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The FINANCIAL -- Etihad Airways’ direct non-stop flights

between Abu Dhabi and Madrid bring more choice for

travellers as the airline connects Spain to its rapidly

expanding flight network.

Speaking at a media gathering in Madrid to mark the start of the new

capital to capital link, James Hogan, Etihad Airways’ President and

Chief Executive Officer, said the airline’s global network brings major

benefits to Spain and delivers enhanced flight connections to and from

the country.

The event was attended by the UAE Ambassador to the Kingdom of

Spain, Her Excellency Dr Hissa Abdulla Ahmed Al-Otaiba, according to

Etihad Airways.

Mr Hogan said: “Our new Madrid service gives Spanish business and

leisure travellers greater access to the UAE with a total of 2,096

weekly seats on offer. It also provides convenient two-way connections

via our Abu Dhabi hub to important markets on Etihad Airways’ strong

global network.”

The Madrid service is operated four times per week by an Airbus A330-

200 aircraft with a total of 262 seats in a two-class configuration: 22

Business Class and 240 Economy Class.

Air travellers can now fly from Madrid, with one stop in Abu Dhabi and

connect conveniently onto 30 destinations across the Gulf region,

Africa, Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia and Australia, through

Etihad Airways and its partner airlines.

From Madrid, travellers can connect on the network of Etihad Airways’

codeshare partner, Air Europa, to eight cities in Spain including

Barcelona, Bilbao, Gran Canaria, La Coruna, Lanzarote, Palma de

Mallorca, Tenerife and Vigo, and also to Santo Domingo – the capital

of the Dominican Republic.

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Still more Spanish cities open up a result of Etihad Airways’ recently

signed interline agreement with Spanish rail operator, Renfe. The

agreement gives travellers rail transport options beyond Madrid to 28

Spanish cities including Barcelona, Malaga and Valencia. Guests can

also book connections between Barcelona and eight points in Spain.

“The greater choice for travellers is a testament to the depth and

strength of our business model. Our partnership strategy enables us to

work with other airlines to offer more flights, to more destinations with

more connections,” Mr Hogan said.

In addition to providing access for business travellers and

holidaymakers, Mr Hogan said the new service between Abu Dhabi

and Madrid will also drive and support the trade and cultural ties

between the UAE and Spain.

“Currently around 1,000 Spanish companies operate and more than

12,000 Spanish nationals live and work in the UAE and these numbers

are growing. The UAE is Spain’s largest trade partner across the Gulf

region, with trade volumes almost doubling in the last five years – from

EUR 1 billion in 2009 to EUR 1.9 billion in 2014,” said Mr Hogan.

Economic cooperation and investment between the two countries has

also witnessed considerable growth across multiple sectors including

petrochemicals, construction, education, health care, transportation

and tourism, and in the small and medium-sized business sector.

There are also significant Spanish investments in desalination, water

treatment and renewable projects in the UAE.

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Japan's ANA to buy stake in bankrupt Skymark

Airlines

TOKYO: The parent company of Japan's All Nippon Airways

(ANA) said on Wednesday (Apr 22) it was throwing a lifeline to

domestic rival Skymark Airlines by taking a nearly 20 per cent

stake in the bankrupt carrier.

ANA Holdings said it would invest in Skymark along with

private equity fund Integral, which would take a 50.1 per cent

interest in the firm.

The struggling airline's creditors would scoop up the

remaining stake, for a total of ¥18 billion (US$150 million).

Skymark, Japan's third-biggest airline which flies on domestic

routes, filed for bankruptcy protection in late January in the

face of potentially massive penalties linked to a cancelled

US$2.2 billion jet order with Airbus.

"Integral and ANA have agreed to cooperate to enhance the

value of Skymark and do our best to get its shares listed again

within five years," ANA Holdings said in a press release.

The stock was delisted from the Tokyo exchange last month.

ANA will appoint a new president and Integral will pick a new

chairman once Skymark's rehabilitation plan - which it will

present to Tokyo District Court by May 29 - is approved.

Current chairman Takashi Ide and president Masakazu Arimori

are expected to step down around June, local media said.

