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Transaero Airlines to add new routes to Dubai and Havana, announces a new interline agreement with Virgin America

Transaero Airlines (Moscow) will add new service from Moscow (Vnukovo) to Dubai (six days per week) starting on September 20 per Airline Route.

Additionally the Russian carrier will launch a new weekly route Moscow (Domodedovo) to Havana for the winter season starting on December 28 through March 29, 2014.

Transaero has also announced the launch of its Interline Agreement and Special Pro-Rate Agreement (SPA) with Virgin America (San Francisco):

The interline agreement will provide opportunities for Transaero’s passengers to acquire e-tickets for travel between Moscow and the extensive route network of Virgin America in the United States via the connecting cities of Los Angeles and New York. And, vice versa, US travellers can now start their journey with Virgin America’s flight to Los Angeles or New York and continue their journey to Moscow on board of Transaero’s flights.

The Special Pro-rate Agreement signed between the Russian and US carrier allows passengers to buy tickets for the flights of these two airlines on certain routes at special competitive prices. Special fares are available on the routes between Moscow with a connection in Los Angeles to such US cities as Washington, Boston, Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood, Orlando, Dallas/Fort Worth, Seattle/Tacoma, Portland (Oregon), San Jose, San Francisco and Las Vegas. Moreover, the through fares also offered on routes between Moscow and San Francisco or Las Vegas via New York.

At present, Transaero operates scheduled nonstop flights to three US cities: New York (JFK), Miami and Los Angeles. In addition to this, Transaero’s passengers can take advantage of the airline’s current partnership agreements with the leading airlines to get to a number of destinations in North America. Under the code-share agreement with Singapore Airlines Transaero offers direct flight from Moscow to Houston. In accordance with the code-share agreement with Virgin Atlantic passengers can travel between Moscow and San Francisco, Boston and Orlando with a connection in London. The Interline agreement with United Airlines allows passengers to get to nearly all destination points of this airline in the US.

Copyright Photo: Dave Glendinning/AirlinersGallery.com. Boeing 767-3P6 ER EI-UNA (msn 26233) taxies at London (Heathrow).

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Air Niugini launches a new route to Bali, upgrades its cabins

Air Niugini (Port Moresby) added a new weekly route to from Port Moresby to Bali, Indonesia on August 5.

The company is also upgrading its cabin and issued this statement:

It is with great pride that we introduce the first of our retro-fitted aircraft, Boeing 767 P2-PXW.

P2-PXW was away for about 2 and a half months being retro-fitted and now boasts a configuration of 28 Business Class and 160 Economy Class seats. Customers can expect an enhanced, sleek new look cabin interior and the most exciting feature will be state-of-the-art inflight entertainment experience. In brief this is what customers will enjoy on P2-PXW;

•   An upgraded and new colour scheme mixing grey & red for the seats
•   A completely new seat in Business and Economy Class
•   28 Business Class seats – Cocoon style seats with lie-flat seats
•   160 Economy Class seats – In-seat videos
•   New Inflight entertainment offering in both classes – Movies on demand

Basically customers enjoy extra comfort whilst enjoying the wide range of Inflight Entertainment – TV Shows, Movies, Audio recordings and even games all from their individual in-seat screen.

We have a few preliminary pictures to share for your reference:

Economy Class

Front view

Back view

Business Class

Front view

Back view

Additional information to note:

• The 2nd Boeing 767, P2-PXV will be leaving for the upgrade of seats and IFE. The configuration will be the same as P2-PXW.
• Both Boeing 737 aircraft will also be retrofitted with the new seats and the IFE. They depart later in the year.

Top Copyright Photo: Peter Gates/AirlinersGallery.com (all others by Air Niugini). Boeing 767-341 ER P2-PXV (msn 30341) will be the second Boeing 767 to receive the new interior. The company also has a Boeing 787-8 on order for delivery next year.

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Hawaiian to operate two routes from Oakland to Hawaii next summer

Hawaiian Airlines (Honolulu) is planning to operate two new long-range routes to Hawaii from Oakland next summer. According to Airline Route, the company will operate the Oakland-Kona (Hawaii) route four days a week from June 13 through August 15, 2014 and the Oakland-Lihue (Kauai) route three days a week from June 15 through August 15, 2014. Both routes will be flown with Boeing 767-300 ERs.

