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years later than initially anticipated, COMAC 8
to Chengdu Air21 delivers first ARJ
A major milestone was reached in Chinese commercial aviation
history with the delivery of COMAC’s first ATJ21 to Chinese
Airline Chengdu Air. The project, which started back in 2002,
finally came to fruition after many setbacks, caused mainly by a
lack of aerospace design and engineering resources, together
with a paucity of Chinese companies able to push forward the
production. This is China’s first locally built regional jet to go into
service.
The aircraft, which is designed to seat 78 passengers in a dual-
class configuration and 90 passengers in a full economy class
configuration, is intended to challenge the narrow-body sector of
the market currently occupied by Embraer and Bombardier.
Interest has been strong from the domestic market with the
majority of its 342 advanced orders for the aircraft coming from
Chinese airlines, with an order of 5 with an option for 20 coming
from the US financing and leasing company, GECAS.
The launch of the ARJ21 has been described by COMAC as a big
breakthrough in their efforts to develop domestic jet aircraft
design and manufacturing capabilities, though currently it only
has certification to fly domestically, having received its Type
Certification under Chapter 25 of the Chinese civil aviation
regulations from the Civil Aviation Administration of China
(CAAC), on December 30, 2014. It will not be until it receives
certification from the FAA that the aircrafts true viability against its
competitors can be truly judged.
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with DVB 300 -330Intrepid finances one Airbus A
BankErstewith 300 -330Bank and one Airbus A
Intrepid Aviation announced the financing of one new
Airbus A330-300 with DVB Bank. The aircraft delivered
November 24th on long-term lease to EVA Airways. In
addition, Intrepid Aviation also announced the financing of
a second new Airbus A330-300 with Erste Bank. The
aircraft was also purchased in November. Intrepid Aviation
is a privately held commercial aircraft lessor, which owns
commercial aircraft leased to airline operators worldwide.
Intrepid Aviation focuses primarily on twin-engine
widebody equipment, such as the Boeing 787, 777 and
the Airbus A330 aircraft.
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enter ver.diLufthansa and German trade union
agreementlabourinto collective
Lufthansa and the German trade union ver.di agreed on
an increase in remunerations for about 30,000 staff
members from Lufthansa, Lufthansa Cargo, Lufthansa
Technik and LSG Sky Chefs. As part of a comprehensive
package, they also entered into a fundamentally reformed
collective labour agreement regarding the corporate
pension scheme. From April 2015 up until December
2015, a one-off payment amounting to €2,250 has been
agreed. Apprentices will receive a one-off payment
amounting to €600. In 2016 and 2017, the remuneration
for employees and apprentices will increase by 2.2% on
the 1st January each year. For newly recruited staff as of
1st January 2016, they succeeded in agreeing on a
pension scheme within a Defined Contribution Model.
Lufthansa will pay an employer’s contribution amounting
to 5.2% of the salary, and in addition, the employees will
contribute a co-payment of 1%.
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International Airport Opening in Mt Kagamuga
Hagen
Some pictures of Kagamuga International airport opening
by Prime Minister, Hon. Peter O’Neill in Mt Hagen on
Thursday, 26th November 2015. The airport opening now
paves the way for international flights to operate to and
from Hagen including Air Niugini’s direct Hagen/Jayapura
service, which is expected to commence next year.
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Fiji Airways Crosses One Million Passengers for
2015Fiji Airways, Fiji’s National Airline, yesterday celebrated
crossing the one-million mark for 2015 passengers. Suva-
based customer Ravin Singh was the one-millionth
passenger, and was awarded a prize including a return
trip anywhere on the Fiji Airways network yesterday
(Monday November 30th) as he flew from Nadi to
Auckland.
This is only the second time that Fiji Airways has
exceeded the one-million passenger mark in a year, with
2014 being the first.
Singh, whose family has been regular Fiji Airways’
customers was surprised at check-in with the news that he
was the one-millionth Fiji Airways customer:
“I thought it was a prank when I was informed by the
airline staff. I feel very lucky indeed.”
Meanwhile, Fiji Airways also announced that the airline
has again crossed the 100,000 passenger mark in a
month. 101,183 passengers flew in October, making it just
the second time in history for the Fijian national carrier to
achieve this result. The first was in July 2015.
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GLOBAL TRAVEL & TOURISM LEADERS
21 HOPEFUL FOR POSITIVE OUTCOME AT COP
TALKSIn support of the United Nations Climate Change Conference,
COP 21, taking place in Paris this week, the members of the
Global Travel Association Coalition (GTAC) have reiterated the
industry’s commitment to contribute to fight climate change, and
express their hopes for successful talks.
