All Air Transport articles – Page 226
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NewsEtihad overhauls management as it adapts to being ‘mid-size’ carrier
Several senior Etihad Airways personnel, including chief commercial officer Robin Kamark, are stepping down from the Middle Eastern carrier as it undertakes an extensive reshaping to adapt to the changed market situation. Etihad Airways says it is overhauling its business model to emerge as a “mid-sized” carrier, focusing on a ...
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NewsEthiopian takes same-day delivery of a pair of A350s
Ethiopian Airlines has taken delivery of another pair of Airbus A350-900s, both aircraft being handed over on the same day. The aircraft – MSN412 and MSN431, respectively ET-AYB and ET-AYA – departed Toulouse almost simultaneously for Addis Ababa in the early hours of 7 November. Ethiopian chief executive Tewolde Gebremariam ...
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NewsAirbus receives initial ‘Airspace’ cabin entry area for A320neo
Austrian aerospace firm FACC has delivered its first entrance area of the ‘Airspace’ interior configuration developed for the Airbus A320neo. FACC had been tasked with developing the door zone and overhead bins for the new interior layout two years ago. The Airspace cabin was introduced on the long-haul Airbus A350 ...
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NewsRossiya A319 found damaged on arrival with cable attached to wheels
Russian investigators are probing an incident in which a Rossiya Airbus A319 was found to have a cable attached to its main landing-gear after arriving at St Petersburg. The aircraft (VP-BWJ) had been operating the FV6314 service from Krasnodar on 3 November, according to an incident bulletin from the federal ...
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NewsLeonardo waits on ATR recovery as 2020 deliveries slide to one unit in first nine months
Leonardo remains confident that its ATR turboprop joint venture will recover to a “normal” level of annual deliveries in the future after it was revealed that it shipped just one aircraft in the first nine months of this year, but says it cannot forecast when that will be.
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AnalysisLessors submit proposals to Thai Airways – reluctantly
Thai Airways’ lessors were given a 4 November deadline to tell the carrier what by-the-hour rates, rental haircuts, and other concessions they would be willing to offer the struggling flag carrier to help with its restructuring. Sixteen lessors have exposure to the airline and its subsidiaries, to the tune of ...
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NewsEmbraer and Porsche team up to sell Phenom-911 combos
Embraer and Porsche have launched a limited-edition vehicle couple they call “Duet”, available for delivery beginning in mid-2021.
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NewsBombardier plans restructuring as it transitions to aviation-only company
Bombardier has broadly laid out a plan to return to profitability in the coming years as a standalone aviation company that will deliver 100 to 120 business jets annually.
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NewsWizz maintains focus on A321neo as fleet expansion slows
Wizz Air’s latest fleet plan projects a slower overall increase in the number of aircraft, compared with the beginning of this year, but with a focus on expanding the A321neo rather than the A320neo fleet. At the beginning of 2020, before the onset of the air transport crisis, the carrier ...
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NewsWizz Air confident of surviving worst-case winter
Budget carrier Wizz Air is confident that it would be able to survive a severe deterioration in the air transport crisis, having considered scenarios in which the entire fleet had to be grounded for the second half of the year. Wizz Air turned in a net loss of €243 million ...
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NewsAero engine makers shrink to survive, putting development projects in doubt
Just how significantly the coronavirus pandemic has hammered aircraft engine makers came starkly into view in recent weeks, when several top manufacturers disclosed third-quarter results. Whether this will affect future disruptive initiatives remains to be seen
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NewsTurkish A350s quietly begin operations as crisis saps profits
Turkish Airlines has been operating its newly-delivered initial pair of Airbus A350-900s on domestic routes, but has yet to confirm a schedule for the remaining aircraft. The airline had 25 A350s on order but, while it had been intending to take five this year, the carrier has not detailed the ...
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NewsLanding 747 crew unaware of short runway before striking construction vehicles
Nigerian investigators have disclosed that the crew of a Boeing 747-200 freighter did not receive critical information about reduced available landing distance at Abuja before the aircraft landed, veered off the runway and collided with construction equipment. The Armenian-registered Veteran Avia aircraft (EK-74798) had been operating a wet-lease cargo service ...
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NewsUAE’s Flydubai to open Israeli services in November
United Arab Emirates operator Flydubai is to open services to Tel Aviv this month, following the normalisation pact signed between the Gulf state and Israel. Flydubai says it will carry out a twice-daily service between Dubai and Tel Aviv from 26 November. The carrier uses a fleet of Boeing 737-800s ...
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NewsJazeera liquidity ‘sound’ as losses persist in third quarter
Kuwaiti carrier Jazeera Airways is confident that it remains a going concern, with sufficient resources, after turning in a KD5.6 million ($18.3 million) third-quarter net loss. The performance brings overall net losses, for the nine months to 30 September, to KD15.5 million. Jazeera Airways says there is a “risk of ...
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NewsSpirit AeroSystems reports $156m Q3 loss
Wichita-based aerostructures manufacturer Spirit AeroSystems lost $156 million in the third quarter of 2020 amid tumbling revenue resulting from the dual pressures of the pandemic and Boeing 737 Max grounding.
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NewsWet-lease operator Hi Fly to axe A380 in favour of A330s
Portuguese operator Hi Fly is ending its Airbus A380 services, just two-and-a-half years after taking on the type to explore its potential for the wet-lease market. Hi Fly acquired a former A380, MSN6, in mid-2018. The aircraft, powered by Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines and configured with 471 seats, had been ...
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NewsPoorly-maintained Air Namibia scissor-lift collapsed while overloaded
Investigators in Namibia have concluded that poor maintenance of a scissor-lift passenger assistance vehicle, and possibly its overloading, resulted in its collapsing during disembarkation of an Air Namibia aircraft at Windhoek. The vehicle was offloading people from flight SW708, which had arrived from Cape Town on 13 December last year. ...
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NewsTrump or Biden: How might aerospace fare?
How might a Joe Biden presidency impact the aerospace sector differently than another four years with President Donald Trump in the White House?
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NewsCO2 emissions fail to fall in line with flight cuts, Dutch researchers find
Dutch researchers believe that an increase in long-distance cargo flights, combined with steeper reductions in short-haul passenger services than for long-haul operations, are responsible for carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions failing to fall in line with the overall drop in flights.