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FedEx Pilots’ Union: Report on UPS Boeing 747 crash highlights the need for new regulations on the carriage of Lithium Batteries

The FedEx Express Pilots Union (FedEx Express) (Memphis) has issued this statement reference the release of the Accident Report on the UPS Airlines (Atlanta and Louisville) Boeing 747-400F freighter crash at Dubai (please see our previous report). At the heart of the issue, are lithium batteries safe on any airplane?:

On September 3, 2010, our industry lost two fellow aviators when UPS Flight 6 crashed near Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). The UAE General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) released its final report concerning the investigation into this fatal crash. The GCAA, while not pinpointing the origin of the fateful blaze, determined that the ensuing fire was promulgated by lithium batteries and found that smoke-detection equipment took too long to alert the crew.

The report provides recommendations specific to air cargo fire safety. The FedEx Master Executive Council (MEC) joins Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), Int’l in praising the GCAA for its thorough report. The report makes unmistakably clear the dangers of carrying large quantities of lithium batteries. “As cargo pilots, we are fully aware of the potential dangers associated with the carriage of lithium batteries,” said MEC chairman Captain Scott Stratton. “These pilots’ lives were tragically cut short as they valiantly tried to bring their crippled aircraft back to the ground. Through their actions, they were able to prevent a much larger disaster from occurring. We owe it to them as well as to all of those who fly this nation’s commerce every day, to ensure that regulatory directives are harmonized across the globe and robust enough to preclude future events such as this.”

The GCAA recommended that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and its European counterpart develop better firefighting standards and equipment for cargo planes, with visual warnings about where a fire is located. The FedEx MEC strongly believes that the United States must take a leadership role in protecting aircraft against the possibility of catastrophic fires caused by lithium batteries. The improvement in regulations covering the transportation of large quantities of lithium batteries must proceed immediately in order to begin to eliminate this deadly hazard. “Now is the time for the U.S. government to act to ensure the safety of our skies,” said FedEx Legislative Affairs chairman Captain Fred Eissler. “We will continue to work with our government leaders, dangerous goods regulatory authorities, and our fellow airline pilots to address the safety issues and concerns found in the GCAA report.”

“The FedEx pilots are committed to working with industry and government leaders to minimize the risks associated with the carriage of dangerous goods,” continued Captain Stratton. “The GCAA’s report adds to the building body of evidence that clearly shows much more effort is needed to facilitate negating the risks associated with the carriage of lithium batteries.”

Copyright Photo: Duncan Kirk/AirlinersGallery.com. The first Boeing 767-300F for FedEx Express is being prepared for its first flight at Paine Field near Everett, WA. 767-3S2F N101FE (msn 42706) taxied to the runway yesterday afternoon.

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Hawaiian Holdings reports 2Q net income of $11.3 million

Hawaiian Holdings, Inc. (Honolulu), parent company of Hawaiian Airlines, Inc. (Honolulu), reported its financial results for the second quarter of 2013.

Second Quarter 2013 Financial Results

Adjusted net income, reflecting economic fuel expense, of $12.6 million or $0.24 per diluted share.
GAAP net income of $11.3 million or $0.21 cents per diluted share.
Available seat miles (ASMs) increase of 20.9% year-over-year.
Cost per available seat mile (CASM), excluding fuel, decrease of 11.2% year-over-year.
CASM decrease of 9.7% year-over-year.

Mark Dunkerley, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, commented that “Our results for the quarter were better than expected thanks chiefly to some good cost control. Demand across all of our geographies remains strong, even overseas where the dollar has strengthened against foreign currencies. In North America, our business is coming back as the rate of industry capacity growth moderated in the quarter while our Neighbor Island business is now performing well. On our international routes we are seeing the strengthening of the dollar undermine some of the excellent results we have had in the last couple of years but this portion of our business remains the core focus of our expansion plans.

Statistical data, as well as a reconciliation of the reported non-GAAP financial measures, can be found in the accompanying tables.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

As of June 30, 2013 the Company had:

Unrestricted cash and cash equivalents of $478 million.
Available borrowing capacity of $70 million under Hawaiian’s Revolving Credit Facility.
Outstanding debt and capital lease obligations of approximately $767 million consisting of the following:
- $369 million outstanding under secured loan agreements to finance a portion of the purchase price for six Airbus A330-200 aircraft.
- $163 million outstanding under secured loan agreements to finance a portion of the purchase price for 15 Boeing 717-200 aircraft.
- $103 million in capital lease obligations to finance an Airbus A330-200 and two Boeing 717-200 aircraft.
- $58 million outstanding under floating rate notes issued in conjunction with the acquisition of three Boeing 767-300 ER aircraft.
- $74 million outstanding of Convertible Senior Notes.

