www.MetroAirportNews.com Serving the Airport Workforce and Local Communities November 2016 INSIDE THIS ISSUE Our Lady of the Skies 2016 Annual Luncheon Our Lady of the Skies 2016 Annual Luncheon, sponsored by the Catholic Guild at JFK Air- port, was held on Wednesday October 26, 2016 at the Cradle of Aviation Museum in Garden City, NY. This years honorees were Lysa Scully, LaGuardia Airport General Manager, Port Au- thority of NY and NJ, Reverend Monsignor Ja- mie J. Gigantiello, Vicar for Development, Pastor St. Bernard Parish, Brooklyn in the Ro- man Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn, and Arthur J. Molins, General Counsel for the Americas, Delta Celebrates Lufthansa Group. 12th Anniversary of The luncheon was an overwhelming success, “Breast Cancer One” with some 450 attendees, and could not have been held in a more appropriate venue than the Page 8 Cradle Museum. After the luncheon and raffle of fantastic prizes donated by many vendors and sponsors, attendees were invited by Andrew Parton, Executive Director of the Museum, to a showing of “Living in the Age of Airplanes” in the Jetblue giant screen Dome Theatre. Metropolitan Airport News congratulates DANIELLE FISHER this years’ honorees and is proud to have been a (L. to R.): Msgr. Jamie Gigantiello, Father Chris, Lysa Scully, and Arthur J. Molins. part of this celebration. ■ and Doha. As part of the agreement, all non- Qatar Airways and British Airways stop flights between the United Kingdom and Doha will operate under the code-share agree- Airlines Pitch In After Expand Their Code-Share Partnership ment allowing both oneworld carriers to pro- Hurricane Matthew The partnership expansion comes shortly after the announcement vide passengers with better links between the UK, Asia, Middle East and Africa. Page 17 of a new joint business between the two carriers Qatar Airways, the national carrier of the Qatar Airways announce an expanded code- Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive, His State of Qatar, is one of the fastest growing air- share agreement with British Airways, which Excellency Mr. Akbar Al Baker said: “Follow- lines operating one of the youngest fleets in the from today will provide travellers with a wider ing the recent news of our joint business agree- world. Now in its 19th year of operations, Qatar choice of flights and an enhanced network. ment with British Airways, we are pleased to Airways has a modern fleet of 190 aircraft fly- With the launch of British Airway’s non-stop further strengthen our relationship with the ing to more than 150 key business and leisure service between London and Doha, travellers announcement of these additional code-share destinations across six continents. will benefit from seven daily flights to Heath- flights across Europe, which will enhance our Passengers connecting through Qatar Air- row, improving connectivity on to each air- commercial cooperation and strengthen our ways’ hub, Hamad International Airport in line’s network. The expanded code-share competitive offering in the market.” Doha, can enjoy a comfortable and efficient network will now also include all of British Air- This code-share follows the recent an- transit. The luxurious and modern airport has ways’ flights within the United Kingdom. nouncement that Qatar Air- more than 40,000 square Additionally, Qatar Airways will code-share ways and British Airways metres of retail space and NBAA Mourns the on a number of routes from London Heathrow will commence a joint busi- restaurants including Passing of Aviation to Europe, including all services to Dublin in ness agreement from 30 Oc- more than 70 retail and Ireland; Hamburg and Stuttgart in Germany; tober, the same date as the 30 food and beverage out- Legend Bob Hoover Luxembourg; Basel in Switzerland; Bilbao, first direct scheduled daily lets, as well as a 25-metre Page 20 Malaga, Ibiza and Palma in Spain; Lisbon and British Airways flight flies swimming pool, gym, ho- Faro in Portugal; and Billund in Denmark. between London Heathrow tel and spa. ■ EXPERIENCE VAUGHN COLLEGE VISIT OUR OPEN HOUSE! SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12 AND 19 10 A.M. 1.866.6VAUGHN VAUGHN.EDU ENGINEERING | TECHNOLOGY | MANAGEMENT | AVIATION www.MetroAirportNews.com November 2016 | Metropolitan Airport News 3 The Airline Industry’s Cyclical Port Authority Statement On LaGuardia PUBLISHER Nature Is A Mixed Blessing Airport Incident Kathryn Bliss On Oct. 27, 2016 at at 7:40 PM EST, a [email protected] Why Economic Growth? charter plane carrying the Republican nom- The airline industry is cyclical, which means that i ts business depends on the country’s economic EDITOR-IN-CHIEF inee for Vice President, Mike Pence, skid- Joseph Alba growth. During periods of economic prosperity, disposable income is on the rise. A booming econ- ded off the runway at LaGuardia Airport. [email protected] omy allows people to spend money on discretionary items such as air travel. So, airline revenues are There were no injuries reported. Port Au- higher during economic growth and lower during economic contraction. CREATIVE DIRECTOR thority and other emergency personnel se- Raymond F. Ringston The economy started off 2016 at an extremely slow pace, recording year-over-year (or YoY) cured the scene. [email protected] growth of 0.8% in the first quarter. Growth picked up slightly in 2Q16, recording 1.1% YoY growth. However, this growth is still lower than what most economists expected. This is also lower than LIFESTYLE EDITOR the historical average of more than 3% YoY and even worse than the 2.4% YoY average recorded in Roberta Dunn [email protected] the last two years. 