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Poland has chosen the Alenia Aermacchi M346 jet trainer to meet its requirement for a new generation lead-in fighter trainer (LIFT).The company will also provide simulators and other training devices and options for a further four aircraft.
The contract is scheduled to be signed in early 2014.
Some 48 M346s aircraft have now been ordered, by the Italian, Singaporean and Israeli governments.
The selection comes less than a year after the Polish
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Emirates from March 30 will replace the current Boeing 777-300ER planes on one of its three daily services into the airport, the airline said in an e-mailed statement.
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Fuerza Aérea Venezolana (Maracay) will take delivery of ten Do228s from Swiss aviation firm, RUAG Aerospace (Lucerne),
following the recent signing of a contract between the Venezuelan
government and the Swiss in Caracas. The contract encompasses the sale
of the aircraft as well as training, spare parts and ground support
equipment. The ten aircraft comprise eight new Dornier 228 New
Generation and two pre-owned Dornier 228-212s. Configured for passenger
transport, the Dornier 228 fleet will connect remote villages with
regional hubs across Venezuela, thereby improving local accessibility.
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Thai Lion Air (SL, Bangkok Don Mueang) will in February take delivery of two B737-800s and not two B737-900(ER)s as previously announced. According to Thai Aviation, the Lion Airlines (JT, Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta) subsidiary is still looking to acquire B737-900(ER)s with plans to operate eight of the type alongside the two B737-800s come year-end 2014. Thai Lion Air launched operations earlier this month with flights between Bangkok Don Mueang and Chiang Mai.
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Gol Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes (G3, São Paulo Congonhas) has postponed plans to launch Gol Dominicana (Santo Domingo Las Américas)
until 2014 pending the issuance of an Air Operators Certificate (AOC)
from the Dominican civil aviation authority ( Instituto Dominicano de
Aviación Civil - IDAC). According to airline representative, Santiago
Mejia, Gol had all the requisite logistics in place for a
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The US Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) has resumed the certification process of Ohana by
Hawaiian, a process that could be complete by as early as January 2014.
The regulator notified Ohana’s owner Hawaiian Airlines and operator Empire Airlines that it could begin the final phase of certification, which includes flight tests and proving runs, earlier in December, says Empire president and chief executive Timothy Komberec.
“We are preparing the airplanes to be ferried to Hawaii in the next few days where we will commence our inter-island proving flights,” he says. Flight tests are expected to take up to two weeks.
Under this timeline, FAA certification of Ohana could be complete in January.
Certification of the regional carrier was delayed by the US federal government’s sequester budget cuts that went into effect in March. This hindered the FAA’s ability to send staff to Hawaii to oversee the flight test programme.
Honolulu-based Hawaiian had previously planned for Ohana to begin service in July or August.
“We’re really pleased that the FAA, in tough budget times, has come up with solution to the problem,” says Komberec.
Hawaiian will decide when Ohana will begin service, he says.
Commercial service will begin within a month of Ohana receiving FAA certification, says Hawaiian. The airline does not have a timeline for completing the certification process, it says.
“We will be ready when they are,” says Komberec.
Ohana will initially operate three 48-seat ATR 42-500 aircraft between Honolulu International airport and both Lana’i and Moloka’i. Future service is planned to West Maui, as well as during off-peak times between Hilo, Kahalui (Maui), Kona and Lihue.
Hawaiian first disclosed plans to launch a regional carrier, which was later named Ohana, in July 2012.
The regulator notified Ohana’s owner Hawaiian Airlines and operator Empire Airlines that it could begin the final phase of certification, which includes flight tests and proving runs, earlier in December, says Empire president and chief executive Timothy Komberec.
“We are preparing the airplanes to be ferried to Hawaii in the next few days where we will commence our inter-island proving flights,” he says. Flight tests are expected to take up to two weeks.
Under this timeline, FAA certification of Ohana could be complete in January.
Certification of the regional carrier was delayed by the US federal government’s sequester budget cuts that went into effect in March. This hindered the FAA’s ability to send staff to Hawaii to oversee the flight test programme.
Honolulu-based Hawaiian had previously planned for Ohana to begin service in July or August.
“We’re really pleased that the FAA, in tough budget times, has come up with solution to the problem,” says Komberec.
Hawaiian will decide when Ohana will begin service, he says.
Commercial service will begin within a month of Ohana receiving FAA certification, says Hawaiian. The airline does not have a timeline for completing the certification process, it says.
“We will be ready when they are,” says Komberec.
Ohana will initially operate three 48-seat ATR 42-500 aircraft between Honolulu International airport and both Lana’i and Moloka’i. Future service is planned to West Maui, as well as during off-peak times between Hilo, Kahalui (Maui), Kona and Lihue.
Hawaiian first disclosed plans to launch a regional carrier, which was later named Ohana, in July 2012.
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