Business Highlights

Operational

Ranked #1 nationally for on-time performance for the months of March, April and May 2013 by the U.S. Department of Transportation Air Travel Consumer Report.
Ranked the #1 domestic carrier for travel to Hawai’i by Travel + Leisure.
Expanded our frequent flyer partnership with American Airlines.
Announced codeshare and interline agreements with China Airlines for connecting travel through Taipei, Taiwan.

Fleet and Financing

Financed our next six Airbus A330-200 aircraft deliveries through 2014 with Enhanced Equipment Trust Certificates (EETC).
Added three new Airbus A330-200 aircraft for North America and International service.

New routes and increased frequencies

Honolulu to Sendai, Japan three-times-weekly service launched June 25, 2013.
Honolulu to Taipei, Taiwan three-times-weekly service launched July 9, 2013.

Third Quarter and Full Year 2013 Outlook

The table below summarizes the Company’s expectations for the quarter ending September 30, 2013 and the full year ending December 31, 2013, expressed as an expected change compared to the results for the quarter ended September 30, 2012 or the year ended December 31, 2012, as applicable (the results for which are presented for reference).

	Third
	Quarter
Item	2012	Guidance

Cost per ASM Excluding Fuel (cents)	7.62	Up 2.5% to up 5.5%
Passenger Revenue Per ASM (cents)	12.30	Down 0.5% to up 2.5%
Operating Revenue Per ASM (cents)	13.56	Down 0.5% to up 2.5%
Passenger Revenue Per RPM (cents)	14.77	Down 2.5% to up 0.5%
Passenger Load Factor	83.3%	Up 1 pts to Up 3 pts
ASMs (millions)	4,052.2	Up 7.5% to up 10.5%
Gallons of jet fuel consumed (millions)	54.5	Up 7% to up 10%



	Full Year
Item	2012	Guidance
Cost per ASM Excluding Fuel (cents)	8.18	Down in the low single digits
ASMs (millions)	14,687.5	Up 12.5% to up 15.5%

Copyright Photo: Michael B. Ing/AirlinersGallery.com. Boeing 767-33A N580HA (msn 28140) lines up to land at Los Angeles International Airport.

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Delta to launch flights between Seattle/Tacoma and London Heathrow on March 29, 2014

Delta Air Lines (Atlanta) is planning to launch nonstop service between Seattle/Tacoma and London (Heathrow) in anticipation of receiving antitrust immunity for its new joint venture with Virgin Atlantic Airways (London). The company issued this statement:

In anticipation of receiving antitrust immunity later this year for its joint venture with Virgin Atlantic Airways, Delta Air Lines will offer new daily nonstop service from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to London Heathrow Airport beginning March 29, 2014.

New service from Seattle/Tacoma to London Heathrow gives Delta’s customers nonstop access to one of the world’s top business markets and is an important enhancement to Delta’s growing trans-Atlantic and trans-Pacific network from Seattle/Tacoma. As of January 1, 2014, every international Delta flight from Seattle/Tacoma, including the new London service, will feature full flat-bed seats in BusinessElite, Economy Comfort seating and in-flight entertainment in every seat throughout the aircraft.

The Seattle/Tacoma market is one of Delta’s fastest-growing international gateways. In June, Delta added service to Shanghai and Tokyo-Haneda, complementing long-established service to Tokyo-Narita. Delta also has served Beijing and Osaka, Japan from Seattle/Tacoma since 2010.

Through its trans-Atlantic joint venture with Air France-KLM and Alitalia, Delta also offers Seattle/Tacoma area travelers nonstop service to Paris and Amsterdam while also providing connecting service to more than 150 additional destinations beyond those European hubs. With new service to London-Heathrow, Delta will operate flights to eight nonstop international destinations from Seattle.

In December 2012, Delta and Virgin Atlantic announced Delta’s plans to acquire 49 percent of Virgin Atlantic. The carriers intend to form a trans-Atlantic joint venture to optimize schedules and services between the North America and the U.K. Delta last month obtained unconditional clearance from the European Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice to proceed with the investment transaction. Now both carriers are awaiting U.S. Department of Transportation approval of antitrust immunity to implement their joint venture.

On July 3, Delta and Virgin Atlantic launched reciprocal codesharing across 108 routes to 66 destinations throughout North America and the U.K. With the new Seattle service, Delta will operate 10 daily nonstop flights to London Heathrow from six destinations including Detroit, Minneapolis/St. Paul, New York-JFK, Boston and Atlanta.

