All Air Transport articles – Page 220
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NewsRussian ministry probes theft from Il-80 airborne command post
Russia’s internal affairs ministry is probing an incident involving alleged theft from a military Ilyushin Il-80 command and control aircraft. The Il-80 is a heavily-modified airframe based on the four-engined Il-86 passenger transport, notably featuring a characteristic equipment pod on the upper forward fuselage. Three of the type are still ...
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NewsInvestment firm YH Dimri makes play for Israir
Israeli leisure carrier Israir has received another approach from a potential acquirer, YH Dimri Investments, the trustee for the airline’s divestment has disclosed. YH Dimri is a holding firm with interests including construction and real estate. It has submitted a bid for Israir based on a 141 million shekel ($43.4 ...
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NewsGreenpeace loses bid to impose strict emission conditions on KLM aid
Ecological pressure group Greenpeace has lost a legal bid to impose stronger environmental conditions for state aid intended for Dutch carrier KLM. A court in The Hague has rejected the case brought by Greenpeace, which had argued that this obligation for stricter conditions rested on the government under United Nations ...
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NewsWizz creates president role as it recruits senior EasyJet and Vueling executives
Former EasyJet commercial chief Robert Carey is to take up a newly-created role at budget carrier Wizz Air, serving as the company’s president. As part of the change, Wizz Air group chief operations officer Diederik Pen is to step down from his post, to be succeeded by budget carrier Vueling’s ...
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NewsBoeing needs to develop a smaller mid-market aircraft: analysts
Competitive pressure will require that Boeing move forward with developing a mid-market aircraft. But that jet must be smaller than the concept Boeing had previously been studying, aerospace analysts say.
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NewsBoeing logs more Max cancellations in November as deliveries slow
Boeing recorded 88 cancellations for the 737 Max in November, and delivered just seven jets, as the coronavirus pandemic continued hammering the commercial aviation market.
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NewsEl Al increases authorised share capital
Shareholders of Israeli flag-carrier El Al have approved an increase in the company’s authorised share capital amounting to 1 billion shekels ($306 million). The increase takes the overall authorised capital to just over 2.5 billion, inclusive of the single special state share held by the Israeli government. Shareholders approved the ...
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News‘Illegal’ Mil helicopter overhaul deepens Russia-Ukraine aerospace row
An ongoing row between Russian and Ukrainian manufacturers over the overhaul of each other’s aircraft has deepened after Russian Helicopters warned that lives were being put at risk by allegedly “illegal” work carried out on Mil Mi-17s.
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NewsAntonov offers An-225 to fill void in An-124 capacity
Ukrainian outsize cargo specialist Antonov Airlines is to offer its An-225 for commercial service, to provide additional capacity to the freight sector. The An-225, with a maximum take-off weight of 640t, is the world’s largest operational transport and is intended to complement Antonov Airlines’ fleet of seven An-124s. Antonov Airlines ...
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NewsGermany’s D328eco will have longer fuselage, single-pilot technology
Deutsche Aircraft’s in-development D328eco will have a longer fuselage than the baseline D328, carry 10 more passengers and be designed for eventual single-pilot operations.
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NewsViking pushes back ‘formal launch’ of CL-515 water bomber
Canadian airframer Viking Air confirms it has delayed the launch of its CL-515 First Responder aerial firefighter aircraft, citing the Covid-19 pandemic.
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NewsGulf Air appears to cancel long-dormant A220 order
Middle Eastern carrier Gulf Air appears to have cancelled the 10 Airbus A220-100 it ordered nearly a decade ago. Gulf Air had signed for the aircraft in mid-2011, when it was still known as the Bombardier CSeries, two years before its first flight. But doubts over the delivery have persisted ...
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NewsEmirates receives its first new A380 for 2020
Middle Eastern carrier Emirates has taken delivery of another Airbus A380, the first of three to be introduced by the Dubai-based airline before the end of this year. One of the three aircraft to be delivered will have a configuration which includes Emirates’ premium-economy seating. The latest aircraft (A6-EVL) departed ...
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NewsParis Air Show cancelled for 2021
Organisers of the Paris Air Show 2021 have cancelled the event, citing the continuing uncertainty over the coronavirus pandemic. The show had been scheduled to take place from 21-27 June 2021. But the air show organising board, in a joint decision with French aerospace industry association GIFAS, state that it ...
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AnalysisHow the pandemic has reshaped the leasing business
During those buoyant years before Covid-19, executives from aircraft leasing companies would gather at industry conferences around Asia-Pacific and marvel at the unstoppable growth trajectory of aircraft deliveries in the region. Demand for aircraft seemed insatiable, based on OEM forecasts. Airlines’ appetite was plain to see, with ambitious budget carriers ...
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NewsDanish charter start-up Airseven receives first 737s
Danish operator Copenhagen AirTaxi has taken delivery of a pair of Boeing 737-400s for its new leisure charter airline, which has been branded Airseven. Airseven received the two aircraft on 3 December, with OY-ASA and OY-ASB being delivered to Roskilde airport within about 20min of one another following flights from ...
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NewsNorwegian start-up carrier to be branded ‘Flyr’
Entrepreneurs have revealed ‘Flyr’ as the brand name for the new Norwegian airline which aims to commence services in the first half of 2021. The airline is being established by a team including industry specialist Erik Braathen as well as pilots from a number of Scandinavian carriers. Flyr is intended ...
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NewsBGI leads race for Israir as bidders continue to tweak offers
Prospective bidders for Israir are continuing to tweak proposals, even after the trustee overseeing the sale highlighted a preferred offer, that submitted by BGI Investments. BGI Investments is controlled by a private company, Shai Odem, which is jointly owned by entrepreneurs Rami Levy and Shalom Haim. Israir’s trustee has put ...
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NewsBoeing trims 787 production again, as undelivered inventory climbs
Boeing has cut its planned 2021 787 production from six to five jets monthly in response to the long-haul air travel sector’s lack of recovery.
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NewsNorwegian tests debt-for-equity appetite again in bid for funding
Scandinavian budget airline Norwegian is again proposing a debt-for-equity conversion as part of an effort to raise funding, just six months after persuading creditors to sign up to a similar scheme. Norwegian says it will request “significant equitisation” of debt at market price, and seek approval for a NKr4 billion ...