LAN Peru expands connectivity of the LATAM Airlines Group with Asia through codeshare agreement with Korean Air
October 27, 2014
· The codeshare agreement between LAN Peru and Korean Air will provide passengers of both airlines access to more and better connections between Lima and Seoul (with stopover in Los Angeles) while also expanding LATAM Airlines Group’s connectivity between Latin America, the United States and Asia.
Lima, October 23, 2014- LAN Peru, the leader in passenger and cargo transportation in the country and a member of LATAM Airlines Group, and Korean Air, the largest airline in South Korea, are implementing today a codeshare agreement for the Lima – Los Angeles – Seoul route, making Lima one of the main hubs in the region and allowing for greater passenger traffic between both countries and the continent.
After obtaining the regulatory approvals required to implement the agreement, LAN Peru and Korean Air can jointly market the Lima – Los Angeles – Seoul route. This will allow LAN Peru passengers to take connection flights to Seoul through Korean Air. Similarly, Korean Air passengers leaving Seoul will have access to LAN Peru’s connection flights in Los Angeles (U.S.) bound for Lima.
“We are very happy to implement this agreement, which allows us to further expand the company’s connectivity network and provide our passengers with more direct access to Asian destinations via Seoul, besides increasing passenger traffic from, to and within Peru. This country has certainly been growing economically and has a privileged geographic location that turns Lima into one of the most important hubs for LATAM Airlines Group and the region,” said Félix Antelo, CEO of LAN Peru.
This initiative not only means that the airlines will be able to sell tickets for each flight, but also represents a more comfortable travel experience as it allows passengers to purchase only one ticket and check-in only once for the entire route.
This will strengthen the connectivity offered by the LATAM Airlines Group as the best option to fly from Asia to Latin America through the United States. The airline group is the second passenger transport operator between the U.S. and South America, transporting over 3.3 million passengers from and to the U.S. in 2013.
AJW Aviation signs ground-breaking PBH contract with start-up Qingdao Airlines
October 27, 2014
Shanghai, October 27th 2014: In partnership with CASC (China Aviation Supplies Corporation) in Beijing, AJW Aviation has signed a six year contract to provide power-by-the-hour support to Qingdao Airlines’ fleet of A320 aircraft.
Established by the Nashan Group, the Qingdao Municipal Government and Shandong Airlines, Qingdao Airlines launched operations earlier this year providing domestic services to destinations across China. The airline has announced future orders for a total of 23 A320 family aircraft, including 5 A320ceos and 18 A320neos, with the first delivery expected in 2018, and the fleet growing to over 50 aircraft in the next 6 years.
This is the first co-operative project between AJW and CASC and it combines benefits from both sides to deliver a more valuable service to the airline. Qingdao Airlines acknowledged the important contribution that AJW and CASC are making to its operational efficiency at an official banquet in Qingdao last month, noting the 24/7 AOG and critical response support backed up by locally sited inventories of A320 spares which together are reinforcing the cost-efficient solutions. They stated that CASC was instrumental in securing AJW Aviation as Qingdao Airlines’ power-by-hour and repair management partner, recognising not only the depth of experience from CASC, but also AJW’s expertise in providing this service for airlines of all sizes around the world.
Start-up operator, Qingdao Airlines, is focused on the rapid growth of the Chinese air transportation market. It is estimated that between 450 million to 500 million passenger trips will be made annually in China by 2015 and this represents over 100% increase since 2009.
In addition to Qingdao Airlines, AJW is also actively engaged with Air China, Shandong Airlines, China Eastern and Hainan Airlines for the provision of spare rotable and engine components.
Lufthansa Technik expands capabilities for its VIP & Executive Jet business in the US
October 23, 2014
Lufthansa Technik has expanded its capabilities to serve even better
VIP & Executive Jet customers in the US.