Delta will operate Seattle-London Heathrow service using a 210-seat Boeing 767-300 ER aircraft featuring 35 full flat-bed seats in BusinessElite, 32 seats in Economy Comfort and 143 Economy class seats.

Flight details for Seattle-London Heathrow Service:

Flight	Departs	Arrives	Service Begins
37	SEA at 6:40 p.m.	LHR at 12:05 p.m. (following day)	March 29, 2014
36	LHR at 12:20 p.m.	SEA at 2:40 p.m. (same day)	March 30, 2014

Copyright Photo: Tony Storck/AirlinersGallery.com. Boeing 767-332 ER WL N193DN (msn 28450) lands at Baltimore/Washington.

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TUIfly to add long-haul Caribbean routes from Hamburg

TUIfly (TUIfly.com) (Hannover) will launch new long-haul leisure routes from Hamburg in November to the Caribbean. According to Airline Route, twice-weekly flights will be started to Barbados on November 22, Cancun on November 2, La Romana on November 29 and Punta Cana on November 1. The four new routes will be flown by TUI partner airline Arkefly (Amsterdam) Boeing 767-300s.

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US Airways stockholders approve the merger with American Airlines

US Airways Group, Inc. (Phoenix), the parent of US Airways (Phoenix), today announced that its shareholders approved the merger agreement with AMR Corporation (Dallas/Fort Worth), the parent company of American Airlines, Inc. (Dallas/Fort Worth).

The merger agreement was approved by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of US Airways stock, which represented over 99% of the votes cast by US Airways shareholders on the proposal. Of the 132,788,060 shares voted, 132,273,780 shares voted in favor of the proposal; 257,757 shares voted against; and 256,523 abstained. Shareholders also approved other proposals related to the merger.

Doug Parker, chairman and CEO of US Airways, and incoming CEO of the combined company, said, “We are pleased that our shareholders overwhelmingly supported our merger with American Airlines. This approval is a major milestone on our path to completing the merger, and we continue to make excellent progress overall thanks to the focused efforts of the dedicated representatives from both companies. By bringing together two highly complementary networks and generating significant revenue synergies, the new American Airlines will deliver enhanced value for its shareholders. I want to thank our shareholders, our customers and our more than 100,000 dedicated employees for their support throughout this process and look forward to moving forward as an even stronger airline.”

As previously announced, AMR and US Airways agreed to combine to create the new American Airlines, a premier global carrier. Headquartered in Dallas-Fort Worth, the new American Airlines will become a highly competitive alternative for consumers to other global carriers and is expected to offer more than 6,700 daily flights to 336 destinations in 56 countries. The combined airline will offer customers more choices and increased service across a larger worldwide network and through an enhanced oneworld® Alliance. Together, American Airlines and US Airways are expected to operate a mainline fleet of almost 950 aircraft and employ more than 100,000 team members worldwide.

The merger is subject to regulatory approvals, other customary closing conditions and confirmation of AMR’s Plan of Reorganization by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. The companies continue to expect to complete the combination in the third quarter of 2013.

Top Copyright Photo: Michael B. Ing/AirlinersGallery.com. Airbus A330-323X N275AY (msn 370) departs from London (Heathrow).

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Bottom Copyright Photo: Andi Hiltl/AirlinersGallery.com. Boeing 767-323 ER N336AA (msn 25193) lands at Zurich.

Condor Flugdienst unveils a new “Janosch” Boeing 767 logojet

Condor Flugdienst (Frankfurt) has introduced new “Janosch” Boeing 767-300 logojet. Janosch and Condor are teaming up in support of “A Heart for Children”. Condor has supported this organization for the past year and a half and has contributed a portion of its ticket sales. This includes an auction of aircraft models with the Janosch markings. The proceeds are fully passed on to “the A Heart for Children” fund. The pictured Boeing 7673-330 ER D-ABUE (msn 26984) is covered with the images of the animated heroes and will be the flagship for worldwide attention to the project. All other Condor aircraft will also carry the charity logo and a Janosch character in the Condor logo.

Top Copyright Photo: Nik French/AirlinersGallery.com. D-ABUE departs from Manchester last evening.

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Bottom Copyright Photo: Condor. A close-up of the special markings.

Air Canada to expand Air Canada rouge to 23 holiday destinations, will expand to 50 aircraft

Air Canada (Montreal) announced the growth of its leisure carrier subsidiary, Air Canada rouge, is on track to expand to a total of 23 holiday destinations in the Caribbean, Mexico, Florida and Las Vegas for its 2013-2014 winter season.

