />
“RTCA should continue to be the<br />
forum for receiving FAA tasks,<br />
achieving industry consensus,<br />
and providing the FAA with<br />
c o n s e n s u s - b a s e d<br />
recommendations regarding<br />
NextGen.”<br />
Bolen explained that while the<br />
general aviation community,<br />
including NBAA’s 9,000<br />
Member Companies, is<br />
beginning “to see clear benefits<br />
from the transition to a satellitebased<br />
system with the<br />
establishment of performance<br />
based navigation,” some<br />
concerns need to be addressed.<br />
“NextGen raises significant cost<br />
realities for system users,” Bolen<br />
said, which means that program<br />
implementation should proceed<br />
with “a clear cost-benefit case<br />
that firmly establishes system<br />
requirements, incentivizes early<br />
adoption, and provides<br />
accountability through the<br />
establishment of a<br />
comprehensive timeline and<br />
budget.”<br />
Bolen told lawmakers that “the<br />
entire cost of equipping for<br />
NextGen must be borne by the<br />
aircraft owner or operator and<br />
cannot be passed along to<br />
passengers. Because the costs<br />
associated with equipping for<br />
NextGen are significant,<br />
operators need to be able to plan<br />
ahead for necessary<br />
expenditures.”<br />
In fact, knowing with certainty<br />
when new equipment<br />
requirements are to go into effect,<br />
and when NextGen<br />
improvements will be<br />
implemented, are important<br />
considerations for all aviation<br />
segments, Bolen said.<br />
“Currently, budgetary<br />
uncertainties and the lack of a<br />
single comprehensive timeline<br />
for achieving important<br />
implementation milestones leave<br />
users uncertain about what<br />
equipment will be needed,<br />
ultimately slowing adoption,”<br />
Bolen told committee members.<br />
“The FAA has committed to<br />
bringing stakeholders together on<br />
the development of a future<br />
navigation plan, and components<br />
of that plan must include a<br />
‘transition strategy’ rather than a<br />
light switch approach,” he<br />
continued.<br />
In addition, federal funding “to<br />
maintain this legacy<br />
infrastructure must be established<br />
in order to ensure the continued<br />
safe operation of the national<br />
airspace system,” Bolen said.<br />
In a final note of caution to<br />
lawmakers, Bolen said that given<br />
these needs, the risks to the<br />
nation’s air transportation system<br />
posed by sequestration – the<br />
anticipated, across-the-board<br />
funding reduction for all federal<br />
agencies, as part of legislation<br />
passed last year – are serious.<br />
“Concerns over the prospect of<br />
sequestration have created an<br />
added level of uncertainty for<br />
system users,” Bolen said.<br />
“Potential cuts in FAA funding<br />
overall, and NextGen funding in<br />
particular, would have a severe<br />
impact on the NextGen<br />
implementation process.”<br />
Review a copy of Bolen’s<br />
testimony in its entirety.<br />
Bombardier<br />
Showcases<br />
Class-Leading<br />
Jets at Jet<br />
Expo 2012<br />
MONTREAL, QUEBEC--<br />
(Marketwire - )<br />
Bombardier Aerospace will be<br />
showcasing four of its business<br />
jets at the seventh annual Russian<br />
International Aviation Exhibition,<br />
Jet Expo 2012, in Moscow,<br />
Russia, from September 27 to<br />
September 29, 2012.<br />
On display at the static park the<br />
Global 6000 jet will make its<br />
Russian debut with the industryleading<br />
Bombardier Vision flight<br />
deck, alongside the Challenger<br />
605 aircraft, the Challenger 300<br />
jet and the Learjet 60 XR aircraft.<br />
"The Russian market for business<br />
jets truly is prevalent in<br />
Moscow," said Christophe<br />
Degoumois, Vice President,<br />
Sales, Russia, CIS, China, Asia-<br />
Pacific and Australia,<br />
Bombardier Business <strong>Air</strong>craft.<br />
"With the industry expected to<br />
grow substantially over the next<br />
20 years, Jet Expo is the perfect<br />
opportunity for us to highlight the<br />
class-leading attributes of our<br />
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jets.<br />
"Additionally, we are delighted to<br />
officially present our new Global<br />
6000 jet in Moscow for its<br />
Russian debut. With the new<br />
Bombardier Vision flight deck,<br />
superior cabin, and worldrenowned<br />
Global jet<br />
performance, this aircraft is a cut<br />
above all others in the large cabin<br />
and ultra long-range category,"<br />
he added.<br />
"Russia is an important market<br />
for us, and we continue to<br />
develop long-term relationships.<br />
It is a market that retains true<br />
brand loyalty and this year's show<br />
is just one such chance for us to<br />
promote our strong brand and<br />
build further upon our existing<br />
relationships," explained<br />
Degoumois.<br />
Learjet 60 XR aircraft: A proven<br />
model that combines<br />
performance, comfort, value and<br />
technology to a new level in the<br />
midsize category, the Learjet 60<br />
XR delivers a high cruise speed<br />
of Mach 0.81 (863 km/hr) with<br />
superior climb capabilities,<br />
proven fuel efficiency and low<br />
direct operating costs(i). This jet<br />
can rapidly fly its passengers<br />
above the traffic and make use of<br />
the more favourable winds up at<br />
51,000 ft (15,545 m) which<br />
translates into time savings as a<br />
result of less traffic and<br />
turbulence. When loaded with<br />
four passengers and two crew it<br />
will fly 2,405 nm (4,454 km) and<br />
is able to fly from Moscow to<br />
Madrid(i).<br />
Challenger 300 aircraft: The<br />
dependable Challenger 300 jet<br />
offers true transcontinental range<br />
and superior long-range cruise<br />
speed, with eight to ten<br />
passengers. Its 3,065 nm (5,676<br />
km) range connects Moscow with<br />
Mumbai or Dublin non-stop with<br />
eight passengers and NBAA IFR<br />
reserves. Its superior airfield<br />
performance allows it to operate<br />
out of 5,000 ft (1,524 m) runways<br />
with ease(i). The Challenger 300<br />
jet offers the best performance<br />
and value in its class, combined<br />
with a dispatch reliability that has<br />
consistently been above 99.7 per<br />
cent, it has exceeded customer<br />
expectations since its entry into<br />
service in 2004.<br />
Challenger 605 aircraft: The<br />
revered Challenger 605 jet builds<br />
upon the legacy of productivity,<br />
quality and reliability of its<br />
predecessor, the peerless<br />
Challenger 604 jet, leading its<br />
market share segment throughout<br />
the world. Featuring one of the<br />
widest stand-up cabins of any<br />
large category business jet<br />
available today it can soar six<br />
passengers 4,000 nm (7,408 km);<br />
from Moscow to Shanghai, and<br />
also from Moscow to Dakar, as<br />
well as any city in Russia(i).<br />
Global 6000 aircraft: The Global<br />
6000 jet's unrivalled cabin size<br />
and levels of comfort combined<br />
with a stand-up shower and the<br />
Bombardier Vision flight deck<br />
means no other purpose-built<br />
business jet comes close in terms<br />
of high-speed range capability<br />
and traveller comfort. Offering<br />
the ultimate in technology, this<br />
intrepid jet can link Moscow with<br />
Los Angeles, Johannesburg and<br />
Singapore, non-stop, with eight<br />
passengers and three to four<br />
crew(i).<br />
São Paulo, Brazil, – Embraer<br />
Defense and Security and the<br />
Brazilian <strong>Air</strong> Force (FAB) signed<br />
a contract for the supply of<br />
logistics support and services for<br />
the fleet of 24 ERJ-145 (ERJ-<br />
145, ERJ-135, Legacy 600, RS,<br />
and AEW&C) family operated by<br />
FAB. The ESSG (Embraer<br />
Support Solution for the<br />
Government) program includes<br />
material support, repair<br />
management, maintenance<br />
technical control, engineering<br />
support, and field technical<br />
support, besides scheduled and<br />
unscheduled maintenance<br />
services. The contract could<br />
reach US$ 130 million, of which<br />
US$ 98 million is a firm order for<br />
routine logistical support, with a<br />
potential adition of US$ 32<br />
million in optional services.<br />
The ESSG Program is an<br />
integrated solution that increases<br />
fleet availability and mission<br />
readiness, with a flat rate and<br />
defined performance<br />
requirements, eliminating<br />
financial risk for the client. By<br />
means of centralized<br />
management, it enables long term<br />
planning, integration of the<br />
global partners and suppliers´<br />
network, and clear definition of<br />
deadlines for parts delivery. The<br />
expected result is a significant<br />
Embraer Defense and Security<br />
to Supply Logistics Support to<br />
Brazilian <strong>Air</strong> Force aircraft<br />
operational and support cost<br />
reduction for FAB.<br />
“Providing FAB with a new<br />
service model, which will enable<br />
our client to accomplish its<br />
missions with excellence gives us<br />
great satisfaction”, said Eduardo<br />
Bonini Santos Pinto, Senior Vice-<br />
President of Operations and COO<br />
- Embraer Defense and Security.<br />
“We are convinced that the ESSG<br />
Program will contribute for a<br />
more efficient and economical<br />
management of FAB´s fleet”.<br />
“This contract represents a great<br />
accomplishment for the<br />
development of the national<br />
defense industry, as attested by<br />
the experience and quality of<br />
Embraer services,” said Major-<br />
Brigadier Paulo João Cury,<br />
Director of Aeronautic and War<br />
Materials Department at FAB.<br />
“The ESSG Program allows the<br />
<strong>Air</strong> Force to meet its institutional<br />
objectives, including national<br />
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territorial defense, with high<br />
performance and availability”.<br />
Tee off at the<br />
SriLankan<br />
<strong>Air</strong>lines Golf<br />
Classic<br />
SriLankan <strong>Air</strong>lines Golf<br />
Classic, the signature<br />
corporate sports event of<br />
the national carrier, will return to<br />
its calendar of events this year.<br />
The tour, scheduled to take place<br />
from the 17th to 19th of October,<br />
will be held in the heart of<br />
Colombo at the Royal Colombo<br />
Golf Club (RCGC).<br />
RCGC, an 18-hole golf course,<br />
was bestowed with the prefix,<br />
‘Royal’ by King George V in the<br />
1920’s. It is the oldest golf club in<br />
Sri Lanka, and the second oldest<br />
Royal Golf Club outside United<br />
Kingdom. Established in 1880,<br />
its hi<strong>story</strong> dates back to British<br />
colonial times, when golf was<br />
first introduced to the island,<br />
making it a true time capsule of<br />
the past. The lush landscaping,<br />
tranquil atmosphere and<br />
accompanying colonial club<br />
house with its extensive display<br />
of historic golf memorabilia,<br />
restaurant, coffee shop and bar<br />
will have golfers forgetting that<br />
they are playing in the country’s<br />
busiest city.<br />
“The SriLankan Golf Classic has<br />
been one of our most successful<br />
events in the past, attended by<br />
many international golfers and<br />
we are excited to relaunch it. By<br />
hosting and sponsoring events<br />
such as this, which attract large<br />
numbers of tourists and promote<br />
the country as a sports tourism<br />
destination, we hope to<br />
contribute to the national goal of<br />
increasing tourism,” said CEO of<br />
SriLankan <strong>Air</strong>lines, Kapila<br />
Chandrasena.<br />
The Golf Classic will commence<br />
with a practice session on day<br />
one and conclude with an awards<br />
ceremony, followed by a gala<br />
dinner for golfers and their<br />
families. The event combines<br />
golf with some amazing tour<br />
packages in Sri Lanka. Golfers<br />
and their families can enjoy a<br />
holiday in a tropical island with<br />
its vast bio-diversity and fusion<br />
of Eastern cuisine. The airline is<br />
offering a choice of special<br />
packages for the event, starting<br />
from an attractive basic package<br />
inclusive of airfare, hotel<br />
accommodation and transport<br />
during the tour, to more<br />
personalised packages tailormade<br />
to fit individual needs with<br />
post-event tours around Sri<br />
Lanka and other golf clubs<br />
outside Colombo.<br />
The official SriLankan Golf<br />
Classic website can be visited for<br />
additional details and will remain<br />
open for registrations till 5th of<br />
October. Details of the tour can<br />
also be obtained from relevant<br />
golf clubs. <strong>Air</strong> tickets and ground<br />
packages are available for<br />
purchase through the SriLankan<br />
<strong>Air</strong>line’s office and travel agents.<br />
Furthermore, ground packages<br />
can be purchased directly through<br />
the official ground handling<br />
agent for the event, Lanka<br />
Sportreizen (LSR).<br />
More than 200 golfers are<br />
expected from the airline’s<br />
network of countries like the<br />
United States, UK, Germany,<br />
France, Switzerland, Moscow,<br />
Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Kuwait,<br />
Oman, Qatar, China, Hong Kong,<br />
Indonesia, Japan, Korea,<br />
Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand,<br />
India and Pakistan. They will<br />
contest through a round each on<br />
days two and three, in Gents’ and<br />
Ladies’ Gross and Nett<br />
Stableford Scores; Junior<br />
Division; Nearest to the pin;<br />
Longest Drive; Hole in One and<br />
Overall Winner of the<br />
Tournament. Winners will be<br />
determined through the points<br />
allocated over their two rounds<br />
and awarded attractive prizes,<br />
which include air tickets to<br />
destinations around the world.<br />
Sri Lanka is positioning itself to<br />
become the most preferred tourist<br />
destination in South Asia. The<br />
country is an amazing dis<strong>cover</strong>y<br />
of natural beauty, wildlife and<br />
ocean life, ancient hi<strong>story</strong>, rich<br />
cultural heritage and sizzling<br />
Asian cuisine. As the national<br />
carrier, SriLankan has a key role<br />
to play in promoting the country<br />
for all its colourful diversities and<br />
in bringing tourists, especially<br />
leisure travellers and holiday<br />
makers to, experience the<br />
destination. The airline has<br />
sponsored many international<br />
sporting events, like golf, surfing<br />
and rugby football.<br />
Recently, the airline introduced<br />
two events to its golfing calendar.<br />
The Touché Golf League held in<br />
December 2011, brought in<br />
veteran golfers from all parts of<br />
India and the SriLankan <strong>Air</strong>lines’<br />
Asia Pacific Senior Masters<br />
Championship held in February<br />
this year was the country’s first<br />
Professional Golf Association<br />
(PGA) tour. The event drew 60<br />
senior golfers, including<br />
professionals such as Mike<br />
Harwood, former USA PGA Tour<br />
cardholder and Thailand’s<br />
Jamnian Chitprasong.<br />
SriLankan has also sponsored<br />
other sporting events such as the<br />
SriLankan Pro Surf, International<br />
Rugby 7s, Night Racing and the<br />
American Football League.<br />
Austria's<br />
InterSky<br />
orders 2 ATR<br />
72-600s<br />
These will be the first ATRs<br />
under an Austrian carrier livery<br />
On the occasion of the ILA<br />
<strong>Air</strong>show, the Austrian carrier<br />
InterSky, INTRO Group, -major<br />
shareholder of the airline (49%)-,<br />
and the European turboprop<br />
aircraft manufacturer ATR are<br />
pleased to announce the signature<br />
of a contract for the purchase of 2<br />
ATR 72-600s, valued at some<br />
US$ 47 million. The first of the<br />
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70-seat ATR 72-600s will be<br />
introduced in December this year,<br />
with the second one following in<br />
March 2013. These aircraft will<br />
become the first ATRs to be<br />
operated by an Austrian carrier.<br />
With the introduction of these<br />
two new ATR 72-600s, InterSky<br />
will almost double the seat<br />
capacity of its fleet, which<br />
currently consists of three 50-seat<br />
turboprop aircraft. These new<br />
ATR 72-600s will provide<br />
passengers with the most modern<br />
standards of comfort and updated<br />
technologies. The ATR aircraft<br />
will be stationed at the company's<br />
base in Friedrichshafen,<br />
Germany and will enable<br />
InterSky to propose more<br />
frequencies on main routes, such<br />
as to Berlin and Dusseldorf.<br />
Peter Oncken, Managing<br />
Director of InterSky, commented:<br />
“The new ATR 72-600 will bring<br />
us the opportunity of expanding<br />
our business with the most fuelefficient<br />
and eco-friendly<br />
regional aircraft. This aircraft fits<br />
perfectly with our aim of<br />
combining very high-quality<br />
service for our passengers with<br />
low operating costs. We are<br />
pleased to set up this new<br />
partnership with ATR and also to<br />
benefit from their knowledge and<br />
experience in the day-to-day<br />
operations support”.<br />
Hans Rudolf Wöhrl, Managing<br />
Director of INTRO Group,<br />
stated: “In the last years we have<br />
seen the outstanding success of<br />
the ATR aircraft all over the<br />
world and we are convinced that<br />
this is definitely the optimal<br />
solution for our 70-seat regional<br />
requirements. ATR aircraft have a<br />
proven efficiency and value and<br />
we are pleased to be associated<br />
with such a well-reputed brand”.<br />
Filippo Bagnato, Chief Executive<br />
Officer of ATR, declared: “We<br />
are pleased to include InterSky in<br />
our portfolio of European<br />
operators and to expand our<br />
presence in the European market<br />
with the newest ATR -600s. This<br />
mature market will bring many<br />
replacement opportunities in the<br />
near future, both for previous<br />
generation turboprops and<br />
increasingly inefficient regional<br />
jets. We are glad that European<br />
carriers and passengers will have<br />
the opportunity to experience the<br />
many advantages of the ATR -<br />
600 series aircraft, and to count<br />
Austria as a new country of<br />
operation for ATRs.”<br />
About the ATR 72-600:<br />
Passenger capacity: 68-74 seats<br />
Engines: Pratt & Whitney 127M<br />
Maximum power at take-off:<br />
2,750 horse power per engine<br />
Maximum weight at take-off:<br />
23,000 Kg<br />
Maximum load: 7,500 Kg<br />
Maximum range with full<br />
passenger load: 900 nautical<br />
miles (1,665 Km)<br />
About InterSky:<br />
InterSky is a regional airline<br />
founded in 2002 by Renate<br />
Moser, and has been successful<br />
for the last 11 years. In February<br />
2012, INTRO Group became an<br />
additional shareholder of the<br />
company. For the time being,<br />
InterSky flies in the regional<br />
sector out of the Lake Constance<br />
area to the German cities Berlin,<br />
Dusseldorf and Hamburg, as well<br />
as Vienna and Graz. In the<br />
summertime the destinations<br />
Elba (out of Friedrichshafen,<br />
Munich, Zürich, Bergamo and<br />
Geneva), Olbia, Split, Zadar and<br />
Pula are also part of the schedule.<br />
With the purchase of two new<br />
ATR 72-600, the fleet will grow<br />
up to 5 aircraft, additionally to<br />
the current 3 Dash 8-300s. New<br />
routes are especially focused on<br />
German and Austrian business<br />
travel needs. As InterSky has its<br />
own technical facilities, the<br />
reliability of the airline is<br />
enormous, reaching 99.8%. As a<br />
consequence of the two new<br />
aircraft the number of employees<br />
will significantly grow from the<br />
current 100.<br />
Comlux The Aviation<br />
Group is pleased to<br />
announce the Grand<br />
Opening of the new completion<br />
hangar of Comlux America. With<br />
its new facilities located on the<br />
Indianapolis International <strong>Air</strong>port<br />
airfield, Comlux America has<br />
established itself as one of the<br />
most unique and modern<br />
completion centers Instituted<br />
solely for the cabin outfitting of<br />