In Tulsa / Oklahoma Lufthansa Technik’s US-subsidiary BizJet
International has opened a new dedicated maintenance and
refurbishment hangar. This hangar will hold up to a BBJ 737-800 size
aircraft. The hangar also has customer offices in-house allowing our
customer’s close access to the work being performed on their
aircraft.
Brian Barber, Vice President of Completions said: “Building up
capacities to service on VIP and Special Mission Aircraft, especially
for US customers is crucial for the market demand. With the opening
of a new hangar, which is dedicated for maintenance, refurbishments,
and unexpected maintenance requirements, we are able to service our
customers with faster turn-times, while retaining the Lufthansa
Technik world class quality.”
BizJet’s new FBO facility is open and offering even more services to
meet customer’s needs. The new FBO has much more convenient ramp
access as well as the ability to hangar up to seven Gulfstream sized
aircraft in its hangar. The new FBO also has a conference room,
snooze rooms, pilots lounge and many more amenities.
In addition to the new facilities BizJet has also reorganized its
organization. A “mobility” department was founded to combine the
resources of the new FBO and BizJet’s engine field service team,
called BEST. The mobility department, headed up by Caleb Benner, will
focus on providing customers one location for FBO services as well as
drop-in field service requirements.
Lufthansa Technik’s new Product Division Original Equipment
Innovation has opened a 215 square meter facility in Montreal. The
office is used for two Montreal teams, one for On-Site Support for
Bombardier Aerospace production and Customer Support Innovation the
Americas, and the other for on-going Engineering projects.
The site was opened to facilitate support for Bombardier Aerospace
after selection of the nice® HD system on the Learjet 70*, Learjet
75*, Learjet 85*, CL350*, and CL650* aircraft programs. Plans are
already in place to expand the facility – increasing in size and
personnel – as the business grows.
Lufthansa Technik introduces modular Fly Away Kit for VVIP and Special Missions
October 23, 2014
Lufthansa Technik is introducing a new product, the Fly Away Kit, to
the VVIP and Special Mission market. The Fly Away Kit is integrated
in a modified LD9 Unit Load Device (ULD) and ensures the availability
of important spare parts for aircraft operations by stowing them
right on board.
For example, wheels, a mobile aircraft jack, essential spare parts or
oil can be stored. Easily accessible in the aircraft’s cargo bay,
technicians have the equipment, where it is needed. Based on the
shadow-board principle like a toolbox, the VIP style Fly Away Kit is
clearly organized.
Designed by Lufthansa Technik’s VIP & Executive Jet Solutions
division the new product has already been ordered by a VVIP customer
operating an Airbus 340 in Head of state configuration.
Walter Heerdt, Luftansa Technik’s Senior Vice President VIP &
Executive Jet Solutions, said: “This new product gives our customers
the independence to go to any remote airfield with a good feeling
having the essential spares on-board. Especially in combination with
our Mobile Aircraft Support teams or on-board technicians we can
maximize the dispatched reliability for VIP operations.”
Building on Lufthansa Technik’s unique component support experience,
the Fly Away Kit can be tailored for each customer’s specific needs,
operation and mission. For example, the new Patient Transport Unit
Next Generation (PTU NG) can be safely stowed in the ULD along with
other emergency medical equipment. Special mission operators get the
flexibility to store all the required equipment in this customizable
standard container.
For the first time Lufthansa Technik presents a 1:6 model of the Fly
Away Kit and the on-board stowage solution of the Patient Transport
Unit Next Generation (PTU NG) as one example of nearly endless
stowage solutions at its booth (no.2289) at the NBAA Convention 2014
in Orlando, Florida, USA.
The modular concept of the on-board stowage solution allows
individual stowages for every need and container type independent of
wide- or narrowbody aircrafts. The size of a standard LD9 container
is 1.6 m high, 3.2 m wide and 2.2 m deep.
Lufthansa Technik and Airbus renew early Elite cabin-agreement
October 23, 2014
Lufthansa Technik and Airbus Corporate Jets have renewed their ELITE
Cabin Agreement, building on a co-operation which begun in 2005, when
the ACJ318 was launched. The current agreement has been extended
till 2020.
