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ANA to cut 30 flights per day for GTF inspections in early 2024
November 01, 2023
Japan's All Nippon Airways will remove around 30 flights per day between 10 January and 30 March to accommodate inspections of the Pratt & Whitney PW1100G-JM engines that power its A320neos and A321neos. The airline states that most of the reduced flight schedules are on high frequency routes where passengers can be reaccommodated, including Tokyo Haneda-Itami and Haneda-Seoul Gimpo, although it will suspend some of its Haneda-Qingdao services. It adds that affiliated carriers StarFlyer and Solaseed Air will operate 134 additional flights on affected domestic routes that will be available as ANA codeshare services. The airline will "continue to monitor the situation and take appropriate measures as necessary", with any further disruption to flights after March to be detailed in January. The airline has identified that all its 11 A320neos and 22 A321neos are subject to the inspections, in accordance with a service bulletin from P&W that is expected to be issued in November. That will require it to remove the engines and send them to an MRO facility for disassembly, an ultrasonic inspection of the high-pressure compressor and high pressure turbine disks, with replacement of any defective parts. Fleets data shows that ANA also has two more A321neos on order.


Embraer delivers 15 commercial jets in third quarter
October 30, 2023
Embraer delivered 15 commercial aircraft in the third quarter of 2023, up by 50% from the year-ago quarter, marking the second consecutive quarter of double-digit delivery growth. This brings the Brazilian airframer's tally of commercial jet deliveries for the year to 39, up from the 27 in the corresponding period in 2022. Embraer's firm order backlog was valued at $17.8 billion at 30 September, and represents the highest level in a single year and an increase by $500 million from the second quarter. Commercial orders accounted for $8.6 billion, up from $8 billion in the second quarter with the sale of 42 aircraft by September. New commitments for the quarter include an order for 19 E175s from US regional carrier SkyWest disclosed on 26 October, with the aircraft to start delivering in the fourth quarter of 2024. They will be operated for United Airlines under a capacity purchase agreement. American Airlines also added a firm order for four more E175s, for its subsidiary Envoy Air, with deliveries to commence in the fourth quarter of 2024. Luxembourg-based Luxair has ordered four E195-E2s, including two purchase options and three purchase rights, Nigeria's Air Peace five E175s, and Spanish carrier Binter six E195-E2s.


​Air France-KLM boosts third-quarter profit
October 30, 2023
Air France-KLM has reported a third-quarter operating profit of €1.34 billion ($1.41 billion), up 32% year on year. Revenue rose 7% to €8.66 billion, driven by "strong" summer demand, says the group. Net income more than doubled to reach €931 million. The operating result was, Air France-KLM adds, supported by increase in capacity, higher passenger load factor and continued high passenger yield which enabled the group to offset inflation and decreasing cargo revenue. Air France's operating profit came in at €806 million, and KLM's at €539 million. The French flag carrier's revenue was up 7% at €5.37 billion, and KLM's 6% at €3.42 billion. Transavia's operating profit increased by €65 million to reach €188 million. The group's maintenance business boosted operating profit by €17 million to €63 million. However, cargo revenue declined 33% to €558 million. Cargo capacity was raised nearly 3%, but traffic increased by only 0.1 of a percentage point. The group carried around 27 million passengers during the third quarter, up nearly 8% year on year. Capacity was lifted 6% and traffic rose 8%. Thus the passenger load factor increased, by 1.3 percentage points to 89.7%. Air France-KLM expects fourth-quarter and full-year capacity to, respectively, exceed and match 95% of 2019 levels. The group ended the third quarter with €6.48 billion in cash and equivalents.


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