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Air Berlin Airbus A320-214 D-ALTL

Take off at MUC-EDDM "Franz Joseph Strauss"

Air Jamaica Airbus A340-313X 6Y-JMM

Short finals at LHR-EGLL "London Heathrow"

American Airlines Boeing B777-223ER N755AN

Short finals at LHR-EGLL "London Heathrow"

Aegean Airlines Boeing 737-3YO SX-BGK

Short finals at SKG-LGTS "Makedonia Airport"

United Airlines Boeing 777-222 N778UA

Take off at MUC-EDDM "Franz Josef Strauss"

Emirates Airbus A340-541 A6-ERG

Take off at ZRH-LSZH "Zürich-Kloten"

Reliance Industries Bombardier BD-700-1A10 GE VT-DHA

Taxiing at ZRH-LSZH "Zürich-Kloten"

Lufthansa Airbus A330-343 D-AIKJ

Take off at MUC-EDDM "Franz Josef Strauss"

Dornier Do31-E3 D-9531 (Prototype)

Deutsches Museum Flugwerft Oberschleißheim

Varig McDonnell Douglas MD-11 PP-VTJ

Touch down in MUC-EDDM "Franz Josef Strauss"

Olympic Airlines Boeing B737-484 SX-BKF

Taxiing at SKG-LGTS "Makedonia Airport"

Lufthansa Junkers Ju52/3m D-ANOY (fake reg)

Displayed at visitor's park MUC-EDDM "Franzt Josef Strauss"

Germanwings Airbus A329-112 D-AKNO

Take off at MUC-EDDM "Franz Josef Strauss"

Thunder Aviation Ltd Canadair CL-600-2B16 VP-CAP

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ATR 2009 deliveries - orders - etc

FIGURE 1 – New aircraft orders in 2009

AIRLINE	ATR 42-500	ATR 42-600	ATR 72-500	ATR 72-600
Afrijet (Nigeria)			4
Air Algérie			4
Air Nostrum (Spain)				10
Alenia (for Italian Navy)				4
Arkia (Israel)			1
Belle Air (Albania)			1
Golden Air (Sweden)			1
Libyan Airlines	2
Lion Air / Wings Air (Indonesia)			5
Royal Air Maroc		2		4
Vietnam Airlines			2
TOTAL ORDERS	2 ATR 42-500	2 ATR 42-600	18 ATR 72-500	18 ATR 72-600

FIGURE 2 – New aircraft delivered in 2009

AIRLINE	COUNTRY	ATR 42-500	ATR 72-500
Air Austral	Réunion (France)		1
Air Botswana	Botswana		2
Air Caraibes	French Caribbean		1
Air Guyane	French Guyana	1
Air Saint Pierre	Saint Pierre et Miquelon (France)	1
Air Tahiti	French Polynesia		1
Air Vanuatu	Vanuatu		1
Alenia Aeronautica	Italy	1
Arkia	Israel		1
Aurigny Air Services	Channel Islands (United Kingdom)		2
Belle Air	Albania		1
Berjaya Air	Malaysia		2
Buquebus	Uruguay		1
Capitaneria di Porto	Italy	1
Cebu Pacific	Philippines		2
Firefly	Malaysia		2
Finncomm Airlines	Finland		2
Golden Air	Sweden		1
Lao Airlines	Laos		2
Libyan Airlines	Libya	2
Lion Air / Wings Air	Indonesia		3
MASwings	Malaysia		6
NAYSA	Canary Islands (Spain)		2
Precision Air Services	Tanzania		2
Royal Thai Air Force	Thailand		4
Tarom	Romania		2
TRIP	Brazil		2
Vietnam Airlines	Vietnam		5
TOTAL DELIVERIES		6	48

FIGURE 3 – ATR – Turnover

ATR	31/12/05	31/12/06	31/12/07	31/12/08	31/12/09
Turnover(US $ billion)	0.54	0.70	1.10	1.30	1.40

