All Air Transport articles – Page 253
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Airline BusinessAzul surprises with talk of LATAM Airlines Group acquisition
Reports that Brazilian carrier Azul is preparing a bid for LATAM Airlines Group mark the second recent example of potential M&A activity to feature an airline interested in purchasing a much-larger rival.
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NewsIberia conducts domestic flight with waste-based biofuel
Spanish carrier Iberia has carried out a domestic service using sustainable fuel produced from waste as a raw material. The IAG airline operated the Madrid-Bilbao flight, IB426, using an Airbus A320neo powered by CFM International Leap-1A engines. Its operation followed a collaboration agreement signed between Iberia and the energy company ...
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NewsAirbus keen to restore crisis-hit ATR’s performance: Faury
Airbus chief executive Guillaume Faury says the airframer is striving restore the profitability of its ATR venture, as the regional aircraft manufacturer marks 40 years since its creation. Faury tells FlightGlobal that ATR – founded on 4 November 1981 – has been a “performing” entity but one which has “suffered ...
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NewsNo indications of big aircraft orders at Dubai air show: IATA chief
IATA director general Willie Walsh says the “cautious” approach being taken by airlines reduces the chance of any major aircraft orders being announced at the upcoming Dubai air show, despite carriers needing to rebuild their fleets post-Covid.
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NewsEmirates opens Israeli links with 777-300ER service to Tel Aviv
Middle Eastern carrier Emirates is to join the market for Israeli flights, with daily services to Tel Aviv starting in the first week of December. Emirates says it will open the link following the diplomatic normalisation between Israel and the United Arab Emirates agreed last year. Ties between the two ...
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NewsAggressive Wizz lays ground to capitalise on summer 2022
Central European budget carrier Wizz Air has turned in a second-quarter operating profit of €57 million ($66 million), but is expecting an operating loss of €200 million in the third as the company enters the winter season. Chief executive Joszef Varadi says the quarter showed the airline’s “return towards” pre-crisis ...
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NewsBelarusian authority suspends An-12 services after fatal Irkutsk crash
Belarusian authorities have suspended commercial operations with Antonov An-12s as a precaution following the accident involving an Aircompany Grodno aircraft at Irkutsk. The Belarusian transport ministry says the aviation division’s suspension has been put in place pending the findings of the inquiry. Seven personnel were on board, according to the ...
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NewsFAA pushing global effort to improve pilots’ flying skills
The Federal Aviation Administration is leading what its chief regulator calls a global effort to ensure the world’s airline pilots have adequate manual flying skills and sufficient training in “flight path management”.
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AnalysisAerospace industry’s rebound may be hindered by state of suppliers
Although the big players in aerospace are looking to increase production rates and bounce back from 2020’s horrific downturn, global shortages of labour and materials have the potential to throw that recovery off course.
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NewsBelarusian An-12 crashes during approach to Irkutsk
Russian investigators have opened a probe into an accident which destroyed a Belarusian-registered Antonov An-12BK in the vicinity of Irkutsk. The aircraft was operated by the carrier Aircompany Grodno – located in the city of Grodno, in western Belarus – and was conducting a freight service from Keperveyem to Yakutsk ...
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NewsFAA has given China and Russia ‘all’ technical data for 737 Max certification
The Federal Aviation Administration has shared with China and Russia all technical data relevant to the 737 Max’s re-certification, though when those countries will clear the jet to fly remains unclear. “We are meeting with the Chinese and Russian civil aviation authorities on a regular basis and have provided them ...
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NewsBahrain’s MENA launches cargo airline
Operation launches with 737-300 P2F, but with ambition for fleet of 15 to 20 aircraft as it pushes to exploit under-served market for e-commerce air freight in Middle East and Africa
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NewsAir cargo demand still high but ‘tangled’ global trade a concern: IATA
Airlines are continuing to benefit from high demand for air cargo, according to industry association IATA, but rising consumer and producer prices could eventually weigh on growth.
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NewsSpirit AeroSystems’ losses continue in Q3 as widebody product sags
Spirit AeroSystems significantly ramped deliveries of Boeing 737 fuselages in the third quarter of 2021, but, with its widebody business sagging, the company still lost $114 million in the period.
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NewsDeparting with ice contamination 'normalised' before fatal West Wind ATR 42 crash
Canadian investigators believe the unsafe practice of departing from remote airports with a degree of icing contamination on critical surfaces had become normalised, before a fatal accident involving a West Wind ATR 42-300 at Fond-du-Lac. This normalisation resulted partly from the inadequacy of de-icing equipment or services at these remote ...
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NewsEASA to examine safety concerns and risk-mitigation for single-pilot operations
Safety aspects of two potential scenarios for single-pilot operations in commercial aircraft are to be assessed under a new research project initiated by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency. The project is intended to provide a “qualitative and quantitative” assessment of the main safety hazards as well as examine whether ...
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NewsJazeera claims ‘worst behind us’ after early return to profitability
Kuwaiti carrier Jazeera Airways returned to profitability in the third quarter, earlier than the airline had forecast, and managed to break even over the first nine months of the year. The airline turned in a third-quarter net profit of KD11.8 million ($39 million), after generating revenues of KD31.7 million. Chairman ...
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NewsAirAsia logistics unit takes first freighter, eyes Airbus orderbook conversion
AirAsia Group’s logistics arm Teleport is considering converting a ‘meaningful chunk’ of AirAsia’s massive order book to freighters in the future, as it takes delivery of its first dedicated cargo aircraft.
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NewsHuman error and wiring mix up caused 2019 Saab 2000 overrun in Alaska
An incorrectly wired anti-skid braking system and an unfortunate decision by pilots resulted in a PenAir Saab 2000 running off an Alaska runway in October 2019, killing one passenger.
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News‘Pathetic’: UK prime minister slams global sustainable aviation fuel target at COP26
UK prime minister Boris Johnson believes the air transport sector needs to be more ambitious in its targets for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) useage.