Aviation News - June 2016

Frankfurt Airport has opened a new

observation area near the northwest

runway. The nearly 10ft-high (3m) platform

is 82ft (25m) long

and is free to use.

A shelter to provide

protection from

bad weather has

also been built and

there are benches.

Free parking is available within walking

distance. The facility cost €150,000 to

construct.

Photographers

make use of the

new observation

area overlooking

Frankfurt’s

northwest runway.

Frankfurt Airport

CIVIL ORDERS

Airline Aircraft Number Order PlacedNotes

Air Baltic Bombardier CS300 7 April 12 Converted from options

Air Côte D’Ivoire Airbus A320neo 2 April 28

Air Côte D’Ivoire Airbus A320ceo 2 April 28

China Eastern Airlines Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner 15 April 28

China Eastern Airlines Airbus A350-900 20 April 29

Chrous Aviation Bombardier CRJ900 5 April 26 Plus options on a further fi ve. Aircraft to be

operated for Air Canada Express

CSA Airbus A320neo 7 March 29 Converted from A320ceo

Delta Air Lines Bombardier CS100 75 April 28 Includes options for a further 50. Deliveries

to start in spring 2018.

Delta Air Lines Airbus A321ceo 37 April 29

Emirates Airbus A380 2 March 31

FedEx Express Boeing 777F 2 April

Garuda Indonesia Airbus A330neo 14 April 19

Horizon Air Embraer 175 30 April 12

Philippine Airlines Airbus A350-900 6 April 29 Includes options for another six.

Private Customer Airbus A319neo 1 March 8

Private Customer Airbus ACJ319neo 1 April 11 Delivery planned for the second quarter

of 2019

Trident Jet Bombardier CRJ900 4 April 25 Converted from options. Previously an

unannounced customer. Aircraft to be

operated by CityJet.

Unidentifi ed Customer Boeing 747-8F 4 March 31

Unidentifi ed Customer Boeing 737 12 April 

Unidentifi ed Customer Boeing 737-800 10 March 30

Unidentifi ed Customer Boeing 737 MAX 2 March 31

Xiamen Airlines Boeing 737-800 10 April 26

A surprise exhibit at the SUN ‘n FUN

International Fly-In & Expo, held at

Lakeland, Florida from April 5 to 10, was

the PJ-II Dreamer from Russia’s Sky World.

The company, based at Zaplavnoe air eld

near Volgograd,  ew the prototype Dreamer

(registered RA-2152G) on March 15 last year

and shipped it to Florida for a  ying display

at SUN ‘n FUN. The all-composite aircraft

has tandem seating for two and is modelled

on the MiG-29 jet  ghter. It is powered by a

388hp Chevrolet Corvette LS6 V8 car engine

which drives two ducted fans buried in the

rear fuselage, giving the aircraft a top speed

of 189kts and a climb rate of 2,500fpm (14m/

sec). It has a range of 550 miles (1,200km)

and is offered as a kit-build aircraft. Rod

Simpson

New Spotting Spot at Frankfurt Chinese Links

Announced

Gatwick and Birmingham have both announced

new links to China from this summer.

Tianjin Airlines will  y to Gatwick from

Tianjin, via Chongqing in southwest China,

from June 25. The twice-weekly, year-round

service will be operated by a 260-seat Airbus

A330 and is the carrier’s  rst long-haul route

outside of Asia.

Beijing Capital Airlines has con rmed

plans to link Birmingham with Beijing and

Hangzhou near Shanghai.

The seasonal charters, operated by an

Airbus A330-200, begin on July 19. The

services follow a similar series in 2014 and

2015  own by China Southern Airlines and

Hainan Airlines respectively.

CIVIL NEWS

8 Aviation News incorporating Classic Aircraft June 2016

TBM

Daher unveiled the TBM930 on April 5, a new

single-engined turboprop business aircraft to

supplement its very successful TBM900.

To date, the company has sold 145

TBM900s and delivered 110 – with total

production of all TBM models now in excess

of 770 units. While similar in performance and

external appearance to the TBM900, the new

model gives the pilot the much enhanced utility

of the Garmin 3000 touchscreen glass cockpit

and brings advanced features including angle

of attack sensors to give audible stall warning,

landing gear alerts and engine overspeed

prompts. These systems help to keep the

aircraft in a stable  ight condition when  ight

parameters are exceeded. There is also an

emergency descent mode in the autopilot that

automatically puts the aircraft into descent to

a safe altitude of 15,000ft in the event of cabin

depressurisation. Rod Simpson

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Sky World’s PJ-II Dreamer RA-2152G displayed at SUN ’n FUN in early April. Rod Simpson

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