All Air Transport articles – Page 139
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NewsE195-E2 take-off incident traced to both pilots' picking wrong intersection on touchscreen
Investigators believe touchscreen ergonomic design contributed to a take-off incident involving an Embraer 195-E2, after both pilots independently selected the wrong intersection for departure. The KLM Cityhopper aircraft was departing from Berlin Brandenburg on 12 September 2021, using intersection L5 on runway 25R. But when the pilots conducted take-off calculations, ...
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NewsBrunei start-up Gallop Air could be first foreign C919 customer
China-backed Bruneian start-up Gallop Air could be the first foreign customer of Comac’s C919 narrowbody, following its announcment that it intends to purchase 30 Chinese aircraft.
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NewsVoltAero tests hybrid propulsion system with fuel produced from vineyard waste
In what it claims is an industry first, French aircraft developer VoltAero has flight-tested the hybrid-electric powertrain that will eventually power its Cassio 330 five-seat aircraft using “100% sustainable fuel”.
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NewsOneworld carrier British Airways seals IndiGo codeshare
Oneworld carrier British Airways is entering a codeshare agreement with Indian budget operator IndiGo to broaden its network on the subcontinent. The co-operation, covering eight destinations, will take effect from 12 October, subject to government approval. British Airways says the routes will be available as codeshares from London Heathrow, mainly ...
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NewsDelta and investment partners secure majority ownership of Wheels Up
Charter aircraft provider Wheels Up has closed a deal under which it has secured $450 million in fresh financing from investment partners including Delta Air Lines.
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NewsEstonian state not a ‘capable’ airline owner and should sell carrier Nordica: audit office
Estonia’s government is not sufficiently capable of acting as the owner of complex aviation businesses, the country’s national auditor has concluded after a review of regional operator Nordica’s business. The national audit office, Riigikontroll, says the government is too indecisive, adding that a sale of Nordica and the associated aircraft ...
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NewsGKN Aerospace connects to P&WC with wiring work for hybrid-electric demonstrator
GKN Aerospace is to collaborate with Pratt & Whitney Canada to develop a high-voltage, high-power electrical wiring system for a hybrid-electric demonstrator project led by the engine maker’s parent company RTX.
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NewsIcelandair enters cadet training partnership with Oslo-based flight academy
Icelandair has tied up with a Norwegian flight school, the Oslo-based Pilot Flight Academy, in a training partnership programme for cadet pilots. Cadets recruited to the scheme will initially be trained at Torp-Sandefjord airport before moving to the school’s US facility at Denton Enterprise airport, Texas, for five months’ flying. ...
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NewsSaboteurs damage An-148s and other aircraft at Moscow Chkalovsky base: Ukrainian government
Ukraine’s defence intelligence directorate claims saboteurs have badly damaged a military Antonov An-148 and Ilyushin Il-20 parked at the Moscow Chkalovsky air base. The directorate also states that a second An-148 received minor damage while the tail of a Mil Mi-28N helicopter was also hit during the 18 September attack. ...
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NewsFAA exempts Max 7 from lightning rules but requires updates by 2027
The FAA on 19 September approved an exemption relating to lightning and radiation rules, allowing Boeing to proceed with the Max 7’s certification without first addressing non-compliance of the type’s “stall management yaw damper” (SMYD) system.
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NewsItalian competition authority probes Ryanair over travel agency constraints
Italy’s competition regulator is opening a probe into Ryanair’s activities, arguing that the budget airline is harming travel agencies by taking advantage of its position to broaden market power. The regulator, AGCM, has taken the preliminary view that Ryanair is “leveraging its dominant position” in several markets linked to the ...
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NewsRyanair 737 on foggy runway urged inbound A321 to abort after controller’s headset blunder
Pilots of a Ryanair Boeing 737-800 departing Venice intervened to urge an inbound aircraft to execute a go-around because, owing to an air traffic controller’s headset blunder, the 737 was still waiting on the runway in fog. The 737 crew, lined up on runway 04R on 18 October last year, ...
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NewsRomanian carrier HiSky steps up to widebodies with A330 lease
Romanian carrier HiSky is to step up to widebody operations with the introduction of an Airbus A330-200 by the end of this year. HiSky is a private airline which specialises in scheduled and charter passenger flights. Having emerged two years ago, the carrier operates from Romania and Moldova, with bases ...
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NewsBA links with pilot school Skyborne as it offers cadets fully-sponsored training scheme
British Airways is inviting applications for a fully-sponsored pilot training scheme, aiming to accept up to 60 cadets per year. The UK flag-carrier has selected flight school Skyborne – which has UK and US facilities – as its partner for the new initiative, to be known as Speedbird Pilot Academy ...
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NewsDevelopment ramp-up sees Heart Aerospace loss grow in 2022
Sweden’s Heart Aerospace made a loss of nearly SKr250 million ($22 million) last year as development activities on the start-up’s ES-30 hybrid-electric aircraft gathered pace.
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NewsSwitzerland’s Edelweiss brings in ex-LATAM A350s to replace A340s
Swiss carrier Edelweiss is to introduce six Airbus A350-900s, formerly operated by Latin American carrier LATAM, to replace its fleet of five A340-300s. Edelweiss will introduce the twinjets from summer 2025 and complete the renewal by the end of 2026. It states that the first four aircraft will temporarily retain ...
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NewsAir Belgium to axe all scheduled passenger services as it seeks court restructuring
Air Belgium is to cancel all its scheduled flights from October, to focus on other activity, and file for court-authorised restructuring in order to reduce debts. The airline says its passenger operations are “proving to be chronically unprofitable” and it will instead focus solely on wet-lease and freight services. Air ...
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NewsJoby reveals plan to open air taxi manufacturing site in Dayton, Ohio
US air taxi developer Joby Aviation has chosen a site in Dayton, Ohio as the place where it hopes eventually to manufacture an electric aircraft that remains in development and still must achieve certification.
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NewsAirbus invests in ZeroAvia and aims to collaborate on certification
Airbus is to collaborate with hydrogen-electric propulsion specialist ZeroAvia on approaches to certification for power systems which use hydrogen, and co-operate in such technical areas as fuelling operations and fuel-cell testing. ZeroAvia has disclosed the collaboration as Airbus – along with several other entities – participate in a new financing ...
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NewsCompetition regulator expresses concern over Norwegian-Wideroe tie-up
Competition regulators have expressed concern over budget carrier Norwegian’s proposed acquisition of regional airline Wideroe, and are set to carry out an in-depth analysis of the tie-up. Norwegian authority Konkurransetilsynet says there “may be reason” to believe that competition “will be weakened” in the aviation sector if the acquisition is ...