Speaking as Chairman of GTAC, David Scowsill, President &
CEO of the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), said:
“The Travel & Tourism sector expresses its hope for a successful
outcome to the talks in Paris and reiterates that our organizations,
working together as the Global Travel Association Coalition, are
committed to make a meaningful and long term contribution to
fighting climate change.
“Travel & Tourism contributes nearly 10% of the world’s GDP and
supports one in eleven of all jobs on the planet. Over one billion
people cross international borders each year, a number expected
to reach 1.8 billion by 2030. This growth in Travel & Tourism will
bring about enormous social and economic development across
the world, particularly for Least Developed Countries (LDCs),
Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs) and Small Island
Developing States.
We have a serious responsibility to ensure that we decouple the
growth of the sector from its impact on our environment to ensure
that tourism can continue to contribute to socio-economic
inclusiveness and development in the long term.”
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AGMth 48of AACO Results (1)
The Arab Air Carriers Organization (AACO) convened its 48th
AGM today in Jeddah under the Chairmanship of H.E Eng. Saleh
N. Al Jasser/ Director General of Saudia. The AGM was held
under the High Patronage of HRH Prince Khalid Al Faisal bin
Abdul Aziz Al-Saud, Advisor to the Custodian of the Two Holy
Mosques and Governor of Makkah Region.
Participation
The AGM gathered CEOs of AACO member airlines, AACO
partner airlines and industry partners from aircraft and engine
manufacturers, Global Distribution Systems (GDSs), IT providers
and other specialized companies relevant to the Arab air transport
industry. The AGM also welcomed the Arab Civil Aviation
Commission (ACAC), the International Air Transport Association
(IATA), and a number of regional airline associations, in addition
to a number of aviation experts, where the number of delegates
surpassed 300.
Arab Air Transport Statistics in 2014
Delegates received AACO’s Annual Report, which reflects the
yearly harvest of AACO’s work during the past term and highlights
the latest developments and challenges at industry level in
addition to the achievements of AACO joint projects over the past
year. The delegates also received a copy of the Arab Air
Transport Statistics publication (AATS) covering 2014 data, in
addition to a special report on the evolution of the Arab airlines
over the past 50 years on the occasion of AACO’s 50th
anniversary. Major statistics included in AATS were as follows:
The Arab air transport market grew by 9.7% in 2014 compared to
2013, reaching 172 million passengers.
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(2)for dealing with aviation emissions under ICAO, and in the
consumer protection area AACO, through its relevant working
group, developed a template document that gathers best practices
in giving consumers their rights in line with IATA and ICAO
principles, although providing the consumer with best services is
indeed part and parcel of the airlines’ product offering.
The Secretary General also highlighted the major incidents that are
transforming the global work on aviation safety and security being
the downing of MH17 and the disappearance of MH370. AACO is
cooperating with all industry stakeholders to improve the tracking of
aircraft and will be working on this area with SITA and others
following an action plan set by AACO and relevant executives of
member airlines with stakeholders at the 2015 Technical forum held
earlier in November. AACO has also launched an initiative,
following a resolution by AACOs 47th AGM, that would enhance
the awareness between member airlines on risk assessment of air
routes. This initiative has proven useful on many occasions over
the past year.
The Secretary General welcomed two new member airlines of
AACO this year: Mauritania Airlines International and Badr Airlines
that have become active members of AACO following AACO’s
Executive Committee approval earlier this year.
Speech by the Director General of ACAC
Eng. Mohamed Sherif, Director General of the Arab Civil Aviation
Commission (ACAC), presented a keynote address about the
common issues between AACO and ACAC in the fields of
aeropolitics, air safety and security, environment, and air navigation
issues and taxes, whereby the two organizations have cooperated
throughout the years in order to achieve benefits in these areas to
the Arab air transport industry.
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(3)Speech by the IATA Director General
Mr. Tony Tyler, IATA Director General gave a keynote address to
the AGM focusing on safety, air traffic management, and smarter
regulations in the areas of liberalization, passenger rights,
security, taxation and other regulations.
Four Strategic Resolutions by AACO 48th AGM
The second working session was dedicated to AACO members
where they discussed the Executive Committee report which
covered strategic issues in addition to AACO’s financial and
administrative issues.
Based on the recommendations of the Executive Committee,
AACO’s AGM adopted four strategic resolutions as follows:
Aviation and the Environment: AACO 48th AGM stressed the
importance of adopting a number of principles when governments
of the world are addressing aviation’s impact on the environment.
The principles can be found in the full resolution attached to this
press release.