ATR, EUROPE, INDUSTRY |

Boeing 2009 deliveries

Current Year Deliveries Through December 2009	737	747	767	777	Total
Total 2009 Deliveries	372	8	13	88	481
Air Berlin	7				7
Air Canada				1	1
Air China	9				9
Air Europa	3				3
Air France				7	7
Air India	5			7	12
AirTran Airways	2				2
Alaska Airlines	10				10
All Nippon Airways	7		1	1	9
American Airlines	31				31
Arik Air	1				1
Aviation Capital Group	3				3
BOC Aviation	9				9
British Airways				4	4
Business Jet / VIP Customer(s)	5		1	1	7
Cathay Pacific Airways		4		5	9
China Eastern Airlines	11				11
China Southern Airlines	8			2	10
Continental Airlines	13				13
COPA Airlines	1				1
Delta Air Lines	16			6	22
Deucalion Capital VII Limited				4	4
DHL International			3		3
Dubai Aerospace Enterprise				2	2
Egyptair	7				7
Emirates				10	10
Etihad Airways				1	1
EVA Air				3	3
FedEx				3	3
flydubai	6				6
Garuda Indonesia	5				5
GECAS	25			7	32
GOL Airlines	14				14
Guggenheim Aviation Partners				1	1
Hainan Airlines	11				11
ILFC	12			4	16
Integrated Defense Systems	2				2
JAL International	9		4	3	16
Jet Lite	1				1
KLM – Royal Dutch Airlines	2			2	4
Korean Air				2	2
LAN Airlines			2		2
Lion Air	13				13
LoadAir Cargo		2			2
Nippon Cargo Airlines		1			1
Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA	2				2
Pegasus Airlines	3				3
Qantas	3				3
Qatar Airways				8	8
Royal Air Maroc	2				2
Ryanair	54				54
SAS	3				3
Shandong Airlines	6				6
Shanghai Airlines	6				6
Shenzhen Airlines	5				5
Singapore Airlines				1	1
Sky Airlines	2				2
Southwest Airlines	13				13
SpiceJet	2				2
Transavia Airlines	1				1
TUI Travel PLC	6				6
Turkmenistan Airlines	3				3
United States Navy	3				3
UPS		1	2		3
V Australia				3	3
Virgin Blue Airlines	3				3
Xiamen Airlines	5				5
Total 2009 Deliveries	372	8	13	88	481
Current Year Deliveries through December 2009	737	747	767	777	Total

United Airlines A319 at Newark on Jan 10th 2010, right main gear did not deploy

A United Airlines Airbus A319-100, registration N816UA performing flight UA634 from Chicago O'Hare,IL to Newark,NJ (USA) with 48 passengers and 5 crew, aborted the approach to Newark's runway 04R when the crew received an unsafe indication for the right hand main gear. The airplane entered a holding for troubleshooting, performed a low approach to runway 11 for a visual inspection of the landing gear and subsequently landed on runway 04L without the right main gear being locked about 35 minutes after aborting the first approach. The airplane came to a stop on the left main and nose gear and the right hand engine, the passengers were evacuated via slides. No injuries occured.
United Airlines said, that the right hand main gear failed to deploy in full.
The FAA reported, that the right hand main gear did not extend.
source: avherald.com

ACCIDENTS, AMCO, United Airlines |

Ryanair fees draw fire from regulators

The head of the U.K.’s consumer protection office, the Office of Fair Trading, has attacked Ryanair pricing plans and says some of the bank charges the low-fare airline imposes are barely legal. The airline rejected the comments by Office of Fare Trading CEO John Fingleton, arguing that it had no hidden fees and that extra banking charges cold be avoided if customers use a specific debit card recommended by Ryanair.

Fingleton, in an interview with the British newspaper, The Independent, in particular attacked surcharges imposed when customer pay for online transactions using standard debit cards. Fingleton also raised questions about airlines that automatically add travel insurance to an itinerary, forcing passengers to opt out. Ryanair countered its insurance scheme is already operated on an opt-in basis.
source: aviationweek.com

EUROPE, EUROPEAN AIRLINES, Ryanair |

JAL may drop international routes

Japan Airlines may lose its entire international operation under a plan that would reduce the mighty but profitless airline, Asia’s largest, to a mere domestic carrier. All Nippon Airways would take over all of Japan Airlines’ international services under the plan that the government is considering. Government and Japan Airlines’ sources apparently leaked the details to the Mainichi Shimbun newspaper. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism is opposed to the proposal, but the Mainichi cites some Japan Airlines executives as saying it is not a bad idea.
The rules governing state-directed rescues are forcing consideration of such a radical move. A restructuring agency, the Enterprise Turnaround Initiative Corp. of Japan is working on a bailout plan for the struggling airline but can help companies only if they can be turned around within three years. The government is evidently concerned that a profit within three years would be unachievable if Japan Airlines kept its international network.

