Aviation Daily

Holiday Note
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Weekly profile of a major airport’s operations, carriers and destinations
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By Ben Goldstein
American Airlines is suing Delta Air Lines, alleging its top rival knowingly infringed on the carrier’s copyrighted “Flagship” brand for premium products and services.
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Lori Ranson
Delta Air Lines plans to turn its focus back to domestic core hubs in 2020 after spending the last few years on building up its coastal hubs.
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Berlin-based logistics company Zeitfracht Group—which markets its two airlines LGW and WDL Aviation under the moniker German Airways—will expand its fleet with four Embraer E190LRs between January and April 2020.
Crossover Narrowbody Jets

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Ryanair is planning to appeal an Irish court’s ruling against its bid to delay the move by former COO Peter Bellew to rival LCC easyJet.
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By Michael Bruno, Steve Trimble, Sean Broderick
Whether more management heads roll at Boeing remains to be seen now that Dennis Muilenburg has been fired as chief executive.
Defense

By Bill Carey
WASHINGTON – The U.S. FAA has pledged to release a draft rule prescribing a means to identify drones from the ground by the end of December. After
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U.S. Airlines Systemwide Seasonally-Adjusted Load Factor RPMs/ASMs
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By Ben Goldstein
Spirit Airlines will add fewer new destinations in 2020, as the Florida-based ULCC focuses on using new capacity to “connect the dots” across its existing 75-destination network, company officials told reporters at Spirit’s hangar at Detroit Metro Airport recently.
Air Transport

By Alan Dron
London Heathrow Airport’s long-awaited third runway is likely to be delayed by at least a year, following a disagreement between the airport and the UK aviation regulator over preliminary spending on the project.
Air Transport

Vienna International Airport (VIE) reported a 15% record passenger increase for 2019 but said further growth will impact the airport’s slot situation for the 2020 European summer season.
Air Transport

By Ben Goldstein
U.S. President Donald Trump is poised to sign into law a spending package that will send $17.6 billion to the FAA for fiscal 2020 and reauthorize the U.S. Export-Import Bank for seven years.
Air Transport

By Sean Broderick
United Airlines has removed its Boeing 737 MAXs from schedules through June 4, 2020—a three-month extension that signals a growing lack of confidence that the model’s grounding is close to ending.
Air Transport

By Polina Montag-Girmes
Russia and Uzbekistan have agreed to add five new routes to their bilateral agreement, according to Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency.
Air Transport

By Michael Bruno, Molly McMillin
Spirit AeroSystems, the leading supplier of 737 aerostructures to Boeing, announced Dec. 20 that it will stop producing new 737 aerostructures and halt deliveries to its OEM customer on Jan. 1, 2020.
Air Transport

By Chen Chuanren
Worried that poor profit margins could compromise LCC safety standards, the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) told Thai media that it will be ramping up safety inspections on airlines, especially LCCs.
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Industry Events Calendar
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By Michael Bruno
Days after Boeing announced a coming halt to production of its 737 MAX, the first forecasts to emerge from financial analysts covering aerospace and defense (A&D) still see good business prospects for the sector in 2020 but with several caveats, and with far cloudier horizons.
Air Transport

By Ben Goldstein
Titan Aviation Holdings and Bain Capital Credit LP have entered into an agreement to form a long-term joint venture (JV) that will develop a diversified aircraft portfolio with an anticipated value of $1 billion.
Air Transport

By Victoria Moores
Ireland-headquartered SMBC Aviation Capital said it has become the first lessor to sign aircraft operating leases using the Global Aircraft Trading System (GATS), an electronic platform that aims to simplify aircraft transactions.
Air Transport

By Alan Dron
LCC Norwegian is moving towards completing the transfer of its flights serving Oakland International Airport (OAK) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO) for the summer 2020 season and beyond, citing higher levels of business from the larger airport.
Air Transport

By Victoria Moores
Nairobi-based Kenya Airways has warned that its full-year earnings are expected to drop by more than a quarter because of financial reporting changes, tough competition and lower yields.
Air Transport

By Ben Goldstein
United Airlines has been lobbying the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to delay signing off on proposed codeshare operations between Philippine Airlines (PAL) and PAL Express while the department reviews access issues for U.S. carriers at Manila’s main airport.
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