The AGM also called upon the Arab Civil Aviation Commission to
coordinate, constitute and advocate an Arab position that takes
into account the interests of the Arab airlines and to hold
coordination meetings in order to ensure that, and mandated the
Secretary General and the Environmental Policy Group to work
closely with the Arab Civil Aviation Commission and to continue
following up this matter in coordination with IATA and other
regional and international entities, and to report back to the
Executive Committee regarding any developments for guidance.
Full Resolution is attached to this press release.
Passenger Rights: AACO 48th AGM called upon ICAO to further
work on the principles developed by the ICAO ATRP and adopted
by the ICAO Council to include material on avoiding
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(4)extraterritoriality and ensuring compatibility between passenger
rights regimes. The AGM also called upon Arab states to look into
the Consumer Protection Safety Nets and Caveats template (that
was developed by AACO AWG Consumer Protection subgroup),
when developing passenger rights regimes. This document
gathers best practices of airlines in giving passengers their rights
and could be used as relevant guidance to governments if they
wish to develop passenger rights regimes. The document is
based on ICAO and IATA principles on consumer protection.
The template is attached to this press release along with the full
resolution on consumer protection.
Air Traffic Management and Airspace Capacity in the Arab World:
AACO 48th AGM called upon all concerned states to join the
Middle East ATM Enhancement Programme, reiterated the
importance of coordination between Arab governments with
regards to airspace infrastructure developments; and directed
AACO to coordinate with states, airlines and with international
and regional associations on the technical level to identify the
priorities of the region with regards to ATM and airspace capacity,
and to work with heads of CAAs, airlines and associations to
raise those priorities to governments especially in areas that
require coordination between civil and military aviation authorities.
More details and the full resolution are attached to this press
release.
EU External Aviation Policy: AACO AGM called upon the
European Union to place the highest possible priority to the
development of infrastructure in Europe and the unification of the
European aerospace. The AGM also highlighted that the EU
aviation package should support global efforts under ICAO
umbrella in areas such as consumer protection, dealing with
aviation emissions, and security and safety standards.
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(5)In addition, the AGM called upon the European Union to
recognize in the aviation package the added value that
competition brings to the market place and called upon the Arab
Civil Aviation Commission (ACAC) and the Arab Air Carriers
Organization (AACO) to engage with the European Commission
in order to highlight the principles that have been stipulated
above.
The full resolution is attached to this press release.
Panel Discussion on how will the aviation landscape evolve in the
next 50 years
The Third Working Session, as usual, gathered all invitees of
AACO AGM and witnessed the “Joint Aviation Forum”, which is a
panel discussion that was moderated this year by Mr. Richard
Quest, CNN Anchor and Correspondent. The Joint Aviation
Forum featured a session on “Towards the Diamond Jubilee..
How will the aviation landscape evolve?” Participants in this
discussion were as follows:
Mr. Mohamad A. El-Hout /Chairman & Director General/ Middle
East Airlines
Mr. Paul Byrne / Chief Executive Officer/ flynas
Mr. Ahmed Aly/ Chief Executive Officer/ Nile Air
Mr. Adel Al Redha/ EVP and Chief Operations Officer / Emirates
Airline
Mr. Ahmed Al Jallaf/ Assistant Director General of Air Navigation
Services/ UAE GCAA
The Golden Jubilee
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(6)AACO 48th AGM coincided with the 50 years anniversary of
AACO. In addition to including valuable information and statistics
on the 50 years journey of the Arab airlines, Arab air transport
industry, and AACO in AACO’s various AGM publications and in
the report delivered by AACO Secretary General this morning,
AACO AGM received a special presentation by Prof. Geoffrey
Lipman, Founder & Creative Disruption Architect of Green Growth
& Travelism Institute, on the future of Arab airlines and their
opportunities and challenges. In addition, Mr. Ahmed Al Jallaf,
Assistant Director General of Air Navigation Services, UAE GCAA
& Chairman of MAEP gave input on a very important topic that
requires the attention of all stakeholders and that would play a
major role in dictating the future of air transport in the region;
which is aerospace management.
The delegates of the AGM also received a special publication
prepared by The Times Group/ Arabian Aerospace magazine, in
cooperation with AACO, citing special words by key people in
AACO’s history and present time, information on the Arab air
transport industry, valuable statistics and data of the 50 years
journey, and information on AACO’s member airlines and Arab air
transport industry as a whole.
Over the past year AACO redesigned its logo which was
approved by AACO’s 47th AGM and accordingly totally
refurbished its website which was launched on 28 August 2015
coinciding with the same date that AACO was established 50
years ago (on 28 August 1965).
Attached to this press release is data on the 50 years journey of
AACO member airlines and the Arab air transport sector.