<strong>Air</strong>bus Corporate Jets and Boeing<br />
Business Jets.<br />
With a total size of 129,000 sq ft/<br />
12000 sq.m, the new hangar<br />
facility, fully integrated with all<br />
supporting back shops, can<br />
accommodate up to 4 narrow<br />
body aircraft at the same time.<br />
This modern facility is fully<br />
equipped to outfit the most<br />
luxurious, state-of-the-art aircraft<br />
interiors and carries EASA, FAA,<br />
Bermuda, GACA (Saudi Arabia)<br />
and Aruban Part 145 Repair<br />
Stations to readily support a<br />
worldwide clientele.<br />
Comlux America is one of the<br />
very few completion centers in<br />
the world to have all shops<br />
integrated under the same roof:<br />
Cabinetry, Sheet Metal, Systems,<br />
Avionics, Upholstery, and<br />
Finish., Additionally, the Interior<br />
Comlux America reveals its<br />
brand new VIP completion<br />
center in Indianapolis<br />
Design Center, Engineering<br />
Department, Certification Group,<br />
Technical Publications and the<br />
Document Control Center are<br />
also readily accessed from the<br />
hangar floor along with the<br />
Program Management Offices,<br />
Procurement, Planning and<br />
Senior Management Team.<br />
Comlux America incorporates<br />
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every technical discipline<br />
required to complete a VIP<br />
aircraft directly, without reliance<br />
on external business partners, to<br />
enable optimum project<br />
execution strategies and quality.<br />
The facility is also equipped with<br />
very comfortable Customer<br />
offices, including a prayer room<br />
for Middle Eastern clients, and a<br />
dedicated employee clinic for any<br />
medical the employees may<br />
require on site.<br />
David Edinger, CEO and<br />
President of Comlux America<br />
stated “We are very pleased to<br />
celebrate together with our<br />
clients and business partners this<br />
major milestone in Comlux<br />
America hi<strong>story</strong>. This state-ofthe-art<br />
hangar is a unique<br />
building in its category and it has<br />
impressed all our guests from<br />
around the world. Our new<br />
facility will allow us to continue<br />
to deliver the best quality VIP<br />
cabins and strengthen our<br />
reputation worldwide as a leader<br />
in single-aisle VIP cabin<br />
completions.”<br />
Comlux The Aviation Group is<br />
one of the leaders in VIP charter<br />
services operating the largest VIP<br />
fleet worldwide with the highest<br />
standards of safety and quality.<br />
Beyond charter operations,<br />
Comlux offers a comprehensive<br />
set of services to VIP customers<br />
who wish to have their own<br />
aircraft managed personally and<br />
professionally. This includes<br />
exclusive aircraft management,<br />
sales and acquisitions, cabin<br />
design and completion as well as<br />
maintenance services.<br />
<strong>Air</strong>bus Military<br />
A400M to continue<br />
long tradition of<br />
humanitarian air<br />
transport in<br />
Germany<br />
Earthquakes, floods, hunger<br />
crisis – more than 100 times a<br />
year, humanitarian air transport<br />
plays a key role in quick response<br />
and help worldwide. Multi-role<br />
transport aircraft play a key role<br />
in supporting relief operations,<br />
for example deployment of food<br />
and water or transport of rescue<br />
teams and mobile hospitals.<br />
<strong>Air</strong>bus and its subsidiary <strong>Air</strong>bus<br />
Military, the <strong>Air</strong>bus Corporate<br />
Foundation and some of it’s<br />
partners showcase on this year’s<br />
ILA air show in Berlin how the<br />
A400M could support<br />
humanitarian air transport in the<br />
future.<br />
“The intensity and frequency of<br />
humanitarian disasters have<br />
clearly increased – so have the<br />
requirements for humanitarian<br />
aid agencies. The aerospace<br />
industry can provide unique<br />
resources and skills. They can<br />
make it easier for humanitarian<br />
aid agencies to meet the<br />
increasing demands. For the first<br />
time at ILA, we showcase some<br />
of our products”, said Lutz<br />
Bertling, President elect of the<br />
BDLI. “Especially transport<br />
aircraft, which are not<br />
constrained to operate from<br />
conventional runways, are<br />
resources these agencies really<br />
need. Here, the A400M will<br />
certainly play a central role.<br />
Many flights for humanitarian air<br />
transport are different from<br />
normal cargo operations. One<br />
challenge for example is the<br />
transport of Emergency Response<br />
Units and material in areas<br />
without – or with damaged –<br />
infrastructure. Takeoffs and<br />
landings must be performed on<br />
grass strips or damaged airports.<br />
Normal cargo planes also need<br />
special equipment for loading<br />
and unloading. The A400M is<br />
able to transport more, over<br />
longer distances and operate right<br />
into the disaster area.<br />
Compared with the C-160<br />
Transall, the A400M will offer<br />
more range and an increased<br />
capacity for humanitarian<br />
missions: typical payload is about<br />
25 tons of cargo where the<br />
Transall offered 6 – 8. Another<br />
advantage is the flexibility. You<br />
can mix cargo and equipment<br />
with troops over long distances<br />
and get the aircraft to arrive close<br />
to the operational bases as it is<br />
able to land on unpaved runways<br />
such as grass strips.<br />
In total, there are 174 A400Ms<br />
ordered by eight customers. Of<br />
these, Germany has ordered 53<br />
A400Ms with the first delivery<br />
targeted for 2014.<br />
MTU Aero<br />
Engines<br />
expects<br />
revenues<br />
MTU Aero Engines already<br />
expects its revenues to effectively<br />
double by 2020, but it is counting<br />
on more programs to emerge that<br />
would ensure further growth.<br />
CEO Egon Behle says the engine<br />
manufacturer is in talks to<br />
participate in several additional<br />
programs, including with General<br />
Electric (GE) and its possible<br />
new offering for the Boeing 777<br />
and a re-engined Embraer<br />
170/190 family.<br />
“There is a strong likelihood that<br />
we will be together with GE (on<br />
the 777 replacement),” Behle<br />
said on the sidelines of the ILA<br />
Berlin <strong>Air</strong> Show. “There are<br />
intense discussions ongoing, but<br />
no papers have been signed yet.”<br />
Boeing is currently considering<br />
its options for a replacement of<br />
the current generation 777 and<br />
has said it plans to make a<br />
decision on the basic direction by<br />
the end of this year. It is expected<br />
that whatever the new aircraft<br />
looks like, it will be equipped<br />
with new engines, too.<br />
Behle also says that there are<br />
discussions ongoing with<br />
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Embraer to re-engine the<br />
Embraer 170/190 and says that<br />
the geared turbo fan “would fit<br />
very well”.<br />
MTU now has an 18% share in<br />
the Pratt & Whitney-led<br />
PW1000G programs.<br />
GTF work is providing the bulk<br />
of the planned growth until 2020,<br />
but MTU also sees its existing<br />
business expanding. That will<br />
lead to the company opening<br />
more sites and expanding<br />
existing ones. MTU is in the<br />
process of buidling a blisk<br />
factory in Munich, where its<br />
headquarters are located. It is<br />
also considering expanding<br />
facilities at MTU Aero Engines<br />
Polska. Behle says that between<br />
now and 2020 there will be more<br />
bases opened in Latin America,<br />
the Middle East and Asia,<br />
particularly for its maintenance,<br />
repair and overhaul (MRO)<br />
activities.<br />
Behle sees big potential for<br />
business jets in Asia, where that<br />
segment “is only just starting.<br />
The demand will be shifting to<br />
emerging regions.”<br />
MTU is expecting €3.3 billion in<br />
revenues in 2012 and Behle can<br />
“already see the €4 billion.”<br />
Gulfstream<br />
G550 receives<br />
type<br />
certification<br />
SAVANNAH, Ga., — Gulfstream<br />
Aerospace has received a Type<br />
Certificate for the large-cabin,<br />
ultra-long-range G550 from the<br />
South African Civil Aviation<br />
Authority. The approval allows<br />
operators to register their<br />
business jet in South Africa.<br />
“Gulfstream’s presence in Africa<br />
has grown dramatically,<br />
particularly in South Africa<br />
which accounts for 24 percent of<br />
the entire Gulfstream fleet in<br />
Africa,” said Scott Neal, senior<br />
vice president, Sales and<br />
Marketing, Gulfstream. “Having<br />
this certification is important to<br />
our growing customer base<br />
because it streamlines the<br />
registration process for our South<br />
African operators.”<br />
In addition to South Africa,<br />
nearly 30 other countries and<br />
regions have certified the G550,<br />
including Argentina, Aruba,<br />
Australia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain,<br />
Barbados, Bermuda, Brazil,<br />
Canada, Cayman Islands, China,<br />
Hong Kong, Isle of Man, India,<br />
Israel, Korea, Kuwait, Mexico,<br />
Moldova, Morocco, Monaco,<br />
New Zealand, Nigeria, Oman,<br />
Russia, Taiwan, the United Arab<br />
Emirates and Uganda. The<br />
aircraft has also received Type<br />
Certificate Validation from the<br />
European Safety Agency, which<br />
means it can be registered in any<br />
European Union country.<br />
Gulfstream introduced the largecabin,<br />
ultra-long-range G550 on<br />
Oct. 9, 2000. The aircraft<br />
received its type and production<br />
certificates from the Federal<br />
Aviation Administration on Aug.<br />
14, 2003, making it the first time<br />
in Gulfstream hi<strong>story</strong> that both<br />
certificates were received on the<br />
same day.<br />
The G550 features twin Rolls-<br />
Royce BR710 engines, each of<br />
which provides 15,385 pounds of<br />
thrust. It has a range of 6,750<br />
nautical miles at a speed of Mach<br />
0.80. The aircraft has established<br />
nearly 40 city-pair speed records.<br />
In May 2004, the G550<br />
development team received the<br />
2003 Collier Trophy for the<br />
technological advances and<br />
safety enhancements featured in<br />
the design of the aircraft. The<br />
trophy is the most prestigious<br />
aviation award in North America.<br />
The G550 fleet has accrued more<br />
than 650,000 flight hours and<br />
made more than 242,000<br />
landings. The G550 offers nonstop<br />
connections from Cape<br />
Town to Hong Kong, or<br />
Johannesburg to Beijing or<br />
Caracas. At its high-speed cruise<br />
of Mach 0.85, it will fly Cape<br />
Town to London in 12 hours.<br />
ILA Berlin <strong>Air</strong><br />
Show 2012 <strong>Air</strong>bus<br />
foresees demand<br />
for more than 1,000<br />
new aircraft in<br />
Germany over the<br />
next 20 years<br />
Traffic with emerging markets<br />
driving demand<br />
<strong>Air</strong>lines in Germany will require<br />
more than 1,000 new passenger<br />
aircraft (100 seats and above) and<br />
freighters (above 10 tons of<br />
payload) over the next 20 years,<br />
according to the latest <strong>Air</strong>bus<br />
Global Market Forecast (GMF).<br />
These new passenger and freight<br />
aircraft will include 690 singleaisle<br />
aircraft, more than 230<br />
twin-aisle medium to long-range<br />
wide-body aircraft and close to<br />
100 very large aircraft such as the<br />
A380. These new aircraft are<br />
valued at ~US$148 billion at<br />
today’s list prices.<br />
The main drivers for this<br />
investment are the traffic growth<br />
between advanced and emerging<br />
markets as well as continued<br />
strong demand from the<br />
developed markets and the<br />
benefits that can be derived by<br />
operating the most modern and<br />
eco-efficient fleets.<br />
As a result, Germany’s passenger<br />
aircraft fleet is expected to nearly<br />
double, growing from over 670<br />
aircraft in operation at the<br />
beginning of 2012 to more than<br />
1,300 by 2031.<br />
“In terms of new passenger<br />
aircraft deliveries over the<br />
coming 20 years, German airlines<br />
will take more aircraft than any<br />
other European country and<br />
globally is one the top five<br />
countries. This demand is driven<br />
by Germany’s position as a major<br />
aviation gateway for its own<br />
people and for globally<br />
connecting passengers”, said<br />
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Zaman Ahmad, <strong>Air</strong>Asia Group Head Customer Experience and<br />
Technology, and John Leahy, <strong>Air</strong>bus Chief Operating Officer,<br />
Customers, celebrating <strong>Air</strong>Asia to become the first Sharklet operator,<br />
in front of the first A320 Family aircraft to flight test the fuel-saving<br />
wing tip devices.<br />
Chris Emerson, SVP Future<br />
Programmes and Market<br />
Strategy.<br />
Germany’s air travel has<br />
achieved 45% growth from 2000<br />
to 2011 despite the three worst<br />
downturns in aviation hi<strong>story</strong>.<br />
Intra-European traffic (including<br />
domestic) grew by more than<br />
30% and traffic to regions outside<br />
of Europe by more than 50%.<br />
Today, long-haul traffic to the<br />
dynamic emerging regions<br />
accounts for more than 40% of<br />
Germany’s total long-haul traffic,<br />
and is expected to rise up to<br />
almost 50% by 2031.<br />
The <strong>Air</strong>bus GMF predicts that<br />
over the next 20 years Europe<br />
will show an average annual<br />
traffic growth rate of 4.1%.<br />
Routes to the Middle East<br />
(+5.4%), the CIS (+5.3%) and<br />
Asia-Pacific, Africa and Latin<br />
America with a combined growth<br />
rate of 4.6%, will be significant<br />
levers for growth. Germany’s<br />
strong and growing demand for<br />
air travel is based on its<br />
continued economic<br />
development, the strong<br />
international orientation of its<br />
economy, growing tourism, the<br />
continuing growth of low-costcarriers<br />
and the country’s<br />
position as a major air<br />
transportation gateway.<br />
Seven German civil aircraft<br />
operators (<strong>Air</strong> Berlin, Condor,<br />
Germanwings, European <strong>Air</strong><br />
Transport, Germania, Hamburg<br />
<strong>Air</strong>ways and Lufthansa),<br />
currently rely on the excellence<br />
of <strong>Air</strong>bus’ modern product range,<br />
operating a combined total of<br />
more than 350 modern, fuel<br />
efficient aircraft (245 A320<br />
Family aircraft, 18 A300/A310s,<br />
83 A330/A340s, and 10 A380s).<br />
Overall, <strong>Air</strong>bus aircraft make up<br />
55% of today’s fleet in Germany.<br />
In addition, over 80 aircraft are<br />
still in the <strong>Air</strong>bus backlog for<br />
delivery (80 A320 Family<br />
aircraft, 1 A330 and 7 A380s).<br />
Lufthansa is Europe’s largest<br />
<strong>Air</strong>bus operator and the second<br />
largest in the world.<br />
<strong>Air</strong>Asia to become first <strong>Air</strong>bus<br />
A320 ‘Sharklets’ operator<br />
<strong>Air</strong>bus and the world’s largest<br />
A320 customer <strong>Air</strong>Asia<br />
announced that the airline will<br />
become the first operator of the<br />
A320 with ‘Sharklets’ when they<br />
take delivery of the first A320<br />
equipped with these fuel-saving<br />
wing-tip devices at the end of this<br />
year. The aircraft exhibited on<br />
static and flying display at the<br />
ILA Berlin <strong>Air</strong> Show is the flight<br />
test aircraft for CFM engines and<br />
will also be delivered to <strong>Air</strong>Asia<br />
in 2013.<br />
"The A320 has played a key role<br />
in our success, enabling us to<br />
offer our passengers the lowest<br />
fares possible and completely<br />
redefine short haul travel in<br />
Asia.” said Tony Fernandes,<br />
<strong>Air</strong>Asia Group CEO. “Now we<br />
are looking forward to become<br />
the first airline in the world to<br />
start operating this most fuelefficient<br />
aircraft.”<br />
“<strong>Air</strong>Asia is one of the fastest<br />
growing, most innovative and<br />
well-respected brands in the<br />
airline industry” said John Leahy,<br />
<strong>Air</strong>bus Chief Operating Officer,<br />
Customers. “It is a great<br />
endorsement that they have<br />
chosen our latest, fuel-saving<br />
aircraft of our successful A320<br />
Family”.<br />
Phenom 300<br />
Added to<br />
Melbourne<br />
Assembly Line<br />
Melbourne, FL, – With the arrival<br />
of the first wing and fuselage in<br />
late August, Embraer Executive<br />
Jets’ assembly facility in<br />
Melbourne, FL, has added<br />
production of the Phenom 300<br />
light aircraft to the two-shift<br />
assembly operation. Full<br />
development of the assembly<br />
line, including the addition of the<br />
Phenom 300, will be completed<br />
in the first quarter 2013.<br />
“We have added the Phenom 300<br />
to bring production closer to our<br />
customers,” said Phil Krull,<br />
managing director of the facility.<br />
“Customers have been benefiting<br />
from the delivery of the entrylevel<br />
Phenom 100 produced in<br />
Melbourne since last year and we<br />
are now ready to expand these<br />
operations.”<br />
Since its recent arrival, the<br />
fuselage and wing of the Phenom<br />
300 have been readied for the<br />
commencement of assembly.<br />
Workers have been preparing all<br />
work instructions and tooling and<br />
have completed training at<br />
Embraer Executive Jets’<br />
production facility in Gavião<br />
Peixoto, Brazil. The Melbourne<br />
assembly facility has also<br />
completed hiring the necessary<br />
personnel to accommodate the<br />
addition of the Phenom 300. The<br />
current complement of assembly<br />
personnel now stands at 160. The<br />
employee complement for both<br />
the assembly and customer<br />
centers is now 233.<br />
The addition of the Phenom 300<br />
to the assembly line comes as<br />
Embraer is developing the<br />
Embraer Engineering and<br />
Technology Center USA at its<br />
growing aeronautical complex in<br />
Melbourne. Scheduled for<br />
completion in 2013, the<br />
engineering center will add<br />
another 200 jobs over the next<br />
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five years.<br />
The Phenom 100 and Phenom<br />
300 assembly line has the ability<br />
to ultimately produce eight<br />
aircraft per month in a mix of the<br />
two aircraft produced on a single<br />
assembly line. The first U.S.assembled<br />
Phenom 300 is<br />
scheduled for delivery in March<br />
2013, one of more than 12<br />
scheduled for production in<br />
Melbourne in 2013. The<br />
production certificate recently<br />
granted by the Federal Aviation<br />
Administration for the Phenom<br />
100 will be expanded to include<br />
production of the Phenom 300.<br />
Rockwell<br />
Collins<br />
CCT120 scores<br />
high marks at<br />
the U.S.<br />
Army’s NIE<br />
12.2<br />
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – The<br />
Rockwell Collins SWE-DISH<br />
CommuniCase® Technology<br />
CCT120 satellite manportable<br />
terminal recently excelled at this<br />
summer’s U.S. Army’s Network<br />
Integration Evaluation (NIE)<br />
12.2. The objective scoring<br />
system is based on criteria such<br />
as integration, performance, set<br />
up, port density, size, weight,<br />
power and complexity to operate.<br />
The NIE consists of a series of<br />
semi-annual field exercises to<br />
evaluate, integrate, and mature<br />
the Army’s tactical network.<br />
During the evaluations, the Army<br />
integrates and assesses network<br />
and non-network capabilities.<br />
Soldiers used the systems under<br />
evaluation at NIE 12.2 in<br />
scenarios that mimic real mission<br />
conditions to evaluate whether<br />
the systems offer clear<br />
enhancements over legacy<br />
equipment in specific areas of<br />
special interest or gaps in current<br />
equipment capabilities. Rockwell<br />
Collins participated in the<br />
Company Command Post<br />
(CoCP) system equipment<br />
evaluation.<br />
Soldiers operated the Rockwell<br />
Collins CCT120 during extreme<br />
dust and heavy rain conditions<br />
