GOL celebrates nine years of operation
January 21, 2010
On January 15, GOL celebrated the completion of nine years of commercial aviation operations. During this period the fleet was increased from six to 109 operational aircraft as the carrier popularized Brazilian air travel by offering fares capable of competing with bus fares and attracting first-time fliers. Today the GOL and VARIG brands offer more than 800 flights per day to 59 destinations in 9 countries.
Copa forecasting 10% growth in 2010
January 21, 2010
Pedro Heilbron, CEO of the airline, announced this week that it will grow approximately 10% in 2010. He stated the airline will take delivery of nine new aircraft which involves an investment of $600 million based on the list price of the aircraft. This is the largest number of aircraft to be delivered to the airline in its history. Approximately 100 new employees will be needed, including pilots and in-flight and technical personnel for each new aircraft. He expects to have more than 5,500 employees by the end of 2010. He also mentioned that the airline carried 7.2 million passengers in 2009 and is forecasting 7.8 million in 2010 as it continues to expand its “hub of the America” and service to 51 destinations in the Americas. According to a recent study by IATA, Copa Airlines leads the fastest growing airline Industry sector in Panama, which contributes 6.1% to the country’s GDP.
AeroMexico Streamlines its Operations with Global Crossing
January 20, 2010
FLORHAM PARK, N.J., Jan. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Global Crossing (Nasdaq: GLBC), a leading global IP solutions provider, today announced that it is helping AeroMexico, the global airline of Mexico and Latin America, improve the efficiency and effectiveness of its business by providing the airline with a full suite of data and voice services to support more than 30 of its locations worldwide. AeroMexico, which has signed a three-year contract with Global Crossing, chose the company over its incumbent provider of 11 years.
AeroMexico will use Global Crossing’s Multi Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) connectivity and Dedicated Internet Access (DIA) to connect 22 United States locations, including Chicago, Miami, Houston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles and San Diego, and eight international locations, including Brazil, Chile, France, Mexico City, Peru, and Spain. Global Crossing’s managed IP services will enhance the airline’s entire operations globally, including its in-flight scheduling and baggage systems. Global Crossing’s toll-free and long-distance services will support the airline’s reservation systems and enhance its call center operations.
“Since implementing Global Crossing’s converged IP services several months ago, we’ve already improved services to our customers and have seen cost savings of more than 40 percent annually on our telecommunications expenses,” said Jaime Pocasangre, chief information officer at AeroMexico. “By migrating our international operations to Global Crossing services, we’re significantly enhancing the efficiency of our business and the quality of the customer experience we deliver.”
“We’re proud that AeroMexico has chosen Global Crossing’s converged and managed IP services to help streamline its operations,” said Neil Barua, Global Crossing’s managing director for North America. “We appreciate the opportunity to bring them enhanced services and look forward to providing them with additional capabilities as their business evolves.”
“Having AeroMexico as one of Global Crossing’s customers is a great distinction and opportunity to demonstrate our ability to provide top-notch services to one of the leading airlines in the region,” said Hector Alonso, Global Crossing’s managing director for Latin America. “By connecting their various locations while at the same time making their business more efficient we are continuing to demonstrate our ability to service and expand into the airline industry.”
Global Crossing Converged IP Services enable high-quality any-to-any connectivity. The service consistently delivers essential levels of latency, jitter and packet loss to ensure the successful concurrent handling of multiple types of traffic, especially voice and video. It is backed by comprehensive service-level agreements (SLAs) covering the overall performance of the service, and online access to real-time and historical service-performance reports.
Global Crossing is a Tier 1 global Internet provider, and its DIA service offers connectivity to all domains worldwide, optimizing traffic routing. Global Crossing’s global, fully meshed IP Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) network provides unrivaled reach with state-of-the-art flexibility and availability.
Global Crossing is recognized as an experienced, leading provider of seamless, reliable, quality communication services around the world and its commitment to delivering on customer expectations is second to none. Its Managed Network Services are available in more than 60 countries. The service provides end-to-end data management services for Global Crossing transport services, such as Managed IP Virtual Private Network (VPN) and Managed DIA.
Global Crossing’s Service Delivery team manages the end-to-end implementation plan, working with customers to ensure on-time service delivery. In addition, a Customer Service Management team provides access to a single point of contact for life-cycle service needs. MNS is supported by Global Crossing’s customer portal, uCommand®, which directly provides 247 online access to provision, troubleshoot, control, monitor, support, and manage the service.
