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Cover Photo: F-HPJI, an Air France Airbus A380-861, is seen arriving into Los Angeles in November 2015. Air France announced that it will retire its fleet of 10 A380 aircraft by 2022. Air France took delivery of its A380 fleet from 2009-2014.

Cabo Verde Airlines (V6VF) will

begin 3x weekly service from Ilha

do Sal (SID) to Washington Dulles

(IAD) on December 8. This route

will be operated by Boeing 757-200 equipment. 1

Frontier Airlines (F3LA) will add

nine new domestic routes from

November and December, with

most flying from Miami (MIA) and

Phoenix (PHX). Click here to review.

Azerbaijan Airlines (7ZJF) has re-

opened reservations on its 2x

weekly Baku (GYD) to New York

Kennedy (JFK) service from

October 5. This route will be operated by Boeing

787-8 equipment and temporarily suspend service

from January 28, 2020 through March 1, 2020. 2

Qantas (QLMF) will begin two U.S.

routes from Brisbane (BNE) next

year: 3x weekly flights to San

Francisco (SFO) will start on

February 9, 2020 while 4x weekly flights to Chicago

O’Hare (ORD) will start on April 20, 2020. Both

routes will be flown by Boeing 787-9 equipment. 3

Brussels Airlines (15BF) will

operate 4x weekly service from

Brussels (BRU) to Washington

Dulles from February 20, 2020

through March 7, 2020. This route had been

suspended for the entire winter season, but returns

earlier than planned now. Flights are operated by

Airbus A330-200 equipment. 4

Delta Air Lines (DALA) will begin

daily service from New York

Kennedy to Bogota (BOG) on

December 21. This route will be

flown by Boeing 757 equipment. 5

Look for an official announcement soon, but the

Aviation Update can share that Delta will start

service from Seoul Incheon (ICN) to Manila (MNL) in

March 2020. On the next page we will detail several

changes to Delta’s U.S. – Tokyo operations that are

coming up.

Swiss International Air Lines (UCSF)

will begin daily service from Zurich

(ZUR) to Washington Dulles on

March 29, 2020. This route will be

flown by 236-seat Airbus A330-300 equipment. 6

AeroMexico (ASMF) will end its 3x

weekly service from Mexico City

(MEX) to Shanghai (PVG), via

Tijuana (TIJ) on December 13. This

route is currently flown by Boeing 787-8 equipment. 7

Bahamasair (BHLF) will operate

two round trip charters from

Nassau (NAS) to Newark, New

Jersey (EWR) in late October and

two from Nassau to Milwaukee (MKE) in late

November. All flights will be operated by Boeing 737

equipment. 8

LOT Polish Airlines (LOPF) will

suspend service on two U.S. routes

from October 27 through March

28, 2020: 2x weekly service from

Budapest (BUD) to Chicago O’Hare (ORD) and

weekly service from Rzeszow, Poland (RZE) to

Newark, New Jersey. Both routes have been

operated by Boeing 787-8 equipment. 9

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Hong Kong Airlines (5HKF) will end

its 3x weekly service from Hong

Kong (HKG) to San Francisco on

October 4. This route is presently

served by Airbus A350-900 equipment. 10

Norwegian Air Shuttle (6NWF)

and Norwegian Air UK (9NRF)

have converted 10 U.S. routes

from year-round to summer

seasonal service. Click here to review. Also, please

note that all routes from Copenhagen (CPH) as well

as the London Gatwick (LGW) to Chicago O’Hare and

Rome (FCO) to Los Angeles sectors are currently not

scheduled yet for operation next summer. 11

Southwest Airlines (SWAA) will

end all operations at Newark,

New Jersey on November 3,

choosing to consolidate its New

York City area flights at LaGuardia (LGA). 12

American Airlines (AALA) will end

service to Bolivia on November 28,

with the last of the carrier’s 3x

weekly flights from Miami to Santa

Cruz (VVI) operating on that date. This route has

been flown by Boeing 757-200 equipment. 13

SkyWest Airlines (SWIA) will end their daily United

Express branded service from Chicago O’Hare to

Leon, Mexico (BJX) on September 2. This route is

currently operated by Embraer E175 equipment. 14

Delta Air Lines will end service fron Tokyo Narita

(NRT) to Singapore (SIN) as of September 22, and

perhaps as early as September 1. Flights from Tokyo

Narita to Manila will end by March 2020. Indeed,

Delta will close its long time Narita station (inherited

during the merger with Northwest Airlines) and

move their U.S. – Tokyo operations to Tokyo

Haneda (HND) with the start of the Summer 2020

schedule on March 29, 2020. 15

Air Canada Express will end daily service from

Toronto Pearson (YYZ) to Omaha (OMA) on October

4. This route has been operated by Air Canada Jazz

(NZAF) Canadair CRJ-200/ER equipment. 16

TSA found 90 guns in carry-on

bags for the week ending July 21. 17 TSA has now found 2,370 guns

in carry-on bags for the year so

far. Click here to see an airport by

airport count of guns found in 2019 – the only such

list that is maintained anywhere on the internet.