“We are delighted with the response to Air Canada rouge’s inaugural summer season as it prepares for take-off July 1st,” said Calin Rovinescu, President and Chief Executive Officer, inToronto for a pre-inaugural event with employees and media. “Our plans for growing the Air Canada rouge fleet are on track to serve more holiday destination markets where we can now compete on a more cost effective basis operating our new leisure carrier, while leveraging the strength of Air Canada Vacations. Once Air Canada rouge completes its inaugural summer season to Edinburgh, Venice, Athens and a number of Caribbean destinations, its flying will expand southward for the winter to an additional 13 destinations in the Caribbean, Mexico and select U.S. holiday markets. I would like to commend Michael Friisdahl and his team at Air Canada rouge for overcoming the complexity and challenges of launching a new carrier in record time with professionalism and an impressive sense of purpose. I also congratulate the first Air Canada rouge inflight graduating class who we expect will set an excellent customer service standard for vacation travel.”

“As new Boeing 777-300 ER and 787 aircraft enter the Air Canada mainline fleet, we intend to continue spooling up Air Canada rouge to reach a total of up to 50 aircraft. The growth of our leisure carrier, in tandem with the mainline fleet renewal and international network expansion, is a key element of Air Canada’s overall strategy for sustainable, profitable growth, both at the mainline and leisure carrier. With a renewed, more efficient fleet combined with our award-winning product, Air Canada will be well positioned to expand its mainline global network to new, higher business-demand destinations while Air Canada rouge profitably expands Air Canada’s presence on a lower cost basis in current and future leisure markets that present new opportunities,” concluded Mr. Rovinescu.

Air Canada will take delivery of five new Boeing 777-300 ER aircraft for its mainline fleet between June 2013 and February 2014, and the first three of 37 Boeing 787 aircraft by the summer of 2014. Air Canada is scheduled to take delivery of seven 787 aircraft in 2014 and the remaining 30 between 2015 and 2019.

Air Canada rouge’s July 1 start-up fleet consisting of two Airbus A319 aircraft and two Boeing 767-300 ER aircraft will grow to ten aircraft by the end of 2013 with the addition of six Airbus A319 aircraft by December 2013, and an additional four Airbus A319 aircraft by March 2014, for a total of 14 aircraft by the end of the 2013-2014 winter season.

A number of popular holiday destinations currently served by Air Canada’s mainline carrier will be converted to Air Canada rouge service on a phased-in basis beginning October 2013 through March 2014 as additional aircraft are released by the mainline airline for operation by its leisure carrier.

Air Canada rouge will operate flights to the following popular holiday destinations for its 2013-2014 Winter Schedule. Flights are now available for purchase at aircanada.com and through travel agents:

Mexico: flights from Toronto to Cancun, Puerto Vallarta*, Cabo San Lucas* and Huatulco*, subject to government approval.

United States: flights from Toronto and Montreal to Orlando and Las Vegas, and from Toronto to Sarasota*, Florida.

Caribbean: flights from Toronto to Montego Bay, Jamaica; Grenada*; St. Kitts*; Grand Exuma, Bahamas; Curacao*, Netherlands Antilles; and La Romana*, Dominican Republic. This is in addition to Air Canada rouge service commencing with its summer 2013 schedule on July 1 from Toronto year-round to 10 Caribbean and Central America destinations: Kingston, Jamaica; the Dominican Republic (Punta Cana, Puerto Plata and Samana), Cuba (Varadero, Cayo Coco, Holguin and Santa Clara) and Costa Rica (San Jose and Liberia).

* Seasonal services where indicated. All other routes are year-round services.

All flights will be operated using Airbus A319 aircraft, with the exception of Toronto-Las Vegas and Toronto-Montego Bay flights that will be operated with Boeing 767-300 ER aircraft.

Air Canada rouge’s Boeing 767-300 ER aircraft feature a two-cabin configuration with three customer comfort options including rouge, rouge Plus with preferred seating with additional legroom, and, beginning in winter 2013, Premium rouge offering both additional room and enhanced service. The airline’s Airbus A319 aircraft are configured with rouge and rouge Plus preferred seating. All flights will offer customers streamed wireless inflight entertainment, stylish and modern cabin interiors with innovative new seats, and the ability to earn and redeem Aeroplan miles.

Copyright Photo: Greenwing/AirlinersGallery.com. Air Canada rouge’s pilots have been performing proving flights to Dublin before the official July 1 launch. Boeing 767-33A ER C-GHPE (msn 33423) taxies at DUB.

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