Closing of the AGM
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(7)As the AGM came to a close, AACO members thanked HRH
Prince Khaled Al Faisal for opening the AGM and the 48th AGM
Chairman, H.E Eng. Saleh N. Al Jasser, for leading this event and
for the generous hospitality of Saudia for all delegates of this
event. Moreover, the AGM accepted with gratitude the invitation
of Mr. Driss Benhima, Chairman & CEO of Royal Air Maroc to
host the forthcoming AACO AGM in Morocco on 8-10 November
2016, and the invitation of Mr. Adel Ali, Group CEO of Air Arabia
to host the 50th AGM in Sharjah in 2017.
Resolution on Aviation and the Environment
Recalling the 66th IATA AGM Resolution on Climate Change
setting out the three ambitious targets for addressing carbon
emissions: 1.5% average annual fuel efficiency improvement
between 2010 and 2020, Carbon neutral growth from 2020 and a
reduction of 50% in net emissions by 2050 compared to 2005
levels; And
Referring to IATA 69th AGM resolution that strongly endorses the
continuing efforts of its member airlines and States within ICAO to
develop a comprehensive proposal towards a single, global MBM
mechanism to address CO2 emissions from aviation under ICAO,
as opposed to a patchwork of unilateral national and/or regional
policy measures; And
Referring to ICAO 38th Assembly resolution on Aviation and
Climate Change that Requests the Council, with the support of
member States, to undertake work to develop a framework for
market-based measures (MBMs) in international aviation,
including further elaboration of the guiding principles listed in the
Annex, for consideration by the 39th Session of the ICAO
Assembly; And
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(8)Referring to AACO 42nd AGM resolution which adopted AACO
Policy paper on Aviation and the Environment, where AACO
members agree with IATA that the implementation of the industry
three targets must be done in a way that recognizes the different
levels of development of various airlines in the world and the
unique situation of every airline in terms of its fleet replacement
cycle so that no airline is unfairly penalized; And
Reaffirming that the issue of aviation and the environment must
be dealt with through the provisions and principles of the ICAO
resolution which identified the roadmap and guiding principles to
reach a global system to tackle the environmental impact of air
transport; And
Reaffirming the resolutions of AACO 42nd, 43rd, 44th, 45th and
46th AGMs, the 48th Annual General Meeting resolves the
following:
Firstly, AACO 48th AGM stresses on the importance of adopting
the following principles when governments of the world are
addressing aviation’s impact on the environment:
Any global MBM shouldn’t hamper the growth of aviation
The global MBM should supersede any national approaches by a
government or a region.
When the global MBM goes into effect, governments should
withdraw all of taxes and levies introduced under the banner of
the environment
The global MBM should recognizes the different levels of
development of various airlines in the world and the unique
situation of every airline in terms of its fleet replacement cycle so
that no airline is unfairly penalized; And
The global MBM should address the Special Circumstances and
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(9)respective Capabilities of the various States
Secondly, AACO 48th Annual General Meeting also calls upon
the Arab Civil Aviation Commission to coordinate, constitute and
advocate an Arab position that takes into account the interests of
the Arab airlines and to hold coordination meetings in order to
ensure that
Thirdly, AACO 48th AGM mandates the Secretary General and
the Environmental Policy Group to work closely with the Arab
Civil Aviation Commission and to continue following up this matter
in coordination with IATA and other regional and international
entities, and to report back to the Executive Committee regarding
any developments for guidance.
Resolution on Passenger Rights
While recognizing the need to minimize the confusion created by
the proliferation of passenger rights’ regimes which in some
cases causes discrimination between passengers, harms
connectivity and results in increasing ticket prices; and
While supporting the development of consumer protection
principles by ICAO’s ATRP which aim at harmonizing passenger
rights regimes around the world; and
While highlighting the complexities, ambiguities, and burdens
resulting from highly descriptive passenger rights regulations
such as the ones in the EU and the US, and
While maintaining that the best approach for passenger rights
regimes is to discuss those with the airlines in question within the
principles adopted by ICAO and IATA, and
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(10)
While praising the work done by AACO’s AWG Consumer
Protection Subgroup that has developed a document that gathers
best practices adopted by airlines in providing passengers their
rights under a “Safety Nets & Caveats” document,
AACO 48th AGM:
Calls upon ICAO to further work on the principles developed by
the ATRP and adopted by the ICAO Council to include material
on avoiding extraterritoriality and ensuring compatibility between
passenger rights regimes;
Calls upon Arab states to look into the Safety Nets and Caveats
document attached to this resolution when developing passenger
rights regimes.
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