Skymark's efforts to turn itself around failed as it struggled

against tough competition in the sector, while its woes

deepened after the deal with Airbus collapsed in the summer.

- AFP/ec

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German companies propose capital injection into

NAC KATHMANDU, APR 22 - German-based Lufthansa Consulting and

German Aviation Capital have proposed making a 76 percent capital

injection into Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) to become its

management partner.

During a joint presentation made at the Finance Ministry last Friday, the

two companies which are subsidiaries of the Lufthansa Group, had

proposed overseeing three major departments, namely commercial,

operation and engineering, besides holding the post of chief operating

officer to help the struggling flag carrier enhance its operational

efficiency.

“The capital injection could be in the form of cash, equity or assets,” said

Suresh Acharya, joint secretary at the ministry, adding that the

company’s investment would depend on the negotiations.

Initially, German Aviation Capital had proposed that if NAC signs an

agreement with Lufthansa Consulting, it would help the airline finance

four narrow-body and two wide-body jets.

Following last Friday’s presentation, the ministry asked NAC to submit

its input on whether it needed a foreign management partner or not. The

government has also asked for suggestions from the carrier regarding

the type of policy intervention needed to improve its efficiency.

“The proposed induction of foreign management is based on NAC’s 10-

year business plan submitted to the ministry.” Acharya said that the

Financed Ministry was also positive about the German company’s

proposal as NAC would not be able to survive under the current setting.

Lufthansa Consulting is an international aviation consultant for airlines

and is an independent subsidiary of the Lufthansa Group. Similarly,

German Aviation Capital is an aircraft leasing company based in

Frankfurt.

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(Continue) The two companies had submitted their proposals to the Prime

Minister’s Office last month. The corporation has received two

separate proposals from the German companies. Lufthansa

Consulting has proposed providing services in three phases.

In the first phase, it will conduct a gap analysis to identify the

airline’s shortcomings. The gap analysis period will last a month

and NAC will have to pay a fee of 295,000 euro for the service.

In the second phase, the company will take over NAC’s

management. It will appoint its own people to top management

posts like chief executive officer, chief financial officer and chief

marketing officer.

The second phase will last a year, and it may be terminated if

NAC thinks it is capable of handling things on its own.

However, the contract can be extended for two years. NAC will

have to pay a fee amounting to 2 percent of its annual revenue.

In the third phase, the German company will hand the

management back to NAC.

In July 1970, the then Royal Nepal Airlines Corporation (RNAC)

had invited experts from Air France under a programme to

improve management, and they handled most of the managerial

positions until 1973. In 1972, RNAC acquired its first jet, a

Boeing 727, in cooperation with Air France.

The government has been considering privatising NAC or

bringing in a strategic partner for the last decade. In 2007, it had

initiated a plan to hand over NAC’s management to a foreign

strategic partner so that it could reform and rescue the troubled

carrier. However, the plan fell apart.

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Ethiopian Airlines begins Narita flights

NARITA, CHIBA PREF. – Ethiopian Airlines’ first flight to Japan

arrived at Narita International Airport on Wednesday evening,

marking the first Africa-Japan regular flight for 1½ years.

Direct flights between Africa and Japan came to a halt when

EgyptAir withdrew from the route connecting Cairo and Kansai

International Airport in October 2013 due to domestic political

turmoil.

Ethiopian Airlines, which operates the largest service network in

Africa, plans three regular flights per week on the Addis Ababa-

Narita route using Boeing 787 aircraft.

For Narita airport, it was the first direct flight from Africa since

July 2013, when EgyptAir ended flights from Cairo.

The airport will cut its landing fee for the Ethiopian carrier by 100

percent, applying for the first time a discount campaign that

started this month, in order to promote new flights to Japan’s

main international airport.

The launch of the Ethiopia-Japan route was decided by the

governments of the two countries in December 2013.

In Africa, Ethiopian Airlines currently operates flights between

Addis Ababa and 49 cities. Using transfers at the Ethiopian

capital to those cities will improve convenience for passengers

traveling between Africa and Japan, who previously had to

transit mainly in Europe, airline officials said.