with no issues. Steady network<br />
<strong>cover</strong>age was observed during<br />
severe weather. Performance<br />
measurements taken during<br />
thunderstorms were no different<br />
from measurements taken in<br />
fairer weather, validating<br />
CCT120’s reputation for<br />
reliability in adverse weather<br />
conditions.<br />
Additionally, the Rockwell<br />
Collins CCT120 proved fast and<br />
easy to set up in under 30<br />
minutes, significantly faster than<br />
required. The CCT120 has a<br />
small foot print when stowed and<br />
packed in transit cases. Its<br />
smaller size and lighter weight<br />
enabled the cased system to fit in<br />
one Humvee increasing the units’<br />
transportability and mobility.<br />
“The results of the evaluation<br />
prove that the CCT120 supports<br />
higher wideband data rates out to<br />
the tactical edge at the company<br />
level,” said Bob Haag, vice<br />
president and general manager of<br />
Communication and Navigation<br />
Products for Rockwell Collins.<br />
“NIE 12.2 provided us with the<br />
unique opportunity for both<br />
laboratory and warfighter<br />
feedback on our newer<br />
technologies. Our investment in<br />
NIE 12.2 provided us with a<br />
wealth of information from a key<br />
constituency in a very short time<br />
period.”<br />
IBAC<br />
Announces<br />
Appointment<br />
of New<br />
Director<br />
General<br />
Washington, DC, – The National<br />
Business Aviation Association<br />
(NBAA) is pleased to welcome<br />
Kurt Edwards, who was<br />
appointed by the International<br />
Business Aviation Council<br />
(IBAC) on Sept. 7 as its new<br />
director general. IBAC is the<br />
international non-governmental<br />
organization (INGO) that<br />
represents the interests of<br />
business aviation operators from<br />
around the world in international<br />
forums, primarily ICAO (the<br />
International Civil Aviation<br />
Organization).<br />
IBAC’s members, including<br />
NBAA, are national and regional<br />
associations that work together to<br />
coordinate global policies and<br />
positions for the business<br />
aviation community and to<br />
represent the community in<br />
international rule-making and<br />
policy-making work. IBAC’s<br />
principal office is located in<br />
Montreal, Canada, in the<br />
headquarters building of ICAO.<br />
“Mr. Edwards brings to the<br />
organization substantial<br />
experience in international<br />
aviation issues," said IBAC<br />
Chairman Peter Gatz. "Previous<br />
to coming to IBAC, Mr. Edwards<br />
served in high-level capacities<br />
with the International Affairs and<br />
Environment Offices of the U.S.<br />
Federal Aviation Administration<br />
(FAA). He also led FAA outreach<br />
efforts while based in Brussels<br />
and Paris, as well as at ICAO on<br />
environmental matters.”<br />
Edwards commences duty with<br />
IBAC effective immediately. He<br />
replaces Donald Spruston, the<br />
previous director general who<br />
served from 1999 to the present.<br />
Spruston announced last year his<br />
intent to step down. Since that<br />
time the IBAC board has<br />
conducted a comprehensive<br />
global search to find a new<br />
director general with the<br />
capability of continuing the<br />
development of business aviation<br />
policies and interests on issues<br />
such as safety, security, air traffic<br />
management and the<br />
environment.<br />
Etihad <strong>Air</strong>ways<br />
named the<br />
official<br />
international<br />
airline of the<br />
sixth Pakistan<br />
SME<br />
conference<br />
Etihad <strong>Air</strong>ways, the national<br />
airline of the United Arab<br />
Emirates, has been named as the<br />
Official International <strong>Air</strong>line of<br />
the sixth SME Conference 2012<br />
to be held in Karachi on<br />
September 5.<br />
The conference, which is<br />
organised annually by Shamrock<br />
Conferences International,<br />
provides a forum to discuss<br />
issues faced by small and<br />
medium enterprises (SMEs) in<br />
the country and relevant policy<br />
interventions to address common<br />
challenges.<br />
Subjects to be <strong>cover</strong>ed include<br />
regulatory inconsistencies,<br />
banking services, taxation,<br />
transportation of goods, as well<br />
as a range of power and energy<br />
issues.<br />
Etihad <strong>Air</strong>ways’ Area General<br />
Manager for Pakistan,<br />
Bangladesh and Nepal, Amer<br />
Khan, said: “We are pleased to be<br />
associated with Shamrock<br />
Conferences International to<br />
address pertinent issues related to<br />
the SME sector, which is the<br />
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backbone of our economy and a<br />
key source of economic growth<br />
in advanced, industrial as well as<br />
emerging and developing<br />
markets.”<br />
Menin Rodrigues, the Chairman<br />
of Shambrock Conferences<br />
International, said: “I would like<br />
to express my gratitude to Etihad<br />
<strong>Air</strong>ways for its commitment and<br />
support of the SME sector in<br />
Pakistan through this partnership<br />
with us. We hope this<br />
collaboration will continue to<br />
flourish in the future.”<br />
Heli-One<br />
Exhibiting at<br />
Berlin-ILA<br />
2012 (HALL 3<br />
– 3617A)<br />
British Columbia, Canada – Heli-<br />
One Canada, Incorporated (Heli-<br />
One), the world’s largest<br />
independent provider of<br />
helicopter maintenance, repair<br />
and overhaul (MRO) services<br />
announces it will exhibit at the<br />
ILA Berlin 2012 Exhibition from<br />
September 11-16, 2012<br />
(HALL 3 – 3617A).<br />
Senior representatives of Heli-<br />
One’s helicopter MRO sales and<br />
marketing team will be on-hand<br />
to discuss operator requirements<br />
related to delivery of valuedriven<br />
helicopter repair and<br />
overhaul solutions that improve<br />
safety and reliability, extends<br />
aircraft life and reduces operator<br />
costs. Learn about how Heli-<br />
One’s unmatched helicopter<br />
services enable our customers to<br />
go further, do more and come<br />
home safely.<br />
Heli-One holds an extensive<br />
portfolio of helicopter MRO<br />
services including:<br />
- Engines: Pratt & Whitney<br />
Canada PT6T - Turbomeca Arriel<br />
1 & Arriel 2 / Makila 1 - General<br />
Electric T58 / CT58<br />
- Major Dynamic Components<br />
- <strong>Air</strong>frames and Major<br />
Inspections (various Sikorsky,<br />
Eurocopter, AgustaWestland and<br />
Bell models)<br />
- Comprehensive Avionics<br />
support<br />
Heli-One is headquartered in<br />
Delta, British Columbia, Canada;<br />
with maintenance, repair and<br />
overhaul facilities in Delta -<br />
British Columbia, Canada;<br />
Stavanger - Rogaland, Norway;<br />
Fort Collins- Colorado, USA and<br />
Rzeszów - Podkarpackie, Poland.<br />
<strong>Air</strong>bus lights up Berlin’s<br />
Humboldt-Box with its vision of<br />
the future of flight in 2050<br />
Breathtaking lightshow launches<br />
<strong>Air</strong>bus Smarter Skies campaign<br />
ahead of ILA<br />
A spectacular 4D projection light<br />
show transformed Berlin’s<br />
Humboldt-Box into a moving and<br />
pulsating canvas to demonstrate<br />
the benefits of smarter flight in<br />
the future. The show, which<br />
launches the Future by <strong>Air</strong>bus<br />
Smarter Skies vision of air travel<br />
in 2050 and beyond, illustrates in<br />
stunning perspective how smarter<br />
aircraft operations could cut<br />
travel times, reduce emissions<br />
and lead to fewer delays.<br />
“Our light show unveils the<br />
significant benefits of combining<br />
smarter aircraft, smarter<br />
technology and smarter skies in<br />
2050”, says Charles Champion,<br />
Executive Vice President<br />
Engineering at <strong>Air</strong>bus. “Our<br />
Smarter Skies vision is one where<br />
highly intelligent aircraft would<br />
be able to organise themselves<br />
and select the most efficient and<br />
environmentally friendly routes,<br />
making the best use of daily<br />
weather and atmospheric<br />
conditions. It is also one where<br />
aircraft might copy the best<br />
aspects of nature and fly like<br />
flocks of birds allowing them to<br />
travel more efficiently and lower<br />
their energy use.”<br />
Beginning with a single paper<br />
aeroplane launched from the<br />
balcony of the Humboldt-Box, a<br />
maze of 3D blocks depicts the<br />
barriers and obstacles created by<br />
current national air space<br />
boundaries. A map of the world<br />
scattered with pin points and<br />
bright pulsing lines of light<br />
highlights the world’s busiest<br />
routes. The show then takes<br />
passengers forward in time to<br />
2050 to demonstrate a world of<br />
flight where obstacles are<br />
removed, passenger travelling<br />
times are shortened, and where<br />
fuel use and emissions are<br />
reduced. The show closes with a<br />
fleet of <strong>Air</strong>bus concept planes<br />
flying in formation.<br />
Charles Champion continues:<br />
“Our research for the Future by<br />
<strong>Air</strong>bus programme has shown<br />
that air passengers expect to fly<br />
more in the future, but they want<br />
to do so with fewer delays, less<br />
noise and more sustainably. The<br />
aviation industry has already<br />
committed to some of the<br />
toughest targets of any industry<br />
by pledging to cut aircraft<br />
emissions by 50% by 2050. Our<br />
Concept Plane has illustrated<br />
how aircraft design could<br />
contribute. Our Smarter Skies<br />
campaign, brought to life by this<br />
light display, demonstrates the<br />
future benefits that smart aircraft<br />
operations could bring if we work<br />
together as an industry to make<br />
them happen”.<br />
The Future by <strong>Air</strong>bus Smarter<br />
Skies vision consists of five<br />
concepts which could be<br />
implemented across all stages of<br />
an aircraft’s operation. It includes<br />
aircraft launched into a<br />
continuous ‘eco-climb’, flying in<br />
formation using ‘express<br />
skyways’, ‘low noise’ glided<br />
approaches, low emission<br />
landing and ground operations<br />
and airports that grow their own<br />
alternative energy sources.<br />
A Fourth<br />
Bombardier<br />
Global <strong>Air</strong>craft<br />
Added to US<br />
<strong>Air</strong> Force<br />
Inventory<br />
M O N T R E A L ,<br />
QUEBEC–(Marketwire/Asianet-<br />
Pakistan – ) - Bombardier<br />
Aerospace announced that it<br />
delivered a Global 6000 aircraft<br />
to the US <strong>Air</strong> Force in a<br />
ceremony conducted at a<br />
Bombardier facility in<br />
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Connecticut. This aircraft is the<br />
fourth Bombardier Global<br />
aircraft to be added to the<br />
existing US <strong>Air</strong> Force inventory<br />
with E-11A Military Designation.<br />
The intention is to equip this new<br />
addition with the Battlefield<br />
<strong>Air</strong>borne Communications Node<br />
or BACN, in time for deployment<br />
next summer. This system will<br />
allow disparate battlefield<br />
communications systems to share<br />
data.<br />
“Bombardier has built a strong<br />
relationship with the US <strong>Air</strong><br />
Force, a Global aircraft operator<br />
for four years now. We are<br />
delighted that the <strong>Air</strong> Force has<br />
once again selected a Bombardier<br />
aircraft to carry out their BACN<br />
mission,” said Derek Gilmour,<br />
Vice President, Sales, Marketing<br />
and Administration, Specialized<br />
and Amphibious <strong>Air</strong>craft,<br />
Bombardier Aerospace. “This<br />
recent addition reaffirms the<br />
credentials of the Global aircraft<br />
platform for special mission<br />
applications and we are very<br />
proud that Bombardier’s aircraft<br />
are serving the United States <strong>Air</strong><br />
Force,” he continued.<br />
As the world’s most advanced<br />
ultra long-range business aircraft,<br />
the Global 6000 jet is designed<br />
and certified to operate at<br />
altitudes of up to 51,000 feet<br />
(15,545 m)*. It flies faster,<br />
farther, accesses shorter airfields,<br />
and climbs quicker than any other<br />
business jet in its class. It offers<br />
an expansive cabin for equipment<br />
and mission personnel,<br />
unmatched power generation<br />
capacity and higher ground<br />
clearance to support sensor<br />
installations. In addition, its<br />
remarkably damage-tolerant<br />
airframe provides superior<br />
structural integrity.<br />
Full-Scale<br />
Bombardier<br />
CSeries<br />
<strong>Air</strong>craft Flight<br />
Deck and<br />
Cabin<br />
Demonstrators<br />
on Display at<br />
Munich<br />
<strong>Air</strong>port<br />
MUNICH, GERMANY--<br />
(Marketwire - ) - Bombardier<br />
Aerospace recently demonstrates<br />
the CSeries aircraft flight deck<br />
and cabin at Hangar 3 (Augsburg<br />
<strong>Air</strong>ways GmbH) at Munich<br />
<strong>Air</strong>port until September 24, 2012.<br />
Direct from a roadshow in Riga,<br />
Latvia where they were on<br />
display for newly announced<br />
CSeries aircraft customer,<br />
airBaltic, the demonstrators have<br />
travelled across Europe from the<br />
Farnborough International<br />
<strong>Air</strong>show 2012 where close to<br />
1,000 visitors experienced the<br />
aircraft's interactive full-scale<br />
mock-up.<br />
"This is a wonderful opportunity<br />
to welcome suppliers, media and<br />
of course our customers to<br />
experience first-hand the CSeries<br />
aircraft cabin and flight deck. The<br />
enthusiasm shown for this<br />
aircraft has been very<br />
impressive," said Steven<br />
Aliment, Vice President, Sales -<br />
Europe, Russia and the<br />
Commonwealth of Independent<br />
States (CIS). "Many of our<br />
customers such as Lufthansa and<br />
airBaltic, as well as potential<br />
customers and their crews have<br />
previously visited the CSeries<br />
aircraft mock-up to get a better<br />
sense and feel for the newest<br />
standard in cabin comfort and the<br />
most technologically advanced<br />
flight deck."<br />
Media briefing<br />
Representatives of the media are<br />
invited to view the demonstrators<br />
and attend a briefing at 10 a.m.<br />
on September 14, 2012, that will<br />
be hosted by Bombardier<br />
Commercial <strong>Air</strong>craft team<br />
leaders, Benjamin Boehm, Vice<br />
President, Business Development<br />
and Strategy and Steven Aliment.<br />
Media are requested to preregister<br />
by contacting Clemens<br />
Bollinger by email at<br />
cb@bollinger-aviation.de.<br />
About the flight deck and cabin<br />
demonstrators<br />
The CSeries aircraft flight deck<br />
features a number of technologyadvanced<br />
communication and<br />
navigation aids and benefits from<br />
the latest avionics. The integrated<br />
design approach sets a new<br />
standard and offers reduced costs<br />
through increased operational<br />
efficiency and reduced pilot<br />
training, while improving<br />
reliability. The result is a finely<br />
tuned human-machine interface,<br />
which the demonstrator allows<br />
visitors to fully experience.<br />
The cabin, designed with<br />
flexibility and customization in<br />
mind and set up with a variety of<br />
seat selections and layouts from<br />
business class to all-economy,<br />
allows visitors to experience<br />
first-hand the single-aisle CSeries<br />
aircraft's widebody-type<br />
environment and comfort.<br />
Spacious seating, increased<br />
shoulder space, extra-large<br />
windows, latest-generation LED<br />
lighting and upsized, overhead<br />
storage - 20 to 25 per cent more<br />
volume per passenger than<br />
current state-of-the-art,<br />
narrowbody aircraft - are all yet<br />
another demonstration that the<br />
CSeries jetliner is what<br />
passengers have been seeking.<br />
Bombardier's Commercial<br />
<strong>Air</strong>craft Forecast 2012-2031<br />
predicts worldwide deliveries of<br />
12,800 new commercial aircraft<br />
with 20 to 149 seats. Europe,<br />
Russia and the CIS are expected<br />
to take delivery of 2,240 units,<br />
with 52 per cent anticipated to be<br />
in the 100- to 149- seat segment.<br />
Steve Nielsen<br />
to Receive<br />
John Winant<br />
Award for<br />
Long-Standing<br />
Service to<br />
Industry<br />
Washington, DC, - Steve Nielsen,<br />
an accomplished airman,<br />
business aviation advocate and<br />
former National Business<br />
Aviation Association (NBAA)<br />
director, is the 2012 recipient of<br />
NBAA's prestigious John H.<br />
Winant Award.<br />
The award will be presented as<br />
part of NBAA’s 65th Annual<br />
Meeting & Convention, which<br />
will be held from Oct. 30 to Nov.<br />
1 at the Orange County<br />
Convention Center and Orlando<br />
Executive <strong>Air</strong>port in Orlando,<br />
FL.<br />
“Steve Nielsen has been a<br />
devoted advocate for business<br />
aviation throughout his long and<br />
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distinguished career,” said<br />
NBAA President and CEO Ed<br />
Bolen. “He honors the tradition<br />
of lifelong service to the industry<br />
that is John Winant’s legacy, and<br />
we are delighted to acknowledge<br />
Steve’s contributions with this<br />
award.”<br />
The Winant Award recognizes<br />
former NBAA directors whose<br />
service to business aviation has<br />
continued well beyond their<br />
tenure on NBAA's Board.<br />
Winant’s association with NBAA<br />
extended over five decades.<br />
Elected to the Association’s<br />
Board of Directors in 1957, he<br />
served in all of NBAA’s<br />
volunteer-elected officer<br />
positions, and remained on the<br />
Board until his appointment as<br />
chief staff executive in 1971.<br />
Winant served as NBAA<br />
President from 1971 until 1986.<br />
Even in retirement, Winant<br />
remained active in his support for<br />
NBAA and business aviation. In<br />
1989, he authored Keep Business<br />
Flying, which <strong>cover</strong>ed the<br />
development of business aviation<br />
and NBAA from 1947 to 1986.<br />
He later co-authored NBAA<br />
Works, which catalogued the<br />
spirit and achievement of NBAA<br />
from 1986 to 2002.<br />
Nielsen’s service to the business<br />
aviation community spans nearly<br />
45 years and includes a variety of<br />
noteworthy industry<br />
accomplishments. In addition to<br />
his service on NBAA’s Board of<br />
Directors, he participated on the<br />
planning committee for NBAA’s<br />
2009 Light Business <strong>Air</strong>plane<br />
Conference. He was instrumental<br />
in founding what is today known<br />
as the Southern California<br />
Aviation Association (SCAA),<br />
and currently serves as its<br />
president. In that position, he has<br />
spearheaded efforts to grow the<br />
SCAA’s membership, promote<br />
aviation safety best practices,<br />
encourage the pursuit of careers<br />
in business aviation and highlight<br />
the industry’s importance to local<br />
communities.<br />
Nielson is also vice president of<br />
operations for Baldwin Aviation<br />
Safety and Compliance and<br />
director of aviation for Avalon<br />
Capital, which operates a<br />
Bombardier Global XRS, and a<br />
Eurocopter EC-145 helicopter.<br />
Before joining Avalon Capital<br />
Group, he was senior director of<br />
aviation at Yum! Brands, where<br />
he was responsible for the daily<br />
operations of a large flight<br />
department. He has also held<br />
various operations management<br />
positions at Enron, Storage<br />
Technology and Johns-Manville,<br />
and has served on an advisory<br />
board for NetJets, the fractional<br />
aircraft ownership company.<br />
Nielsen attended Embry-Riddle<br />
Aeronautical University,<br />
focusing on aviation<br />
management. He served in the<br />
United States Marine Corps from<br />
1966 to 1970, including a tour of<br />
duty in Vietnam.<br />
Boeing Next-<br />
Generation<br />
737-900ER<br />
Surpasses 500<br />
Orders<br />
- Number of customers doubled<br />
in past two years<br />
- 757s replaced by 737-900ERs,<br />
provides 737-800 growth<br />
RENTON, Wash., /PRNewswire/<br />
-- Boeing's (NYSE: BA) Next-<br />
Generation 737-900ER<br />
