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HELICOPTERS AIRLINES

FIRST SINGLE-ENGINE EFFECTS OF JAPAN-KOREA

HELICOPTER EARNS FAA TRADE FELT

By Dan Parsons By William Dennis
July and is laying plans to suspend three other routes between Au-
gust and October while it evaluates demand on all other routes to

he escalating Japan-South Korea trade and economic row Japan. The airline flies to six other Japanese cities: Tokyo (Narita),

Thas spread to the civil aviati on sector as boycott s by South Nagoya, Osaka (Kansai), Fukuoka, Saga, and Kumamoto.
eonardo’s TH-119 is now cleared by the FAA to fly Korean consumers pick up steam. Eastar Jet will suspend its daily Busan-Sapporo service on Sep-

Lin inclement weather under instrument fl ight rules, Five South Korean carriers, led by flag carrier Korean Air, will cut tember 1. The airline also operates to Fukuoka, Miyazaki, Kagoshi-

the first single-engine helicopter in decades to earn that capacity on certain routes between the two countries in the com- ma, Osaka, Okinawa, Tokyo Narita, and Ibraki Airports.

certification. ing weeks due to falling passenger loads following the crisis. The Air Seoul operates 17 international routes, 11 of which connect

“The TH-119 is the only single engine helicopter to meet other four are Asiana Airlines, and low-cost carriers (LCCs) T’way Japan and are under review. More than 50 percent of its revenue

current IFR requirements, allowing pilots to operate the Air, Air Seoul, and Eastar Jet. comes from the flights to Japan.
aircraft safely in low visibility and challenging weather According to South Korea Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Three other LCCs that operate to Japan are Jin Air, Busan Air,

conditions, thanks to advanced avionics by Genesys Transport (MLIT) official Lee Hong-tae, the airlines have informed and Jeju Air. Those airlines have said they will monitor the market

Aerosystems and redundant helicopter flight systems,” the ministry of the decision to reduce capacity. before making a decision about whether to reduce capacity.

Leonardo said in a prepared statement. Korean Air will suspend its three-times-weekly Busan-Sapporo Lee said MLIT carries no authority to request the airlines to con-

IFR certification allows a pilot to fly the aircraft through flights on September 3 and plans later to cut capacity on other tinue operating infeasible routes as the Ministry does not interfere

bad weather, where visibility is limited, using only onboard avionics eight years of developing the AW119, according to Andrew Gappy, routes between the two countries as a result of the crisis. Asiana in the day-to-day operations of the airlines.

and navigation instruments. It is a core requirement for the US Leonardo's director of US government sales. Airlines will cut capacity on the Fukuoka, Okinawa, and Osaka According to the Japan national tourism organisation, South

navy’s training helicopter replacement programme, also known as Also competing to replace the navy’s fleet of legacy TH-57 Sea routes starting September 1. Koreans accounted for 24.2 percent of travellers to Japan in 2018,

Advanced Helicopter Training System TH-73, formerly known as Ranger training helicopters are the twin-engine Airbus H135 and Meanwhile, T’way Air suspended its daily Muan-Oita service in the second largest group after China. Q

TH-XX. the Bell 407GXi, an evolutionary descendant of the TH-57. The

The new training helo will replace the legacy TH-57 Sea Ranger navy is on an abbreviated timeline to purchase as many as 125

fleet used by all navy, marine corps and coast guard pilot trainees. IFR certified, commercially available aircraft within five years. The BERLIN BRANDENBURG

Though the certification comes a bit later than Leonardo had H135 already is IFR certified. All competitors have had until August AIRPORTS

planned, the TH-119 - a training-specific version of the commercial to achieve certification and deliver documentation to the navy,

AW119 - now meets that requirement. according to the service’s timeline. An award to one company is

The process to certify the TH-119 aircraft alone took seven months, expected in November. ON TRACK