End-to-end management includes support for industry-leading Service Level Agreements for service availability and mean time to respond.
SIA Engineering Invests in Pratt & Whitney PurePower® PW1000G Engine
January 20, 2010
SINGAPORE, Jan. 18, 2010 – SIA Engineering Company Limited (SIAEC) has signed a definitive agreement to participate in Pratt & Whitney’s PurePower PW1000G engine Risk-Revenue Sharing Program (RRSP). Pratt & Whitney is a United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX) company.
SIAEC will participate in the PW1000G engine RRSP with a 3 percent stake in the Bombardier CSeries engine RRSP and a 1 percent stake in the Mitsubishi Regional Jet engine RRSP. As part of the agreement, Pratt & Whitney will designate Eagle Services Asia (ESA), a joint venture between SIAEC and P&W, as the first engine center in the global RRSP MRO network for the PW1500G engine, the PurePower variant that will power the Bombardier CSeries aircraft.
“By scaling up the MRO value chain through our investments in the development of the PW1000G engine, our P&W joint ventures will benefit from the downstream MRO work,” said Chief Executive Officer of SIAEC, Mr. William Tan. “The acquisition of new engine capabilities will also enable SIAEC to access the markets of next-generation aircraft powered by the new engines.”
”We are pleased that SIAEC has committed to participate in our Risk Revenue Sharing Program for the PurePower PW1000G engine,” said Todd Kallman, president, Pratt & Whitney Commercial Engines & Global Services. “By investing in the PW1000G, SIAEC is investing in the future of aviation technology for next generation aircraft.”
The PurePower PW1000G engine is an all-new centerline engine that includes flight proven, next generation technology. The PurePower PW1000G engine features an advanced gear system that allows the engine’s fan to operate at a slower speed than the low-pressure compressor and turbine. The combination of the gear system and all-new advanced core delivers double-digit improvements in fuel efficiency and environmental emissions and a 50 percent reduction in noise.
SIA Engineering Company (SIAEC) is a major provider of aircraft maintenance, repair, and overhaul services in Asia Pacific. The Company has a client base of more than 80 international carriers and aerospace equipment manufacturers. SIAEC has approvals from 25 national aviation regulatory authorities to provide MRO services for aircraft registered in the U.S., Europe and Japan, among others.
Pratt & Whitney is a world leader in the design, manufacture and service of aircraft engines, space propulsion systems and industrial gas turbines. United Technologies, based in Hartford, Conn., is a diversified company providing high technology products and services to the global aerospace and building industries.
SIAEC’s CEO Mr William Tan and Mr Todd Kallman, President, Pratt & Whitney Commercial Engines & Global Services in Singapore today after signing the agreement.
En 2009, Eurocopter ha logrado los objetivos de volumen de negocio y de entregas. Mientras disminuían las ventas de helicópteros civiles, aumentaron los pedidos militares.
January 20, 2010
Eurocopter, líder mundial de los fabricantes de helicópteros, ha logrado en 2009 sus objetivos de negocio y entregas, además de estabilizar su cifra de ventas a la altura de su año récord, 2008. La crisis económica mundial ha traído consigo una violenta bajada de los pedidos en el mercado civil de helicópteros ligeros. No obstante, los pedidos gubernamentales han compensado en valor la caída de las ventas de unidades comerciales y conducido a la segunda mejor cifra de pedidos recibidos en la historia de Eurocopter. Asimismo, de acuerdo con la ‘hoja de ruta’ de Eurocopter, se han reforzado las actividades de Apoyo y Servicios mediante la firma de ciertos importantes contratos.
Con 558 helicópteros civiles y militares nuevos, las entregas permanecieron estables en 2009, llegando casi al nivel puntero alcanzado en 2008. Esta cantidad refuerza la posición de Eurocopter como importante unidad de negocio dentro de EADS, con una cifra de negocio consolidada de 4.600 millones de euros.
El registro de pedidos experimentó una bajada en términos de unidades vendidas, pero no en valor. En total, se ha vendido la cifra neta de 344 aeronaves nuevas, incluidos 81 helicópteros de la familia Super Puma/Cougar/EC225/EC725; lo que es igual a 5.800 millones de euros. Con 460 órdenes de pedido, Eurocopter asegura su posición como número uno en el mercado civil y de servicio público. El total de pedidos acumulados pendientes a finales de 2009 contabilizaban una ‘robusta’ cifra de 1.300 helicópteros, equivalentes a 15.100 millones de euros, un incremento de más de 1.000 millones de euros respecto al fin de 2008.