(Extended Range) surpassed 500<br />
orders this week. The milestone<br />
was reached when a customer<br />
converted its 737-700s to 737-<br />
900ERs.<br />
To date, the 737-900ER has<br />
logged 537 orders from 17<br />
customers in 10 countries. Since<br />
the beginning of 2010, the 737-<br />
900ER has more than doubled the<br />
number of its customers and<br />
orders. Most airlines that have<br />
bought the 737-900ER have also<br />
bought the 737-800 because the<br />
737 family provides<br />
commonality and flexibility to<br />
match capacity to demand while<br />
maximizing profits.<br />
The Next-Generation 737-900ER<br />
replaced the larger, single-aisle<br />
757, which ceased production in<br />
2004. The 737-900ER is capable<br />
of flying 96 percent of the 757's<br />
current routes at a much lower<br />
operating cost.<br />
"<strong>Air</strong>lines around the world have<br />
recognized the superior<br />
performance and operating<br />
economics of the 737-900ER,"<br />
said Beverly Wyse, 737 vice<br />
president and general manager,<br />
Boeing Commercial <strong>Air</strong>planes.<br />
"It offers the best seat-mile cost<br />
of any single-aisle airplane in<br />
production, which is especially<br />
important with today's high fuel<br />
prices."<br />
The 737-900ER has substantial<br />
economic advantages over<br />
heavier competing models, like<br />
the A321, including 8 percent<br />
lower trip cost and 6 percent<br />
lower per seat-mile cost. The<br />
737-900ER carries a comparable<br />
number of passengers 8 percent<br />
more efficiently than the A321<br />
and entered into service 8 years<br />
after the A321-200. These<br />
advantages have enabled the 737-<br />
900ER's market acceptance. The<br />
growing 737-900ER customer<br />
base and orders build the<br />
foundation for the 737 MAX 9's<br />
market success.<br />
The 737-900ER is the best way to<br />
match the rapidly growing<br />
demand of the global aviation<br />
market today. The 737-900ER<br />
provides 15-20 more seats for<br />
more incremental revenue<br />
opportunity to complement the<br />
737-800 that many Next-<br />
Generation customers already<br />
have in their fleet.<br />
Boeing<br />
Onboard<br />
Performance<br />
Solution for<br />
iPad to be<br />
Launched by<br />
Qantas<br />
Flexible, mobile application<br />
integrates seamlessly with digital<br />
flight deck<br />
SEATTLE, /PRNewswire/ --<br />
Boeing [NYSE: BA] announced<br />
that Qantas will be the launch<br />
customer for the Boeing Onboard<br />
Performance Tool (OPT) for<br />
iPad. The Onboard Performance<br />
Tool gives pilots the ideal speeds<br />
and engine settings for any<br />
aircraft, in any weather, on any<br />
runway. It helps to create vast<br />
gains in efficiency, range and<br />
payload. This marks the first time<br />
the OPT application has run on<br />
iPad. The Australian carrier will<br />
deploy the OPT for iPad on 130<br />
of its Boeing airplanes in the<br />
fourth quarter of 2012.<br />
The mobile OPT may be used as<br />
a standalone solution or as<br />
backup to Class 2 or 3 Electronic<br />
Flight Bag (EFB) applications.<br />
An Electronic Flight Bag<br />
replaces the pilot's traditional,<br />
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heavy flight bag with a light<br />
hardware and software package<br />
that calculates performance,<br />
displays charts, improves taxi<br />
positional awareness, provides<br />
video flight deck entry<br />
surveillance and allows<br />
electronic access to documents.<br />
Use of an EFB improves flight<br />
data accuracy, ground reports and<br />
paper handling and storage costs.<br />
The original OPT application for<br />
EFB solutions has been available<br />
since early 2000 and has more<br />
than 120 customers.<br />
"The mobile OPT is the latest of<br />
our industry-leading airplane<br />
applications, part of our Digital<br />
<strong>Air</strong>line solutions suite. It was<br />
developed to give our customers<br />
a marketplace advantage as they<br />
serve their customers and run the<br />
most efficient operations<br />
possible," said Per Noren, vice<br />
president of Information<br />
Services, Boeing Commercial<br />
Aviation Services. "Boeing has a<br />
unique portfolio of digital<br />
solutions and we're rapidly<br />
expanding it, making use of our<br />
existing and new, innovative<br />
technologies."<br />
Captain David Oliver, head of<br />
Flight Technical for Qantas,<br />
notes, "The Boeing mobile OPT<br />
is very well aligned with our<br />
flight deck mobile strategy. We<br />
especially appreciate the OPT's<br />
remarkable flexibility, which<br />
allows us to define unique<br />
policies and configurations to suit<br />
our needs."<br />
Since the initial offering in mid-<br />
July, more than 80 airlines have<br />
requested quotes or more<br />
information about OPT for iPad.<br />
"We have been very successful in<br />
the marketplace with our existing<br />
OPT application, but our<br />
customers told us they wanted a<br />
version for iPad. When they talk,<br />
we listen, because we want to<br />
give them the competitive<br />
advantage they need to be<br />
successful every day," said John<br />
Maggiore, director of <strong>Air</strong>line<br />
Performance Management,<br />
Boeing Commercial Aviation<br />
Services. "That's all part of the<br />
Boeing Edge."<br />
Boeing is continuously<br />
innovating and transforming a<br />
number of its existing and new<br />
applications to be deployed via<br />
mobile devices, in addition to<br />
developing entirely new<br />
applications.<br />
Global 6000<br />
Jet <strong>World</strong> Tour<br />
Continues in<br />
Africa<br />
Bombardier Vision flight deck set<br />
to be tour highlight<br />
MONTREAL, QUEBEC--<br />
(Marketwire ) -<br />
Bombardier's Global 6000 jet,<br />
featuring the Bombardier Vision<br />
flight deck, is set to make its<br />
African debut when it kicks off<br />
that continent's portion of its<br />
world tour in September, with a<br />
16-city showcase across a total of<br />
12 countries. It is also set to<br />
appear on the static display at<br />
South Africa's Africa Aerospace<br />
and Defence on September 19,<br />
2012.<br />
"A particular highlight of this<br />
tour is our four day stop in<br />
Nigeria where we are seeing a<br />
growing interest in private jet<br />
travel," explained Khader Mattar,<br />
Regional Vice President, Sales,<br />
Middle East, Africa and India,<br />
Bombardier Business <strong>Air</strong>craft.<br />
"This gives us the perfect<br />
opportunity to highlight the<br />
advantages of business aviation.<br />
We know that once our customers<br />
have experienced the Global<br />
6000 jet, they'll truly value its<br />
importance as a tool for business.<br />
The Global 6000 aircraft offers<br />
the perfect blend of speed and<br />
cabin space to help travellers be<br />
more productive, efficient and<br />
better rested when they arrive at<br />
their destination. Coupled with<br />
its Industry-leading cockpit - the<br />
Bombardier Vision flight deck - it<br />
is unmatched in its class, once<br />
again showing that Bombardier is<br />
a true leader in business<br />
aviation."<br />
Global 6000 aircraft: The Global<br />
6000 jet's unrivalled cabin size<br />
and levels of comfort combined<br />
with a stand-up shower and the<br />
Bombardier Vision flight deck<br />
means no other purpose built<br />
business jet comes close in terms<br />
of high-speed range capability<br />
and passenger comfort. Offering<br />
the ultimate in technology, this<br />
intrepid jet can link Lagos with<br />
Chengdu or Johannesburg and<br />
Singapore, non-stop, with eight<br />
passengers and three to four<br />
crew(i).<br />
Bombardier Vision flight deck: A<br />
breakthrough in business<br />
aviation, the Bombardier Vision<br />
flight deck is designed to deliver<br />
a completely new cockpit<br />
experience. By combining the<br />
best in technological<br />
advancements with superior<br />
designer aesthetics, it provides<br />
pilots flying Bombardier's Global<br />
aircraft an unprecedented level of<br />
control and comfort. The<br />
Bombardier Vision flight deck<br />
introduces the Rockwell Collins<br />
Pro Line Fusion avionics suite,<br />
providing an integrated flight<br />
deck to ensure interoperability<br />
between systems.<br />
Pro Line Fusion for the<br />
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Bombardier Vision flight deck on<br />
Global aircraft features four highresolution<br />
15-inch diagonal<br />
active matrix liquid crystal<br />
displays (LCD) arranged in a Tshape<br />
working in concert with the<br />
Head-up Guidance System<br />
(HGS(TM)), personalized<br />
formats of display information,<br />
an electronic checklist, maps<br />
with graphical flight planning, an<br />
integrated cursor control panel, a<br />
Synthetic-Enhanced Vision<br />
System, paperless operation<br />
enabled by Dual Electronics<br />
Charts, a Future <strong>Air</strong> Navigation<br />
System (FANS), Controller-Pilot<br />
Datalink Communication<br />
(CPDLC), a Wide Area<br />
Augmentation System (WAAS),<br />
Localizer Performance with<br />
Vertical Guidance (LPV) and a<br />
MultiScan(TM) Weather<br />
Detection system.<br />
- First Indian airline to fly the 787<br />
- The Dreamliner's range,<br />
capability allows for routes to<br />
Middle East, Europe, Asia, and<br />
Australia<br />
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C.,<br />
/PRNewswire/ -- Boeing (NYSE:<br />
BA) and <strong>Air</strong> India celebrated the<br />
delivery of the airline's first 787<br />
Dreamliner.<br />
"Today is a great day for <strong>Air</strong><br />
India as the most technologically<br />
advanced and fuel efficient<br />
airplane in the world joins our<br />
fleet," said Rohit Nandan, <strong>Air</strong><br />
India Chairman & Managing<br />
Director. "The 787 will allow <strong>Air</strong><br />
India to open new routes in a<br />
dynamic marketplace and<br />
provide the best in-flight<br />
experience for our passengers."<br />
<strong>Air</strong> India is only the fifth airline<br />
in the world to take delivery of a<br />
787 Dreamliner.<br />
This delivery is the first of 27<br />
Dreamliners for <strong>Air</strong> India. The<br />
airplane is equipped with 18<br />
business class seats and 238<br />
economy class seats.<br />
The 787 has the range and<br />
capability to allow <strong>Air</strong> India to<br />
deploy the Dreamliner on many<br />
routes including the Middle East,<br />
Europe, Asia and Australia.<br />
"We are pleased to celebrate<br />
another historic moment in our<br />
nearly seven-decade long<br />
Boeing celebrates<br />
delivery of <strong>Air</strong> India's<br />
first 787 Dreamliner<br />
relationship," said Dinesh<br />
Keskar, senior vice president of<br />
Asia Pacific and India Sales for<br />
Boeing Commercial <strong>Air</strong>planes. "I<br />
am sure <strong>Air</strong> India and their<br />
customers will be thrilled to<br />
experience the revolutionary<br />
features on the 787, an airplane<br />
that will be the key focus of the<br />
airline's turnaround plan."<br />
<strong>Air</strong> India's first 787 Dreamliner<br />
was assembled in Everett, Wash.<br />
and delivered today from<br />
Boeing's South Carolina delivery<br />
center. The airplane is scheduled<br />
to fly to Delhi on Friday.<br />
The 787 Dreamliner is an all-new<br />
airplane featuring a host of<br />
technologies that provide<br />
exceptional value to airlines and<br />
unparalleled levels of comfort to<br />
passengers. It is the first mid-size<br />
airplane capable of flying longrange<br />
routes, enabling airlines to<br />
open new, non-stop routes<br />
preferred by the traveling public.<br />
Boeing<br />
Celebrates<br />
Delivery of<br />
LAN <strong>Air</strong>lines'<br />
first 787<br />
Dreamliner<br />
- LAN becomes first airline in<br />
Americas to receive the<br />
Dreamliner<br />
EVERETT, Wash.,<br />
/PRNewswire/ -- Boeing (NYSE:<br />
BA) and LAN <strong>Air</strong>lines, one of<br />
Latin America's leading<br />
passenger and cargo carriers,<br />
celebrated the delivery of the first<br />
787 Dreamliner to LAN making<br />
it the first airline in the Americas<br />
to receive the new airplane.<br />
LAN is only the fourth customer<br />
in the world to include the<br />
Boeing 787 in its fleet with 32 of<br />
this new aircraft on order and<br />
lease.<br />
LAN's top executives, Boeing<br />
representatives and authorities<br />
celebrated the delivery at an<br />
event at the Future of Flight<br />
Aviation Center in Mukilteo,<br />
Washington, near Boeing's 787<br />
final assembly factory in Everett.<br />
"We are delighted to receive this<br />
airplane. This is a landmark<br />
moment not just for LAN, but for<br />
all our passengers in Latin<br />
America and other countries the<br />
787 will operate to/from," said<br />
Ignacio Cueto, CEO of LAN<br />
<strong>Air</strong>lines, stressing the importance<br />
of this delivery for LAN.<br />
"Thanks to this aircraft, we will<br />
be able to operate longer routes<br />
using a plane that is more<br />
environmentally-friendly and is<br />
highly efficient, which will<br />
ensure that LAN will be able to<br />
move forward through<br />
sustainable growth. Above all,<br />
the special features of the 787<br />
will allow us to further improve<br />
the travel experience for our<br />
passengers."<br />
The 787 Dreamliner is composed<br />
of light-weight composites and<br />
features numerous systems,<br />
engine and aerodynamic<br />
advancements making it more<br />
efficient to operate compared<br />
with its competition. It is the first<br />
mid-sized airplane capable of<br />
flying long-range routes,<br />
enabling airlines to open new,<br />
non-stop routes preferred by<br />
passengers.<br />
"LAN has clearly become the<br />
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leader in aviation in Latin<br />
America and across the globe due<br />
to its strong leadership, unrivaled<br />
customer service, and<br />
commitment to technology and<br />
innovation," said Van Rex<br />
Gallard, vice president of Sales<br />
for Latin America, Africa, &<br />
Caribbean, Boeing Commercial<br />
<strong>Air</strong>planes. "The addition of the<br />
787 to the LAN fleet will help it<br />
maintain that leadership edge by<br />
increasing its global presence and<br />
bringing a new and exciting<br />
flying experience to more<br />
passengers in more locations<br />
around the world."<br />
The first cities that LAN's fleet of<br />
787s will fly to are Santiago,<br />
Buenos <strong>Air</strong>es, Lima, Los<br />
Angeles, Madrid and Frankfurt.<br />
The aircraft will begin to fly<br />
commercially in the next few<br />
months, and these routes will be<br />
added gradually during its first<br />
year of operation.<br />
Nflightcam<br />
Provides Visual<br />
Record of First<br />
Solo, Free<br />
It’s the flight we remember all<br />
our lives, but we’re the only ones<br />
who can really relate to it! Until<br />
now, as Nflightcam makes it<br />
possible to record that flight.<br />
Better yet, they’ll produce a<br />
professionally-edited HD video<br />
of the experience. Free.<br />
“The first solo is a once-in-alifetime<br />
event, and we’d like to<br />
help all students preserve it and<br />
share it with their families and<br />
friends. We thought this would be<br />
a good way to introduce our<br />
system, and do something good<br />
at the same time,” said company<br />
founder, Patrick Carter, himself a<br />
CFI with over 6000 hours. “Of all<br />
our flights, that first solo is often<br />
the most memorable, and in<br />
many ways, the most important,”<br />
he said, “so having a way to<br />
remember and share it is<br />
important, too.”<br />
Nflightcam is a small camera that<br />
records HD video, plus audio<br />
from the intercom; it is<br />
unobtrusive and self-contained,<br />
weighing a mere 5 ounces and<br />
has limitless mounting options<br />
for both inside and outside the<br />
aircraft. The Solo Cam kit<br />
includes an easy-to-use suction<br />
cup mount that works on any<br />
smooth flat surface inside the<br />
cockpit.<br />
All a student needs to do is sign<br />
up on the website<br />
(www.nflightcam.com) and pay<br />
shipping. After the camera is<br />
returned to Nflightcam in the<br />
provided, preaddressed shipping<br />
container, the student will receive<br />
his or her free HD video (and<br />
camera deposit). The video is<br />
also a gateway to aviation fame:<br />
the first flight will be available on<br />
Nflightcam.com (plus other<br />
social media sites like Facebook<br />
and YouTube) for the world to<br />
see.<br />
First Learjet<br />
75 Production<br />
<strong>Air</strong>craft Lights<br />
Up with Power<br />
On<br />
MONTREAL, QUEBEC--<br />
(Marketwire - ) - Bombardier<br />
Aerospace's Learjet 75 jet<br />
continues to achieve its<br />
development milestones with the<br />
first powering up of the aircraft's<br />
electrical systems on the Wichita<br />
production line. <strong>Air</strong>craft power,<br />
including to the new Bombardier<br />
Vision flight deck, was switched<br />
on during the week of August 21,<br />
2012, as the aircraft progresses<br />
towards its 2013 entry-intoservice.<br />
"This is a fantastic achievement<br />
that highlights the tremendous<br />
efforts of every single person<br />
involved with this project," said<br />
Ralph Acs, Vice President and<br />
General Manager, Learjet,<br />
Bombardier Business <strong>Air</strong>craft.<br />
"This milestone represents a<br />
significant step forward for our<br />
Learjet aircraft family, as we<br />
were able to seamlessly integrate<br />
the Learjet 75 jet into our<br />
production flow. More<br />
importantly, this aircraft, our very<br />
first complete Learjet 75 aircraft,<br />
will play a pivotal role in the<br />
certification program.<br />
"We have seen major changes to<br />
the aircraft's wiring harness to<br />
accommodate the Garmin<br />
avionics, the heart of this totally<br />
new Bombardier Vision flight<br />
deck arrangement," added Acs.<br />
"Not only did this require<br />
tremendous dedication from our<br />
Wichita team, but such a feat<br />
would not have been possible<br />
without our Belfast and Toronto<br />
sites."<br />
The Learjet 70 and Learjet 75 test<br />
aircraft are continuing their<br />
development work as the<br />
program moves forward. There<br />
will be a total of five flight test<br />
aircraft: a modified Learjet 40<br />
XR jet and a modified Learjet 45<br />
XR aircraft are flying and<br />
focusing on avionics<br />
certification; a modified Learjet<br />
45 XR jet will be used primarily<br />
for the interior and cabin<br />
management system; an existing<br />
Learjet 45 XR aircraft will be<br />
modified and utilised for testing<br />
and validating the performance<br />
improvements; and finally, the<br />
first production Learjet 75<br />
aircraft.<br />
A breakthrough in business<br />
aviation, the Bombardier Vision<br />
flight deck is designed to deliver<br />
a completely new cockpit<br />
experience by combining the best<br />
in technological advancements<br />
with superior design aesthetics.<br />
As such, it provides pilots flying<br />
the Learjet 70 and Learjet 75<br />
aircraft an unprecedented level of<br />
control and comfort. The<br />
Bombardier Vision flight deck<br />
for Learjet 70 and Learjet 75<br />
aircraft will feature the fully<br />
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integrated Garmin G5000 digital<br />
avionics suite, designed with<br />
leading edge technology and one<br />
of the most intuitive crew<br />
interfaces available.<br />
Learjet 70 aircraft: The Learjet<br />
70 aircraft offers unrivalled<br />
interior design aesthetics blended<br />
effortlessly with the latest<br />
technology. The cockpit features<br />
the peerless Bombardier Vision<br />
flight deck, and this aircraft can<br />
fly a range of more than 2,000 nm<br />
(3,704 km)(i). It retains the<br />
classic Learjet lines and<br />
legendary performance, and as<br />
such, can connect Seattle with<br />