A former baggage handler at Portland, Oregon

(PDX) received a six-month bid in federal prison

after he was convicted of stealing six firearms from

checked bags.

125 kilograms of rhinoceros horns were found

hidden in plaster at Hanoi (HAN) on July 28, after

smugglers attempted to bring it into Vietnam where

one kilogram of rhinoceros horn can be worth up to

$60,000. On the same day, Vietnamese authorities

arrested three men after seven frozen tiger

carcasses were found in their vehicle. 18

Three men have been arrested by Brazilian police,

including an airport cargo supervisor, after 718

kilograms of gold were stolen from Rio de Janeiro

(GIG) on July 25. The cargo employee originally told

police that he and his family and been kidnapped

and forced to cooperate; police now believe he was

involved in the theft. The gold, worth $30 million,

has yet to be recovered. 19 Video of the heist, via a

surveillance camera at the cargo warehouse, is now

available. The thieves used cloned Brazilian Federal

Police vehicles during the job. Avid readers of this

publication, both of you, will recall that cloned

AeroMexico (ASMF) vehicles were used in an April 3

robbery at Leon (BJC) which netted $2.4 million for

the pilferers; this was detailed in Aviation Update

167.

A Delta Air Lines pilot was arrested at Minneapolis

(MSP) on August 30 after he was found to have

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alcohol on him and was suspected of being drunk.

No formal charges have yet been filed pending the

results of a toxicology test. 20

Air France (CNFF) flew 4.785 million

passengers in June and achieved an

89.4 percent system-wide load

factor.

Air France announced a firm order for 60 Airbus

A220-300 aircraft, with options for a total of 60

further frames. The A220-300 will replace Air

France’s 18 A318 and 33 A319 aircraft. Delivery

dates or terms of the purchase were not disclosed.21

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (KRDF)

flew 3.130 million passengers in

June, a 4.7 percent year-on-year

(yoy) increase. System-wide load

factor for the month was 91.7 percent.

KLM has placed an order for 15 Embraer E195-E2

aircraft, with options for 20 further frames, in a deal

worth $2.48 billion at list prices. These aircraft will

be used for the KLM Cityhoppeer regional

operation. The E2 generation of Embraer E195s will

use 30 percent less fuel than the first generation.

Deliveries will begin in 2021. 22

Holland’s Transavia flew 1.743

million June passengers, a nine

percent yoy increase, as the

carrier reached a 93.6 percent

load factor. 23

United Airlines (CALA) has

partnered with CLEAR to offer

free or reduced price

membership for its Mileage Plus

members. If you are wondering what CLEAR is, we

have a blurb later that discusses it. 24

United has instructed its ticketing agents to inform

corporate security if and when they come across

passengers who are using “hidden-city ticketing.” 25

Aviation Update 152 reported that United was

having its lawyers send threatening letters to

passengers who had used the “hidden-city” trick to

save money. You may be forgiven if you are

wondering how a handful of passengers using this

age-old trick are hurting a company that earned

$1.1 billion in net income in the second quarter of

the year. (Hidden-city ticketing is when you wish to

fly from City A to City B, but the ticket is too pricey.

You then find a cheaper ticket from City A to City C,

with a connection in City B, where you get off the

plane and skip the flight to City C.)

Flightradar24 tracked over 230,000 commercial

airlines flights on July 25, the busiest day ever

recorded by the air traffic tracking site.

Emirates (ZCQF) began the world’s

shortest Airbus A380 route last

month, with the Dubai (DXB) based

carrier operating the 211 mile

rotation 2x daily to Muscat, Oman (MCT). The flight

typically lasts about 45-minutes; up to 519

passengers can fly on the double-decker. 26

The top 10 airlines in the world by ancillary

revenue earned $35.2 billion in 2018, with

baggage fees, ticket changes, WiFi and so on

adding up to real money. So, which airlines made

bank?