3Q16 GDP Estimate Cut EDITORIAL CONTRIBUTOR The August retail and housing stats already show a decline. According to the Commerce Depart- Michael Baldini [email protected] ment, retail sales fell 0.3% in August. Housing starts fell 5.8% YoY as compared to the estimated 1.7% decline. US industrial production also fell 0.4% in August, while retail inventories and US pro- ADVERTISING ducer prices remained almost unchanged. Edward J. Garcia [email protected] Most analysts, including Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, have revised their GDP estimates downward. The consensus estimate now stands at 2.9% YoY growth. Jo Anne Farrell The major US airlines include Delta Air Lines, American Airlines, United Continental and Alaska [email protected] Air Group. BUSINESS MANAGER Investors can gain broad-based exposure to the airline industry by investing in the PowerShares JoAnn O’Keefe Dynamic Leisure & Entertainment ETF (PEJ), which invests ~30% in airline stocks. ALLY SCHMIDT [email protected] AIRPORT NEWS, LLC 3073 New Street Oceanside, NY 11572 The Fuel of the Future Is Hydrogen Tel: (347) 396-0904 Fax: (347) 474-7331 Airplane flies on hydrogen power [email protected] www.metroairportnews.com While governments, private en- low-temperature hydrogen fuel tities and political groups bat- cells behind. The hydrogen is Editorial contributions tle over the use and economies of carried in two high-pressure should be addressed to: natural gas, wind turbines, coal, tanks made of carbon fiber, lo- Metropolitan Airport News, 3073 New St., solar power and atomic power, no cated in each of the two fuse- Oceanside, NY 11572, and must be ac- one is talking about the real fu- lages just aft of the passenger companied by return postage. Publisher assumes no responsibility for safety of art- ture of energy, and that is hydro- cabin. The auxiliary battery work, photographs, or manuscripts. gen. While by most estimates, we pack is located aft of those hy- Permissions: Material in this publication are still 50 or more years away drogen tanks just behind the may not be reproduced, stored in a retrieval from producing economic hydro- occupants. system, or transmitted in any form or by any gen fuel as an energy source, it The hydrogen is stored at a means (electronic, mechanical, photocopy- has been experimented with in pressure of 4,300-5,800 pounds ing, recording, or otherwise) without the limited ways as a source of power. per square inch (psi) before be- prior written permission of the publisher. Like solar and wind power, today, ing reduced to 100 psi to be fed The views and opinions expressed in Met- it is not economically viable, how- First flight of four-seat passenger aircraft HY4 to the fuel cells in the engine ropolitan Airport News are those of the ever, it is very abundant, does not emit carbon and authors and advertisers, and do not neces- Researchers from the DLR Institute of Engi- pod. The only waste product from this process sarily reflect the policy or position of Airport other harmful elements, can produce high energy neering Thermodynamics at the German is water. The high-performance lithium bat- News. Articles presented in this publication levels (such as jet fuels) and is as sustainable as Aerospace Center developed the aircraft’s tery pack covers peak power loads during take- are for general information and educational the air we breathe. The primary source for this ar- powertrain and worked on the project with in- off and climb. It can also be used as a backup purposes and do not constitute legal or fi- ticle was: Aircraft Maintenance Technology Oct 3, dustry and research partners Pipistrel, H2FLY, energy system in case of the failure of the hy- nancial advice. 2016 - Joseph Alba, Editor The University of Ulm, and Stuttgart Airport. drogen system, giving the airplane 15 minutes ©Copyright 2016 by Airport News A new milestone in emission-free powered The DLR researchers developed the Hydro- of endurance. All rights reserved Printed in the USA flight was achieved in Germany on September genics hydrogen fuel cell powertrain and in- Josef Kallo, responsible for the HY4 project 29 with the maiden flight of the HY4, a four- stalled it in the aircraft.