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AVIATION UPDATE
VOLUME 127 SEPTEMBER 28, 2017 FORT WORTH, TEXAS
NEW & PROPOSED ROUTES be operated by Airbus A330-300 equipment. Eurowings
will take over operation on both of these routes in the
Avianca Brasil plans to operate daily summer of 2018. 6
service from Sao Paulo (GRU) to New
York Kennedy (JFK) beginning on SEASONAL ROUTES
December 15. This route will be
Delta will add daily seasonal service from Atlanta (ATL)
operated by Airbus A330-200 equipment, although
to Lisbon (LIS) between May 24, 2018 and September 4,
reservations are not available yet. 1
2018. This flight will be operated by Boeing 767-332/ER
Icelandair (ILRF) will begin 4x equipment.
weekly service from Reykjavik (KEF)
to Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) on May CHARTER FLIGHTS
30, 2018. This route will be
operated by Boeing 757-200 equipment. 2 Cathay Dragon will operate a one-
off rotation from Hong Kong (HKG)
Volaris (Z5XF) will begin Friday service to Guam on November 19, with
from Puerto Vallarta (PVR) to Los return service operating on
Angeles (LAX) on November 17. This November 23. This charter will be operated by Airbus
route will be operated by Airbus A319 A320 equipment. 7
equipment. 3
Scandinavian (SCSF) will operate
HK Express has delayed its planned two round-trip rotations from
new 3x weekly service from Nagoya Stockholm Arlanda (ARN) to Austin
(NGO) to Guam (GUM) that was (AUS) on March 8 and 12, 2018.
scheduled to start on October 31. These two flights will be operated by Airbus A330-300
No new commencement date has been given. 4 aircraft and support the South by Southwest festival. 8
Delta Air Lines (DALA) has announced
several new trans-Atlantic flights that
DROPPED ROUTES
will begin in the spring and summer of
Delta will end service from Tokyo Narita (NRT) to Guam
2018. 3x weekly service from Los
on January 8. This route is currently served daily by
Angeles to Paris De Gaulle (CDG) will start on June 16,
Boeing 757-200 equipment. 9
2018, while 4x weekly service from Los Angeles to
Amsterdam (AMS) will start on June 17, 2018. Both of Korean Air (KALF) will end service
these routes will be operated by Boeing 777-232/LR from Seoul Incheon (INC) to Houston
equipment. 5x weekly service from New York Kennedy Intercontinental (IAH) on October 10.
to Ponta Delgada, Portugal (PDL) will start on May 24, This route is currently served 3x
2018. This route will be flown by Boeing 757 weekly by Boeing 777-200/ER equipment. 10
equipment. 5
AVIATION SECURITY
Lufthansa (DLAF) will begin 5x
weekly service from Berlin Tegel TSA discovered 70 firearms in carry-on bags for the
(TXL) to New York Kennedy and 3x
week ending September 10, 11 and 84 for the week
weekly service from Dusseldorf
ending September 17. 12 TSA has found 2,663 guns in
(DUS) to Miami (MIA) on November 8. Both routes will
AVIATION UPDATE | VOL. 127 SEPTEMBER 28, 2017
carry-on bags in 2017 so far. Click here to see how (HNL) flight getting the honors. The flight will be
many guns have been found at each airport this year. numbered UA747. 16
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released Taking a quick look at a few Southern California
report GAO-17-194, which covers TSA and “Actions airports: Ontario, California (ONT) welcomed 387,351
Needed to Systematically Evaluate Cost and passengers in August, an 8.2% year-on-year increase. 17
Effectiveness Across Security Countermeasures.” Santa Ana (SNA) flew 934,515 passengers last month, a
.2% year-on-year dip, 18 while Burbank (BUR) hosted
Recent reports indicate that in FY 2015, TSA’s Secure 400,225 passengers in July, a 17.5% jump over July
Flight system vetted over 816 million passenger 2016. 19
records. Of these, TSA identified 15,383 (0.002 percent
of passenger records vetted) as confirmed matches to Irish discounter Ryanair estimates it
watch lists. Specifically, in fiscal year 2015, TSA will lose $29.9 million after crew-
identified 9,639 passengers as expanded selectees, related cancellations will cause the
5,019 passengers on the Selectee List, and 725 cancellation of two percent of its
passengers on the No Fly List. 13 flights schedule from mid-September to the end of
October. 20
A fake bomb hidden in a cell-phone case was found by
alert screeners at India’s Mangalore Airport (IXE) on In somewhat of a surprise to certain
September 19. The passenger, a 26-year old male, was parties, Volaris Costa Rica was
traveling to Dubai (DXB), and remains in custody. 14 granted a Foreign Air Carrier Permit
(FACP) by the Department of
Transportation (DOT) on September 21, paving the way
for the carrier to begin U.S. flights. 21 Volaris Costa Rica
is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Volaris (Z5XF), a
Mexican carrier.
