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2011 FEBRUARY No. 2 (24)

AVIA SOLUTIONS GROUP AMONG

THE BEST IN RUSSIA

Board Chairman of Av ia Solutions Group Gediminas

Ziemelis was elected “Person of the Year” in the f ield

of aircraf t maintenance. Additionally , Av ia Solutions

Group was awarded f or the perf ormance of the group-

owned maintenance and repair company FL Technics.

The titles were assigned by an inf luential Russian

av iation website Av iaport.ru and “Vzlet” magazine,

which rated major Russian av iation ev ents and best

av iation businesses of 2010.

Russian av iation experts highlighted FL Technics f or

aiding the adoption of Western ty pe aircraf t in the

f leets of Russian and CIS airlines.

“Although Av ia Solutions Group is not the largest

company by Russian standards, the serv ices

prov ided by its companies hav e a direct ef f ect on

the dev elopment of av iation industry . Av ia Solutions

Group contributes to a more rapid dev elopment of the

aircraf t f leet, training of required staf f and proper

maintenance of Western ty pes aircraf t”, states

Av iaport.ru.

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FL Technics services first Airbus A320aircraft

First Airbus A320 arriv ed f or serv icing at FL Technics hangars in Vilnius. The

aircraf t is owned by Latv ian charter f light serv ices prov ider SmartLy nx.

Less than a month ago Airbus A320 aircraf t f amily was added to the EASA Part-

145 certif icate of FL Technics, expanding the company ’s capability list to prov ide

line and base maintenance as well as other repair and maintenance serv ices. The

certif ication was carried out by Civ ilian Av iation Administration of Lithuania.

“We expected to serv ice the f irst Airbus A320 aircraf t in the 2nd quarter of 2011,

howev er it arriv ed ev en earlier. This shows the high demand f or repair and

maintenance serv ices f or Airbus A320 f amily aircraf t in the region. With more than

20 y ears experience and a prov en quality record, we hope to become a MRO of

choice f or Airbus A320 aircraf t owners in EU and CIS countries” – said CEO FL

Technics Jonas Butautis.

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Alitalia and Meridiana Fly consider a possiblemerger

Meridiana Fly (IG) announced that it and Alitalia (AZ) are considering a possible

merger, but more details were not rev ealed. According to one Italian newspaper,

“AZ would be interested in buy ing Meridiana to prev ent Luf thansa f rom stepping in”.

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Small Planet Airlines will co-operatewith Polish travel leader Triada

European leisure carrier Small Planet Airlines (SPA) has signed an agreement with

one of Polish trav el leader Triada f or summer 2011 charter f light programme.

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Airbus will increase A330

production to 10 per month

in 2013

Airbus announced that it is

going to increase the Airbus

A330 production rate to 10 per

month in the 2nd quarter of

2013, f rom 7.5-8 produced

currently . In 2012 the rate is

planned to be raised to nine per

month.

According to executiv e VP-

Programs Tom Williams,

"strong market demand f or the

aircraf t" caused a decision to

the increase the rate and added

that "In the long-range, mid-size

category , the A330 is the right

aircraf t f or airlines."

New terminal in Baku Airport

will be built in 2013

International company Arup

rev ealed a project to build a

new terminal at Hey dar Aliy ev

International Airport, located

near Baku, capital of

Azerbaijan. It is planned that

the new terminal will serv e

three million passengers a

y ear. Area of the terminal

should occupy 53,000 m2.

According to the project, the

Boeing presented 747-8Intercontinental

Boeing introduced 747-8 Intercontinental f or audience of 10,000 employ ees,

gov ernment of f icials, customers, partners and suppliers.

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Pratt’s PW1000G engine completed initial groundtests

Pratt & Whitney announced it “successf ully completed initial ground testing” on its

f irst PW1000G series engine. The engine, which went through nearly 200 hr. of

tests at the manuf acturer’s West Palm Beach f acility , is the PW1524G f or the

Bombardier CSeries aircraf t.

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35 people killed by terrorist in Moscow DomodedovoAirport

35 people were killed and dozens injured during a blast, which happened at Moscow

Domodedov o Airport (DME) on January 24. Russian President Dmitry Medv edev

and other world leaders conf irmed that it was a terror attack, perf ormed by a 20-

y ear-old suicide bomber f rom the northern Caucasus.

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Anna.aero: traffic of commercial airports grew inmost of European countries

Anna.aero made an analy sis on European airport traf f ic change 2010 comparing to

2009. The analy sis showed that passenger number grew in 30 f rom 36 countries,

while last y ear only f our of 33 countries reported growth.

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EC does additional infringement proceedings overSiberian overflight rights

The European Commission (EC) continues its ef f ort to make the bilateral air

serv ice agreements (ASA) between indiv idual member states and Russia

compatible with EC policies and f inish the practice of EU airlines to pay Aerof lot

f or Siberian ov erf light rights.

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Airlines worldwide

Small Planet Airlines will base three B737-300 in Italy

IATA predicts 3.3 billion air trav elers worldwide in 2014

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Aircraft market and industry

Boeing delay ed Dreamliner’s f irst deliv ery f or the 7th time

Jim Albaugh admits 787 outsourcing f ailed

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Airports in EU and CIS

It is of f ered to merge three major Moscow’s airports

Manchester Airport will hav e new control tower

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Various news

Baltic Av iation Academy : Visual Sy stem Upgrade f or B737 Full Flight

Simulator

terminal should be a place

conduciv e to relaxation,

recreation, and stress relief f or

the v isitors of the airport. This

will be achiev ed using

proportional elements, naturally

lit spaces. The terminal will

of f er shopping areas, as well

as recreation rooms.

Construction of the terminal will

begin in 2011 and is scheduled

to f inish in 2013.

The project was created taking

into account the f act that Baku

is situated in a seismic zone.

Theref ore, the terminal will

hav e all necessary f eatures to

protect it f rom possible

earthquake.

Baltic Ground Services got

aviation fuel supply license

in Poland

Lithuanian company Baltic

Ground Serv ices (BGS) was

granted an av iation f uel supply

licence f or Poland. The licence

was granted by Energy

Regulatory Of f ice (URE) of

Poland. “This certif ication

approv es our compliance with

operational, saf ety and

env ironmental requirements to

supply av iation f uel in Poland” -

noted CEO of BGS Saulius

Batav icius. The licence is v alid

until the end of y ear 2030.

EC initiates inf ringement proceedings due to ASA’s with Russia

EC warned Poland on air traf f ic rights

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