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TUESDAY 10 May 2023
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HAINAN AIRLINES RETURN TO PARIS-CHARLES DE GAULLE
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Qing Zhao (DCLM), Stéphanie Zhang (DCLM) and Salima Meziant-Khadir (CDG9) were present for the first Hainan Airlines flight into Terminal 1, along with the crew. Credit: DR.
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After more than three years of hiatus due to the Covid-19 crisis, Hainan Airlines resumed its service at Paris-Charles de Gaulle on 28 April. Based in Terminal 1, the Chinese airline operates two flight legs per week to Shenzhen with a Boeing 787, configured as a two-class aircraft. It is the fourth Chinese airline to operate commercial flights out of Paris-Charles de Gaulle along with Air China, China Southern Airlines and China Eastern Airlines. This resumption of flights by Hainan Airlines, a company rated 5 stars by Skytrax, contributes to the strengthening of connectivity between France and China and of economic relations between the two countries. Located in the south, near Canton, Shenzhen is one of the largest cities in the Middle Kingdom.
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WALT-R, A FIRST FOR A FRENCH AIRPORT
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The technology tested by the start-up company Walt-R at Paris-Charles de Gaulle aims to reduce the time spent using auxiliary power units (APUs) on the aircraft stand and the airside carbon footprint as much as possible. Credit: Michel André and Sébastien Aubry for Groupe ADP.
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As part of the "APU OFF" project led by the Operations Division, an experiment conducted with the start-up Walt-R has just been completed airside at Paris-Charles de Gaulle. This experiment, the first of its kind at a French airport, aimed to assess the use of APUs (auxiliary power units producing energy on board aircraft), which emit CO2. The project is being carried out in collaboration with the management of Paris-Charles de Gaulle, the ECP Laboratory, the Sustainable Development and Public Affairs Division and the Innovation Department. Thermal cameras were installed on five aircraft stands in Hall L for almost three months. “By measuring the impact of pollution generated by APUs, this technology makes it possible to objectively assess the environmental performance at the aircraft stand. We can analyse compliance or non-compliance with good practices, in line with our 2025 Pioneers environmental roadmap,” explain Eric Coupaye and Emmanuel Caillet (DGOT).
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THE QUALITY OF THE LABORATORY IS ONCE AGAIN RECOGNISED
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The Operations Quality Department is responsible for ensuring customer satisfaction through the safety and quality of the facilities. It assists all operation stakeholders in their daily activities. Credit: Pascal Novais for Groupe ADP.
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The Groupe ADP Laboratory has once again been assessed and certified as compliant with the requirements of the ISO 9001 standard for the management system implemented and deployed at the Paris-Orly and Paris-Charles de Gaulle sites. ISO 9001 certification is a recognition by an external third party, itself accredited by the Comité Français d'Accréditation (Cofrac), attesting to the quality of a body's organisation and the satisfaction of its customers. “We are proud of the fact that the Laboratory has not had any deviations for several years now. The analysis showed that we have a true quality culture that is not imposed, but is proactive and attentive to our customers' needs,” explains Pascal Novais, head of the operations quality department in the Engineering & Capital Projects division. The Laboratory obtained its first ISO 9001 certification in 1997.
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This is the percentage of international passengers who waited less than 10 minutes at border control at Paris-Charles de Gaulle in March 2023, it was 86% for Paris-Orly.
(Source: monthly barometer of waiting times drawn up by Groupe ADP and the Border Police).
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Two aircraft electric charging stations have been installed at Toussus-le Noble as part of the partnership between Groupe ADP, TotalEnergies and the Fédération Française Aéronautique. Credit: TotalEnergies.
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Four “self-service” aircraft electric charging stations have been installed and commissioned at the airports of Toussus-le-Noble, Etampes-Montdésir and Pontoise-Cormeilles-en-Vexin. These are part of the partnership framework signed at the end of 2022 between Groupe ADP, TotalEnergies and the Fédération Française Aéronautique (FFA), which aims to support the decarbonisation of the aviation industry, and in particular, the electrification of light aircraft. “These fast charging stations, with a power rating of 22 kW, will enable Velis Electro* to connect other airports and thus extend its network”, emphasises Alexandra Galopin, manager of the airports in the south-west of the Paris region. This initiative is in line with Groupe ADP’s desire to make the Paris region airports the sustainable aviation laboratories of the future, with the electrification of light aircraft fleets and all ground operations. On 5 June, the new facilities at Toussus-le-Noble will be inaugurated by Edward Arkwright, Executive Director of Groupe ADP.
* Light electric aircraft manufactured by Pipistrel.
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CONTRACT FULFILLED IN ATHENS
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Guy Nadvornik relocated to Athens in 2019, to co-ordinate this project. Credit: DR.
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Mission completed in Greece. The upgrade of the baggage sorting system to standard 3 and its extension is about to be completed for our client, Athens International Airport Eleftherios Venizelos. Groupe ADP was selected for project management, programme implementation, design, supervision and technical assistance. “This project, which started in 2018, increases the capacity of the baggage sorting system at arrivals and departures, up to 8000 items of baggage per hour compared to 5000 previously”, explains Guy Nadvornik. Technical assistance and project management are two of the services offered to airports worldwide through the Groupe ADP Airport Services global engineering and services offer. Athens Airport handled over 22.7 million passengers in 2022.
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NO ADDITIONAL FLIGHT LEGS TO CHINA FOR AIR FRANCE
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Air France refuses to go beyond 14 flights per week to China this summer and does not envisage a return to the 2017 air agreement that opened the doors of the French market to Chinese companies. The ban on European airlines flying over Russia lengthens the journey to China by two to three hours, increases fuel and crew costs, and creates "a distortion of competition to the detriment of those flying under the French flag”, the company has said.
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AN OVERSEAS "SUPER-COMPANY" ON THE HORIZON?
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Having been hit hard by the pandemic, Air Austral, Corsair and Air Caraïbes are reportedly considering the idea of flying under a second national flag with Air France, an “Air Outre-mer”. While Air France was able to consolidate after the health crisis thanks to State aid, the three smaller and more fragile companies are now experiencing financial difficulties and are asking the State to waive or reschedule their debts.
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AMELIA PLANS TO FLY CLEAN WITHIN THREE YEARS
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Amelia plans to become the first pioneer green regional airline in France and Europe, and to fly emission-free within three years. In this context, the French regional airline has signed a partnership with Universal Hydrogen, an American start-up specialising in the decarbonisation of aviation. The company hopes to obtain European certification by 2026, at which point it will be able to enter into service.
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GO FIRST, BANKRUPT INDIAN AIRLINE, BLAMES PRATT & WHITNEY
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Indian airline Go First has filed for bankruptcy protection, blaming “faulty” engines from US manufacturer Pratt & Whitney for grounding half of its fleet. A necessary step because of the “ever-increasing number of defective engines supplied by Pratt & Whitney's International Aero Engines”, which led to the grounding of 25 aircraft and cost $1.32 billion in losses. Go First was India's fifth largest domestic carrier in March this year.
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LUFTHANSA REDUCES LOSSES AND REMAINS CONFIDENT FOR THE SUMMER SEASON
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European airline giant Lufthansa says it is confident of a continued recovery in 2023, forecasting a “boom” in travel demand this summer after narrowing its net loss in the first quarter. This seasonal weakness had been “exacerbated” by the slow recovery in business travel. In addition to the group's expenses, there were also investments to avoid airport congestion during the high season, and numerous flight cancellations last summer.
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