ISSN 1718-7966 OCTOBER 6, 2014 / VOL. 459 WEEKLY AVIATION HEADLINES Read by thousands of aviation professionals and technical decision-makers every week www.avitrader.com WORLD NEWS Virgin Australia expands with codeshares Virgin Australia and Delta Air Lines have announced they will be expand- ing their partnership in North Ameri- ca, adding three new destinations as part of their codeshare agreement. Customers of both airlines will now be able to fly from Australia to Nash- ville, Kansas City and Raleigh/Dur- ham as part of the alliance’s contin- ued commitment to strengthening its footprint in the US market. Simultaneously, the Australian car- rier announced that for the first Emirates signs a deal to take time it is offering a codeshare flight a role in the with South African Airways. Virgin management of TAAG. Australia will commence codeshare Photo: on South African Airways’ daily di- Emirates rect services from Perth to Johan- nesburg. Angola secures Emirates deal Shannon scoops ERA top Agreement will create a world class Angolan carrier airport award Emirates and the Republic of Angola, with Africa reached a value of AED cargo destinations in Africa in July to Shannon Airport in Ireland is cel- in its capacity as the majority share- 60 billion (or around US$ 16.3 bil- 38 different African destinations by ebrating winning the European Re- holder of TAAG Linhas Aéreas De lion), according to Dubai Customs. the end of September 2014. gions Airline Association (ERA) Air- Angola, announced the signing of a The UAE is the main trading part- port Achievement Award 2014/15 management concession agreement ner with Africa within the GCC, with The Emirates-TAAG Angola initiative for the first time. The award rewards which will see Emirates take a role in approximately 80% of the UAE’s is to further the Republic of Angola’s an airport which has had a positive the management of TAAG. imports from Africa being primary vision to create a world class Ango- impact on intra-European air trans- lan carrier with the port operations and recognises the The agreement lays the “Through this partnership Emirates support of Emirates. importance of airline-airport part- foundation for both As part of the agree- nerships. airlines to jointly lever- aims to provide deeper reach and bet- ment, Emirates will The judging panel of distinguished age commercial oppor- ter connectivity for our passengers in work closely with the industry experts from throughout tunities in Africa and Angolan government Europe were won over by the airport beyond. The ten year Central and South Africa.” and TAAG Angola to on a number of accounts. The judges management agree- Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, chairman and CEO of formulate and imple- applauded Shannon Airport’s huge ment comes as Dubai- Emirates Airline and Group ment a business plan, achievement in returning to profit- based Emirates takes provide management ability after six years of significant de- the spot light as now the biggest car- products, such as food produce and support and devise fleet and route cline, its ability to attract new airline rier in Sub-Saharan Africa. beverages. network strategies, whilst bringing customers and management’s skill synergy through the complementa- in leveraging the airport’s independ- The Emirates’ growing relation- In the last two months alone, ry networks. Emirates will not con- ence from the national airport au- ships within Africa doesn’t come as Dubai’s two main carriers, Emirates tribute equity under this agreement thority to focus on the needs of the a surprise. During the first half of and flydubai, have increased their this year, Dubai’s total non-oil trade connections from 31 passenger and local community. 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Macquarie AirFinance intends to take The certified air- delivery of 40 Bombardier CS300 aircraft, with craft is powered by an option to purchase an additional 10 aircraft. Rolls-Royce Trent These aircraft will be leased to airline operators XWB engines. Fed- around the world. The PurePower geared turbo- eral Aviation Ad- fan engine family has more than 6,000 orders ministration (FAA) and commitments, including options, from more certification will than 60 global customers. Airbus A350-900 receives EASA Type Certification Photo: Airbus follow shortly. The EASA A350-900 airberlin cancels order for 33 Boeing aircraft Type Certificate was signed by EASA’s Executive Director, Patrick Ky. The document was handed over to Airbus’ Executive Vice President