ISSN 1718-7966 SEPTEMBER 22, 2014 / VOL. 457 WEEKLY AVIATION HEADLINES Read by thousands of aviation professionals and technical decision-makers every week www.avitrader.com WORLD NEWS Aeroflot’s budget plans The annual World Low Cost Airline Congress held in London, England came to a close last week, and yet again provided a platform to discuss topical issues affecting the low cost airline industry. Aeroflot CEO Vitaly Saveliev used the event to introduce the new LCC subsidiary Dobrolet. Saveliev fully examined and detailed the challenges facing an LCC in Rus- Unlike London, Dubai is acting sia, he said an initial concern for now to meet future traffic regulations was the safety aspect for demands. setting up an LCC operation. “This Photo: has now been resolved,” he told the Dubai Airports conference. Aeroflot targets opera- tions to begin this winter season. Where size really matters New overhead bins for A320 Dubai acts now to meet passenger demand tomorrow family Airbus will introduce its new pivot- The massive investment ear- be the biggest airport project in analyst at StrategicAero Research. ing overhead stowage option for the marked for Al Maktoum Inter- the world and will be built in two “Unlike Heathrow, DWC will put A320 Family aircraft beginning in Q1 national Airport at Dubai World phases. The first phase includes money where its mouth is and 2016 with the delivery of the first of Central (DWC) underscores not two satellite buildings with a col- expand now, rather than get con- 45 brand new A321 aircraft for Delta just the importance of develop- lectively capacity of 120 million gested tomorrow and not have the Air Lines. The new pivoting bins from ing a new mega-hub for Dubai and passengers annually, accommo- ability to expand,” he added. Airbus, which are also available for the UAE, it also demonstrates the date 100 A380 aircraft at any one retrofit, take full advantage of the commitment to expand aviation time and will take between six and The Dubai Airports Company A320’s wide fuselage cross section infrastructure to meet the contin- eight years to complete. (DAC), along with the emirate’s to offer the most overhead stowage ued passenger traffic entire aviation sector, volume of any single-aisle airliner growth the city is har- recognises that the per passenger according to Airbus. nessing. “Unlike Heathrow, DWC will put money current design param- Aesthetically, they embody a modern where its mouth is and expand now, eters, processes and curved appearance which incorpo- Dubai has rocketed technology used in rates Airbus’ most up-to-date design up the passenger traf- rather than get congested tomorrow airports today cannot branding – as exemplified in the cab- fic charts and will and not have the ability to expand.” be applied to a larger in of the new A350 XWB airliner. become the busiest scale airport without international airport Saj Ahmad, analyst at StrategicAero Research efficiency and service Qatar receives first A380s within a year - so it’s quality being nega- not a surprise to see Sheikh Mo- “The investment in airport infra- tively impacted. According to the Qatar Airways has taken delivery hammed’s decree of this huge air- structure by the Dubai Govern- DAC legacy approaches and sys- of its highly anticipated first A380. port investment. The AED120bn ment is a direct result of demand tems must be either reworked or With 10 Airbus A380-800s on or- (US$ 32bn) expansion of Al Mak- and they want to be able to cater discarded completely to evolve der, Qatar Airways is preparing to toum International will ultimately for it so that by the time the capac- and improve the passenger expe- take delivery of four of them before accommodate more than 200 mil- ity comes on stream, the airport at rience. the end of this year. The first A380 lion passengers a year. DWC will be ready to handle the service will be deployed between millions of passengers that will use The solution takes the form of a Doha and London in October. 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The fuel-efficient NEO-fleet and-leaseback transaction with TUI Travel for will gradually renew and replace two new GEnx engines. The engines will be used SWISS’ existing fleet of A320 Fam- as spares to support the TUI Travel airlines’ Boe- ily aircraft. SWISS is the national ing 787 fleet. airline of Switzerland and with A319s, A320s, A321s, A330s and Life Flight Network takes delivery of 15th A340s in its fleet the carrier will AW119Kx be able to take maximum ben- efit from the unique commonality Swiss International Air Lines orders up to 25 A320neo AgustaWestland has built and delivered from the across the Airbus Family. Photo: Airbus Philadelphia assembly line the 15th AW119Kx for Life Flight Network, the latest addition to their Pacific Northwest-based fleet of aircraft. The AgustaWestland engineering and production Embraer and Republic Airways sign contract for 50 firm E175 jets teams acheived tremendous success by integrat- ing the Garmin G1000HTM flight deck system Embraer and Republic into the proven AW119 platform, certifying the Airways signed a con- new avionics suite, and delivering 15 helicopters tract for the sale and to launch customer Life Flight Network in less purchase of 50 firm than two years. The new avionics system includes E175 jets. The value of a synthetic vision system, moving map, highway the firm order, which in the sky and obstacle/terrain avoidance systems will be included in Em- for enhanced situational awareness and safety. braer’s 2014 third-quar- ter backlog, is estimated at US$2.1bn, based on Avolon adds six 787-9s and five 737 MAX 2014 list prices. The air- 9s to portfolio craft will be operated for Embraer and Republic sign contract for 50 E175 jets Photo: Embraer United Airlines under the Boeing and leasing company Avolon have final- United Express brand. Deliveries are scheduled to begin in the third quarter of 2015 and extend ized an order for six 787-9 Dreamliners and five until 2017. This contract is in addition to the order signed by Embraer and Republic in January additional 737 MAX 9s, valued at more than 2013 for 47 firm and 47 option E175s – 34 of which have already been delivered. In addition to $2.1bn at list prices. Avolon announced a com- the new order, Republic maintains 32 options for E175s. This transaction is in connection with mitment to purchase the airplanes during the the transfer of Q400 turboprop airplanes currently operated by Republic Airlines to UK’s carrier 2014 Farnborough Airshow in July. This marks Flybe. Concurrently, Flybe and Embraer have agreed to reduce by 20 the outstanding order for Avolon’s first order for the super-efficient 787 24 E175′s the airline has on order backlog. Therefore, the net increase to Embraer’s backlog in Dreamliner and will increase the lessor’s 737 the 3rd quarter will be 30 E175 jets. MAX portfolio to 20 airplanes. Falcon 7X to be approved for operation at ated in China’s Sichuan province at an altitude of 7th, enjoyed strong support from the European world’s highest airport 14,470 ft (4,411 m), was initiated at the request and Chinese civil aviation authorities EASA and of Chinese customers and is intended to meet CAAC. Daocheng flight tests started after a se- The long range Falcon 7X will soon become the demand in Western China for business jets capa- ries of preliminary flights at Jiuzhai Huang Long first business jet certified to operate at Daocheng ble of operating at the many small high altitude Airport near Chengdu (altitude 11,311 ft/3,448 Yading, the world’s highest commercial airport. airports in the region. The campaign, which be- m) with a CAAC pilot at the controls. After an The certification campaign at Daocheng, situ- gan on August 25th and concluded on September initial landing at Daocheng – the highest ever by SEPTEMBER 15, 2014 / Vol. 456 4 AviTrader WEEKLY AVIATION HEADLINES ...continued from page 1 modular design consisting of adjacent triple plus-shaped concourses which optimise connectivity and passenger convenience. During the first phase of the development, to be delivered by the early 2020s, two triple plus concourses will be constructed. Each of these will comprise 100 con- tact stands, the majority of which will be A380 capable. The issue of financing and financial resources when it comes to Dubai is always a controversial issue. Ahmed says Dubai, as an Emirate of the UAE, oil revenues are a frac- tion of what they are say in Abu Dhabi.