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Calgary (YYC) 1,561,606 27

Charlotte (CLT) 4,316,058 28

Cincinnati (CVG) 889,365 29

Cleveland (CLE) 481,395 30

Dallas Love (DAL) 1,441,070 31

Doha (DOH) 3,152,384 32

Durango, Colorado (DRO) 37,743 33

Edmonton (YEG) 634,704

Grand Rapids (GRR) 309,439 34

Houston Hobby (HOU) 1,302,760 35

Houston Intercontinental (IAH) 4,083,684 Las Vegas (LAS) 4,450,279 36

London Heathrow (LHR) 7,246,404 37

Los Angeles (LAX) 8,035,567 38

Medford, Oregon (MFR) 107,241 39

Montreal Trudeau (YUL) 1,836,408

Nashville (BNA) 1,676,386 40

Oakland (OAK) 1,221,824 41

Ontario, Calif. (ONT) 477,681 42

Orlando (MCO) 4,357,560 43

Ottawa (YOW) 434,921

Phoenix (PHX) 3,830,012 44

Portland, Maine (PWM) 209,164 45

Richmond (RIC) 383,535 46

Roanoke, Virginia (ROA) 62,321 47

San Antonio (SAT) 943,469 48

Seattle (SEA) 4,906,521 49

Sonoma County, Calif. (STS) 45,822 50

Sydney (SYD) 3.4 million 51

Tallahassee (TLH) 72,424 52

Terrace, British Columbia (YXT) 24,154

Tokyo Narita (NRT) 3,615,315 53

Vancouver (YVR) 2,386,750

Winnipeg (YWG) 390,414

Four senior Biman Bangladesh

Airlines managers are being

investigated for bribery and

irregularities in the carrier’s pilot

recruitment program. 54

El Al (EILF) will retire its final

Boeing 747-400s by the end of

October, drawing the carrier’s 48-

year history of 747 operations to

a close. 55

Virgin Atlantic Airways (VAWF) will

retire its final six Airbus A340-600

aircraft by the end of the year;

these frames are being replaced by

new Airbus A350-1000 aircraft. 56

Mainline U.S. carriers have equipped 85 percent of

their fleets with mandatory Automatic Dependent

Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) Out equipment,

while regional carriers have fitted 78 percent of

their aircraft. All aircraft in the U.S. must have ADS-

B installed by January 1, 2010. ADS-B allows air

traffic control to see the position of aircraft in real-

time with greater accuracy than radar. 57

British Airways (BRAF) took delivery

on July 30 of its maiden Airbus

A350-1000 (G-XWBA), the first of

18 that are on order. 58

Hawaiian Airlines (HALA) has flown

5.777 million passengers in the first

half of 2019, up 2.2 percent over the

first six months of 2018. System-

wide load factor was 86.1 percent. Hawaiian has

used 133,906 gallons of jet fuel, paying an average

of $2.07 for each gallon so far this year. 59

Airbus’ commercial aircraft order book stands at

7,276 aircraft as of the end of June. 60 Boeing

reported a commercial aircraft backlog of over

5,500 aircraft worth $390 billion as of June 30. 61

Finally, Embraer announced that it delivered 26

commercial aircraft during the second quarter of

2019. The Brazilian manufacturer has a backlog of

363 commercial aircraft worth $16.9 billion. 62

177 flights have been canceled at London Heathrow

tomorrow and Tuesday as around 2,500 engineers,

firefighters and security staff will strke. Employees

are seeking higher pay. 63

Airlines flew 4.4 billion passengers in 2018

according to the International Air Transport

Association (IATA), with 989 million passengers

flying in North America. All told, there are around

22,000 city pairs worldwide for flights. 64

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The Lufthansa Group lost $132

million in the first six months of

2019, with the blame going to

higher fuel costs and increased

competition. 65

Japan Airlines (JACF) earned a $110

million profit for the quarter ending

June 30. 66

The American Airlines Group earned a net profit of

$662 million in the second quarter of 2019.

