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Airliner World’s comprehensive coverage of worldwide
news, including highlights from the Dubai Airshow, a
successful year for ATR, Robin Hood Airport Doncaster
Sheffield signs a major agreement with Flybe and the
Mitsubishi Regional Jet makes its maiden flight.
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Contents
The largely nocturnal Amapola Flyg plays a crucial
role delivering Sweden’s airmail.
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Old Dougs, New Tricks
An old adage says that ‘the only replacement for a
DC-3 is another DC-3’, an idea Oshkosh-based
Basler has taken to heart.
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Low-cost, Korean Style
Ohio-based Enterprise Airlines spearheaded the
regional jet revolution.
Charting the development of Jeju Air, the country’s
first budget carrier.
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The Corporate Commuter
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The Art of Transformation
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All Change
A new direction for British charter specialist
Titan Airways.
Québec City’s Jean Lesage International Airport has
recently embarked upon the biggest modernisation plan
in its history.
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Flying Wild
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ERAA 2015
Pushing the Twin Otter to its limits in some of the
world’s most challenging environments.
Highlights from the annual European Regions Airline
Association General Assembly.
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Deliveries
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MRO News
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Aviation Training
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Departure Gate
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Caption Competition
The latest commercial acquisitions.
A round-up of recent developments.
WIN a year’s subscription to Airliner World.
Updates from maintenance, repair and overhaul providers.
A selection of readers’ comments and photographs.
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Air Safety
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Connecting Kazakhstan
Flag carrier Air Astana is actively seeking to
reconnect this remote former Soviet territory with
the global community.
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Up-to-date accident reports and crash information.
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Welcome
airport workers.
Such changes are long
overdue but enforcing better
security standards is an expensive
undertaking. The reluctance with
which they are implemented reveals
some uncomfortable truths about the
commercial aviation industry, and has
less to do with available technology,
procedures and training than the collective
willpower and budget to implement it.
The recent loss of a Kolavia Airbus
A321 over the Sinai Peninsula has
once again thrust the issue of aviation
security into the limelight. The aircraft
was en route from the Egyptian Red
Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh to St
Petersburg when it disintegrated shortly
after take-off, claiming the lives of all
224 passengers and crew. Although the
investigation is still ongoing, Russia’s
Federal Security Service said the
jet had been downed by “a terrorist
act”, which President Vladimir
Putin later suggested had been “an
improvised explosive device”. The
Islamist State (IS) has repeatedly
claimed responsibility for the attack,
which is believed to have involved
a bomb smuggled into the aircraft’s
cargo hold. If this is indeed the case,
it raises serious questions about the
effectiveness of airport
security procedures.
Speaking in early November, the UK’s
foreign secretary Philip Hammond told
the
BBC
“we will have to look again at
the level of security we expect to see
in airports in areas where IS is active.”
This is potentially not just a tightening
up of existing protocols, but rather a
fundamental overhaul of global aviation
security covering passenger and
baggage screening processes as well
as vetting and recruitment of
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AIRLINER WORLD
JANUARY 2016
Review
NEW CYPRIOT carrier Tus Airways is due
to launch scheduled passenger flights
imminently. The airline is already in pos-
session of its Air Operator Certificate
from the country’s civil aviation author-
ity but was awaiting its commercial air
transport licence – expected in early
December – before introducing
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Start-up
services to destinations across the
eastern Mediterranean, including
Tel Aviv, Beirut, Rhodes and Kos.
The carrier, which derives its name from
‘The Ultimate Schedule’, took delivery of
its first aircraft – former Golden Air Saab
340B, 5B-DER (c/n 167) – last June.
(Photo G Palmer – Flying Fotos Cyprus)
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Europe
End of the Line
for Estonian Air
ESTONIAN AIR has suspended
operations after being ordered to repay
almost €90 million to the Estonian
Government. This follows a European
Commission (EC) ruling that financial
aid provided to the Tallinn-based flag
carrier by the country’s government
breached EU regulations on illegal state
aid and gave the company “a competi-
tive advantage” over its rivals.
Announcing the decision on November
7, Commissioner Margrethe Vestager
said: “Companies should compete based
on a sustainable business model rather
than relying on continued support by the
State to stay in the market. Estonian Air
has repeatedly received public subsi-
dies over the past five years but did not
carry out the necessary restructuring to
become viable as a business. It would
not be a good use of taxpayer money to
keep Estonian Air in the market artifi-
cially – nor would it be fair to competi-
tors, which have to compete without
such support.”
Estonian Air received financial support
on three separate occasions – a €17.9
million recapitalisation in November
2010, a further €30 million issued in two
tranches in December 2011 and March
2012, and a rescue loan of €37 million
given to the carrier across a two-year
period up to November 2014. The gov-
ernment had also earmarked a further
€40.7 million for the carrier had it suc-
cessfully negotiated the investigation.
Under EC rules, state aid can only be
granted once in a ten-year period –
dubbed the “one time, last time”
principle – while the commission’s
investigation also considered whether
a private backer would have acted in a
similar manner. Confirming its findings,
the EC said Estonian Air “did not have a
credible restructuring plan” and ordered
it to repay €84.9 million plus interest.
Estonia’s Ministry of Economic Affairs
responded to the grounding with the
creation of a new holding company –
Nordic Aviation Group. The new venture,
which is supported by Adria Airways,
started services on November 8 with a
mixed fleet of aircraft supplied by the
Slovenian carrier and several other
airlines including bmi regional, NextJet
and Carpatair.
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Record-
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Manchester
MANCHESTER AIRPORT is celebrating a
major milestone after handling
23 million passengers annually for the
first time ever.
The figure, the highest in the
airport’s 77-year history, was reached
on November 23 and represents a 5%
increase on the previous 12-month
period, and a hike of around 30%
compared with 2010.
The facility has recorded traffic growth
for 19 months consecutively and is
expecting this to continue with the
launch of services to Los Angeles,
Boston and Beijing later this year.
Ken O’Toole, Managing Director of
Manchester Airport, said: “We are real-
ly pleased to have hit this significant
milestone. We have never been busier
and our continued growth is testament
to the role we play in connecting people
across the North to destinations in all
four corners of the world.
The landmark passenger, who was
bound for Geneva with easyJet, was
given a selection of gifts including a
pair of return tickets to Vienna (the low-
cost carrier’s newest route from the
facility), access to the airport’s Escape
Lounge and FastTrack passes.
Dutch Debut
for Dreamliner
KLM ROYAL Dutch Airlines has taken
delivery of its maiden Boeing 787-9
Dreamliner. The aircraft, PH-HBC (c/n
38760)
Zonnebloem
(Sunflower) arrived at
the carrier’s Amsterdam Schiphol base on
November 14 and is the first of 37 exam-
ples due to join parent Air France-KLM –
this includes six of the stretched 787-10s
and 12 aircraft on lease from AerCap.
“We are very proud to welcome our first
Boeing 787 Dreamliner today,” KLM
President and CEO Pieter Elbers said.
“This aircraft symbolises a new phase in
the future of KLM. Investment in our cus-
tomers is one of our priorities and this effi-
cient aircraft is part of that investment. It’s
testimony to the great work of 33,000 KLM
employees, who are committed to giving
their best for our customers every day.”
The 294-seat General Electric GEnx-
1B-powered aircraft was introduced on
KLM’s Schiphol to Abu Dhabi and Bahrain
route on November 23.
(Photo Daan van der Heijden)
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