Montreal(i).<br />
Learjet 75 aircraft: The Learjet<br />
75 jet features the pioneering<br />
Bombardier Vision flight deck<br />
with an interior influenced by its<br />
bigger stablemate, the Learjet 85<br />
aircraft. This jet will soar above<br />
the traffic with a maximum<br />
altitude of 51,000 ft. (15,545 m),<br />
is capable of flying more than<br />
2,000 nm (3,704 km) and is able<br />
to fly nonstop from Wichita to<br />
Bermuda(i).<br />
São José dos Campos, – The<br />
Brazilian <strong>Air</strong> Force (FAB) and<br />
Embraer Defense and Security<br />
concluded, in August, the<br />
preliminary design review of the<br />
military transport jet aircraft KC-<br />
390 development project. The<br />
contractual event, one of the<br />
program’s relevant milestones,<br />
took place at Embraer facilities in<br />
Eugênio de Melo, from August<br />
20th to 29th.<br />
Throughout the event, Embraer<br />
presented to the <strong>Air</strong> Force<br />
Command the technical<br />
characteristics of the project’s<br />
solutions adopted for structural<br />
and aircraft systems, including<br />
the definitions of the main<br />
components and their interfaces,<br />
demonstrating that the project has<br />
reached its expected maturity at<br />
the current phase.<br />
“We are quite pleased with the<br />
results and we are sure that the<br />
project is on the right track”, said<br />
Colonel-Engineer Sergio<br />
Carneiro, Project KC-390<br />
Manager at FAB. “We checked<br />
all the main aspects of the<br />
aircraft’s project and the KC-390<br />
meets the Brazilian <strong>Air</strong> Force’s<br />
expectations.”<br />
Brazilian <strong>Air</strong> Force and Embraer<br />
Defense and Security conclude<br />
the KC-390´s Preliminary Design<br />
Review<br />
As part of the project design<br />
review, an evaluation of the<br />
cockpit’s ergonomics was also<br />
performed, with the participation<br />
of <strong>Air</strong> Force Command military<br />
personnel, featuring 1st<br />
Lieutenant-Aviator Joyce de<br />
Souza Conceição, of the 1st/1st<br />
Transport Group. Lieutenant-<br />
Aviator Joyce de Souza is the<br />
first woman pilot to evaluate the<br />
KC-390’s cockpit.<br />
“The discussions with the <strong>Air</strong><br />
Force were very productive and<br />
we are pleased with the result of<br />
this work”, said Paulo Gastão<br />
Silva, Director of the KC-390<br />
Program at Embraer. “We have a<br />
very qualified and motivated<br />
team on this project and we will<br />
keep working hard to satisfy our<br />
customer.”<br />
The next major contractual event<br />
will be the project’s critical<br />
design review, when the project’s<br />
maturity will be verified for<br />
prototype manufacturing.<br />
Equipped with the most advanced<br />
mission and flight systems, the<br />
KC-390 is the largest aircraft<br />
ever built by the Brazilian aircraft<br />
industry and will establish a new<br />
standard for mid-sized military<br />
transport aircraft, in terms of<br />
performance and load capacity.<br />
Emirates and Qantas Announce<br />
Major Global Aviation<br />
Partnership<br />
Qantas to use<br />
Dubai hub – new<br />
partnership will<br />
link Australia will<br />
more than 70<br />
gateways in<br />
Europe, the Middle<br />
East and Africa<br />
SYDNEY- – Emirates and Qantas<br />
today announced a new global<br />
aviation partnership that will give<br />
customers a seamless<br />
international and Australian<br />
network, exclusive frequent flyer<br />
benefits and world-class travel<br />
experiences.<br />
Under the agreement signed this<br />
morning by Emirates President<br />
Tim Clark and Qantas CEO Alan<br />
Joyce, Qantas will move its hub<br />
for European flights from<br />
Singapore to Dubai and enter an<br />
extensive commercial<br />
relationship with Emirates.<br />
The 10 year code sharing<br />
partnership is enhanced by<br />
integrated network collaboration<br />
with coordinated pricing, sales<br />
and scheduling as well as a<br />
benefits sharing model. Neither<br />
airline will take equity in the<br />
other.<br />
The partnership will see Qantas,<br />
along with anchor tenant<br />
Emirates, as the only other airline<br />
operating at Dubai International’s<br />
Terminal 3. The two airlines will<br />
jointly offer 98 weekly services<br />
between Australia and the global<br />
gateway city of Dubai including<br />
four daily A380 flights. With<br />
Emirates flying the largest fleet<br />
of A380s in the world with 23,<br />
combined with Qantas’ 12 A380s<br />
for a total of 35, many onward<br />
flights to Europe including<br />
London Paris, Moscow,<br />
Amsterdam, Munich and Rome<br />
will also be on this popular<br />
aircraft. In addition, Qantas will<br />
launch daily A380 services from<br />
both Sydney and Melbourne to<br />
London via Dubai for a combined<br />
unprecedented seven daily A380<br />
flights to London Heathrow.<br />
Thirty additional European<br />
gateways can be seamlessly<br />
reached from Australia via<br />
Dubai.<br />
For Emirates customers it will<br />
open up Qantas’ Australian<br />
domestic network of more than<br />
50 destinations and nearly 5,000<br />
flights per week. The carriers<br />
will also coordinate their<br />
respective trans-Tasman services<br />
between Australia and New<br />
Zealand with Emirates offering<br />
improved schedules for flights to<br />
Christchurch and Auckland -<br />
including the introduction of<br />
Emirates’ daily A380 services on<br />
the Melbourne-Auckland route in<br />
October.<br />
Emirates and Qantas frequent<br />
flyer agreements will be aligned,<br />
giving customers expanded<br />
opportunities to earn and redeem<br />
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points, with reciprocal access to<br />
tier status benefits including endto-end<br />
recognition of customers,<br />
lounge access, priority check-in<br />
and boarding as well as other<br />
exclusive services.<br />
“The time was right for<br />
developing a long term, future<br />
forward partnership with Qantas,<br />
the iconic Australian airline,”<br />
said Tim Clark, President of<br />
Emirates. “Since our first flights<br />
began in 1996, Australia has long<br />
been a popular destination for<br />
Emirates leisure and business<br />
travellers, making it one of the<br />
top three destinations in our<br />
network.” “By establishing this<br />
partnership we are providing our<br />
passengers with additional<br />
connectivity in Australia and the<br />
region and the ability to utilise<br />
enhanced frequent flyer benefits<br />
and have access to premium<br />
lounges for an exceptional travel<br />
experience,” he added.<br />
Emirates and Qantas will work<br />
together to ensure a seamless<br />
customer experience, including<br />
mutual lounge access, shared use<br />
of Emirates’ unique dedicated<br />
A380 facility slated to open in<br />
early 2013 in Dubai, coordinated<br />
baggage allowances and a<br />
chauffeur service for premium<br />
customers.<br />
Qantas Group CEO Alan Joyce<br />
said the partnership would<br />
deliver unprecedented benefits to<br />
Qantas customers and mark a<br />
decisive step forward in the<br />
Group’s strategy. “Emirates is the<br />
ideal partner for Qantas,” Mr<br />
Joyce said. “It has a wonderful<br />
brand, a modern fleet, an<br />
uncompromising approach to<br />
quality and it flies to the A list of<br />
international destinations.<br />
“As the world’s biggest<br />
international airline, with a<br />
network that perfectly<br />
complements our own, Emirates<br />
will help us give our customers<br />
across Australia a dramatically<br />
expanded range of travel options.<br />
“Together with Emirates, Qantas<br />
will provide a unique ‘one stop’<br />
hub service, as well as a deeply<br />
integrated frequent flyer and<br />
customer proposition.<br />
“The partnership delivers on all<br />
four pillars of the Qantas Group’s<br />
international strategy: it will see<br />
us fly to the global gateway city<br />
of Dubai, provide some of the<br />
world’s best travel experiences<br />
through both Qantas and<br />
Emirates, improve our position in<br />
Asia through better timed flights<br />
and, crucially, help build a strong<br />
Qantas International business for<br />
the long term, he added.”<br />
The airlines will submit<br />
applications for authorisation to<br />
the Australian Competition and<br />
Consumer Commission (ACCC)<br />
and other relevant regulatory<br />
authorities, in order to begin<br />
commercial planning. Subject to<br />
regulatory approvals, it is<br />
anticipated that the partnership<br />
arrangements will take effect in<br />
April 2013.<br />
<strong>Air</strong>bus unveils<br />
its 2050 vision<br />
for ‘Smarter<br />
Skies’<br />
A future with more flights, fewer<br />
emissions and quicker passenger<br />
journey times<br />
Global aircraft manufacturer<br />
<strong>Air</strong>bus releases the latest<br />
instalment of the Future by<br />
<strong>Air</strong>bus, its vision for sustainable<br />
aviation in 2050 and beyond. For<br />
the first time the vision looks<br />
beyond aircraft design to how the<br />
aircraft is operated both on the<br />
ground and in the air in order to<br />
meet the expected growth in air<br />
travel in a sustainable way.<br />
Charles Champion, Executive<br />
Vice President Engineering at<br />
<strong>Air</strong>bus, says: “Our engineers are<br />
continuously encouraged to think<br />
widely and come up with<br />
`disruptive’ ideas which will<br />
assist our industry in meeting the<br />
2050 targets we have signed up<br />
to. These and the other tough<br />
environmental targets will only<br />
be met by a combination of<br />
investment in smarter aircraft<br />
design and optimising the<br />
environment in which the aircraft<br />
operates. That is why our latest<br />
Future by <strong>Air</strong>bus Smarter Skies<br />
concepts focus on not just what<br />
we fly but, how we may fly in<br />
2050 and beyond.”<br />
Already today, if the <strong>Air</strong> Traffic<br />
Management (ATM) system and<br />
technology on board the aircraft<br />
were optimised, <strong>Air</strong>bus research<br />
based on recent research suggests<br />
that flights in Europe and the US<br />
could on average be around 13<br />
minutes shorter, and flights in<br />
other parts of the world could be<br />
shorter too. Assuming around 30<br />
million flights per year, this<br />
would save around 9 million<br />
tonnes of excess fuel annually,<br />
which equates to over 28 million<br />
tonnes of avoidable CO2<br />
emissions and a saving of 5<br />
million hours of excess flight<br />
time. Add to this new aircraft<br />
design, alternative energy<br />
sources and new ways of flying<br />
and you could see even more<br />
significant improvements.<br />
The Future by <strong>Air</strong>bus<br />
concentrates on just that and the<br />
Smarter Skies vision consists of<br />
five concepts which could be<br />
implemented across all the stages<br />
of an aircraft’s operation to<br />
reduce waste in the system (waste<br />
in time, waste in fuel, reduction<br />
of CO2). These are:<br />
<strong>Air</strong>craft take-off in continuous<br />
‘eco-climb’<br />
• <strong>Air</strong>craft launched through<br />
assisted take-offs using<br />
renewably powered, propelled<br />
acceleration, allowing steeper<br />
climb from airports to minimise<br />
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noise and reach efficient cruise<br />
altitudes quicker.<br />
• As space becomes a<br />
premium and mega-cities become<br />
a reality, this approach could also<br />
minimise land use, as shorter<br />
runways could be utilised.<br />
<strong>Air</strong>craft in free flight and<br />
formation along ‘express<br />
skyways’<br />
• Highly intelligent aircraft<br />
would be able to “self-organise”<br />
and select the most efficient and<br />
environmentally friendly routes<br />
(“free flight”), making the<br />
optimum use of prevailing<br />
weather and atmospheric<br />
conditions.<br />
• High frequency routes<br />
would also allow aircraft to<br />
benefit from flying in formation<br />
like birds during cruise bringing<br />
efficiency improvements due to<br />
drag reduction and lower energy<br />
use<br />
Low-noise, free-glide approaches<br />
and landings<br />
• <strong>Air</strong>craft allowed to take free<br />
glide approaches into airports<br />
that reduce emissions during the<br />
overall decent and reduce noise<br />
during the steeper approach as<br />
there is no need for engine thrust<br />
or air breaking.<br />
• These approaches would<br />
also reduce the landing speed<br />
earlier which would make shorter<br />
landing distances achievable (less<br />
runway needed).<br />
Low emission ground operations<br />
• On landing aircraft engines<br />
could be switched off sooner and<br />
runways cleared faster, ground<br />
handling emissions could be cut.<br />
• Technology could optimise<br />
an aircraft’s landing position with<br />
enough accuracy for an<br />
autonomous renewably powered<br />
taxiing carriage to be ready, so<br />
aircraft could be transported<br />
away from runways quicker,<br />
which would optimise terminal<br />
space, and remove runway and<br />
gate limitations.<br />
Powering future aircraft and<br />
infrastructure<br />
• The use of sustainable<br />
biofuels and other potential<br />
alternative energy sources (such<br />
as electricity, hydrogen, solar etc)<br />
will be necessary to secure<br />
supply and further reduce<br />
aviation’s environmental<br />
footprint in the long term. This<br />
will allow the extensive<br />
introduction of regionally<br />
sourced renewable energy close<br />
to airports, feeding both aircraft<br />
and infrastructure requirements<br />
sustainably.<br />
<strong>Air</strong>bus is already working on a<br />
number of innovative solutions<br />
today to meet the challenges of<br />
sustainable aviation in the<br />
future, whether it be the<br />
development and use of<br />
alternative fuels; investment in<br />
aircraft design; or in supporting<br />
more efficient ATM. <strong>Air</strong>bus is<br />
also one of the major actors of<br />
the NEXTGEN and SESAR<br />
programmes - which seek to<br />
enhance the performance of the<br />
ATM system through a better<br />
use of aircraft capabilities,<br />
changes in infrastructure and<br />
organisation. These new<br />
capabilities are designed to<br />
reduce traffic congestion and<br />
delays, will allow more direct<br />
routes, better flight profiles, and<br />
should help reduce the cost of<br />
air navigation services through<br />
advanced communications and<br />
technologies..<br />
“We know people want to fly<br />
more in the future and our<br />
forecasts support this. We also<br />
know that they don’t want to fly<br />
at any cost,” says Charles<br />
Champion. Our focus at <strong>Air</strong>bus is<br />
on meeting this continuous<br />
growth in demand, keeping the<br />
passenger, our customers and the<br />
environment at the centre of our<br />
thinking. The future of<br />
sustainable aviation is the sum of<br />
many parts and success will<br />
require collaboration amongst all<br />
the parties who are passionate<br />
about ensuring a successful<br />
prospect for aviation.”<br />
Turkish<br />
<strong>Air</strong>lines<br />
inaugurates<br />
service to<br />
Djibouti…<br />
Turkish <strong>Air</strong>lines' network<br />
continues to expand with the<br />
addition of Djibouti. Our flights<br />
began on September 4th,<br />
operating Istanbul--Djibouti--<br />
Mogadishu--Djibouti--Istanbul,<br />
operating from Istanbul twice<br />
weekly on Tuesdays and<br />
Thursdays, and the return from<br />
Djibouti on Wednesdays and<br />
Fridays. Introductory fares from<br />
593 Euros are available for a<br />
limited time.<br />
John Bullis Appointed Regional<br />
Sales Manager of Northern<br />
Europe for Universal Avionics<br />
Tucson, AZ – September 4, 2012<br />
– Robert Clare, Director of Sales<br />
for Universal Avionics,<br />
announced that John Bullis has<br />
been appointed as Regional Sales<br />
Manager of Northern Europe. Mr.<br />
Bullis is based out of London,<br />
U.K. and responsible for the<br />
overall growth and development<br />
of Universal Avionics’ product<br />
sales in the Northern European<br />
region.<br />
Mr. Bullis began his career with<br />
Universal Avionics in 1998 in the<br />
position of Avionics Technician,<br />
later moving into his most recent<br />
position as Field Service<br />
Engineer. Prior to joining<br />
Universal, his passion for<br />
aviation drew Mr. Bullis to join<br />
the Royal <strong>Air</strong> Force at the age of<br />
sixteen. After ten years of<br />
service, Mr. Bullis resigned from<br />
the Royal <strong>Air</strong> Force and moved<br />
into civil aviation, relocating to<br />
the United States to gain more<br />
experience and further his career<br />
in the field. Mr. Bullis has over<br />
30 years of experience in the<br />
industry.<br />
“Mr. Bullis’ broad experience as<br />
well as his technical knowledge<br />
of the product line will benefit<br />
Universal as we expand sales<br />
<strong>cover</strong>age in support of our<br />
growing clientele in Europe,”<br />
said Mr. Clare.<br />
Gulfstream<br />
G280 certified<br />
by FAA<br />
Super Mid-Sized <strong>Air</strong>craft<br />
Delivers Best-in-Class Cabin,<br />
Performance And Flight Deck<br />
SAVANNAH, Ga., — Gulfstream<br />
Aerospace Corp.’s best-in-class<br />
G280 aircraft has earned type<br />
certificates from the U.S. Federal<br />
Aviation Administration (FAA)<br />
and the Civil Aviation Authority<br />
of Israel (CAAI). The certificates<br />
verify the airworthiness of the<br />
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aircraft’s design and are among<br />
the final steps required before<br />
Gulfstream delivers the first fully<br />
outfitted G280 to a customer.<br />
The G280, a joint effort between<br />
Gulfstream and Israel Aerospace<br />
Industries (IAI), offers the most<br />
comfortable cabin and the longest<br />
range at the fastest speed in its<br />
class.<br />
“Gulfstream is excited to bring<br />
this aircraft to its customers,<br />
especially since we’re able to<br />
provide a plane that does more<br />
than we originally announced,”<br />
said Larry Flynn, president,<br />
Gulfstream. “The G280 has a<br />
range of 3,600 nautical miles<br />
(6,667 km) at Mach 0.80. This<br />
increase of 200 nm (370 km) over<br />
our original projections results in<br />
increased fuel efficiency and<br />
lower operating costs for our<br />
customers. It’s the only mid-sized<br />
aircraft that can reliably fly<br />
nonstop between London and<br />
New York. Additionally, our<br />
customers will find that the<br />
newly designed G280 has a great<br />
deal in common with large-cabin<br />
Gulfstream aircraft in terms of<br />
safety, reliability, handling,<br />
styling and cabin management.<br />
The G280 is an all-around<br />
fantastic plane.”<br />
Joseph Weiss, IAI’s president and<br />
CEO, said: “Gulfstream and IAI<br />
have applied their unique<br />
technological strengths through<br />
all stages of development,<br />
manufacturing and certification<br />
of the G280. These certifications<br />
demonstrate this team’s<br />
tremendous technological<br />
abilities.”<br />
Gulfstream will deliver the first<br />
G280 aircraft before year-end to<br />
a U.S.-based manufacturer with a<br />
worldwide presence spanning<br />
190 countries.<br />
Program Milestones<br />
Gulfstream announced the G280<br />
on Oct. 5, 2008, as a replacement<br />
for the large-cabin, mid-range<br />
G200. The aircraft rolled out<br />
under its own power on Oct. 6,<br />
2009, at the IAI facility near Tel<br />
Aviv before a crowd of more than<br />
1,000 people. Its first flight, on<br />
Dec. 11, 2009, lasted 3 hours and<br />
21 minutes and saw the aircraft<br />
fly to 32,000 feet (9,754 m) and<br />
achieve a maximum speed of 253<br />
knots. A total of three G280<br />
aircraft participated in the flighttest<br />
program, flying more than<br />
2,150 hours over 794 test flights.<br />