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Turkish Airlines grows in Lufthansa’s backyard;

Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden to become 14th German

destination from Atatürk in June

Turkish Airlines has long had a significant presence in the

German market, partly as a result of the large number of

inhabitants of Turkish origin. Ten years ago the Star Alliance

carrier was already serving nine German cities from its main hub

in Istanbul. Between 2005 and 2011 (six years) the number of

flights between Germany and Istanbul increased by 50% with

the addition of no new services. However, between 2011 and

2015 (four years) the number of annual flights has increased by

60% and four new destinations have been added; Bremen in

April 2012, Leipzig in May 2012, Friedrichshafen in May 2013

and, most recently, Münster/Osnabrück in June 2014.

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While Turkish Airlines is rightly proud of the fact that it flies to

more countries than any other airline in the world, flying to as

many as 13 destinations in a single, foreign country is also fairly

unusual. How thrilled fellow Star Alliance member Lufthansa is

about this is unknown. The two airlines are involved in a joint

venture, SunExpress, a leisure airline based in Antalya, which

also focusses on the Germany-Turkey market. Since 2011, there

is also a Frankfurt-based subsidiary, SunExpress Germany,

which operates flights from various German airports to leisure

destinations across Europe and North Africa including Bulgaria,

Croatia, Egypt, Greece and Spain as well as Turkey. This carrier

will be the operator of Eurowings’ planned long-haul operations

from Cologne Bonn Airport starting this winter.

Majority of connecting passengers are staying within

Turkey

anna.aero was curious to analyse which of Turkish Airlines’

many onward destinations from Istanbul were the most popular

in 2014 with passengers on the German routes to Istanbul’s

Atatürk. Maybe unsurprisingly given the airline’s extensive

domestic network, and the high number of Turkish diaspora

living in Germany, the vast majority of the most popular routes

were to other destinations in Turkey. For the purposes of this

analysis, Münster/Osnabrück was omitted as there was less

than a full year of data available.

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erman airport

WF in Aug 14

#1 destination

#2 destination

#3 destination

#4 destination

#5 destination

Frankfurt (FRA)

33 Ankara Adana Antalya Kabul Izmir

Berlin (TXL) 28 Ankara Antalya Tehran Beirut Izmir

Düsseldorf (DUS)

28 Ankara Kayseri Izmir Antalya Adana

Hamburg (HAM)

28 Antalya Izmir Ankara Kabul Tel Aviv

Munich (MUC)

28 Antalya Ankara Izmir Kayseri Adana

Stuttgart (STR)

26 Ankara Antalya Kayseri Izmir Trabzon

Cologne Bonn (CGN)

21 Ankara Izmir Antalya Tehran Kabul

Nuremberg (NUE)

18 Izmir Antalya Ankara Adana Shanghai

Hannover (HAJ)

17 Izmir Antalya Ankara Diyarbakir Tehran

Bremen (BRE)

7 Antalya Izmir Ankara Beirut Adana

Leipzig (LEJ) 7 Antalya Izmir Bodrum Dalaman Ankara

Friedrichshafen (FDH)

5 Antalya Izmir Kayseri Ankara Trabzon

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Ankara, Antalya and Izmir are by far the most popular onward

destinations. The only non-Turkish destinations to make the top

five from any German airport are Beirut, Kabul, Tehran, Tel Aviv

and most curiously, Shanghai (from Nuremberg). Of these only

Tehran (from Berlin) made the top three. However, the #1 final

destination for all German routes was, not surprisingly, Istanbul

itself.

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On all of the 12 routes that have been operating throughout all

of 2014, the proportion of passengers on the route that were

travelling point-to-point between the German airport and

Istanbul Atatürk was between 35% (Leipzig) and 50%

(Friedrichshafen).

Where next for Turkish Airlines?

Looking at the ranking of Germany’s airports in 2014, the

biggest (by annual passenger numbers) that do not have

connections to Istanbul with Turkish Airlines at present are;

Berlin Schönefeld, Frankfurt Hahn, Dortmund, Weeze, Dresden,

Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden, Paderborn/Lippstadt and Memmingen,

all of which were busier airports in 2014 than Friedrichshafen. If

we exclude Berlin Schönefeld and Frankfurt Hahn as alternative

airports to cities already served, that suggests that Dortmund

should be the most likely next destination in Germany. However,

it will in fact be Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden (less than 100

kilometres from Stuttgart) which Turkish Airlines will start serving

with four weekly flights from the end of June.

