3 2015

http://www.brecorder.com/business-a-economy/189/1182490/

Malaysia Airlines 'exploring fleet options

Malaysia Airlines Friday said it was "exploring fleet options" as the flag
carrier sidestepped commenting on reports it is planning to sell off
some of its planes to restructure after recent disasters and losses.
Aviation website Leeham News and Comment reported Thursday that
the airline was looking at selling or leasing out all of its six Airbus A380
planes. Flight Global website, citing industry sources, said the
beleaguered company was looking at customers for some of its Boeing
777-200ERs and Airbus A330-200 freighters.
Malaysia Airlines said it was still working on its business plan but did
not give any details regarding the restructuring reports. "Malaysia
Airlines seeks to clarify the speculation on its fleet. We are currently
still working to finalise the business plan... Exploring fleet options to
enhance viability of long haul sectors is one area being looked into," it
tweeted.
The airline, whose already loss-making operations took a further
beating after the two tragedies involving the still-missing Flight MH370
and Flight MH17 which crashed in Ukraine, was taken over by state
investment fund Khazanah Nasional. Khazanah Nasional already held
around 70 percent of the carrier before it acquired all the remaining
shares and took the company private to deal with its problems. It had
said previously that there were plans to lay off 6,000 employees and
reduce the capacity of its fleet size, and that the airline would emerge
as a new company by July 1.
The airline's new German CEO Christoph Mueller took over the reins
Friday, local media reported. Mueller, who was formerly chief of
Ireland's Aer Lingus, is the first foreigner to head the national carrier.
Analysts have long blamed poor management, government
interference and powerful, reform-resistant employee unions for
preventing the airline taking the steps needed to stay competitive.

http://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/37014-qatarairways-al-maha-subsidiary-takes-delivery-of-a320s

Qatar Airways' Al Maha subsidiary

takes delivery of A320s
Al Maha Airways (Riyadh) took delivery of its
first four A320-200 (sl)s - A7-LAA (cn 6347), A7LAB (cn 6467), A7-LAC (cn 6494) and A7-LAD
(cn 6529) - at a ceremony held in Toulouse
Blagnac on April 23, 2015.
However, owing to persistent delays in the startup's certification with the Saudi General
Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA), the aircraft
will join parent Qatar Airways (QR, Doha Hamad
Int'l) where they will be used in serving key
destinations across the Middle East.
As recently reported by ch-aviation, fellow Saudi
entrant, Saudi Gulf Airlines (Dammam), has also
taken delivery of its first A320-200(sl)s with HZSGA (cn 6455) and HZ-SGB (cn 6474) now in
storage

http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20150502005
027/en/Air%C2%A0China-Expands-Los-AngelesBeijing-Service#.VUXXfPCqDtl

Air China Expands Los Angeles-Beijing

Service
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Air Chinas
executives welcome today the cabin crew of the
inaugural flight of the airlines third nonstop Los
Angeles-Beijing service (CA887/CA888) . The new third
four times weekly (Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and
Sunday) service is operated with the Boeing 777-300ER,
the same aircraft used by Air Chinas double daily
nonstop flights for this popular city pair. The third
additional service brings Air Chinas total weekly
nonstop Los Angeles-Beijing flights to 18 until July 1,
2015 when the third daily service is increased to daily.
Effective July 1st, business and leisure travelers will have
more convenient options with Air Chinas three times
daily nonstop service to Beijing and beyond from Los
Angeles.
A Star Alliance member, Air China is the exclusive
national flag carrier of China. It is the only airline with
nonstop services from Los Angeles, New York and
Houston to Beijing. Air China serves travelers in North
America from seven gateways: Los Angeles, San
Francisco, New York, Houston, Washington Dulles,
Honolulu and Vancouver.
Visit www.airchina.us or call Air Chinas North America
Customer Center at 800-882-8122 for booking, flight
details and promotional fares.

http://www.thecairopost.com/news/148660/news/menta
lly-disturbed-man-wanders-onto-sharm-el-sheikhairport-runway-officials-under-probe

Mentally disturbed man wanders onto Sharm elSheikh Airport runway, officials under probe
CAIRO: Officials in Sharm el-Sheikh International
Airport are under investigation Saturday after a
mentally disturbed man infiltrated the airports runway
and tampered with a plane, Youm7 reported.
Alaa, 29, was walking near the airport and he entered
the grounds through an unattended hole in its wall
amid the absence of security, according to
investigations.
He then walked inside the runway area, tried to drive a
police car, the approached a plane that was sitting,
ascended boarding stairs and tried the door which
was locked.
The man then took a wedge in front of the planes
wheel and placed it inside one of the planes fans.
Monitoring officials in the airport then finally arrested
him.
The probe revealed that Alaa is mentally disturbed; he
was driver who used to live in Simbelawin of Dakahlia
and is now is unemployed in Sharm el-Sheikh.
Five days ago, the Minister of Aviation called for an
investigation into video footage that showed a donkey
being chased by a janitor in the parking lot outside the
international terminal of the Cairo International
Airport.

http://www.wsj.com/articles/american-airlineflight-delays-continue-as-pilot-ipad-app-glitchis-fixed-1430335366

American Airlines Flight Delays Continue as

Pilot iPad App Glitch Is Fixed

By Susan Carey
Pilots at American Airlines Group Inc. are
being told to delete and reload an app that
provides navigational charts on their companyissued Apple Inc. iPads after a software glitch
led to flight delays.