The aircraft received a<br />
provisional type certificate from<br />
the CAAI on Dec. 29, 2011, and<br />
the FAA on March 1, 2012.<br />
As with all Gulfstream aircraft,<br />
the G280 was designed with<br />
considerable input from<br />
Gulfstream customers who<br />
participate in the company’s<br />
Customer Advisory Board.<br />
“Their contributions were<br />
invaluable in creating a super<br />
mid-sized aircraft that flies so far<br />
and so fast,” said Pres Henne,<br />
senior vice president, Programs,<br />
Engineering and Test,<br />
Gulfstream. “The G280, with a<br />
top speed of Mach 0.85, already<br />
has set four city-pair speed<br />
records. We anticipate it will set<br />
many, many more in the months<br />
and years to come thanks to its<br />
advanced wing design and its<br />
fuel-efficient Honeywell<br />
HTF250G engines, each of which<br />
delivers 7,445 pounds of thrust.<br />
The significant range and speed<br />
increase compared to the G200 is<br />
achieved while burning less fuel.<br />
“In addition to the aircraft’s<br />
tremendous performance<br />
capabilities, it offers the most<br />
comfortable cabin in its class<br />
with the Gulfstream-designed<br />
cabin management and<br />
audio/video distribution systems,<br />
industry-leading sound levels, 19<br />
super-sized windows and inflight<br />
access to the baggage<br />
compartment. We’re extremely<br />
proud of this aircraft and know<br />
our customers will be, too,”<br />
Henne said.<br />
Performance<br />
The G280 has an all-new,<br />
advanced transonic wing design<br />
that has been optimized for highspeed<br />
cruise and improved<br />
takeoff field length performance.<br />
At its maximum takeoff weight<br />
of 39,600 pounds (17,963 kg),<br />
the aircraft offers a balanced field<br />
length of 4,750 feet (1,448 m), an<br />
improvement of more than 1,300<br />
feet (396 m) over the G200 it<br />
replaces and 210 feet (64 m) less<br />
than originally announced at the<br />
program’s outset.<br />
“The new G280 aircraft is the<br />
impressive result of an extensive<br />
development program,” said<br />
David Dagan, vice president and<br />
general manager, Commercial<br />
<strong>Air</strong>craft Group, IAI. “The<br />
aircraft’s performance ultimately<br />
exceeds initial projections.”<br />
The aircraft’s engine-wing<br />
combination gives the G280<br />
tremendous climb performance,<br />
propelling it to 43,000 feet<br />
(13,107 m) in less than 23<br />
minutes. The aircraft’s maximum<br />
cruise altitude is 45,000 feet<br />
(13,716 m).<br />
The community noise<br />
characteristics are a cumulative<br />
15.8 dB below FAA Stage 4 noise<br />
requirements. This level is more<br />
than 5 dB quieter than the<br />
predecessor model and reflects<br />
Gulfstream’s continuing<br />
commitment to improved design.<br />
The G280 includes auto braking<br />
as a standard feature. This system<br />
improves passenger comfort and<br />
reduces brake wear, resulting in<br />
lower operating costs. It also<br />
improves safety while reducing<br />
pilot workload. The brake-bywire<br />
system features an<br />
individual, anti-skid, completely<br />
independent mechanical backup<br />
and a brake temperature<br />
monitoring system.<br />
In the Cockpit<br />
The G280 features the most<br />
advanced flight deck in its class,<br />
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the PlaneView280TM, based on<br />
Rockwell Collins ProLine Fusion<br />
avionics. It includes three 15inch<br />
(36-cm) liquid crystal<br />
displays that are capable of<br />
showing multiple formats,<br />
including a navigation map with<br />
terrain; approach and airport<br />
charts; graphical flight planning,<br />
and optional enhanced vision.<br />
The cockpit also includes a<br />
standby multi-function controller,<br />
dual Gulfstream signature cursor<br />
control devices, dual auto-throttle<br />
and two PlaneBookTM<br />
subscriptions. It’s the only<br />
aircraft in its class to offer<br />
automatic descent mode as a<br />
standard feature. Other features<br />
include wide area augmentation<br />
system/localizer performance<br />
with vertical guidance (WAAS-<br />
LPV), future air navigation<br />
system (FANS) 1/a and<br />
controller-pilot datalink<br />
communication (CPDLC),<br />
electronic charts on cockpit<br />
displays and worldwide graphical<br />
weather.<br />
“The PlaneView280 system is<br />
designed to improve situational<br />
awareness and safety through its<br />
highly interactive controls and<br />
interfaces as well as its advanced<br />
graphics and synoptics,” Henne<br />
said. “Optional features further<br />
enhance the capabilities of the<br />
flight deck. These include the<br />
Rockwell Collins HGS-6250<br />
Head-Up Display (HUD II) and<br />
Gulfstream Enhanced Vision<br />
System (EVS II).”<br />
In the Cabin<br />
Comfort and convenience are just<br />
two highlights of the G280 cabin.<br />
The aircraft has the longest<br />
seating area in its class and a total<br />
cabin length of 25 feet, 10 inches.<br />
This additional space provides<br />
for a larger lavatory, an improved<br />
galley and increased storage.<br />
Customers can select from three<br />
interior floor plans, which seat<br />
from eight to 10 and berth up to<br />
four. All of them offer significant<br />
storage capabilities, with total<br />
storage of up to 154 cubic feet<br />
(4.63 cubic meters<br />
The significantly larger lavatory<br />
is accented by two windows, a<br />
contemporary sink with raised<br />
ledge, a full-length closet and a<br />
vacuum toilet system with<br />
overboard venting, the only<br />
system of its kind in this class of<br />
aircraft.<br />
The cabin contains a larger,<br />
ergonomically designed galley<br />
that features an extra-large ice<br />
drawer with gasper-cooled<br />
storage, a sink with hot and cold<br />
water, and increased storage<br />
capacity.<br />
Further contributing to the<br />
extraordinary cabin environment<br />
is an advanced environmental<br />
control system that provides 100<br />
percent fresh air and a low cabin<br />
altitude: 7,000 feet (2,130 m) at<br />
FL450 and 6,000 feet (1,828 m)<br />
at FL410.<br />
“Taken together, these amenities<br />
significantly reduce fatigue,<br />
increase mental alertness and<br />
enhance productivity,” Henne<br />
said.<br />
The aircraft has new seats,<br />
measuring 21 inches (53 cm)<br />
between the arm rests and<br />
featuring new styling details, a<br />
telescoping headrest with<br />
optional flexible wings, an<br />
articulating seat pan for full-flat<br />
berthing and an optional reclinerstyle<br />
leg rest.<br />
The Gulfstream Cabin<br />
Management System serves as<br />
the backbone of the cabin<br />
experience. This Gulfstreamdesigned<br />
and -controlled system<br />
allows for digital control of the<br />
cabin system network, including<br />
high-definition audio and video<br />
components. The passenger<br />
control units are loaded onto an<br />
iPod Touch® and provide the<br />
floor plan of the aircraft. Intuitive<br />
controls are provided for lighting,<br />
temperature, entertainment<br />
equipment, attendant call and<br />
other cabin functions, including<br />
the Gulfstream CabinView<br />
Passenger Flight Information<br />
System.<br />
CabinView, a Gulfstreamdesigned<br />
and -controlled system,<br />
provides flight and cabin<br />
information, such as geographic<br />
boundaries, borders and points of<br />
interest. Additional content, such<br />
as stock prices and weather, can<br />
be tailored through optional highspeed<br />
Internet data.<br />
The cabin adheres to<br />
Gulfstream’s Cabin Essential<br />
design philosophy. This means<br />
the cabin systems (lighting,<br />
power, cabin control, cabin<br />
entertainment, and the water and<br />
waste systems) are designed with<br />
redundancy that minimizes the<br />
risk of losing cabin functionality.<br />
“This aircraft leads its class in<br />
every significant aspect of<br />
performance and comfort,” Flynn<br />
said.<br />
Three-Day Offering Provides<br />
Travellers With Great Savings<br />
Fly The <strong>World</strong>’s Best <strong>Air</strong>line To<br />
More Than 100 Destinations<br />
Across Europe, Middle East,<br />
Africa, Asia, Australia And The<br />
Americas<br />
Generous Travel Window<br />
Between 10 September 2012 and<br />
13 March 2013<br />
Doha, QATAR – Qatar <strong>Air</strong>ways<br />
is offering customers in Qatar<br />
and around the world with great<br />
savings to more than 100<br />
destinations during its latest<br />
three-day global sale.<br />
The 72-hour marathon sale,<br />
which starts at 0000 hrs tonight<br />
(September 4, local time in each<br />
market) and ends at 2359 hrs on<br />
September 6 (local time in each<br />
market) offers customers the<br />
opportunity to travel to a variety<br />
of destinations across Europe,<br />
Middle East, Africa, Asia,<br />
Australia and the Americas at<br />
very attractive fares.<br />
To make a booking or for more<br />
information, visit<br />
qatarairways.com/3-day-sale<br />
The travel window is extremely<br />
generous over a six-month period<br />
between September 10 and<br />
Qatar <strong>Air</strong>ways<br />
launches latest global<br />
sale at midnight<br />
March 13 next year. Seats are<br />
limited and subject to availability<br />
The special fares are applicable<br />
to destinations across Qatar<br />
<strong>Air</strong>ways’ network worldwide.<br />
Qatar <strong>Air</strong>ways Chief Executive<br />
Officer Akbar Al Baker said:<br />
“Whether travelling for leisure or<br />
business, the three-day sale<br />
provides customers the<br />
opportunity to visit popular<br />
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destinations and dis<strong>cover</strong> newlyintroduced<br />
routes available on<br />
our rapidly expanding network.<br />
“Qatar <strong>Air</strong>ways’ success is<br />
largely due to the support of our<br />
customers. The Global Sale is our<br />
way of thanking our loyal<br />
passengers for their continued<br />
support, and provides the<br />
opportunity to welcome new<br />
travellers and give them a great<br />
travel experience onboard the<br />
world’s best airline.”<br />
Qatar <strong>Air</strong>ways, one of the world’s<br />
fastest growing airlines, has seen<br />
rapid growth in just 15 years of<br />
operations, currently flying a<br />
modern fleet of 111 aircraft to<br />
118 key business and leisure<br />
destinations across Europe,<br />
Middle East, Africa, Asia Pacific,<br />
North America and South<br />
America.<br />
Since the beginning of 2012,<br />
Qatar <strong>Air</strong>ways has launched<br />
flights to Baku (Azerbaijan);<br />
Tbilisi (Georgia); Kigali<br />
(Rwanda); Zagreb (Croatia),<br />
Erbil (Iraq), Baghdad (Iraq),<br />
Perth (Australia) and Kilimanjaro<br />
(Tanzania).<br />
Over the next few months, Qatar<br />
<strong>Air</strong>ways will launch services to a<br />
diverse portfolio of new routes,<br />
including Yangon, Myanmar<br />
(October 3); Maputo,<br />
Mozambique (October 31);<br />
Belgrade, Serbia (November 20);<br />
Warsaw, Poland (December 5)<br />
and Chicago, USA (10 April<br />
2013).<br />
<strong>Air</strong>bus<br />
highlights the<br />
future of<br />
aviation at ILA<br />
Berlin <strong>Air</strong><br />
Show 2012<br />
A320 with Sharklets on show for<br />
the first time in Germany<br />
<strong>Air</strong>bus will showcase a large<br />
number of new developments at<br />
this year’s ILA Berlin <strong>Air</strong> Show<br />
(11-16th September), including<br />
the A320 with Sharklets – fuel<br />
saving wing tip devices - for the<br />
first time in Germany.<br />
Throughout the show media are<br />
invited to visit a customer A380,<br />
a Sharklet equipped <strong>Air</strong>bus A320<br />
as well as the <strong>Air</strong>bus Beluga<br />
transport aircraft in a special<br />
livery on static display. The<br />
world’s most advanced military<br />
airlifter, the A400M, will also be<br />
on static and flying display,<br />
contributing to a major EADS<br />
exhibition of the use of its<br />
products in humanitarian<br />
operations. In addition, the<br />
market leading C295 will be<br />
present at the show with the<br />
Polish <strong>Air</strong> Force.<br />
All EADS company units and the<br />
EADS press centre can be found<br />
under one roof in a centrally<br />
located 1,300sqm EADS Pavilion<br />
in row 7-14. The Pavilion will<br />
focus on new and future aircraft<br />
programmes and include an A350<br />
XWB cut-away model and a<br />
movie theatre showcasing<br />
‘efficiency’. Other models<br />
include the A320neo and the<br />
C295 in <strong>Air</strong>borne Early Warning<br />
(AEW) and Anti Submarine<br />
Warfare (ASW) configurations.<br />
<strong>Air</strong>bus will push the boundaries<br />
of virtual reality by allowing<br />
some lucky winners from the<br />
visiting public to experience<br />
virtually flying an A320. For<br />
current and future talents, a series<br />
of career workshops will be held<br />
throughout the week to discuss<br />
opportunities at <strong>Air</strong>bus..<br />
A special focus on <strong>Air</strong>bus<br />
commitment towards best<br />
environmental practices will be<br />
exhibited at the Alternative Fuels<br />
pavilion (Hall 1). Sustainability<br />
and the proven concept of a<br />
“Perfect Flight” will be the main<br />
themes.<br />
<strong>Air</strong>bus will hold a press<br />
conference at 13.00 on Tuesday<br />
11th September, in the Press<br />
Centre, Hall 5, Room A, followed<br />
by an <strong>Air</strong>bus Military press<br />
briefing directly afterwards in the<br />
same room.<br />
Save the date! Come and join us<br />
on Saturday 8th September at<br />
20:45 at the Humboldt-Box in<br />
central Berlin for what promises<br />
to be a spectacular view of<br />
aviation in 2050 and beyond!<br />
Eurolot to Add<br />
Six More<br />
Bombardier<br />
Q400 NextGen<br />
<strong>Air</strong>craft to its<br />
Fleet<br />
TORONTO, ONTARIO--<br />
(Marketwire/AsiaNet Pakistan -<br />
- Bombardier Aerospace<br />
announced that Warsaw-based<br />
Eurolot has converted options on<br />
six Q400 NextGen airliners to a<br />
firm order that will increase its<br />
fleet to 14 Q400 NextGen<br />
aircraft.<br />
Based on the list price of the<br />
Q400 NextGen airliner, the<br />
transaction announced today is<br />
valued at approximately $190<br />
million US.<br />
Eurolot's firm order for eight<br />
Q400 NextGen airliners with 12<br />
options was announced on March<br />
9, 2012, and delivery of the first<br />
aircraft was announced on May<br />
17, 2012.<br />
As previously announced,<br />
Eurolot has joined Bombardier<br />
Commercial <strong>Air</strong>craft's Smart<br />
Parts Program for the Q400<br />
aircraft. The Smart Parts Program<br />
is customized to an airline's<br />
specific operational and dispatch<br />
reliability requirements and<br />
provides the airline with<br />
competitive and predictable<br />
advanced component exchange<br />
and repair costs, as well as<br />
superior availability of key<br />
components.<br />
"Our fleet renewal program and<br />
route expansion are proceeding<br />
very well with Bombardier's<br />
Q400 NextGen aircraft," said<br />
Mariusz Dabrowski, President<br />
and Chief Executive Officer,<br />
Eurolot. "The very competitive<br />
operating costs of the aircraft will<br />
benefit further from the Smart<br />
Parts Program."<br />
"We are grateful for Eurolot's<br />
continuing confidence in our<br />
Q400 NextGen aircraft program,"<br />
said Mike Arcamone, President,<br />
Bombardier Commercial<br />
<strong>Air</strong>craft. "This order and others<br />
placed recently are evidence that<br />
the Q400 NextGen aircraft is the<br />
right airplane for today's<br />
extremely tough marketplace.<br />
Some 15 new operators and<br />
leasing companies have joined<br />
the Q400 aircraft family since<br />
2010, with five having acquired<br />
or ordered their aircraft this year.<br />
This growth, which has resulted<br />
in more than 40 operators<br />
worldwide, is indicative of the<br />
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outstanding operational<br />
flexibility, fuel efficiency and<br />
performance capability of our<br />
new-generation Q400<br />
turboprop."<br />
Including the transaction<br />
announced recently, Bombardier<br />
has booked firm orders for 460<br />
Q400 and Q400 NextGen<br />
turboprops, and delivered aircraft<br />
are in service with more than 40<br />
operators in 33 countries, on six<br />
continents. These aircraft have<br />
transported more than 227<br />
million passengers and have<br />
logged more than 3.5 million<br />
flight hours and over 3.8 million<br />
take-offs and landings.<br />
Demand spurs<br />
need for over<br />
28,000 aircraft<br />
in the next 20<br />
years<br />
Over 10,000 passenger jets to be<br />
replaced by newer fuel efficient<br />
models<br />
<strong>Air</strong>bus’ latest Global Market<br />
Forecast (GMF) identifies a need<br />
for some 28,200 passenger and<br />
freighter aircraft (of 100 seats or<br />
more) between 2012 and 2031<br />
worth nearly US$4.0 trillion,<br />
reconfirming an upward trend in<br />
the pace of new aircraft<br />
deliveries. Of these over 27,350<br />
will be passenger aircraft valued<br />
at US$ 3.7 trillion.<br />
Passenger traffic will grow at an<br />
average annual rate of 4.7 percent<br />
in the next 20 years, during which<br />
some 10,350 aircraft will be<br />
replaced by new efficient models.<br />
By 2031 the world’s passenger<br />
fleet will have expanded by 110<br />
percent from slightly over 15,550<br />
today to over 32,550. In the same<br />
period, the world’s freighter fleet<br />
will almost double from 1,600 to<br />
3,000 aircraft.<br />
Emerging economic regions will<br />
represent more than half of all<br />
traffic growth in the next 20<br />
years. Increasing urbanisation<br />
and the doubling of the world’s<br />
middle classes to five billion<br />
people is also driving growth. By<br />
2031 mega cities will more than<br />
double to 92 and over 90 percent<br />
of the world’s traffic will be<br />
between or through these points.<br />
“Aside from growth in<br />
international traffic, by 2031 four<br />
of the world’s biggest traffic<br />
flows will all be domestic - US,<br />
China, Intra Western Europe and<br />
India – and these account for a<br />
third of world traffic,” says John<br />
Leahy, <strong>Air</strong>bus Chief Operating<br />
Officer Customers. “In 20 years<br />
from now, China’s domestic<br />
passenger traffic will overtake<br />
the US domestic traffic to<br />
become the number one traffic<br />
flow in our forecast. Aviation is<br />
not just essential for international<br />
commerce, but also for domestic<br />
economies too.”<br />
Asia Pacific will account for 35<br />
percent of all new aircraft<br />
deliveries, followed by Europe<br />
and North America with 21<br />
percent each. In value terms, the<br />
single biggest market is China<br />
followed by the US, UAE and<br />
India.<br />
Over 1,700 Very Large <strong>Air</strong>craft<br />
(VLA - 400 seats and above) like<br />
the A380 will have been<br />
delivered by 2031, valued at<br />
US$600 billion. Of these over<br />
1,330 are passenger aircraft<br />
valued at some US$500 billion<br />
(13 percent by value of passenger<br />
deliveries, 5 percent of units).<br />
Asia Pacific leads demand (46<br />
percent) for these high capacity<br />
aircraft, followed by the Middle<br />
East (23 percent) and Europe (19<br />
percent).<br />
Demand for twin-aisle aircraft<br />
(250 to 400 seats), like the A330<br />
and the A350 XWB, some 6,970<br />
new passenger and freighter<br />
aircraft will be delivered valued<br />
at some US$1.7 trillion. Of these,<br />
6,500 are passenger aircraft<br />
valued at US$1.6 trillion (44<br />
percent by value of passenger<br />
deliveries, 24 percent of units).<br />
Leading demand is Asia Pacific<br />
(46 percent), Europe (17 percent)<br />
and the North America (13<br />
percent)<br />
In the next 20 years, over 19,500<br />
single-aisle aircraft worth over<br />
