American Airlines Group CEO Doug Parker has a message for Delta Air Lines: We’re coming.Parker, speaking during American’s fourth quarter and full-year earnings call Friday, acknowledged that it was an anomaly that American notched higher profit margins than Delta in 2015 because Delta took “a couple of billion dollars” losses on fuel hedges.For example, in the fourth quarter Delta’s fuel hedge loss was $340 million.Otherwise, Delta’s margins would be higher than American’s, Parker conceded. But...
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The 3DEXPERIENCE Company, world leader in 3D design software, 3D Digital Mock Up and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, today announced that it confirms its long-standing collaboration with Airbus Safran Launchers, developer and supplier of solutions for civil and military space launchers and the industrial prime contractor of Ariane 6, the European Space Agency’s next generation launcher. More than 700 engineers working on the development of Ariane 6 across multiple sites in Eu...
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One year and a day after a fatal crash grounded the test fleet, Bell Helicopter has resumed flight tests of the Bell 525 Relentless super-medium, the company announces on 7 July. The US Federal Aviation Administration agreed to renew the 525’s experimental certificate before Bell could resume flight tests. The crash on 6 July near Italy, Texas, killed two test pilots. The first of Bell’s three 525 prototypes broke up in flight, according to the US National Transportation Safety Board...
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This week’s epic fail at Delta Air Lines DAL -3.92% prompted angry comments like this one from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: “an industry that’s happy to gouge passengers for extra bags and operate planes perennially short of pillows must undertake a comprehensive re-evaluation of its approach to customer service.”...
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BBA Aviation, parent of Signature Flight Support, closed in February on its $2.065 billion acquisition of the Landmark Aviation FBO chain. The merger of these two leviathans created the largest FBO chain worldwide, with 195 locations, and raised questions about how, if at all, the FBO competitive landscape would change significantly. Before NBAA, Show News’ Robert W. Moorman interviewed Signature President and COO Maria Sastre on the re-branding of Landmark into the Signature family and on...
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Taiwan’s Mandarin Airlines has ordered six ATR 72-600s in a deal worth USD$160 million at list prices. Mandarin selected the ATRs for its domestic network in Taiwan, with the aim of improving the carrier’s regional connectivity. ATR said it is also willing to provide engineering and technical support to Mandarin’s parent company China Airlines to set-up in-house capabilities for ATR heavy maintenance, up to C-checks....
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