Trans World Alliance Weekly

Hello to all this our first edition of Trans World Alliance Weekly(TWAW).Here I shall be posting news of the aviation world and also Aircraft Updates and more.

News
LAN Could Complete TAM Takeover This Year
Chilean airline LAN's takeover of Brazil's TAM could be complete by the end of this year, chief operating officer Ignacio Cueto said on Tuesday. LAN is waiting for the green light from Chile's anti-trust tribunal and regulators in Brazil to seal a multi-billion dollar deal with TAM to create one of the world's biggest airlines. Asked when he expected the deal to go through, Cueto said: "At the end of this year or the beginning of 2012".

Cueto's brother Enrique, LAN's CEO, said in June that he expected the company's takeover of TAM to be finalised by March 2012. The antitrust unit of Brazil's finance ministry last week recommended the approval of LAN's plan to buy rival TAM, saying the deal will not harm competition in the country's civil aviation market. Decisions by two other anti-trust authorities are still pending.

European Airline Buys 4 Bombardier Q400s

An unidentified European airline has signed a firm order to buy four Q400 NextGen turboprop planes made by Bombardier, the Canadian-based plane maker said on Tuesday. The firm order is valued at about USD$126 million, based on list prices for the fuel-efficient, short-haul aircraft, which competes in the 70- to 80-seat market. The transaction, which also includes options on a further four Q400 NextGen aircraft, increases the number of firm orders for Q400 and Q400 NextGen aircraft to 412, Bombardier said in a statement. Separately, the president of Pluna, Uruguay's flag carrier, said it may buy more jets from Bombardier next year. The airline already flies Bombardier-made CRJ900 NextGen aircraft.

Qantas To Launch Two New Asia Airlines

Australia's Qantas Airways unveiled plans on Tuesday to set up two new Asia-focused airlines and launch a USD$9 billion-plus fleet upgrade, part of a do-or-die makeover that also gives a major boost to plane maker Airbus. Qantas, which has been reviewing its offshore operations to cut costs and unprofitable routes, said up to 1,000 jobs could be lost as it launches a new, premium Asian airline and a Japanese budget carrier, the latter jointly with Japan Airlines and Mitsubishi. These new airlines will fly Airbus A320 jets, cementing their reputation as plane of choice on regional networks over rival Boeing. Qantas plans to acquire up to 110 of them, worth more than USD$9.4 billion at list prices. As Qantas rebases its loss-making international operations in Asia, it also plans to give up some of its long-haul routes and retire older planes as well as cut jobs. "To do nothing, or tinker around the edges, would only guarantee the end of Qantas International in our home Australian market," the airline's chief executive, Alan Joyce, told a news conference. He said the international operation's cost base was around 20 percent higher than its major rivals. "That would be a tragedy," Joyce added as Qantas shares rose 4 percent on the news. He did not say when the new premium airline would be launched, but said it could be based in Kuala Lumpur or Singapore and would not be majority owned by Qantas.

Aircraft Profiles

This weeks aircraft 787

The 210-330-seat Boeing 787 is aimed at a potential replacement market for the Boeing 767, Airbus A300-600 and A330-200/-300, estimated at more than 3,500 medium-range airliners. Three versions of the 787 have been approved: The 210-250-passenger 787-8, with a range of 15,700km, 787-9, carrying up to 290 passengers up to 16,300km and the 330-seat, 6,500km range 787-3. Powered by two 55,000lb 70,000lb thrust engines from General Electric and Rolls-Royce. GE is developing the new GEnX, Rolls-Royce the Trent 1000. Boeing claims a 20 per cent fuel burn advantage for the 787 over the 767 and an increased cruising speed of Mach 0.85. A range of new technologies are being incorporated into the Boeing 787. At least half of its primary structure will be built from composite materials, more than any other airliner.

History The 787 programme came out of the 7E7 study for a conventional aircraft to replace the original Sonic Cruiser programme after Boeing decided it was over-ambitious. Board approval for the Boeing 787 came in late 2003 with full launch and a record order for 50 aircraft from All Nippon Airways. Since then 58 airlines have ordered 896 Boeing 787s, making it the most successful aircraft launch in Boeings history.

Fun Section
Finally the fun section I was getting bored writing the news so here we go

Name That Airport Pm me sameeltufail or

leander the answer

me Sameeltufail or Leander the answer

Jokes of the week

A new teacher was trying to make use of her psychology courses. She started her class by saying that everyone who thinks you are stupid stand up! After a few seconds Jonny stood up. The teacher said do you think you are stupid.jonny replied no ma`am,but I hate to see you standing there all by yourself

By till next week Sameeltufail Head editor Leander GM