AIN Air Transport Perspective » August 20, 2012

U.S. Sequestration Would Undercut the FAA’s Capacity To Serve Air Transport, Says AIA
August 20, 2012 - 9:20am
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The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration would have to slash its operations budget and could not support current levels of passenger and air cargo activity if the process of automatic federal spending cuts known as “sequestration” takes effect in January as scheduled. In turn, reduced passenger and cargo activity would lead to job losses and other economic fallout, according to a study released by the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA).
LATAM’s First Quarter Since Merger Judged a Success
August 20, 2012 - 9:15am
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For the first time since the June 22 merger of Chile’s LAN and Brazil’s TAM, LATAM Airlines Group last week released the combined airlines’ quarterly financial results, along with a schedule for its planned fleet overhaul.

Gulf States Seek Help with Air Traffic Management
August 20, 2012 - 9:10am
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As the phenomenal growth in the Middle East air transport sector gathers momentum, attention is turning to how to manage the increased numbers of airliners now on order when they enter the skies above the Persian Gulf. This is especially true in the states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region–home to Emirates Airline, Etihad and Qatar Airways–where governments have risen to the challenge of air traffic management, and now thoughts are turning to how to mount a regional effort to maximize air traffic efficiency.
Boeing Delivers ‘Africa First’ Dreamliner to Ethiopian Airlines
August 20, 2012 - 9:05am
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Africa First, the first Boeing 787 Dreamliner destined for the African continent, touched down at Washington Dulles International Airport in northern Virginia on August 15, a day after Ethiopian Airlines took delivery of the aircraft from Boeing in Everett, Washington, and four years later than planned. On August 16, the aircraft departed for Addis Ababa’s Bole International Airport on its first revenue flight.
Boeing, Comac Open China Energy Technology Center
August 20, 2012 - 9:00am
Comac president He Dongfeng (left) and former Boeing Commercial Airplanes president and CEO Jim Albaugh

Boeing and China’s Comac opened a new joint-venture facility in Beijing last week to study biofuels refinement and improvements to air traffic management. Its first project is to study the prospects for refining used cooking oil, often described in China as “gutter oil,” into sustainable aviation biofuel.