The loss of foreign services would greatly diminish the stakes in the ongoing tussle over Japan Airlines’ alliance membership. The giant carrier is a prized partner in Oneworld, whose leading member American Airlines has been trying to ward off attempts by Delta to lure Japan Airlines to Skyteam. But if All Nippon gets the international operations, the big winners will be that carrier’s partners in the Star Alliance. While restructuring Japan Airlines is a pressing issue, keeping it afloat by warding off a cash crunch is the immediate problem. To do that, the Development Bank of Japan has agreed to increase its unsecured lending to the company, reports Jiji news agency. The state bank had previously agreed to extend ¥100 billion without security to the airline, which has taken up ¥55 billion. The increase followed a meeting between the bank and two ministers, including Transport Minister Seiji Maehara. The restructuring agency has raised the possibility of bankruptcy and court-directed reorganization of Japan Airlines with creditors. That move has increased pressure on the company’s 8,800 retirees to accept a 30% cut in benefits. It also raises the risk that shareholdings in the business would be wiped out. The stock fell to a record low this week.
source: aviationweek.com

ASIA, ASIAN AIRLINES, JAL |

Second Boeing 787 Dreamliner Completes First Flight

EVERETT, Wash., Dec. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — The second Boeing (NYSE: BA) 787 Dreamliner, ZA002, completed its first flight today. The all-new airplane, which features the livery of the Dreamliner’s launch customer, ANA (All Nippon Airways) of Japan, took off from Paine Field in Everett, completed a two-hour flight and landed at Boeing Field in Seattle. “We are delighted that the second Dreamliner is in the livery of our launch customer, ANA,” said Scott Fancher, vice president and general manager of the 787 program. “We are honored by the airline’s support and look forward to delivering ANA the first production airplane next year.”

Captain Randy Neville was at the controls for the flight, with Chief Pilot Mike Carriker operating as co-pilot. Neville and Carriker took the airplane to an altitude of 13,000 feet (3,962 m) and an airspeed of 200 knots, or about 230 miles (370 km) per hour. The airplane took off at 9:09 a.m. PST and landed at 11:10 a.m. PST.
This is the second of six 787s being used in the airplane’s flight-test program. Each of the airplanes will be used for a specific set of tests, with this airplane focusing on systems performance. Like its predecessor, ZA001, the airplane is powered by two Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines.
“We would like to convey our sincere congratulations to the Boeing team for its achievement of this milestone, and we look forward to the delivery into our fleet next year,” said Shinichiro Ito, president and CEO of ANA.
Source: Boeing

Ryanair in discussions on 1st eastern Europe base

Ryanair has signalled it's intent to open it's first base in eastern Europe if it can hammer out a deal with Bratislava airport in the Slovak Republic. However the deal which would see three based aircraft operating a total of 20 routes and generating 1.6m passengers per year depends on the carrier negotiating a 70% reduction in fees according to the "Slovak Spectator". Ryanair has apparently requested no airport fees be levied on it's proposed operation with 70% discount as the bottom line it will settle for.

The Slovak Ministry of Transport owns 48% of Bratislva airport and considers Ryanair's demands unfair. A spokeswoman for the airport said that if they agree to Ryanair's maximum demand there will be no increase in revenue "Therefore we will consider the conditions carefully".
Last week during a visit to Austria, Michael O'Leary readily engaged in gamesmanship in his attempts to wrangle a deal out of Vienna. He said that passenger numbers in Vienna will continue to fall until such a time as passenger charges were reduced. He added that Ryanair had alternatives - neighbouring Bratislava airport had approached Ryanair in the wake of the collapse of SkyEurope to set up a base at the Slovak capital. Austrian newspaper "Die Presse" reported that Vienna airport were not interested in meeting Ryanair's demands.
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EUROPE, EUROPEAN AIRLINES, Ryanair |

Bmibaby and Germanwings join forces

Lufthansa-owned carriers Bmibaby and Germanwings are to advertise each others flights on their websites, as Germanwings gears up to launch flights from Manchester to Cologne later this month.