Engineering, Charles Champion and Airbus’ A350 XWB airberlin has reached an agreement with Boeing Chief Engineer, Gordon McConnell. “The A350 XWB manufacturing programme has also been that orders for 18 Boeing 737 and 15 Boeing 787 innovative and ambitious, aiming for a fully mature aircraft at entry into service and this is aircraft at a price of some $5bn be rescinded. The what we are proud to be delivering to our first A350 XWB customer, Qatar Airways, before the termination agreement for these 33 aircraft does end of the year. Our fleet of five test aircraft completed the certification campaign, on time, not include any compensation to Boeing from air- cost and quality. Accumulating more than 2,600 flight test hours, we created and successfully berlin group, and represents a further important achieved one of the industry’s most thorough and efficient test programmes ever developed step in the gradual harmonisation of the airline’s for a jetliner,” said Fabrice Brégier, Airbus President and CEO. narrow-body fleet. Ulf Hüttmeyer, Chief Financial The A350-900 Type Certification comes after successfully finishing a stringent programme of Officer at airberlin, said: “Not taking on the 33 certification trials which has taken its airframe and systems well beyond their design limits to aircraft ordered will significantly reduce future ensure all airworthiness criteria are fully met capital expenditure for airberlin and improve our balance sheet. Our collaboration with Boeing has always been excellent, and this will remain so. ery includes the 700th AW139, setting a major craft will see Vietnam Airlines become the 45 Boeing 737 NG aircraft will remain in service production milestone, coming approximately first Asian airline to fly the A350 XWB and the on European short- and medium-haul routes. In ten years after its introduction into service. In second operator in the world of the all-new, order to operate more flexibly in the future and this time it has set the new standard in its cat- fuel-efficient widebody. Vietnam Airlines has further reduce costs, standardisation of our fleet egory and become the bestselling aircraft in the a total of 10 A350 XWB on order. The aircraft is a key element of our restructuring”. The tran- intermediate twin category. Samsung Techwin, will be operated on the carrier’s premium sition to a uniform narrow-body fleet should be a leading high-technology company operating long-range services. completed by the end of 2016. airberlin group will globally in business sectors such as electronics, continue to dynamically adapt the existing fleet security, defence, robotics and energy, has been to its needs by purchasing or leasing suitable air- operating AW139s since 2009 when orders for Amentum and Archway Aviation com- craft, although this will be on a smaller scale than four aircraft were placed. plete second Lion Air S&LB originally planned. Amentum, the Dublin based commercial aircraft First A350 XWB for Vietnam Airlines en- leasing company, announces that it has taken 700th AW139 goes to Samsung Techwin ters final assembly delivery of the second factory-new 737-900ER aircraft (MSN 39878) for investor customer AgustaWestland handed over two AW139 inter- Final assembly of the first A350 XWB for Viet- Archway Aviation (an Irish-based operating les- mediate twin helicopters to Samsung Techwin nam Airlines has begun at the Roger Béteille sor). The aircraft was acquired in a sale & lease Co., of the Republic of Korea. These helicopters Final Assembly Line (FAL) in Toulouse, France. back transaction and will be operated by the will be used for corporate transport. The deliv- Scheduled for delivery in mid-2015, the air- airline group’s main Indonesian carrier, Lion Air. 4 AviTrader WEEKLY AVIATION HEADLINES ...continued from page 1 but appoint four senior managers to work for aims to provide deeper reach TAAG Angola. and better connectivity for our passengers in Central and According to a statement, both airlines will South Africa. At the same time, also cooperate across a wide range of areas we see an opportunity for including bilateral code-sharing on cargo and TAAG Linhas Aéreas De Angola passenger services, participation of customers passengers to benefit from in both airlines’ frequent flyer programmes and Emirates’ global network. passenger and cargo handling. Emirates has also committed to allocate its resources to staff Emirates will continue grow- and crew training on best-in-class business and ing our presence in Africa by operational processes and systems.