Under the initial Airbus ACJ318 ELITE-cabin agreement, Lufthansa
Technik was contracted to design, in partnership with Airbus, and
then to outfit, the cabins of these aircraft.
The pre-defined cabin of the ACJ ELITE introduced the wider and
taller cabin of the Airbus ACJ320 Family to a broader market, while
continuing to give customers a choice of options and a wide range of
colours and fabrics. These options now also include more floorplan
variations.
Airbus ACJ318s were initially equipped with ELITE cabins by Lufthansa
Technik’s completion center in Hamburg, but the work was shifted
later to the company’s US-subsidiary BizJet International in Tulsa,
Oklahoma.
Deliveries of outfitted Airbus ACJ318s began in 2007, and 19 of them
have been produced so far. They are in service with clients around
the world, including several VVIP charter companies.
The first of an updated version, the Airbus ACJ318 Enhanced, has just
been completed. It introduces as standard several features that were
previously only options – such as domed ceilings throughout the cabin
– as well as introducing further optional features.
To support sales activities and customer talks Lufthansa Technik’s
“Creative Design” department has developed an IT-based configuraton
tool for the ACJ ELITE program which can be used on different
electronic devices. The tool offers the possibility to demonstrate
the large variety of cabin configurations of the ACJ ELITE and to
adapt the cabin layout quickly to individual customer needs including
the visualization of different colour concepts.
The configurator can be viewed at Lufthansa Technik’s booth (no.
2289).
The ACJ318 ELITE was originally called the A318 ELITE
Airbus ACJ320 Corporate Jet Family:
Airbus’ ACJ320 Family, comprising the ACJ318, ACJ319, ACJ320 and
ACJ321, are unique in allowing customers to take more cabin into the
sky, while fitting into similar ramp space.
Derived from the world’s most modern aircraft family, Airbus
corporate jets feature, as standard, many innovations that other
business jets lack or only offer as options, such as the simplicity
and better handling of fly-by-wire controls, extensive use of
weight-saving carbonfibre, and time and cost-saving centralised
maintenance.
This heritage gives Airbus corporate jets excellent reliability,
because they are designed to fly many flights a day. Airbus corporate
jet operators are also backed by a worldwide support network serving
over 500 customers and operators, as well as tailored services.
Airbus has sold over 170 corporate jets to date, and these aircraft
are flying on every continent, highlighting their versatility.
Lufthansa Technik presents e-configuration tools for pre-customized cabin designs
October 23, 2014
To support sales activities and customer talks for pre-customized and
modular VIP cabins, Lufthansa Technik’s “Creative Design” department
has developed electronic cabin configuraton tools for both, the joint
Lufthansa Technik and Airbus ACJ Elite program and Lufthansa
Technik’s Leadership Select program.
The configurator tools can be used on different electronic devices
and both show interactive 3D views of the interiors. They offer the
possibility to demonstrate the large variety of cabin configurations
in the two programs and to adapt the cabin layout quickly to
individual customer needs.
Leadership Select, the new platform-adaptable modular concept for the
Airbus ACJ319 and Boeing BBJ2 aircraft, is mission optimized with
regards to cabin interior weight, seating comfort, sufficient
stowage volume and the integration of client oriented features for
maximum comfort and usability, like a king size bed, vanity table,
master bathroom with full size shower and a private office.
Leadership Select allows the customer to combine a multitude of
different cabin elements to create an almost completely
individualized cabin layout. Operators of the ACJ319, for example,
can choose from among 96 variations, and there are even 720
combinations available for the longer BBJ2 and other comparable
aircraft.
The e-configurators can be viewed at Lufthansa Technik’s booth (no.
2289).