US$1,6 trillion will be delivered<br />
(43 percent of passenger<br />
deliveries by value, 71 percent by<br />
units). A third of deliveries will<br />
be in Asia Pacific followed by<br />
North America (25 percent) and<br />
Europe (22 percent). Some 30<br />
percent of all deliveries in this<br />
category will be for Low Cost<br />
Carriers.<br />
Embraer<br />
Executive Jets<br />
Phenom 100<br />
Type<br />
Certificate<br />
Validated by<br />
CAAC<br />
Beijing, China, — Embraer’s<br />
entry-level Phenom 100<br />
executive jet recently received<br />
the Validation of Type Certificate<br />
issued by Civil Aviation<br />
Administration of China<br />
(CAAC).<br />
“Embraer has been strengthening<br />
its market position in China’s<br />
executive aviation market over<br />
the past few years,” said Guan<br />
Dongyuan, President of Embraer<br />
China. “CAAC’s certificate for<br />
the Phenom 100 is great news for<br />
Embraer and prospective<br />
customers. With a highly<br />
intuitive cockpit, docile handling<br />
and reliable systems, the Phenom<br />
100 meets the needs of many<br />
customers, including single-pilot<br />
operators, flight schools and<br />
commercial operators alike.”<br />
The Phenom 100 accommodates<br />
up to eight occupants. Its range of<br />
1,178nm (2,182km), with NBAA<br />
IFR fuel reserves, means the<br />
aircraft is capable of flying<br />
nonstop from Beijing to Tokyo;<br />
from New York to Miami; and<br />
from London to Tunis.<br />
The aircraft’s ProdigyTM flight<br />
deck with Garmin avionics<br />
enables faster and more intuitive<br />
flight planning. It is one of the<br />
first systems allowing pilots to<br />
send text messages through the<br />
aircraft’s avionics system and to<br />
receive them from mobile phones<br />
and e-mail servers. Embraer’s<br />
newly developed preflight iPad<br />
application, the iPreflight<br />
performance package, makes<br />
flight planning more convenient,<br />
safer and optimized with<br />
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functions including access to<br />
valuable information such as<br />
airport and approach charts,<br />
NOTAMs and METARs. Its<br />
Pratt & Whitney PW617F-E<br />
turbofans are remarkably quiet<br />
and efficient, providing<br />
outstanding climb rate, fuel<br />
economy, range and best-in-class,<br />
high-speed cruise.<br />
Embraer offers its customers<br />
seven stylish interior options<br />
designed in partnership with<br />
BMW Group DesignworksUSA,<br />
allowing customers to make their<br />
aircraft truly unique and<br />
comfortable. Its Oval Lite®<br />
fuselage shape creates the highest<br />
and widest cross section in its<br />
class to give passengers more<br />
head and leg room. The private<br />
aft lavatory, the largest baggage<br />
compartment and the best airstair<br />
door in its class are other<br />
features of this aircraft.<br />
The outstanding performance<br />
makes the Phenom 100 the most<br />
delivered business jet in the<br />
world in recent years, with more<br />
than 150 units delivered<br />
worldwide since 2010. In June<br />
2012, the aircraft was recognized<br />
by Robb Report as the “Best of<br />
the Best” in the entry-level<br />
business aircraft category,<br />
following its distinction in 2008,<br />
2010 and 2011.<br />
Rockwell<br />
Collins’ Pro<br />
Line Fusion®<br />
now certified<br />
on Gulfstream<br />
G280<br />
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa–<br />
Rockwell Collins today<br />
announced that its Pro Line<br />
Fusion® integrated avionics<br />
system has achieved Federal<br />
Aviation Administration (FAA)<br />
certification on the Gulfstream<br />
PlaneView280 flight deck.<br />
“The PlaneView280 flight deck<br />
with Pro Line Fusion is the most<br />
advanced in its class with large<br />
format displays and intuitive<br />
graphics for all phases of flight<br />
and information management<br />
capabilities that help streamline<br />
flight operations,” said Greg<br />
Irmen, vice president and general<br />
manager, Business and Regional<br />
Systems for Rockwell Collins.<br />
“Additionally, the open systems<br />
approach we’ve taken with Pro<br />
Line Fusion made it possible to<br />
add Gulfstream-specific software<br />
applications with ease, staying<br />
consistent with the look and feel<br />
of Gulfstream PlaneView<br />
platforms.”<br />
The Pro Line Fusion<br />
configuration selected by<br />
Gulfstream for the PlaneView280<br />
flight deck includes the following<br />
standard features:<br />
• Three high-resolution<br />
15-inch diagonal LCD displays −<br />
the largest flight displays<br />
available in the industry<br />
• Rockwell Collins’<br />
award-winning MultiScan<br />
Threat Detection System, which<br />
provides optimal, clutter-free<br />
weather information that<br />
improves situational awareness<br />
and enhances safety and<br />
passenger comfort by minimizing<br />
unexpected turbulence<br />
encounters<br />
• User-friendly graphical<br />
flight planning capability and<br />
Integrated Flight Information<br />
System (IFIS) with electronic<br />
charts, enhanced maps and<br />
graphical weather that reduce<br />
pilot workload<br />
• Technologies to<br />
accommodate the latest airspace<br />
requirements, including Future<br />
<strong>Air</strong> Navigation System<br />
Controller-Pilot Data Link<br />
Communication (FANS<br />
CPDLC); dual advanced Flight<br />
Management Systems with Wide<br />
Area Augmentation System<br />
Localizer Performance with<br />
Vertical Guidance (WAAS/LPV)<br />
and Required Navigation<br />
Performance (RNP) capabilities;<br />
and a Traffic Surveillance System<br />
with Automatic Dependent<br />
Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B)<br />
capabilities.<br />
Irmen also noted that adding the<br />
optional Head-up Guidance<br />
System (HGS) with enhanced<br />
vision capability to this flight<br />
deck further improves<br />
operational efficiency, especially<br />
in low visibility conditions.<br />
Rockwell Collins’ HGS is an<br />
advanced head-up display with a<br />
powerful high-integrity computer<br />
that gives pilots essential flight<br />
information and guidance for all<br />
phases of flight, from safe and<br />
efficient takeoffs all the way to<br />
stable and smooth touchdowns.<br />
The HGS also is an option on<br />
Gulfstream G350 and G500<br />
aircraft, and comes standard on<br />
the G450, G550 and G650.<br />
The Gulfstream PlaneView280<br />
flight deck with Rockwell<br />
Collins’ Pro Line Fusion®<br />
feature the industry’s largest<br />
flight displays available (15-inch)<br />
for business aviation<br />
China’s ICBC Leasing places<br />
order for 50 <strong>Air</strong>bus A320 Family<br />
aircraft<br />
Emerging lessor enhances<br />
portfolio with eco-efficient<br />
<strong>Air</strong>bus aircraft<br />
ICBC Financial<br />
Leasing Co. Ltd.<br />
(ICBC Leasing),<br />
has signed an<br />
agreement with<br />
<strong>Air</strong>bus for a total of<br />
50 A320 Family<br />
aircraft, including<br />
30 A320ceo and 20<br />
A320neo.<br />
The aircraft purchase agreement<br />
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was signed at the Great Hall of<br />
the People in Beijing by Li<br />
Xiaopeng, Senior Executive Vice<br />
President of ICBC and Chairman<br />
of ICBC Leasing, and Fabrice<br />
Bregier, President and CEO of<br />
<strong>Air</strong>bus. It was a part of a series of<br />
Europe-China agreements signed<br />
in the presence of visiting<br />
German Chancellor Angela<br />
Merkel and Chinese Premier Wen<br />
Jiabao.<br />
“We decided to order more<br />
<strong>Air</strong>bus A320 Family aircraft, not<br />
only A320ceo but also A320neo,<br />
to enhance our portfolio in<br />
anticipation of increasing<br />
demand of the aviation markets<br />
in China, Asia Pacific region and<br />
the world as well. The order<br />
indicates that leasing companies<br />
are playing a more important role<br />
in the aviation sector,” said Li<br />
Xiaopeng, Senior Executive Vice<br />
President of ICBC and Chairman<br />
of ICBC Leasing.<br />
“We are delighted to see ICBC<br />
Leasing placing another order for<br />
the world’s best selling singleaisle<br />
aircraft. In particular, the<br />
order for 20 A320neo makes<br />
ICBC Leasing the first Chinese<br />
customer for the fastest selling<br />
aircraft, which offers a 15 per<br />
cent fuel burn reduction. We are<br />
proud to support the growth of<br />
Chinese leasing companies with<br />
our eco-efficient aircraft,” added<br />
Fabrice Bregier, <strong>Air</strong>bus President<br />
and CEO.<br />
By the end of July 2012, there<br />
were over 700 A320 Family<br />
aircraft in operation with 15<br />
Chinese airlines.<br />
As of today, more than 8,500<br />
<strong>Air</strong>bus A320 Family aircraft have<br />
been sold and more than 5,100<br />
delivered to over 365 customers<br />
and operators worldwide, making<br />
it the world’s best selling<br />
commercial jetliner ever. With<br />
proven reliability and extended<br />
servicing periods, the A320<br />
Family has the lowest operating<br />
costs of any single-aisle aircraft.<br />
The A320neo is a new engine<br />
option for the A320 Family<br />
entering into service from 2015<br />
and incorporates latest generation<br />
engines and large "Sharklet"<br />
wing tip devices, which together<br />
will deliver 15 percent in fuel<br />
savings. The A320neo has over<br />
95 percent airframe commonality<br />
making it an easy fit into existing<br />
fleets while offering up to 500<br />
nautical miles (950 kilometres)<br />
more range or two tonnes more<br />
payload at a given range.<br />
MNG <strong>Air</strong>lines<br />
takes delivery<br />
of its first<br />
A330-200F<br />
Newest operator of world’s most<br />
efficient mid-size freighter<br />
MNG <strong>Air</strong>lines, Turkey’s<br />
dedicated freight operator, has<br />
taken delivery of its first of four<br />
A330-200Fs on order. Today the<br />
airline already operates a fleet of<br />
seven A300 cargo aircraft, and<br />
will expand its services by<br />
moving up to the A330 Freighter.<br />
Sedat Özkazanç, Managing<br />
Director of MNG <strong>Air</strong>lines said:<br />
“Holding a big portion of the<br />
cargo capacity in Turkey, MNG<br />
<strong>Air</strong>lines is delighted to introduce<br />
the A330-200F into our fleet.” He<br />
adds: “This new <strong>Air</strong>bus freighter<br />
aircraft will help our continued<br />
growth by providing superior fuel<br />
efficiency, capacity and range for<br />
our customers together with both<br />
charter and scheduled flights.”<br />
“We are pleased to welcome<br />
MNG <strong>Air</strong>lines as the newest<br />
operator of the A330-200F,” said<br />
John Leahy, Chief Operating<br />
Officer, Customers, <strong>Air</strong>bus. “This<br />
aircraft offers the lowest<br />
operating costs in the mid-size<br />
category and the ability to match<br />
capacity more closely to demand<br />
on a wide range of operations.”<br />
Benefiting from the technical<br />
superiority and market success of<br />
the A330 passenger version, the<br />
A330-200F is the world’s most<br />
modern mid-size freighter which<br />
can carry 70 tonnes of payload,<br />
with a range capability of up to<br />
4,000nm. Moreover, in the<br />
current market situation with<br />
fluctuating demand and<br />
dominated by old and less fuel<br />
efficient large aircraft, the midsize<br />
freighter A330-200F is the<br />
clear way to secure sustained<br />
profitability.<br />
The A330-200F’s range and<br />
payload capability provides<br />
flexibility for both regional and<br />
intercontinental operations,<br />
versatility to match costs and<br />
frequencies with market<br />
expectations, thereby allowing<br />
operators to grow existing<br />
business and expand into new<br />
routes. The A330-200F targets<br />
the ‘mid-size’ freighter segment<br />
which is forecasted to be the core<br />
of future freighter demand, and<br />
will require more than 1,320<br />
aircraft in the next 20 years.<br />
To date, <strong>Air</strong>bus has won more<br />
than 1,200 orders for the various<br />
versions of the A330, with nearly<br />
900 aircraft currently flying with<br />
over 120 customers and operators<br />
worldwide.<br />
Gulfstream<br />
service center<br />
in westfield<br />
mass., extends<br />
operating<br />
hours<br />
Additional Hours Mean More<br />
Support For Customers<br />
SAVANNAH, Ga., — Gulfstream<br />
Aerospace Corp. announced that<br />
its company-owned service<br />
center in Westfield, Mass.,<br />
recently extended its hours of<br />
operation. The facility at Barnes<br />
Regional <strong>Air</strong>port now has an<br />
overnight shift from 10 p.m. to<br />
8:30 a.m. Monday through<br />
Friday.<br />
Gulfstream Westfield, located<br />
approximately 97 miles from<br />
Boston and 130 miles from the<br />
New York metro area, offers a<br />
full range of services, including<br />
aircraft-on-ground (AOG)<br />
support, airframe inspections,<br />
avionics installations and interior<br />
refurbishments. Facility<br />
technicians are certified to work<br />
on large- and mid-cabin<br />
Gulfstream aircraft along with<br />
Hawker Beechcraft, Dassault<br />
Falcon and Bombardier<br />
Challenger business jets.<br />
The new shift’s eight technicians<br />
are available to perform<br />
maintenance at Westfield’s<br />
facility or be dispatched for AOG<br />
situations within a four-hour<br />
drive.<br />
“Westfield’s extended hours will<br />
ensure that our customers receive<br />
the best support possible while<br />
traveling in the Northeast U.S.,<br />
the busiest corridor in the world<br />
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for Gulfstream aircraft,” said<br />
Mark Burns, president,<br />
Gulfstream Product Support.<br />
“Our Westfield staff is certified to<br />
work on nearly 500 aircraft based<br />
within approximately 150 miles<br />
of the facility, including more<br />
than 200 Gulfstream jets. Adding<br />
to the demand for service is a<br />
significant amount of transient<br />
Gulfstream and non-Gulfstream<br />
traffic.”<br />
In May 2012, Gulfstream broke<br />
ground on a 125,000-square-foot<br />
hangar at the site that will sit<br />
adjacent to the existing 85,000square-foot<br />
service hangar. The<br />
new hangar is scheduled to open<br />
in the second quarter of 2013 and<br />
will result in at least 100<br />
additional Product Supportrelated<br />
jobs at Gulfstream<br />
Westfield. Nearly 40 of those<br />
positions have already been<br />
filled.<br />
Gulfstream Westfield is certified<br />
by the U.S. Federal Aviation<br />
Administration and European<br />
Aviation Safety Agency, and also<br />
has maintenance approvals from<br />
the civil aviation authorities in<br />
Aruba, Bermuda and the Cayman<br />
Islands.<br />
In 2011, Westfield employees<br />
serviced nearly 850 aircraft,<br />
which included maintenance<br />
support for aircraft located as far<br />
away as Newfoundland, Canada.<br />
Assembly line in China<br />
completes the 100th A320 Family<br />
aircraft<br />
<strong>Air</strong>bus and<br />
Chinese<br />
partners agree<br />
on a<br />
framework<br />
concerning<br />
FALC project<br />
extension<br />
Visiting German Chancellor<br />
Angela Merkel and Chinese<br />
Premier Wen Jiabao presided<br />
over a grand gathering of some<br />
1,000 people in Tianjin to<br />
celebrate the completion of the<br />
100th A320 Family aircraft<br />
assembled at the <strong>Air</strong>bus A320<br />
Family Final Assembly Line<br />
China (FALC), which is a joint<br />
venture between <strong>Air</strong>bus and its<br />
Chinese partners. Among the<br />
participants attending the<br />
celebration were government<br />
officials from China and Europe,<br />
representatives of <strong>Air</strong>bus and its<br />
Chinese partners and customers<br />
as well as employees of the<br />
<strong>Air</strong>bus Tianjin Final Assembly<br />
Line and <strong>Air</strong>bus Tianjin Delivery<br />
Centre, a subsidiary of <strong>Air</strong>bus in<br />
Tianjin.<br />
One day before the celebration, a<br />
framework agreement was signed<br />
by <strong>Air</strong>bus, Tianjin Free Trade<br />
Zone (TJFTZ) and the Aviation<br />
Industry Corporation of China<br />
(AVIC), the two parties of the<br />
Chinese consortium that hold a<br />
49% stake in the FALC joint<br />
venture, concerning the shared<br />
intention to continue the<br />
cooperation on the project<br />
beyond the current business plan,<br />
which is due to expire in 2016.<br />
The agreement was signed at the<br />
Great Hall of the People in<br />
Beijing as a part of a series of<br />
Europe-China agreements in the<br />
presence of the German<br />
Chancellor and Chinese Premier.<br />
“The completion of the 100th<br />
A320 Family aircraft by the<br />
<strong>Air</strong>bus Tianjin final assembly<br />
line represents a significant<br />
milestone for the cooperation<br />
between <strong>Air</strong>bus and China, as<br />
well as the <strong>Air</strong>bus strategy of<br />
internationalisation, one of the<br />
pillars of the <strong>Air</strong>bus vision for<br />
our future,” said Fabrice Brégier,<br />
<strong>Air</strong>bus President and CEO.<br />
“Having a final assembly line in<br />
Tianjin has greatly promoted the<br />
<strong>Air</strong>bus brand and image in China<br />
and brought us closer to our<br />
customers in one of the world’s<br />
most important aircraft markets. I<br />
would like to congratulate all<br />
those involved in making FALC a<br />
great success and contributing to<br />
a win-win situation for <strong>Air</strong>bus<br />
and the Chinese industry,” he<br />
added.<br />
The FALC is the third A320<br />
Family final assembly line in the<br />
world after the ones in Toulouse,<br />
France and Hamburg, Germany<br />
and the first <strong>Air</strong>bus aircraft final<br />
assembly line outside Europe. In<br />
July this year, <strong>Air</strong>bus has<br />
announced its decision to<br />
establish an A320 Family final<br />
assembly line in the United<br />
States.<br />
In December 2005, <strong>Air</strong>bus and<br />
the Chinese government signed a<br />
MoU for the establishment of a<br />
single aisle final assembly line in<br />
China. In May 2007, the<br />
construction of the Tianjin<br />
assembly line started. In August<br />
2008, the Tianjin final assembly<br />
line started operation. In June<br />
2009, the first aircraft assembled<br />
in Tianjin was delivered to<br />
Sichuan <strong>Air</strong>lines. Since then a<br />
total of nearly 100 aircraft have<br />
already been delivered to 11<br />
Chinese operators from Tianjin.<br />
Since the agreement for the<br />
FALC project was signed, China<br />
Etihad <strong>Air</strong>ways, the national airline of United Arab Emirates in<br />
collaboration with Abacus distribution system pvt. Ltd., has recently<br />
announced the winner of their joint promotion – where they gave out<br />
a fully paid vacation to UAE to the highest selling travel agency for<br />
Europe & Africa. Mr. Naveed Ahmed, Sales Manager South Pakistan<br />
Etihad <strong>Air</strong>ways, Ms. Maria Khan, Etihad <strong>Air</strong>ways and Mr. Sam<br />
Wong. General Manager, Abacus distribution are giving away the<br />
prize to Mr. Adnan Zainuddin Darbar from AEG Travels and Mr.<br />
Muhammad Zuhaib from Bukhari Travel.<br />
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has placed orders for more than<br />
550 A320 Family aircraft. In the<br />
mean time, the in-service fleet of<br />
<strong>Air</strong>bus A320 Family aircraft have<br />
expanded from some 200 to more<br />
than 700 as of end of July 2012<br />
CAA Pakistan<br />
to formulate<br />
European<br />
based<br />
regulations on<br />
airworthiness<br />
of aircraft<br />
A Meeting under the patronage of<br />
South Asia Regional Initiative<br />
(SARI) was organised at Jinnah<br />
I’nal <strong>Air</strong>port from 28 to 30<br />
August, 2012 . The purpose of<br />
the Meeting was to formulate<br />
<strong>Air</strong>craft <strong>Air</strong>worthiness<br />