All of Bmibaby’s routes from Manchester, East Midlands, Birmingham and Cardiff are now available for search on the Germanwings site, while Germanwings routes from Manchester, Stansted and Edinburgh to Cologne (and on to other European cities via this hub) are now available via bmibaby.com.
The process works by handling the initial search on the partner website, before redirecting the customer where appropriate to the operating carrier’s site to complete the booking. The new service comes as Germanwings launches five-times weekly flights between Manchester and Cologne on October 25, its third UK destination.
The partnership makes sense for the German carrier, as Bmibaby is well established at Manchester airport, so the carrier will benefit from the increased exposure of its flights being available through Bmibaby’s search engine.
Lufthansa announced it was buying Sir Michael Bishop’s stake in Bmi in October last year , and the carrier also took control of Germanwings on January 1, 2009.

source: aviationnews.eu

bmi baby, EUROPE, EUROPEAN AIRLINES |

Air India pilots arrested after mid-air brawl

DUBAI – Two Air India pilots involved in a brawl with cabin crew have been bailed after their arrest and questioning by police, Indian newspapers reported on Tuesday.
Passengers on flight from Sharjah to Delhi on Oct. 3 looked on as crew members threw punches and hurled abuse at each other after a female attendant accused the pilots of sexually harassing her.

Police have registered a case against the pilots for “outraging the modesty of a woman”.
“The two pilots joined the investigations on Tuesday. We interrogated them and arrested them. But the charges against them were bailable and they were let off after they obtained bail from the investigating officer,” Delhi police spokesman Rajan Bhagat was quoted as saying by the Times of India.
source: aviationnews.eu

Air India, ASIA, ASIAN AIRLINES |

Qatar Airways makes first flight with gas

Qatar Airways said it has completed the world's first commercial passenger flight powered by fuel made from natural gas, highlighting the aviation industry's continued efforts to reduce its dependency on oil-based fuel.

The flight from London Gatwick to Doha, Qatar, Monday was operated with an Airbus A340-600 aircraft powered by Rolls-Royce Group engines, using a mixture of synthetic gas-to-liquids, or GTL, kerosene and conventional oil-based kerosene fuel developed by Royal Dutch Shell, the airline said in an emailed statement.

"This milestone flight is the first step in making this alternative fuel available to airlines," Qatar Airways' Chief Executive Akbar Al Baker said in the statement.

The aviation industry is under growing pressure from environmental groups to reduce harmful emissions. Airline executives last month pledged to cut emissions to 50% below 2005 levels by 2050.
A number of airlines, including Virgin Atlantic, Continental Airlines (CAL) and Air New Zealand, have been testing biofuels on commercial flights as an alternative to existing pollutants.
Last December, Air New Zealand successfully flew a test flight powered by second-generation biofuel.
It was the world's first test flight using jatropha biofuel and followed a Virgin Atlantic test flight earlier in the year using a blend including coconut oil and babassu nut oil.
In February 2008, Airbus, a unit of European Aeronautic Defence & Space Co. (EADSY), flew an A380 powered by GTL fuel.
However, Qatar Airways claims to be the first airline to use GTL kerosene on a commercial passenger flight.
"We are now well on the way to launching GTL on a world scale for the first time," said Malcolm Brinded, Shell's executive director upstream international.
Qatar Airways didn't provide any details on by how much the GTL fuel would reduce emissions compared with conventional kerosene.
The Persian Gulf state of Qatar, holder of the world's third-largest gas reserves after Russia and Iran, will become the world's leading producer of GTL kerosene when it is put into commercial production from 2012.
It is already the world's top exporter of liquefied natural gas, or LNG, and by the end of the decade will have a total capacity of more than 77 million tons a year.
Shell and Qatar Petroleum are building the world's largest GTL plant in the Gulf state. The first phase of the Pearl GTL facility being built at Ras Laffan Industrial City is scheduled for completion by the end of next year.
The plant will produce around 1 million tons per annum of GTL kerosene from 2012, enough to fuel a commercial aircraft for 500 million kilometers, the Qatar Airways' statement said.
"Commercial aviation is one of the exciting new markets that this opens up, helping us maximise the value from our natural resources," Abdulla bin Hamad Al Attiyah, Qatar's deputy prime minister and minister of energy and industry said in the statement.
GTL jet fuel, a 50:50 blend of synthetic GTL kerosene and conventional oil-based kerosene fuel, was approved as safe for use in civil aviation by ASTM International last month.

source: business.maktoob.com

ASIA, ASIAN INDUSTRY, Qatar Airways |

FIGURE 1 – New aircraft orders in 2009

FIGURE 2 – New aircraft delivered in 2009

FIGURE 3 – ATR – Turnover

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