American flew a total of 55.464 million passengers

(40 million mainline and 15.457 million regional) in

the quarter. Also of note, American paid $334

million in aircraft leases for the quarter, and another

$487 million on fuel. System-wide load factor for

both mainline and regional flights for the quarter

was 86.6 percent. Mainline flights had an average

stage length of 1,219 miles. Finally, American

currently has 24 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft that are

grounded.67

Air Canada (ARNF) earned $261.24

million in net income for the

second quarter. 12.837 million

passengers flew during the

quarter, with the carrier hitting an 84.1 percent

system-wide load factor. Air Canada’s 400 aircraft

flew an average of 10.7 hours per day, with each

flight averaging 1,749 miles. 68

Allegiant (WX0A) earned $70.5

million in net income in the second

quarter of 2019. The Las Vegas

carrier also reproted that

cancelations due to maintenance issues were down

87.6 percent versus the second quarter of 2018. 69

The Alaska Air Group, which

operates Alaska Airlines (ASAA)

and Horizon Air (QXEA), earned a

$262 profit in the second quarter

of the year. Mainline flights accounted for 9.206

million passengers and an 86.7 percent load factor

during the quarter. Horizon Air added another 2.82

million passengers during the period. During the

quarter Alaska fininshed repainting its fleet of

Airbus aircraft taken on during the merger with

Virgin America. 70

Alaska Airlines Airbus A320, formerly with Virgin America.

Delta Air Lines stopped handling cargo at Houston

Hobby (HOU) in June.

Charlotte (CLT) saw 15,653 tons of June cargo, a

10.1 percent yoy decline. London Heathrow (LHR)

moved 130,858 tons of cargo in June. The 174,392

tons of June cargo at Frankfurt (FRA) represented a

4.7 percent yoy drop. 71

What’s the difference between CLEAR and TSA

Pre-Check? First of all, these are two separate

and non-competing programs… in fact, they are

rather complimentary of each other. CLEAR

members have their fingerprints or iris’ scanned

to verify their identity and then jump into an

alternate screening lane, or, if the passenger has

TSA Pre-Check, to the front of the Pre-Check

lane, for screening. Pre-Check allows passengers

to keep their shoes on, laptops in the bag and

such when they are screened, while CLEAR lets

those passengers essentially jump to the front of

the line at the checkpoint. So if you are

comfortable sharing your biometric details with

a private company and paying $179 a year to skip

any lines for screening at 24 airports, CLEAR may

be for you.

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The previous issue of the Aviation

Update mentioned that U.S. Air

Force, Navy, or Marine Corps

officers could earn astronaut

wings after completing a flight at

264,000 feet. It was pointed out that we forgot to

mention the Army’s astronauts as well – of which

there have been 17.

Ohio was the last state in the U.S. to still use steel

license plates, holding out until 2015 when the state

shifted, like all others, to aluminum, which does not

rust. 36 states require both front and rear license

plates.

D-AKNF, an Airbus A319-112 with

Germanwings, was withdrawn

from use (wfu) and ferried on July

22 to Caude, Spain (TEV) for part-

out and scrap. Sister ship D-AKNI was flown to

Caude on August 3 for the same fate.

VP-BDK, an Airbus A320-214 with

Aeroflot (SOVF), was wfu and

ferried on July 22 to Mineralnyye

Vody, Russia (MRV) where it was

prepared to be returned to its lessor in the near

future.

VP-BWD, an Airbus A320-214 with Aeroflot, was wfu

and ferried on July 25 to Ostravia, Czech Republic

(OSR) where it was prepared to be returned to its

lessor in the near future.

LN-RKP, an Airbus A340-313 with

Scandinavian (SCSF), was wfu and

ferried on July 23 to Lourdes,

France (LDE) for part-out and

scrap.

4X-ELF, a Boeing 747-412/F/SCD with El Al Cargo,

was wfu and ferried on July 24 to Maranza, Arizona

(MZJ) where it was returned to its lessor.

CS-TOI, an Airbus A330-223 with

TAP Air Portugal (TAPF), was wfu

and ferried on July 30 to

Enschedde, Netherlands (ENS)

for part-out and scrap.

N915DL, a McDonnell Douglas MD-88 with Delta,

was wfu and ferried on July 29 to San Bernardino,

California (SBD) for part-out and scrap.

N915DL at Washington National, February 2012.

N981DL, a McDonnell Douglas MD-88 with Delta,

was wfu and ferried on August 3 to Marana for part-

out and scrap.

DQ-FJG, a Boeing 737-8X2 with

Fiji Airways (APFF), was wfu

and ferried on August 1 to

Orlando Sanford (SFB) for part-

out and scrap.

C-FIWS, a Boeing 737-76N with

WestJet (WJ0F), was wfu and

ferried on July 31 to Goodyear,

Arizona (GYR) where it will be

made ready to join the United fleet.

C-FIWS at Los Angeles, November 2015.

9V-STR, an Airbus A330-343 with

Singapore Airlines (SBOF) was

wfu and ferried on July 26 to

Paya Lebar, Singapore (QPG)

where it was prepared for its return to the lessor.

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