regulations in line with EASA<br />
(European Aviation Safety<br />
Agency). The regulations<br />
encompassing various facets of<br />
airworthiness would not only<br />
bring a positive improvement in<br />
the aviation safety but would also<br />
give acceptance to our aviation<br />
maintenance in South Asia.<br />
Engr Munawar J Qureshi,<br />
Director <strong>Air</strong>worthiness of Civil<br />
Aviation Authority of Pakistan<br />
had invited the SARI<br />
Coordinator, Mr. Eric Dormoy to<br />
facilitate a team of experts on<br />
formulation of Regulations. The<br />
keenness of local <strong>Air</strong>lines and<br />
other <strong>Air</strong> Operators in achieving<br />
safety in skies was evident from<br />
their sizeable participation.<br />
On this occasion, DG CAA Capt<br />
Nadeem Khan Yousafzai<br />
reiterated a resolve of the<br />
Authority in recognizing the<br />
tremendous responsibilities<br />
placed on its shoulders in<br />
reducing the risk to safety in<br />
Aviation. He emphasised upon<br />
the experts to formulate the<br />
regulations with focused<br />
attention on safety through<br />
<strong>Air</strong>worthiness of aircraft. Deputy<br />
Director General CAA, <strong>Air</strong> Vice<br />
Marshal Junaid Siddiqui and<br />
other senior management of CAA<br />
was also present on the occasion.<br />
Principal Director Regulatory,<br />
<strong>Air</strong> Commodore Muhammad Zia<br />
Khan of Pakistan Civil Aviation<br />
Authority inaugurated the<br />
meeting and welcomed the<br />
foreign and local aviation<br />
industry experts. He thanked all<br />
the Participants who had gathered<br />
for a common objective of safe,<br />
secure and sustainable air<br />
transport environment in<br />
Pakistan. On the occasion,<br />
EASA/SARI Project In charge<br />
Engr Nayyar Faruqui emphasized<br />
the CAA experts to come up with<br />
suggestions which could add to<br />
safety and productivity, while<br />
subscribing to good work ethics.<br />
He further informed the<br />
participants on the Regulation on<br />
<strong>Air</strong>craft Maintenance<br />
Organisations, which are likely to<br />
be put up for implementation in<br />
the current year.<br />
Mr Eric conveyed his satisfaction<br />
on the progress made by CAA<br />
Pakistan in preparation of<br />
Regulations on Maintenance,<br />
Training and Licensing. He<br />
further requested CAA Pakistan<br />
to provide assistance through its<br />
experts in strengthening the<br />
forum of SARI. He desired that<br />
Pakistan would participate in the<br />
forthcoming Meeting in Dhaka.<br />
Turkish<br />
<strong>Air</strong>lines<br />
recorded 164<br />
million TRY<br />
net profit in<br />
the first half<br />
year of 2012.<br />
First half year sales revenue<br />
increased by 36%, reaching to 6,7<br />
billion TRY.<br />
Turkish <strong>Air</strong>lines’ 1H 2012<br />
consolidated financial statements<br />
were reported to Istanbul Stock<br />
Exchange. Compared to the same<br />
period of 2011, sales revenue<br />
increased by 36%, reaching to 6,7<br />
billion TRY. Net profit increased<br />
by %142 to 164 million TRY.<br />
Turkish <strong>Air</strong>lines achieved<br />
stronger first and second quarter<br />
results, compared to the same<br />
periods of last year. Despite the<br />
reported loss due to seasonal<br />
factors in the first quarter of the<br />
year, with the help of strong<br />
performance in the second<br />
quarter, Turkish <strong>Air</strong>lines posted<br />
profit in the first half of the year.<br />
Having net operating profit of<br />
271 million TRY in the second<br />
quarter, Turkish <strong>Air</strong>lines posted<br />
52 million TRY net operating<br />
profit for the first half of 2012.<br />
Looking through the traffic<br />
results, Turkish <strong>Air</strong>lines carried<br />
total of 18 million passengers<br />
with an increase of 20%.<br />
Available Seat Km (ASK) and<br />
Revenue Per Km (RPK) went up<br />
by 19% and 24%, respectively.<br />
Passenger Load Factor was 5,7<br />
points up to 75,2%. Int’l to Int’l<br />
transfer passengers’ share in total<br />
Int’l passengers increased 4<br />
points, reaching to 39%.<br />
According to the statistics<br />
published by International <strong>Air</strong><br />
Transport Association (IATA),<br />
global aviation sector posted<br />
passenger, ASK and RPK growth<br />
of approximately 7%, 6,5% and<br />
4,7% respectively.<br />
In the first half year of 2012, total<br />
number of international<br />
destinations went up to 157, with<br />
addition of 8 new destinations to<br />
network. By increase of 19<br />
aircrafts during the first half of<br />
the year, Turkish <strong>Air</strong>lines fleet<br />
reached to 194 aircraft in total,<br />
out of which were 151 narrow<br />
body, 37 wide body and 6 cargo.<br />
As like the year 2011, being<br />
selected by Skytrax as the "Best<br />
<strong>Air</strong>line in Europe" in 2012,<br />
Turkish <strong>Air</strong>lines continues to<br />
maintain its successful<br />
performance with its strong<br />
financial structure and high<br />
quality service concept.<br />
NBAA to<br />
Honor Bob<br />
Breiling With<br />
Doswell Award<br />
Washington, DC, – The National<br />
Business Aviation Association<br />
(NBAA) announced that aviation<br />
accident statistician and former<br />
NBAA Director Robert E.<br />
Breiling will receive the 2012<br />
NBAA John P. “Jack” Doswell<br />
Award.<br />
Breiling will receive his award<br />
during NBAA’s 65th Annual<br />
Meeting & Convention, to be<br />
held Oct. 30 to Nov. 1 in Orlando,<br />
FL, at the Orange County<br />
Convention Center and Orlando<br />
Executive <strong>Air</strong>port.<br />
“NBAA is proud to recognize<br />
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Bob Breiling’s outstanding<br />
contributions to the business<br />
aviation community,” said<br />
NBAA President and CEO Ed<br />
Bolen. “Through his devoted<br />
research and analysis of aviation<br />
accident data, as well as his work<br />
with NBAA, Bob has helped<br />
promote standards that have led<br />
to improvements in aviation<br />
safety and better training.”<br />
Established in 1987, the Doswell<br />
Award is granted for lifelong<br />
individual achievement on behalf<br />
of and in support of the aims,<br />
goals and objectives of business<br />
aviation. It is named in honor of<br />
Jack Doswell, a remarkable man<br />
whose gifts inspired a high<br />
standard of involvement in the<br />
business aviation community.<br />
Upon hearing that he would<br />
receive the award, Breiling said,<br />
“I am certainly proud to receive<br />
this prestigious NBAA award. I<br />
would like to think that my work<br />
over the years in analyzing<br />
business turbine-aircraft<br />
accidents has created awareness<br />
as to their causes and helped<br />
reduce accidents."<br />
Breiling's data also was<br />
instrumental in obtaining an<br />
industry-wide FAA alternative<br />
that allows the use of advanced<br />
simulators for some pilot<br />
recurrency requirements (instead<br />
of in-aircraft experience), and<br />
helped support the development<br />
of FAR Part 91K, regulations<br />
governing fractional operators.<br />
An airplane enthusiast from his<br />
early years, in 1951, Breiling<br />
joined the U.S. Navy, where he<br />
became a pilot and eventually<br />
flew a McDonnell Banshee F2H-<br />
3 and an F9F Panther,<br />
Grumman's first jet fighter and<br />
one of the Navy's first carrierbased<br />
jet fighters. He flew from<br />
the U.S.S. Hornet aircraft carrier<br />
while stationed in the Pacific, and<br />
served 24 years in the Navy<br />
Reserve, ending his military<br />
service as the commander of a<br />
Lockheed P-2V squadron.<br />
From 1973 to 1980, Breiling<br />
served on the NBAA Board of<br />
Directors alongside Doswell.<br />
Today, through Robert E.<br />
Breiling Associates, Inc., he<br />
analyzes business aviation<br />
accident rates and provides<br />
reports for NBAA publications<br />
and the industry. He also is the<br />
provider of global data on<br />
business aircraft accidents for the<br />
International Business Aviation<br />
Council. Additionally, he<br />
produces annual reports on<br />
specific aircraft models, as well<br />
as the Helicopter Review, Single<br />
Turboprop Review, Turbine<br />
Accident Review and Fractional<br />
Review, all of which provide<br />
comparative accident data.<br />
<strong>Air</strong>Baltic to<br />
acquire four<br />
new Q400s<br />
Latvian carrier <strong>Air</strong>Baltic (BT)<br />
has confirmed plans to acquire<br />
four new Bombardier Q400s,<br />
which will join its fleet on lease<br />
in spring 2013.<br />
In July, BT CEO Martin Gauss<br />
told ATW he was looking to add<br />
three new or used Q400s (ATW<br />
Daily News, July 13). “We are in<br />
final discussions to take two new<br />
Q400s in May and two in June,”<br />
Gauss told ATW on the latest<br />
developments. “There were<br />
discussions about taking used<br />
aircraft on lease this autumn, but<br />
we are going with the new ones<br />
now,” he said.<br />
BT is aiming to take the aircraft<br />
from an operating lessor straight<br />
off the production line, rather<br />
than have the “hassle” of a saleleaseback<br />
deal, according to<br />
Gauss. “The fact is that the serial<br />
numbers of four brand new<br />
Q400s should be on our apron<br />
next spring.”<br />
This winter, the Latvian carrier<br />
will operate 10 Boeing 737s,<br />
eight Q400s and two Fokker 50s.<br />
It also has two Boeing 757s,<br />
which are on lease in Cambodia.<br />
“We have delayed the grounding<br />
of our Fokker operations by a<br />
short while because we couldn’t<br />
get the [first] two Q400s in as<br />
soon as we wanted. We couldn’t<br />
get them this autumn, so they will<br />
come in spring,” Gauss said.<br />
BT is phasing out its 10 F50s. It<br />
has already returned three to the<br />
lessor and discussions are<br />
underway to return two more this<br />
autumn. Of the final five F50s,<br />
three will be returned next spring<br />
and only two will remain in<br />
active service throughout this<br />
winter.<br />
Between 2015 and 2017, the<br />
airline is planning to take<br />
delivery of 10 CS300s under a<br />
letter of intent signed at the<br />
Farnborough <strong>Air</strong>show (ATW<br />
Daily News, July 10). By 2017,<br />
all 737 leases will be expired.<br />
“We will get our first CSeries at<br />
the end of 2013. They are<br />
building it, there’s no doubt about<br />
it, and we are getting happier and<br />
happier with all the results<br />
coming from the engine testing,”<br />
Gauss said.<br />
He added the CSeries will slash<br />
$30 million a year from BT’s<br />
operating costs, stressing this is a<br />
conservative estimate. “That<br />
makes abig difference to whether<br />
we make a loss or profit, but<br />
unfortunately we can’t have<br />
aircraft yet. And this is the lower<br />
end of the figure we calculated,<br />
based on performance data when<br />
we decided to take the aircraft.<br />
Now we are just finalizing the<br />
contract,” he said.<br />
GDS<br />
companies’<br />
move into<br />
China is likely<br />
to be slow<br />
By Michele McDonald<br />
The long-awaited move by the<br />
Civil Aviation Administration of<br />
China to open China’s GDS<br />
market to foreign companies was<br />
hailed as “exciting” and “an<br />
important step” by the other GDS<br />
companies, but it will probably<br />
be some months before they can<br />
take full advantage of it.<br />
A key component of working<br />
with travel agents is participation<br />
in the IATA billing and settlement<br />
plan in the country.<br />
But obtaining certification to use<br />
the BSP can take several months<br />
in any country, and “I don’t<br />
imagine China would be any<br />
faster,” Bart Tompkins,<br />
Amadeus’ managing director for<br />
China, said. “It’s a fairly<br />
complicated environment.<br />
The market itself also is<br />
complex, he said, with a large<br />
number of consolidators and<br />
wholesalers.<br />
Tompkins, who has launched<br />
Amadeus operations in several<br />
new markets such as Russia and<br />
Japan, said Chinese travel agents<br />
are more technologically<br />
sophisticated than westerners<br />
might suspect, given the presence<br />
of the big multinational travel<br />
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management companies that tend<br />
to dominate the landscape.<br />
The CAAC’s loosening of<br />
regulations, which will allow<br />
foreign GDSs to distribute non-<br />
Chinese airlines’ fares and<br />
schedules to Chinese travel<br />
agents, has been a long time<br />
coming.<br />
China was supposed to open its<br />
GDS market to foreign<br />
competition as a condition of<br />
admission to the <strong>World</strong> Trade<br />
Organization, which it joined 11<br />
years ago.<br />
Meanwhile, TravelSky<br />
Technology Ltd., which functions<br />
not only as the only GDS<br />
operator in the market but also as<br />
the near-monopoly provider of<br />
airline passenger services<br />
systems, has formed a number of<br />
relationships with western GDS<br />
companies over the years.<br />
In 2002, Amadeus agreed to<br />
provide TravelSky with access to<br />
its non-air content.<br />
This year, TravelSky signed<br />
reciprocal hotel content<br />
agreements with Sabre and its<br />
Asian subsidiary, Abacus<br />
International.<br />
By far, its deepest relationship is<br />
with Travelport. The companies<br />
signed a joint product<br />
development agreement focused<br />
on advanced passenger service<br />
systems technology for airlines<br />
worldwide. They also have a<br />
hotel content agreement.<br />
According to reports in Orient<br />
Aviation, a Hong Kong-based<br />
publication, TravelSky has flirted<br />
with the idea of merging with an<br />
outside GDS company, looking at<br />
deals with Amadeus and with<br />
Singapore-based Abacus<br />
International, which is partially<br />
owned by Sabre and is hosted on<br />
the Sabre platform.<br />
Despite the challenges ahead in<br />
dealing with what is arguably one<br />
of the most bureaucratic nations<br />
on earth, the non-Chinese<br />
companies are upbeat about the<br />
changes.<br />
“These new regulations are the<br />
green light that many airlines,<br />
agencies, suppliers and<br />
technology companies have been<br />
waiting for, and we expect to see<br />
the industry evolve as new travel<br />
services become available,”<br />
Sabre said in a statement.<br />
Sabre noted that it provides<br />
technology to several Chinese<br />
carriers. It said it will “work<br />
closely with our travel partners,<br />
including Abacus, to bring new<br />
travel shopping, pricing, mobile<br />
and distribution capabilities that<br />
support China’s rapidly growing<br />
tourism industry, their prosperity<br />
and success.”<br />
Robert Bailey, chief executive<br />
officer of Abacus International,<br />
said the company is “in an ideal<br />
situation, especially with our<br />
Asia Pacific leadership through<br />
our 11 shareholder and partner<br />
airlines.”<br />
Abacus also has offices in<br />
Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou,<br />
Shenzhen and Chengdu and is<br />
“firmly entrenched” in the<br />
Chinese market.<br />
Travelport said it welcomed the<br />
“partial deregulation.”<br />
Kurt Ekert, chief commercial<br />
officer, said Travelport has<br />
developed “a number of<br />
significant strategic partnerships<br />
in the country. This news very<br />
much plays to our partnership<br />
approach, and we’re looking<br />
forward to providing<br />
complementary travel<br />
distribution services in the<br />
country.”<br />
The company has offices in<br />
Shanghai, Beijing and<br />
Guangzhou.<br />
Amadeus plans to start off with<br />
its Amadeus Link technology, a<br />
web-based desktop platform of<br />
integrated tools and services,<br />
Tompkins said.<br />
Amadeus also is no stranger to<br />
the market, he said, noting that<br />
“about half the international<br />
carriers that serve China are<br />
hosted on Altéa,” Amadeus’<br />
passenger services system.<br />
Travel, particularly international<br />
travel, is fueling huge growth in<br />
the Chinese economy, he said,<br />
and until relatively recently,<br />
“leisure didn’t exist as a<br />
concept.” With the development<br />
of a middle class, the Chinese<br />
have dis<strong>cover</strong>ed holidays in a big<br />
way.<br />
“You need to bring in modern<br />
systems” to deal with the rapid<br />
growth, Tompkins said. In the<br />
world of travel technology, “this<br />
is the last big frontier.”<br />
WestJet,<br />
British<br />
<strong>Air</strong>ways enter<br />
into codeshare<br />
agreement<br />
By: Kathryn M. Young<br />
WestJet (WS) entered into a<br />
codeshare agreement with British<br />
<strong>Air</strong>ways (BA), effective<br />
immediately. The BA code will<br />
be placed on select WS flights<br />
connecting from Vancouver,<br />
Calgary and Toronto to Ottawa,<br />
Edmonton and Victoria.<br />
The agreement with BA is the<br />
eighth signed since September<br />
2011 by WS. The Canadian<br />
airline has initiated codeshares<br />
with American <strong>Air</strong>lines, Cathay<br />
Pacific, China Eastern <strong>Air</strong>lines,<br />
Delta <strong>Air</strong> Lines, Japan <strong>Air</strong>lines,<br />
KLM and Korean <strong>Air</strong>.<br />
BA-director of strategy and<br />
business units Lynne Embleton<br />
said the partnership “will enable<br />
easier travel from Canada’s<br />
gateway cities to destinations that<br />
have been more difficult to<br />
access from the UK.<br />
WS is the second largest airline<br />
in Canada. It flew 2.6 billion<br />
RPKs in July (ATW Daily News,<br />
Sept. 12) for a combined total of<br />
10.7 billion RPKs for the first<br />
seven months of 2012.<br />
United <strong>Air</strong>lines<br />
takes delivery<br />
of first 787<br />
By: Linda Blachly<br />
United <strong>Air</strong>lines (UA), the North<br />
American launch customer for<br />
the Boeing 787, has taken<br />
delivery of its first of 50<br />
Dreamliners.<br />
UA previously announced it will<br />
initially use the 787 on<br />
international routes to Africa,<br />
Asia and Europe (ATW Daily<br />
News, Aug. 23). The airline will<br />
conduct temporary domestic<br />
flights before transitioning its<br />
787 fleet to international service<br />
in late 2012.<br />
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The Consul General of the republic of Turkey Mr.Murat<br />
M.Onart, hosted a reception to meet the Ambassador<br />
Mr.M.Babur Hizlan, and Mrs.Hizlan, at a local hotel. Photo<br />
shows acting Consul General of Japan Mr.Masamichi Abe,<br />
Turkish <strong>Air</strong>lines Country Manager Mr.Huseyin Cepni,<br />
Ms.T.U.Dawood, and Mr.M.Akram, with host and Chief Guest.<br />
Chairman, FPCCI Aviation committee, Mr. Yahya Polani,<br />
presenting a souvenir to the Vice President Pakistan, Emirates<br />
<strong>Air</strong>line, Khalid S Bardan. Also seen present on the occasion are<br />
Tariq Polani, Kumail Polani, Iftikhar Chima, Abdul Jabbar,<br />
Saadullah, Muhammad Sikander, and Hasan Ur Rehman.<br />
Chairman, Travel Agent Association of Pakistan (TAAP),<br />
Yahya Polani, Presenting a souvenir to the Vice Consul General<br />
of Malaysia, Azmir Suzle, Other seen present on the occasion<br />
include, Director Malaysia Tourism Promotion Board, Tuan<br />
Razalituan Omar, Siddiq Suleman, Hanif Rinch, Kumail<br />
Polani, and Others.<br />
Etihad <strong>Air</strong>ways, the national airline of United Arab Emirates in collaboration<br />
with Abacus distribution system pvt. Ltd., has recently announced the winner<br />
of their joint promotion. Mr. Naveed Ahmed, Sales Manager South Pakistan<br />
Etihad <strong>Air</strong>ways, Ms. Maria Khan, Etihad <strong>Air</strong>ways and Mr. Sam Wong.<br />
General Manager, Abacus distribution are giving away the prize to Mr. Adnan<br />
Zainuddin Darbar from AEG Travels and Mr. Muhammad Zuhaib from<br />
Bukhari Travel.<br />
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