Norwegian Air UK Limited was
granted a Foreign Air Carrier
Permit by the DOT on September
21. Norwegian Air UK will join
Norwegian Air International, an Irish carrier, in
operating U.S. flights. 22
Turkish Airlines (TQKF) intends to buy
40 Boeing 787-9 frames in a deal that
would be worth nearly $11 billion at
list prices. 23
Dubai enjoyed a 6.6% year-on-year increase in
AVIATION INDUSTRY NEWS passenger traffic in August, with 8.23 million passengers
flying through the airport. 24
GAO released a separate report looking at Airline Fees
for Optional Services. This report discusses ancillary Qatar Airways (QYCF) has ordered
fees and charges that are offered by airlines. two Boeing 747-8 Freighters and
four 777-300/ER frames in a deal
JetBlue (YENA) realized an 87.1% system-wide load
worth $2.16 billion at list prices. 25
factor in August. 15
While operating a flight from Damazeem (RSS) to
Sadly, United Airlines (CALA) will
Khartoum (KRT) on September 24, a Badr Airlines
operate its final Boeing 747 revenue
(Sudan) Boeing 737 suffered a bird strike which
flight on November 7, with a one-
way San Francisco (SFO) to Honolulu
2
AVIATION UPDATE | VOL. 127 SEPTEMBER 28, 2017
obliterated the aircraft’s radome. The flight continued Southwest Airlines (SWAA)
on and landed safely; no word on the size of the bird. 26 expects to lose $100 million in
revenue after recent hurricanes
forced the cancellation of nearly
5,000 flights in the past few
weeks. 30
WestJet (WJ0F) announced that its
upcoming ultra-low-cost subsidiary
will be named Swoop. Based in
Calgary (YYC), flights are expected
to begin using ten high-density Boeing 737-800s next
year. 31
In case you missed it, United Express operates a 3x
weekly flight from Santa Rosa (STS) to San Francisco
that is the shortest flight in the U.S. The flight currently
takes about 16 minutes. 27
MISHAPS
A PSA Airlines Canadair CRJ-200/ER (N261PS) collided
with a tug on the ramp at Charlotte (CLT) on September
13. All 31 passengers and three crew were unharmed
The U.S. government will impose tariffs of 220% on
while the driver of the tug was injured. The flight had
Bombardier C Series aircraft, ruling that the Canadian
arrived from Charlestown, West Virginia and was flying
manufacturer benefitted from unfair government
under the American Eagle banner. 32
subsidies to sell the new aircraft at low prices. Boeing,
which brought the complaint, alleges that Bombardier DID YOU KNOW?
sold Delta 75 CS100s frames for millions of dollars less
than the cost of production; Delta noted that Boeing There is enough water in Lake Superior to cover the
does not even offer a competing product – a 100-seat entire land mass of North and South America to a depth
aircraft. In response, Canadian Prime Minister Justin of one foot.
Trudeau has threatened to end discussions with Boeing
for the purchase 18 Super Hornet jet fighters, stating AIRCRAFT RETIREMENTS
that Canada “won’t do business with a company” that is
suing them. Bombardier and the Canadian government N713AS, a Boeing 737-490 with
can appeal the ruling to dispute resolution panels Alaska Airlines (ASAA), was
created under NAFTA or the World Trade Organization. withdrawn from use (wfu) and
28
ferried on September 8 to
Victorville, California (VCV) for storage. This frame had
Delta will offer passengers free mobile text messaging
52,954 hours and 30,423 hours as of March 17.
from October 1, with Apple iMessage, WhatsApp, and
Facebook Messenger being included in the program. 29
3AVIATION UPDATE | VOL. 127 SEPTEMBER 28, 2017
The Aviation Update is compiled
by Greg Gayden from open source
material gathered across the
internet. The Aviation Update
features news regarding
international operations to/from the United States and
the commercial aviation industry in general. To
N713AS departing Los Angeles, November 2015. subscribe, simply send a request. The Update is
published multiple times each month as news warrants.
LN-RCU, a Boeing 737-683 with Scandinavian, was wfu
and ferried on September 14 to DGX for part-out and Unless otherwise noted, IATA codes used for airports &
scrap. FAA designator codes for airlines.
N650SW, a Boeing 737-3H4 with Southwest, was wfu
and ferried on September 15 to Victorville for storage. The Third Edition of Commercial
Aviation 101, a 245 page book which
N633SW, a Boeing 737-3H4 with Southwest, was wfu explores current security programs
and ferried on September 18 to Victorville for storage. and the basics of the aviation
industry, is now available on Apple
This frame had 66,363 hours and 51,934 cycles as of
iBooks, and may be downloaded for
July 7. Amazon Kindle as well as in ePub and
PDF formats.