Lufthansa Technik overhauls two “Space” Special Mission Aircraft in parallel
October 23, 2014
Lufthansa Technik, leading provider of technical services for
commercial, VIP and Special Mission Aircraft, is currently working on
two unique “Space” aircraft in its VIP maintenance facilities in
Hamburg / Germany.
Since July, SOFIA, a modified Boeing 747SP that is operated jointly
by the USA’s National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and
the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) as a “Stratospheric Observatory for
Infrared Astronomy”, is undergoing a major overhaul at Lufthansa
Technik in Hamburg. The DLR and NASA have selected Lufthansa Technik
to perform a major overhaul of the aircraft on account of its claim
to have the widest and longest experience at maintaining this
aircraft type.
Since September, Lufthansa Technik is also converting a former Airbus
A310 of the German Air Force for Novespace, subsidiary of the French
National Space Center (CNES), from a VIP configuration into a
so-called Zero Gravity in-flight test and research platform for
parabolic flights. In parallel, Lufthansa Technik is also executing
heavy maintenance services on this aircraft, which utilization is
shared between DLR, CNES and the European Space agency (ESA).
“Beside our classic VIP completion and maintenance business for
private and head-of-state customers our technical services for
Special Mission Aircraft have become a very successful business over
the past years”, said Wieland Timm, Executive Director Sales VIP &
Special Mission Aircraft. “Due to our comprehensive experience with a
large variety of commercial aircraft, more and more customers trust
in us. The challenge is that despite these special aircraft are based
on commercial platforms none of them allows you just doing routine
procedures. Very often they are older platforms which you rarely find
in the commercial aviation, yet, equipped with the most modern
technical equipment for their specific purposes.”
The operation portfolio of Special Mission Aircraft lasts from troop
and cargo transport, tanker and medical evacuation to special
scientific operations like SOFIA or ZeroG.
Starting more than 50 years ago with the support of the VIP aircraft
of the German Air Force, Lufthansa Technik is currently providing
technical services for more than 20 Special Mission Aircraft from
several Air Forces and scientific organizations. The service
portfolio includes maintenance, repair and overhaul services for
aircraft, engines and components, maintenance management, logistic
and support of technical documentation.
Lufthansa Technik’s nice® HD CMS / IFE system selected by Bombardier Business Aircraft on the Challenger 650*
October 23, 2014
Lufthansa Technik’s Innovation Business Unit has been selected by
Bombardier Business Aircraft to supply the nice® HD cabin management
and in-flight-entertainment (CMS/IFE) system on Bombardier’s new
Challenger 650* aircraft.
This latest announcement comes after Bombardier’s selection of the
nice® HD system on the Learjet 70*,
Learjet 75*, Learjet 85*, and Challenger 350* aircraft. So far,
Lufthansa Technik has delivered more than 400 shipsets of the first
generation nice® and its successor, nice® HD, to Bombardier Business
Aircraft.
nice® HD offers the Challenger 650* aircraft an equipped
state-of-the-art cabin management system (CMS), largest-in-class high
definition monitors, 3D maps, Audio Video on Demand, Bluetooth
integration and industry-leading media input capabilities among its
many standard package advantages.
Designed by Lufthansa Technik and customized exclusively for
Bombardier, the next-generation Cabin Management System provides
passengers with a home- or office-like control, productivity and
entertainment capability superior to that of any other aircraft in
the segment. The cabin can be remotely controlled by using Apple or
Android devices, too.
The Challenger 650* aircraft’s fully-equipped multimedia system
allows users to store and play their own music, movies or other
media. Featuring the segment’s only digital rights management (DRM)
protected licensed media capability, allowing access to the latest in
films and entertainment.
nice® HD allows access and compatibility for wireless or wired
content on iPod/iPad, PC or smartphone, via USB, HDMI, Bluetooth and
other ports connecting users with ease to all of their portable
devices.
A real demonstration of the nice® HD system can be seen on board of
the Challenger 650* aircraft mock-up at Bombardier Business
Aircraft’s static display at the 67th annual National Business
Aviation Association conference and exhibition in Orlando, Florida.
