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Special Focus: Middle East
The Magazineof Global AirlineManagement www.atwonline.com November 2007
A Penton Publication
INSIDE
Jetstar
PowerJet
Fight for NY
Air Transport World
MRO
Market
Report
Added thrust
through innovative
technologies!
Quieter and thriftier – that’s what
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the PW6000 for the Airbus A318 narrowbody
Special Focus: Middle East The Magazineof Global
Added thrust through innovative technologies! Qui
TRENDS WORLD AIRLINE TRAFFIC
HOW TO LIVE LONGER. Snecma Services keeps
SPECIAL FOCUS: MIDDLE EAST AVIATION Contents NOV
Are you? the world is here
EDITORIAL A New Low T o the US
GENUINE CFM
International Perspectives. Our airport know-how
NewsBriefs FINANCIAL RESULTS, NEW DEALS, AND REP
NewsBriefs the best economy and per- formance fo
The Rolls-Royce Trent 900. Chosen by over 70% of
NewsBriefs that would specify how long they woul
©2007 Samsung Electronics America, Inc. Samsung a
NewsBriefs customer wait times. Alaska first int
A pooling of expertise in civil and military air
NewsBriefs 2 million in 2008 due to the opening
The route to the world leads via Vienna – gateway
NewsBriefs tional flight planning and crew plann
NewsBriefs to the EU for safety reasons, accordi
value IT Airline IT
OEM Capability. MRO Flexibility. ™ For t
RegionalNews ATR offers new variants European t
COMING EVENTS Nov. 4-6 SpeedNews 12th Annual Regi
PEOPLE Airbus appointed ierry Baril executive
AIRPORTS Big, Bigger, Biggest BY CATHY BUYCK
Airports in the Middle East are leading the indus
Arabia, meanwhile, reportedly intends to build fi
Table 4 Evolution of airport traffic betwee
www.koreanair.com From departure to arrival, the
Table 6 Persian Gulf airports rely on their home
Snecma: the Art of Innovation in Motion PEMA2b
DOH 12. This compares to an average for the Middl
Born to be free – Aircraft, maintained by Lufthan
PROFILE Oman Air Finally Fulfills National Carrie
along with A330s, bringing the fleet total to 10
the airline. But it needs to act quickly to fill
AIRSHOW Big10 10th running of Dubai Airshow c
Aerospace Industries Association
We are passionate about engine maintenance. At SR
CMARTOEGORY BALANCING ACT Rising demand for MRO s
More engine maintenance is being performed on sit
have taken the lead in this regard, while in Euro
Someone’s using AAR. Passengers don’t care that t
ONE new engine fits an entire family of regional
gear and hydraulics MRO to Mexico from its locati
we’ve taken the view in the short term in Europe
The frantic phone call said it was AOG.
CPARTOEFGILOERY Jetting to the Top BY GEOFFREY
FACT FILE JETSTAR SELECTED TRAFFIC DATA (Year end
SINGAPORE EXPORT Jetstar ec
the traditional tourism marketing of the iconic S
CAOTMEPGEOTRITYION THEY NY 60 ATW | NOV
American, Continental, JetBlue and Delta vie for
The spotlight has shone on those airports ove
We’ve got it all figured out Airline Financia
JFK AIRLINE SHARE BY WEEKLY SEAT DEPARTURE Only t
SERVICED BY ACTS SINCE 1937 We’ve known few airc
Diane Bondareff for American Airlines
Continental’s Newark hub is a critical part of it
industry numbers show about two-thirds of their p
global approach
ENGINES PowerJet Seeks Global Approval BY AARO
Snecma/Patrick Ledrut engine] that you will deve
FACT FILE SuperJet Performance Low Rating High Ra
What goes up
“A BATTERY SYSTEM THAT CAN SAVE THE INDUSTRY $1
AVIONICS & SYSTEMS Q ANTAS
350 &5%,3! SUPERIOR FUEL SAVING
%2 6).'3 ANY OTHER REGIONAL JET
Aircraft Based Augmentation System uses onboard r
well synchronised: You’re looking for a hub ai
Misleading Information Analysis,” a set of criter
Together, we bring you more aircraft availabilit
Get more out of your business trip. Benefit from
Non-US Airline Traffic—2007
THE BEST SUPPORT HAS BROAD BRANCHES AND DEEP ROOT
Sabre Airline Solutions, the Sabre Airline Soluti
‘‘ LIFE IS FULL OF SURPRISES, I’M NOT.’’
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What it takes to fly. Kids are fascinated with f
US Fuel Cost And Consumption July 2007 Operation
The most prestigious awards program in the indust
ATW’s 2008 2008 Clas
Talent, entrepreneurship, excellence, expe- rienc
CLASSIFIED HANGAR CAREER & CLASSIFIED Air
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