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industry news Briefs: AMERICAN AIRLINES — Promotes ACI-NA — Announces President Beverly Goulet to senior vice president and chief integration officer. Gregory O. Principato will step down as of June 30. The ACI board has begun a national search for a successor. AIRMALL USA — Reports the Silver Diner at the AIRMALL at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport won "Best Airport Restaurant Design" in the ARN 2013 Best Airports & Concessionaires Awards program. ALASKA AIRLINES — Landed nine out of 10 flights on time in February, according to FlightStats, which tracks more than 150,000 flights per day from airlines worldwide. BOEING — Reports its test flight of the 787 Dreamliner showed the plane's new lithium-ion battery system meets regulatory safety standards. BOMBARDIER — Is scheduled to test fly its first C Series jet in June. It is hoped that the planes, which cost $3.4 billion to produce, will help the company penetrate the market for aircraft that seat 100 to 150. CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION — Commissioner Rosemarie Andolino was one of 11 women honored as leaders in the trans- portation industry at the second annual "Celebrating Women Who Move the Nation" awards breakfast. DANE COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT — Breaks ground on the largest municipal solar project in Wisconsin, which will supply half the energy needed to power the new $14 million green-certified snow removal equipment building. The building will house more than 26 pieces of essential snow removal equipment. DELTA AIR LINES — Announces plans to add eight destinations and 17 flights at Los Angeles International (LAX) by July to increase its market share at the airport. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY — Estimates one in four passengers will qualify for expedited screening by the end of 2013, up from one in 12 in 2012. DFW — Opened its newly renovated Terminal A for American Airlines customers. The changes are a part of a $2.3 billion project known as TRIP (Terminal Renewal Improvement Plan). The plan is to eventually bring these changes to the rest of Terminal A and then to the entire airport. FAA — Closes 149 federal contract towers as part of the agency's sequestration implementation plan. The complete list can be found at www.faa.gov. FED EX — Aircraft mechanics Team fuel watch North Central Jet–A: $5.31 Avgas: $5.86 Northeast Jet–A: $5.61 Avgas: $6.07 FedEx LAX bested more than 20 other maintenance teams to win the inaugural William O'Brien Award for Excellence in Aircraft Maintenance, presented by Snapon, at the AviationPros Live Maintenance Skills Competition. GAMA GROUP — Appoints Oliver Hewson as commercial manager for its MENA Region. GE AVIATION — Began assembling the first Passport development engine for the Bombardier Global 7000 and Global 8000. Testing of the 16,500-pound thrust turbo fan will begin in the second quarter. HMS HOST — Partners with Hawaiian Airlines to bring premium inflight meals to passengers. West Coast Jet–A: $5.56 Avgas: $5.78 South Central Jet–A: $5.15 Avgas: $5.73 Southeast Jet–A: $5.32 Avgas: $6.08 The following fuel prices were derived from transactions completed with the AVCARD credit card during January. Not all operations sell both jet-A and avgas. The figures for jet fuel prices will be more representative than those for avgas, due to the higher number of transactions recorded. Prices reflect all taxes and discounts. Data is supplied from AVCARD in consolidated format; individual transactions are not disclosed. 6 www.AviationPros.com April 2013 IATA — Expects airlines to produce a combined net post-tax profit margin of 1.6 percent with a net post-tax profit of $10.6 billion (up from the previously projected $8.4 billion). ICAO — Hosted a "high level group" of senior government officials from across the globe to hammer