ISSN 1718-7966 June 26, 2017/ VOL. 596 WEEKLY AVIATION HEADLINES Read by thousands of aviation professionals and technical decision-makers every week www.avitrader.com WORLD NEWS Ryanair launches connecting flights in Milan Ryanair, the largest airline in Italy ex- tended its connecting flights service to Milan Bergamo Airport, providing Ryanair customers with an expanded route choice, and the opportunity to book and transfer directly onto con- necting Ryanair flights. This come following the successful launch of connecting flights at Rome Fiumicino last month. In other news Ryanair (Europe) announced the purchase of 10 more Boeing 737 Max 200 “Ga- mechanger” aircraft, 5 of which will deliver in the first half of 2019, with the second 5 delivering in the first half of 2020. Airbus unveiled new innovations Nasmyth Group opens new met- in Paris. al treatment facility in California Pegasus Nasmyth Group announces Photo: Airbus the opening of a new metal surface treatments facility in the Santa Clarita Flying outside the box Valley (SCV) in Valencia, California, sig- OEMs spread their wings at Paris nificantly expanding Nasmyth TMF’s footprint and ability to deliver services This year’s Paris Air Show was rela- unit), would allow an aircraft fitted unit also sends data automatically to aerospace and defence clients in the tively upbeat in terms of orders espe- with it to taxi without using its jet into efficiency applications such as USA. The processing line will be able to cially by the big two Boeing and Air- engines or requiring airport tractors weather, flight planning, logbooks, operate 24 hours a day, seven days a bus but the common theme across or tugs. maintenance prediction and perfor- week, providing Type II sulfuric anodiz- all the OEMs was a drive to introduce mance calculators, all of which bring ing, Type III hard anodizing, passivation new innovations, processes and col- Airbus also announced that Rock- improved new levels of productivity and chemical film conversion. A new laborations. well Collins has been selected for the and value to airline operations. £4 million-pound production line will be installed over the next 6 months flight operations and maintenance and a full non-destructive test depart- Following the Boeing, aside ment and laboratory will complete the completion of “As an aircraft manufacturer our responsibility from using the surface finishing operations. an extensive Paris show to R&T phase, an to our customers does not finish when the unveil its largest Pegasus inaugural flight to electric taxiing version of the Abu Dhabi takes off solution, called aircraft leaves our factory.” 737 programme- Abu Dhabi Airports has welcomed “eTaxi”, has re- Johann Bordais, President & CEO, Embraer Services & Support the MAX 10, the the inaugural Pegasus flight arriving ceived ‘Authori- company also from Istanbul, Turkey. The maiden sation To Market’ approval by Airbus exchanger (FOMAX) programme on launched Boeing AnalytX, bringing flight marks the commencement of a direct service three times a week and Safran, for application on the the Airbus A320 family of aircraft. together the work of more than 800 between Abu Dhabi International A320 Family. Depending on the air- FOMAX is a compact connectivity analytics experts across the compa- Airport (AUH) and Istanbul Sabiha line feedback, the actual programme unit which collects aircraft mainte- ny, who are focused on transforming Gokcen Airport (SAW) by Pegasus Air- could subsequently be launched nance and performance data and data into actionable insights and cus- lines. The new low-cost route will be soon. eTaxi’s electric motors in the automatically sends it to ground- tomer solutions. operated by a Boeing B737-800 with main landing gear, powered by elec- based operations and also to mobile 189-seat capacity. tricity from the APU (auxiliary power applications used by flight crews. The Continued on page 3 FUNDAMENTAL STRENGTHS GA Telesis is a global company known for providing a wide range of funding solutions to the capital-intensive aviation industry. 