ISSN 1718-7966 October 17, 2016/ VOL. 562 WEEKLY AVIATION HEADLINES Read by thousands of aviation professionals and technical decision-makers every week www.avitrader.com WORLD NEWS JetBlue chooses SITA SITA announced that JetBlue has selected the global IT provider to support 531 check-in and auto- mated passport control (APC) self- service kiosks across 56 locations in the USA and Caribbean. This three- year agreement will see SITA, the air transport industry expert, pro- vide 24/7 remote and on-site ser- vice of JetBlue’s devices ensuring maximum up-time and the highest levels of passenger service across current and new destinations. Pegasus and flynas sign Gran Canaria- codeshare agreement based Binter is the Pegasus and flynas, the low-cost ERA airline airlines of Turkey and Saudi Arabia, of the year. have signed a codeshare agree- Photo: ATR ment. Pegasus is now offering flights to Riyadh and Jeddah that are operated by flynas. Pegasus Binter Canarias triumphs at ERA guests who want to travel to ei- Europe sees demand for small regional jets ther of these major cities in Saudi Arabia can do so by booking their The European Regions Airline As- 2015 despite the harsh economic for a regional airline. This award flights on flypgs.com/en, flying to sociation (ERA) hosted its annual conditions in the Spanish mar- recognises Binter’s management these cities with flynas. In turn -fly awards ceremony recently in Ma- ket, operates inter-island services and underlines to its customers nas is providing flights to Trabzon, drid at the ERA General Assembly. within the Canary Islands and also the airline’s soundness. The ERA Ankara, Hatay, Antalya and Adana At the ceremony, Gran Canaria- flies to Morocco, Portugal and has acknowledged our work on via Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen for its based airline Binter was declared Western Sahara in challenging several occasions, which is im- guests in Riyadh and Jeddah. the winner of the prestigious ERA weather conditions. portant for us because it implies Airline of the Year this is not a one-off LOT links Newark with Warsaw award, sponsored “Smaller jets fly around 40% of the total achievement, but LOT Polish Airlines launched ticket by ATR. rather recognition sales for new direct flights to and traffic to or from Paris CDG, Amsterdam, of our continuing from Newark, beginning April 28, The independ- Frankfurt and Munich.” endeavour over 2017. Flights to Warsaw are to be ent judging panel, time and the daily Arjan Meijer, Vice President, Europe & Middle East, Embraer operated at first three and later comprising senior efforts of all the four times a week, giving passen- industry experts, Commercial Aviation people working at gers the best access to Poland as including past CEOs Binter to provide well as Central and Eastern Eu- of European airlines, highly re- Binter President Pedro Agustin the best regional transport ser- rope. Newark is one of the most spected aviation journalists and del Castillo said: “All of us who vice.” important airports to the Polish academics, commended the air- form part of Binter, employees diaspora on the east coast of the line for its constant growth and and shareholders, are extremely At the same event in Madrid, Bint- United States. Flights are sched- expansion into new markets such proud to have received the ERA er signed an agreement to buy six uled for Mondays, Thursdays, Fri- as Cape Verde. 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The new aircraft will contribute to the fleet renewal process that the airline commenced two years ago with the purchase of the first six ATR 72-600s. Also, addressing journalists at ERA in Madrid, Embraer forecasts a market demand of 1,540 new aircraft in the 70 to 130-seat jet seg- ment (valued at $80 billion at list price) in Europe and the CIS over the next 20 years. Embraer, reinforces the importance of jets in the 70- to 130-seat seg- ment to feed international flights. Hub efficiency is critically important and 70- to 130-seat jet aircraft play a key role feeding those hubs. The segment provides global and intra-region connectivity with ideal ca- pacity to support regular frequencies at Europe’s key hubs. “Smaller jets fly around 40% of the total traffic to or from Paris Mr Del Castillo (R) signing a deal with ATR in Madrid. CDG, Amsterdam, Frankfurt and Munich. Connecting traffic, which now represents 65% of total passengers flying an E-Jet aircraft, will in Europe,” said Arjan Meijer, Vice President, Europe & Middle East, largely remain the core business of the major international carriers Embraer Commercial Aviation. AIRCRAFT & ENGINE NEWS Orders and deliveries – Boeing and Airbus AerCap leased, purchased and sold 143 Airbus v Boeing: Orders and Deliveries aircraft in third quarter 2016 September 2016 YTD AerCap has announced its major business trans- Airbus Boeing actions during the third quarter 2016. The com- Type Orders Deliveries Type Orders Deliveries pany signed lease agreements for 96 aircraft, including 10 wide-body and 86 narrow-body A320 Family 317 380 737 326 368 aircraft. AerCap purchased 7 aircraft, including A330 30 40 747 3 8 1 Airbus A320neo, 3 Airbus A350-900s, 1 Boe- A340 0 0 767 26 10 ing 787-8 and 2 Boeing 787-9s. The company executed sale transactions for 40 aircraft, includ- A350 33 26 777 6 73 ing 7 Airbus A319-100s, 4 Airbus A320-200s, 2 A380 0 16 787 19 104 Airbus A321-100s, 3 Airbus A321-200s, 4 Air- bus A330-200s, 1 Airbus A340-600, 10 Boeing Total 380 462 Total 380 563 737NGs, 1 Boeing 757-200 and 4 Boeing 777- Source: Airbus Source: Boeing 200ERs from AerCap’s owned portfolio, and 2 Airbus A320-200s, 1 Airbus A321-200 and 1 Air- Airbus’ new business logged in September for 49 of its single-aisle and widebody jetliners bus A330-300 from AerCap’s managed portfolio. included bookings that brought total orders for the A320neo (new engine option) Family The company exercised options to purchase 10 to more than 4,800, while the month’s 62 deliveries reflected the continued ramp-up in Airbus A320neo Family aircraft with deliveries Airbus aircraft production. in 2021 and signed financing transactions for Boeing recorded 55 orders all for the 737 family and deliveries totaled 72 aircraft from the US$0.8bn in the third quarter 2016. entire production line. 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