Leonardo officials said. At the time, IFR certification was a month off, The retiring Sea Ranger is a relative of the state-of-the-art
the company said. 407GXi, which Bell says will meet the IFR requirement by the navy’s
TH-119 GENESYS AEROSYSTEMS COCKPIT self-imposed deadline.
“The programme team is confident and working towards the navy’s
The TH-119 features a four-screen all-glass Genesys Aerosystems mid-fourth quarter deadline,” a Bell spokesperson said. Q
cockpit, which is also installed on the twin-engine AW109 Trekker. Article courtesy: www.rotorandwing.com

It is the fourth cockpit evolution the company has been through in
he much-delayed Berlin Branden-
Tburg Airport - on track to open in

TRAINING October 2020 - has begun final technical
tests, a pre-requisite for opening.
Airport operator Flughafen Berlin
VIETNAM TRAINING CENTRE Brandenburg GmbH (FBB) said, “In the last
few months, FBB, together with its service
providers and building contractors have
the training centre by the end of this year. Vietnamese pilots with European standard completed the necessary preparations for

In addition to type rating training, the aviation training solutions”, said Egle Vait- the start of the comprehensive operating

AA Training Vietnam has complet- company is also going to provide wet keviciute, CEO at BAA Training. principle tests for BER Terminal T1.”
Bed constructi on of a new modern and dry lease FFS services to corporate Established in 2018 BAA Training Viet- FBB CEO Engelbert Lütke Daldrup said,

aviation training centre in Ho Chi Minh city. clients and is planning to add Flame nam brings 20 years of experience and “The start of the higher-level operative

The 3000 m² centre is strategically V9000 commander fire fighting training know how in the field. principle tests in July confirms that open-

located 18km from the airport and is also at the end of the year. BAA Training is one of the TOP 3 biggest in- ing BER in October 2020 is on schedule.”

designed to accommodate four full flight “The Vietnamese aviation market has dependent aviation training centres in Europe FBB said in a statement, “Out of a total of

simulators. It also has spacious studying been growing by an average 8% per year and is well-known in the market for its full 12 asset groups required to be tested, 10 have The airport is named after Willy Brandt, former Chancellor

and briefing rooms, a VIP lounge and in- and is expected to continue its growth in scope and flexible aviation training solutions already been certified with positive results of the Federal Republic of Germany. Credit: Günter

house accommodation solution. the upcoming 20 years’ time. Airlines in for private and business clients. It has a global by testing experts and therefore ready for Wicker / Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg GmbH

The training centre will start provid- Vietnam keep announcing fleet expan- network of clients from 96 countries. the WPP. In the last few days, the tests for

ing operations with Airbus A320 pilot sion plans –the national carrier alone In 2016 BAA Training launched cadet asset group 05 or the fire detection and alarm would have been delayed by eight years. in a years-long process. FBB also went through

training as soon as the full flight simu- has recently announced plans to acquire pilot programmes with leading airlines systems have been completed successfully. In The facility was supposed to have been open several top management changes.

lator is completely assembled. The 50 new narrow-body aircraft including in Turkey, Hungary, Iceland, Laos, Latvia, asset group 06 (the emergency power supply/ at the end of 2011, but the inauguration was In the meantime, costs have more than

first Airbus A320 type rating stu- Airbus A320. With the modern training Lithuania and Vietnam and last year, the safety lighting), the processing of defects has delayed several times because of a substantial tripled from a once calculated €2 billion

dent-pilot group started last month facilities and equipment, experience and company launched a MPL training pro- also progressed so far that the start of the redesign to comply with fire protection stan- ((US) $2.2 billion) to €6.5 billion. The official

and the second is scheduled to reach knowledge we are ready to accommodate gramme with Avion Express. Q operating principle tests can now take place.” dards, among others. In addition, large parts groundbreaking ceremony initially took

By the October 2020 opening date, BER of the construction plans had to be recertified place in 2006. Q
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