A pesar de las constricciones presupuestarias, los mercados gubernamentales permanecen estables, pero aún no se divisa la completa recuperación de los mercados comerciales en el año 2010. La escasez de pedidos de helicópteros ligeros recibidos en 2009 hará que los índices de producción disminuyan en 2010, al mismo tiempo que aumentarán los de los helicópteros militares. Sin embargo, Eurocopter debería ser capaz de controlar esta situación gracias a su flexibilidad.
Shanghai Eastern Flight Training orders two CAE 7000 Series full-flight simulators
January 20, 2010
MONTREAL, QUEBEC–(Marketwire – Jan. 19, 2010) – (TSX:CAE)(NYSE:CAE) – CAE today announced that it has sold Airbus A320 and A330 CAE 7000 Series full-flight simulators (FFS) to Shanghai Eastern Flight Training Company (SEFTC), the training subsidiary of China Eastern Airlines. The contract, valued at approximately C$30 million at list prices, brings the total FFS sales that CAE has announced during fiscal year 2010 to 14.
CAE also announced it received an order cancellation of one simulator that was sold during a prior fiscal year.
The A320 and A330 FFSs, as well as brief-debrief stations, will be delivered to SEFTC in 2011. The simulators will incorporate full six-degree-of-freedom CAE True electric motion systems and new-generation CAE Tropos-6000 visual systems, including liquid crystal on silicon (LCoS) projectors and 200- by 40-degree field-of-view visual displays. Both simulators will be certified to Level D, the highest qualification for flight simulators.
SEFTC currently uses six CAE-produced FFSs at its facilities at Shanghai Pudong Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone. They include four A320 devices, an A330/340, and a Boeing 737. All feature multiple engine options and CAE Tropos visual systems.
“We are delighted that Shanghai Eastern Flight Training Company Ltd and China Eastern Airlines continue to demonstrate their confidence in CAE as a valued solutions provider for their training requirements,” said Jeff Roberts, CAE’s Group President, Civil Simulation Products, Training and Services. “As their fleet evolves to address changing market demands, CAE provides the most comprehensive portfolio of products and services, as well as the flexibility to help them adjust to operational needs.”
Direção da Japan Airlines decide declarar concordata
January 19, 2010
Tóquio, 19 jan (EFE).- Os diretores da companhia aérea japonesa Japan Airlines (JAL), a maior da Ásia, decidiram hoje declarar concordata da companhia, de acordo com a lei de Reabilitação Corporativa, segundo a agência japonesa “Kyodo”.
Depois que a declaração oficial de quebra for apresentada em um tribunal de Tóquio, o Governo japonês deve apresentar ainda hoje um plano de reestruturação para a companhia, com o objetivo de manter as operações da empresa.
O plano inclui o corte de 15 mil empregos, quase um terço da força de trabalho da companhia, e uma grande redução em seu tamanho, de modo que a JAL, afogada em dívidas que somam 11,5 bilhões de euros, possa voltar aos números positivos no ano fiscal de 2011, ainda segundo a agência “Kyodo”.
Caso a reestruturação não tenha êxito, os bens da companhia seriam postos à venda para ressarcir os credores.
Está previsto que, por conta da quebra, as ações da JAL deixem de ser negociadas. Em apenas uma semana os títulos perderam 90% de seu valor, até alcançar uma capitalização total de apenas US$ 150 milhões, o preço de um Boeing 787.
TAM is expanding its code sharing agreement with TRIP
January 18, 2010
The two Brazilian carriers have announced they are expanding their existing code sharing agreement to include three flights operated by TRIP including Bonito/Campo Grande, Lencois and Petrolina via Salvador. The existing agreement already includes 39 flights in Brazil.
Air Europa has applied for authority to serve Lima from Madrid
January 18, 2010
The Spanish airline announced that it has applied for authority to the DGAC to operate between Madrid and Lima, Peru. The plan is to operate three weekly A330 flights. The DGAC has ninety days to approve the request, but the airline hopes the approval will come sooner.
ALTA to hold its Leaders Forum in Panama in November
January 18, 2010
The Latin American & Caribbean Air Transport Association (ALTA) announced last week that it will hold its seventh annual Leaders Forum in Panama in November 2010. The conference is being sponsored and organized by Panama’s Tourism Authority (ATP).
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