B-18207, a Boeing 747-409 with
China Airlines (SAJF), was wfu and
ferried on September 18 to Victorville
for storage. SOURCES
N925DL, a McDonnell Douglas MD-88 with Delta, was
wfu and ferried on September 15 to Blytheville, 1
http://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/27479
Arkansas (BYH) for storage. This frame had 74,860 3/avianca-brasil-files-preliminary-new-york-schedule-from-
hours and 56,786 cycles as of June 24. dec-2017/
2
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/dallas-fort-
A6-EHL, an Airbus A340-642 with worth-international-airport-welcomes-icelandair-service-
connecting-customers-year-round-to-iceland-
Etihad Airways (YY6F), was wfu and
300519204.html
ferried on September 21 to Caude, 3
http://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/27478
Spain (TEV) for storage. 8/volaris-plans-puerto-vallarta-los-angeles-nov-2017-launch/
4
http://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/27484
N768UA, a Boeing 777-222 with United, was wfu and 5/hk-express-postpones-nagoya-guam-w17-launch/
5
ferried on September 23 to Victorville for storage. This http://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/27493
3/delta-s18-european-service-changes-as-of-23sep17/
1995 built frame, the 11th 777 produced, had 88,207 6
http://newsroom.lufthansagroup.com/english/press-
hours and 15,815 cycles as of September 4. releases/all/lufthansa-group-airlines-strengthens-its-long-
haul-services-in-berlin-and-north-rhine-
N116UA, a Boeing 747-422 with United, was wfu and westphalia/s/bb16e25f-c343-4790-8370-0a50f2dc5550
7
ferried on September 25 to Victorville for storage. This http://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/27485
5/cathay-dragon-files-one-time-guam-charter-in-nov-2017/
frame had 73,030 hours and 8,164 cycles as of June 19. 8
http://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/27498
0/sas-plans-stockholm-austin-limited-time-service-in-march-
2018/
9
http://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/27482
7/delta-closes-tokyo-narita-guam-bookings-from-jan-2018/
10
http://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/27482
3/korean-air-ends-houston-service-in-oct-2017/
11
https://www.tsa.gov/blog/2017/09/13/tsa-week-review-
N116UA at Los Angeles, February 2007.
september-4th-%E2%80%93-10th-%E2%80%93-70-firearms-
prototype-projectiles-and-more
12
https://www.tsa.gov/blog/2017/09/20/tsa-week-review-
september-11th-17th-84-firearms-discovered-69-loaded
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http://www.gao.gov/assets/690/687059.pdf Page 35-36.
14
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4900138/Mobile-
phone-bomb-Mangalore-Aiport.html
15
http://www.frequentbusinesstraveler.com/2017/09/jetblue
-reports-load-factor-for-august-drops/
16
http://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/27483
7/united-schedules-final-747-flight-in-nov-2017/
17
http://www.highlandnews.net/business/ontario-airport-
posts-august-statistics/article_8efe23fc-9e4d-11e7-9c1a-
d733f2a2fddb.html
18
http://www.oc-breeze.com/2017/09/25/109314_john-
wayne-airport-posts-august-2017-statistics/
19
http://www.latimes.com/socal/burbank-leader/news/tn-
blr-me-july-statistics-20170920-story.html
20
http://atwonline.com/airlines/ryanair-take-30-million-hit-
flight-cancellations
21
http://www.airlineinfo.com/ostpdf100/212.pdf
22
http://www.airlineinfo.com/ostpdf100/231.pdf
23
http://atwonline.com/airframes/turkish-airlines-buy-40-
boeing-787-9s
24
https://theeagleonline.com.ng/dubai-airport-records-
sharp-rise-in-passenger-traffic/
25
http://boeing.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=20295&item=1
30022
26
http://newsinflight.com/2017/09/25/bird-strike-badr-
airlines-boeing-737/
27
http://www.sfgate.com/travel/article/United-Sonoma-
County-Airport-SFO-Santa-Rosa-flight-10963394.php
28
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-
security/us-slaps-220-percent-duty-on-canadas-bombardier-
jets/2017/09/26/f233336a-a328-11e7-b573-
8ec86cdfe1ed_story.html?utm_term=.4997a2b53480
29
http://news.delta.com/delta-offer-free-mobile-messaging-
flight-providing-more-customers-access-free-messaging-any-
other
30
http://atwonline.com/airline-financials/southwest-expects-
100-million-hit-hurricanes
31
http://www.routesonline.com/news/29/breaking-
news/275002/westjet-unveils-canadian-ultra-low-cost-
airline-name/
32
http://www.wsaz.com/content/news/Plane-that-took-off-
from-Yeager-Airport-collides-with-vehicle-on-Charlotte-
airport-runway-444280763.html
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