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Turkish Airlines starts seventh US route to San

Francisco

Turkish Airlines, has added another spoke to its

burgeoning Istanbul Atatürk (IST) hub, with the start of

services to San Francisco (SFO). Commenced on 13

April, the 10,792-kilometre sector, joins existing US

services to Boston, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, New

York and Washington as well as additional Americas

services to Montreal and Toronto in Canada, Buenos

Aires in Argentina and Sao Paulo in Brazil. The five times

weekly service is flown by the Star Alliance carrier’s 349-

seat 777-300s, and it is currently the only airline to offer

this particular city pair.

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Jet Airways to sell Boeing 777 and Airbus A330

planes Report

Jet Airways, India’s premier international airline, is

reportedly planning to sell all its wide-body Boeing 777

and Airbus A330 planes to raise cash and retire a portion

of its Rs 12,000-crore debt. The company had a fleet of

117 planes, a mix of turboprop, narrow-body and wide-

body planes. It flies the Boeing 777s and Airbus A330s to

London, Paris, Brussels, Newark, Toronto and Hong

Kong.

At present, the company does not fly all its wide-body

planes. It only uses five Boeing 777s and seven A330

aircraft and has leased the remaining 10 aircraft to Etihad

Airways and Turkish Airlines.

Meanwhile, the company is seeking shareholders’

approval next month to raise up to $400 million through

issue of securities on private placement basis. The airline

is planning to issue secured and/or unsecured, listed

and/or unlisted non-convertible debentures and/or

subordinated debt instruments and/or other debt

securities or bonds. The proposed amount would be

within the company's overall borrowing limit.

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Airplane missing after leaving Creswell

The Civil Air Patrol searches from the air for the plane

that was heading for Vancouver, Wash.

The Oregon Civil Air Patrol will expand its search this morning

for a light single-­engine aircraft that was reported missing after

departing from Creswell’s Hobby Field airport on Tuesday

evening.

A pilot with no passengers was flying a Piper PA-28 Cherokee,

Federal Aviation Administration regional spokesman Allen

Kenitzer said Wednesday.

The Piper was reported missing sometime after taking off from

Hobby Field about 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, bound for Pearson Field

Airport in Vancouver, Wash., Kenitzer said. The pilot did not file

a flight plan, Kenitzer told The (Vancouver) Columbian.

The pilot was not immediately identified.

A Lane County Sheriff’s Office official confirmed Wednesday

night that a missing person report was being compiled on the

pilot, but said the pilot’s name wouldn’t be released until the

report is completed, probably sometime today.

Three aircraft and 15 people were involved in Wednesday’s

search, which was requested by the Air Force Rescue

Coordination Center.

Today’s search will be expanded with additional aircraft and

flight crews, Lt. Col. Thomas Traver said. The search will be

launched from the patrol’s incident command center at Aurora

State Airport north of Woodburn, he said.

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Minneapolis St Paul Airport pax stable, cargo down

14% in Mar-2015. Handles 8.3m pax in 1Q

.

Minneapolis St Paul International Airport passenger

numbers stable - traffic highlights:

Mar-2015:

Passenger numbers: 3.2 million, +0.1% year-on-

year;

Cargo volume: 16,365 tonnes, -13.8%;

Freight: 14,725, -7.6%;

Mail: 1640, -46.1%;

Aircraft movements: 35,193, -4.1%;

1Q2015:

Passenger numbers: 8.3 million, +1.4%;

Cargo volume: 48,198, -5.0%;

Aircraft movements: 96,167, -4.1%.

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World's biggest aviation market in 2030 will be China:

IATA

China is expected to overtake the United States to

become the world's biggest aviation market in passenger

turnover by 2030, said Tony Tyler, CEO of International

Air Transport Association (IATA), on Wednesday.

China's aviation industry has grown in quality as well as

quantity in the past 25 years, Tyler said.

