Short Takes
September 11th 2020
China Southern Airlines (CSA) said this week it planned to list wholly-owned subsidiary, China Southern Airlines Cargo Logistics, on the Shanghai United Assets and Equity Exchange as part of moves to "further deepen reforms, improve capital allocation and operational efficiency, and to build an internationally competitive modern logistics service provider". Read More » The regulatory filing to the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong said the company was considering selling as much as 49.5% of the cargo company to up to 15 strategic investors, with CSA to remain the controlling shareholder.
Flight training company, CAE, said this week it would deliver initial and recurrent training to Cebu Pacific Air’s pilots on a new ATR 72-600 full-flight simulator (FFS). The work expanded the pair's 15-year agreement that covered the Philippine Academy for Aviation Training (PAAT) joint-venture. CAE said the ATR 72-600 FFS, to be located at its Clark training centre, was the company's first of the type in Asia. CAE also trains Cebu pilots flying A320s and A330s at facilities in Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur.
Mandarin Airlines has announced it planned to return the six Embraer E190s in its fleet to lessors in the next three years, local media reported. The Taiwanese carrier, part of the China Airlines group, has flown E190s since June 2007 operating the regional jets on domestic and international routes.
All Nippon Airways (ANA) and aviation products company, JAMCO Group, has said their joint project on a hands-free lavatory door was being tested at one of Japanese carrier's lounges at Tokyo Haneda Airport. "The 'elbow doorknob' began trials in mid-June and includes components that allow people to unlock and open lavatory doors using their elbows. The product is in the development and testing stage and ANA is gathering feedback from customers," ANA said in a statement.
Western Sydney Airport has shortlisted three companies to build the proposed airport's passenger terminal – Lendlease CPB Joint Venture, Multiplex Constructions and Watpac Construction. The winning contractor is due to be announced in mid-2021, with work on the terminal to begin by the end of next year. The proposed airport, located in Sydney's west to be known as Western Sydney International (Nancy-Bird Walton) Airport, is forecast to open in 2026.
Air New Zealand (Air NZ) said this week it would cease flying between Auckland and San Francisco from September 15, 2020. In another schedule change, the carrier said its Auckland-Los Angeles nonstop service would drop to three flights a week from September 21, from daily currently.
