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CIVIL NEWS AZUR air Starts Operations

German start-up AZUR air began ying from Düsseldorf to Palma, Spain in early July after receiving its Air Operator Certi cate (AOC) on June
30. Other proposed destinations include Greece, Egypt, Turkey and the Dominican Republic. Azur Air Germany currently has two Boeings 767-
300ERs, D-AZUB and D-AZUC, and operates from Düsseldorf and Berlin-Schönefeld. Javier Rodríguez

Drones to Require Compulsory Registration

Drones weighing little more than half intent is to make it easier to track drones Airport in just three weeks during 2016.
a standard tin of baked beans must own in an allegedly risky manner or that After Gatwick Airport brie y closed its
be registered by operators, following have infringed protected airspace runway and diverted four ights on July
safety calls from the British Airline Pilots BALPA has previously warned of a 1, when a drone penetrated its airspace,
Association (BALPA). catastrophe unless drones are subject to BALPA called for mandatory registration of
New government rules – involving tougher regulations. The number of reported drones. This view was supported by a report
drones of eight ounces (226 grams) or near misses has increased dramatically over published by the Department of Transport
more – were announced on July 22. the last year as the popularity of drones has on July 22, which showed readily available
Full details of how the registration plan grown, and three aircraft narrowly missed drones can penetrate an aircraft windscreen
will work have yet to be issued, but the being in collision with drones near Heathrow or shatter a helicopter rotor. David Smith.

LOT Goes The Joshua Tree

Long-haul and JetMagic

from Budapest

The Polish Airline LOT intends to launch
long-haul services from Budapest. The
year-round links – four times a week to
New York and twice-weekly to Chicago
– are due to introduced next May and
will be the rst direct services from the
Hungarian capital to the US since 2011.
They will be operated by a Boeing 787 JetMagic’s Boeing 757-23A, 9H-AVM (c/n 24527), is supporting Irish rock band U2 on the
European legs of The Joshua Tree tour. It has been given special markings to promote the tour,
Dreamliner will be permanently based at which celebrates the 30th anniversary of their 1987 album of the same name. This is not the
Budapest/Ferenc Liszt. rst time 9H-AVM has been linked with a rock band, having previously carried US rockers Guns
N’ Roses during their European tour. Paul Doyle

Airbus Secures Major Chinese Order

Airbus has signed a General Terms Xi Jinping and German Chancellor Angela competitive product portfolio.”
Agreement (GTA) with the state-owned Merkel. The in-service Airbus eet in China
China Aviation Supplies Holding “This is a great endorsement for our numbered 1,440 aircraft at the end of
Company (CAS) for 140 aircraft. The deal leading products in both single-aisle and May, with A320 Family jets accounting for
comprises 100 A320 Family jets and 40 widebody segments,” said Enders. “China 1,230 of those. The European aerospace
A350 XWBs. is today one of the world’s most important giant has a nal assembly line for the
Tom Enders (Airbus CEO) and Sun Bo markets for aviation, and we are honoured A320 Family in Tianjin and is also opening
(EVP of CAS) signed the GTA in Berlin in to support the development and rapid an A330 cabin completions centre in the
the presence of visiting Chinese President growth of the nation’s civil aviation with our northern Chinese city.

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