Other production nice® HD systems will also be operating on the
Learjet 75 and Challenger 350 exhibited. Alternatively, Lufthansa
Technik is also presenting nice® HD at its booth (no. 2289).
Embraer apresenta o avião de transporte militar KC-390
October 21, 2014
Gavião Peixoto-SP, 21 de outubro de 2014 – A Embraer apresentou hoje o primeiro protótipo do avião de transporte militar KC-390 produzido na fábrica de Gavião Peixoto (SP). O evento contou com a presença do Ministro da Defesa, Celso Amorim, o Comandante da Força Aérea Brasileira, Tenente-Brigadeiro-do-Ar Juniti Saito, comitivas e representantes de mais de 30 países. Após esta apresentação, a Companhia poderá realizar importantes testes em solo antes do primeiro voo da aeronave, previsto para ocorrer até o final deste ano.
“Este marco significativo do Programa KC-390 demonstra a capacidade da Embraer de gerenciar um projeto complexo e de alta tecnologia como este e de executá-lo dentro do planejamento previsto”, disse Jackson Schneider, presidente e CEO da Embraer Defesa & Segurança. “O rollout abre caminho para o início dos testes em solo como preparação para o primeiro voo”.
“O KC-390 será a espinha dorsal da aviação de transporte da FAB. Ele poderá operar tanto na Amazônia quanto na Antártica. As turbinas a jato conferem bastante agilidade à aeronave, que cumprirá todas as missões, mas muito mais rápido e melhor”, afirmou o Comandante da Aeronáutica, Tenente-Brigadeiro Juniti Saito.
Após o evento, a aeronave vai continuar com as avaliações iniciais de sistemas que culminarão com o primeiro acionamento do motor e, em seguida, os testes de vibração em solo e demais ensaios planejados. Este avião é o primeiro de dois protótipos que serão usados nas campanhas de desenvolvimento, testes de solo, testes de voo e certificação.
O KC-390 é um projeto conjunto da Força Aérea Brasileira com a Embraer para desenvolver e produzir um avião de transporte militar tático e reabastecimento em voo que representa um avanço significativo em termos de tecnologia e inovação para a indústria aeronáutica brasileira. Trata-se de uma aeronave projetada para estabelecer novos padrões em sua categoria, com menor custo operacional e flexibilidade para executar uma ampla gama de missões: transporte e lançamento de cargas e tropas, reabastecimento aéreo, busca e resgate e combate a incêndios florestais, entre outras.
No dia 20 de maio de 2014, a Embraer e a Força Aérea Brasileira assinaram o contrato de produção em série para a entrega de 28 aeronaves KC-390 e suporte logístico inicial. Além da encomenda da Força Aérea Brasileira, existem atualmente intenções de compra de outros países totalizando 32 aeronaves.
Isla de Pascua pasa a ocupar primer destino del tráfico de carga aérea dentro de Chile
October 21, 2014
Con un 18%, a agosto del presente año, Isla de Pascua ha pasado a convertirse en el principal destino de la carga aérea dentro de Chile, relegando a lugares secundarios a Iquique, Antofagasta y Punta Arenas, que a la fecha la aventajaban.
Como razones se ha señalado al incremento del turismo hacia dicha lejana posición insular, lo que conlleva el tener que enviar en forma rápida y oportuna los suministros que los viajeros requieren.
Por su parte, la desaceleración de la economía chilena y un descenso de la actividad minera, ha hecho que los proveedores de la zona norte del país estén optando por el transporte carretero, que aunque más lento, es más barato que la vía aérea para el traslado de insumos.
En cuanto al tráfico internacional, éste a partir de julio, ha registrado tasas de crecimiento superiores al 7%, cifra en la cual sin duda tiene incidencia la recuperación de los envíos de salmón por vía aérea, producto chileno altamente apetecido en el exterior.
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