"The impressive achievements [China has made] to date

give us confidence that even more improvements are

possible," he said.

By 2034, about one fifth of the world's passengers are

expected to come from China, go to China or transfer via

China, he said, citing improved infrastructure such as the

new Beijing international airport.

The Chinese aviation industry can improve its services in

areas such as reducing flight delays, streamlining new

route applications and introducing more effective air

controls, Tyler said.

http://www.wantchinatimes.com

China must boost airspace capacity: IATA

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has called on

China to continue strengthening safety and to optimize its

airspace capacity further to reduce flight delays.

“It is clear that China is fully dedicated to supporting its overall

development with a strong air transport industry. The efforts of

the CAAC to implement the State Safety Plan, upgrade

systems, open new routes, develop new airports, reduce delays

and much more are greatly appreciated by airlines.”

“By 2034, China will be the world’s largest passenger market,

with one in five passengers travelling to, from or within China.

Adopting global best practices to improve safety and optimize

airspace capacity will support the successful development of

Chinese aviation,” said Tony Tyler, IATA’s director general and

CEO.

Improving Safety

“China has an exemplary safety record. There have been no jet

hull losses in Mainland China since August 2010. The combined

efforts of the Chinese aviation industry, including government,

airlines, airports, air traffic control, and many others have built a

first class safety record for China,” said Tyler, speaking at the

Beijing International Forum on Civil Aviation Safety..

Tyler also highlighted two opportunities to enhance China’s

safety regime with (1) audits for airlines not qualified for IOSA

and (2) greater attention to the shipping of lithium batteries:

In Greater China, there are 25 airlines on the IATA Operational

Safety Audit (IOSA) registry. IATA just launched the IATA

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Standard Safety Assessment (ISSA) which caters to operators

that are not eligible for an IOSA audit, either because they

operate aircraft below the maximum take-off weight of 5,700 kg,

or operate a business model that does not conform to IOSA

standards, such as private charters. “I encourage the Chinese

industry to take advantage of this opportunity to introduce global

standards to those airlines not covered by ISOA,” said Tyler.

Tyler also expressed concern on the safe carriage of lithium

batteries. “China is a major production center for lithium

batteries. Ensuring the safe carriage of this cargo is a major

concern for the Chinese air transport industry. Because of the

complex supply chains involved, it is crucial that all stakeholders

are aligned,” said Tyler. To support the growth of awareness and

knowledge-sharing on this issue in China, IATA has released the

new Lithium Battery Shipping Guidelines in Chinese. This

document is designed to guide shippers and manufacturers step

by step through the shipping process.

Optimizing China’s Airspace

Nearly 70,000 flights operate to, from or within Mainland China

every week, about 10% of the global total. “China should be

congratulated for managing such a large number of flights. It is a

major accomplishment, especially given the complex mix of civil

and military concerns involved as well as the phenomenal rate

of growth. While there is no question that these flights are being

handled with safety as a top priority, flight delays are still a major

issue for airlines and their passengers,” said Tyler.

Tyler highlighted five priority areas where further improvements

in airspace capacity can be pursued.

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Use existing airspace more efficiently by allowing international

flights to use domestic air routes. The ideal situation would be to

eliminate distinctions between international and domestic

operations, or at least to have all current domestic routes open

for international operations.

Reduce restrictions on entry/exit points and simplify procedures

for re-routing requests. This will allow airlines to make the best

use of meteorological conditions, such as wind, to fly more

efficiently.

Introduce air traffic flow management. This will improve

predictability for flights.

Maximize the full potential of civil-military cooperation through

flexible use of airspace by civil aircraft when it is not being used

by the military. More advance notice and alternative routings

when military exercises require route closures will also help

airlines manage the situation more effectively for their

passengers.

Maximize the potential to be gained in interoperability from the

investments made to introduce performance based navigation

(PBN) in China. The potential for PBN to allow for route-

restructuring and more direct routes has not yet materialized.

“Much progress has been made to improve the efficiency of

China’s air traffic management. I appreciate the tremendous

challenge just to keep pace with annual growth of 8% or greater.

The impressive achievements to date give us confidence that

even more improvements are possible,” said Tyler.

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