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But it’s not about the data on its own, it’s what you do with it,” said Ted Colbert, chief in- formation officer and senior vice president of Information & Analytics at the Paris Air Show. “Through the products Boeing AnalytX powers, we are applying scientific processes to data to solve our customers’ most press- ing problems today while creating a world of limitless possibilities for the future.” Embraer too announced a new service offering with the launch of a fourth business unit called Services and Support aimed at after sales services for Boradias explains to journalists Embraer’s new services and support business. the more than 2,400 Embraer aircraft currently in operation. Photo: Keith Mwanalushi “As an aircraft manufacturer our responsibility to our customers does not Boradias was speaking after announcing that South African regional car- finish when the aircraft leaves our factory. We need to ensure our aircraft rier Airlink is taking delivery of first E-Jet and expanding a parts pool pro- are available for our customers to earn revenue and keep their passengers gramme. “Soon Airlink will have a fleet of 43 Embraer jets, all of which are on schedule. Our new division, Embraer Services & Support, was created supported by our pool programme; it’s pleasing to offer a service proving so to give this area even more focus”, said Johann Bordais, President & CEO, valuable that the customer expands the scope of our contract twice in less Embraer Services & Support. than six months.” the purchase of 10 ATR 42-600s to develop com- tomers want more aircraft. This latest order for AIRCRAFT & ENGINE NEWS muter service in Xinjiang, China. The first deliv- additional NEOs will fill our customer placement eries are expected to start as soon as possible commitments,” said John L. Plueger, Air Lease Philippine Airlines orders seven more in 2018. There is significant potential to develop Corporation’s CEO and president. Bombardier Q400 aircraft commuter services in China and to improve con- nectivity between smaller towns at the lowest Bombardier Commercial Aircraft reported from operating costs. This is a key priority of the Chi- the International Paris Air Show that it has nese government, which has a new focus in the China’s Xuzhou Hantong signs LOI for signed an agreement with Philippine Airlines for development of regional and general aviation in 3 ATR 42-600s the exercise of its seven Q400 aircraft purchase order to increase quick and efficient access to Turboprop aircraft manufacturer ATR and Xuzhou rights. This latest rights exercise brings Philip- smaller areas across the country. Hantong Aviation Development (Hantong) have pine Airlines’ total firm order to twelve Q400 signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) at the Paris Air Show aircraft. The original order for five firm Q400s to purchase three ATR 42-600s to develop com- with purchase rights for an additional seven was muter services in the province of Jiangsu, China. ALC inks order for 12 additional A321neo previously announced on December 8, 2016. Deliveries are expected to start in 2018. Based on the list price of the Q400 aircraft, the aircraft firm order is valued at approximately US$235m. Los Angeles-based aircraft leasing company Air Lease Corporation has signed a firm order for 12 additional A321neo aircraft at the 52nd Paris GECAS orders 100 Airbus A320neo aircraft ATR signs LOI for 10 ATR 42-600s with Chi- International Airshow. The incremental order GECAS has signed a firm order for 100 Airbus na’s Tianju Investment Group takes the number of aircraft which ALC has tak- A320neo family aircraft at the 52nd Internation- en delivery of or ordered from Airbus to 279, of al Paris Air Show. All the aircraft will be powered ATR and Shaanxi Tianju Investment Group which 70 are wide-bodies and 209 single-aisles. by CFM’s LEAP-1A engines. This new order brings (Tianju) have signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) for “The market for A321neos is strong and our cus- the total number of A320 Family aircraft ordered 4 WEEKLY AVIATION HEADLINES AIRCRAFT & ENGINE NEWS Airbus presents the A380plus by GECAS to ~600 aircraft. Of these 220 are A320neo Family aircraft, including 33 A321neo. KLM Cityhopper orders two additional E190s KLM Cityhopper, KLM’s European regional sub- sidiary, has ordered two additional E190s. The firm order will be included in Embraer’s 2017 second- quarter backlog. These new aircraft will join the existing 30 E190s and nine E175s flying with KLM Cityhopper. Deliveries for the newly ordered air- craft are scheduled for 2018. When KLM Cityhop- per’s move to an all-Embraer fleet is complete, the airline will have 49 E-Jets, the largest E-Jet fleet in Europe – comprising 32 E190s and 17 E175s Avolon and Boeing announce order for 75 737 MAX 8s Airbus presents the A380plus Photo: Airbus Avolon, the international aircraft leasing company and Boeing have signed a Memorandum of Under- Airbus is presenting a development study for an enhanced A380, the “A380plus”. The study standing (MOU) for 75 737 MAX 8s at the 2017 Par- includes aerodynamic improvements in particular new, large winglets and other wing refine- is Air Show. The commitment, valued at US$8.4bn ments that allow for up to 4% fuel burn savings.