All Air Transport articles – Page 253
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NewsLoss-making Air Namibia should be liquidated: president
Air Namibia should be liquidated, the Namibian president has declared following an address to the country, a suggestion which has met objection from unions. President Hage Geingob was answering questions in the parliament building in Windhoek after delivering his state-of-the-nation speech on 4 June. The loss-making airline had not been ...
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NewsShort-circuit could lead 777 thrust levers to advance during taxiing
Operators of Boeing 777s are being cautioned that autothrottles could trigger an uncommanded advancement of the throttle levers on the ground, after a number of instances. Most of the occurrences have taken place during taxiing. But in one event, says the US FAA, the uncommanded autothrottle advance happened after landing, ...
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NewsFAA proposes GEnx disk inspections to address uncontained failure risk
The risk of uncontained engine failures has led the Federal Aviation Administration to propose requiring airlines to inspect disks inside the high-pressure turbines of some GE Aviation GEnx powerplants.
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NewsSpirit AeroSystems cuts more staff and again trims 2020 737 production plan
Spirit AeroSystems is again cutting its workforce and has further reduced its expected 2020 production of 737 fuselages, a pullback coming in response to new direction from Boeing.
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NewsBombardier to shed 600 jobs at Belfast plant
Bombardier is cutting 600 jobs at its aerostructures business in Belfast, Northern Ireland, as it seeks to mitigate the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.
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NewsA321 hit windshear before short landing and tail-strike
US investigators have determined that an American Airlines Airbus A321 landed short of the runway and suffered a tail-strike after encountering a microburst on approach to Charlotte-Douglas airport. But the National Transportation Safety Board points out that the crew had not adopted the airline’s guidance on approach speed and aircraft ...
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NewsMissing ‘lockwire’ caused 2015 767 fire at Fort Lauderdale
Maintenance failures led to a fuel spill that caused a Boeing 767-200ER operated by Dynamic International Airways to catch fire on the ground at Fort Lauderdale in 2015.
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NewsExternal carriers should be handed repatriation services: South African opposition
South Africa’s shadow public enterprises minister is insisting that the government ease air transport pressures by allowing other operators to conduct repatriation services. Ghaleb Cachalia, from the opposition Democratic Alliance party, argues that South African Airways – which has been mired in a drawn-out business rescue process – does not ...
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NewsMoldovan start-up HiSky signs for dry-leased A320
Start-up European operator HiSky Moldova has agreed to acquire its first aircraft, an Airbus A320, under a deal with US lessor Air Lease. HiSky Moldova will receive the used aircraft in July, according to the lessor. It intends to operate from its Chisinau base initially to six destinations, including London, ...
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NewsFinnair embarks on €500m share issue
Finnair has embarked on a €500 million rights issue which will centre on the release of up to 1.279 billion new shares in the company to strengthen its equity and liquidity. The issue carries conditions including limiting managers’ salaries up to 2022 and restricting it from making acquisitions. Finnair will ...
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NewsNTSB urges regulators to close loophole allowing less-stringent lithium-ion battery tests
A battery fire inside a FedEx truck in 2016 has led the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) to recommend tighter regulation of some lithium-ion batteries.
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OpinionHow pilots can overcome challenge of finding employment outside cockpit
As an airline pilot who’s been recently been made redundant, I’m now struggling to find any type of employment. Sure, the economy is not looking good and we are in unprecedented times, but even the most ‘basic’ industries must need people to fill roles (maybe even to fill rolls).
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NewsA320 successor among ambitions outlined in French aid scheme
Airbus’s development of an A320 successor, to enter service from 2033, and the design of a highly-efficient regional aircraft are among the target projects outlined by the French government as it unveiled a €15 billion aid package for the aeronautical sector. The government’s aeronautical support plan stresses that French must ...
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NewsFrench government puts jobs and environment first in €15bn aerospace bailout
France’s government has unveiled a €15 billion financial support programme for the aerospace sector, intended to save jobs and transform smaller businesses while underscoring the need for environmental progress. The government states that support – which includes the funding already unveiled for Air France-KLM Group – will be a mix ...
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NewsSAA unions force further delay to business plan publication
South African Airways’ rescuers are seeking creditors’ approval for a further postponement to the deadline for publishing a business plan for the embattled flag-carrier. The rescue practitioners have previously secured four extensions to deadlines for publishing a plan – the most recent to 8 June – since SAA entered the ...
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NewsGovernment offers to buy El Al shares under revised funding scheme
Israel’s government has pledged to acquire shares in El Al if necessary, under a revised scheme to provide additional liquidity to the flag-carrier. El Al has been negotiating a $400 million loan with a state-backed guarantee, but the discussions have yet to be finalised. The Israeli finance ministry has outlined ...
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NewsPIA crash probe indicates no immediate need for A320 operator action
Preliminary information from the flight recorders of the crashed Pakistan International Airlines Airbus A320 in Karachi have not indicated any reason for A320 operators to take safety action. Airbus has contacted operators of the aircraft type following the 22 May accident which occurred as the PIA jet, arriving from Lahore ...
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OpinionWhy airline industry can only trust instinct to beat coronavirus
Tim Clark has delivered his view on the coronavirus pandemic with his usual succinct style: “A $15 trillion torpedo has hit the global economy.” And the fundamentals for the industry’s recovery are largely outside its control.
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OpinionNASA boom reduction project should be left to private sector
NASA does wonderful things, and wonderful things often cost big money - but should supersonic flying without big booms be one of them?
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NewsBoeing modifying 777 fuel indicator after in-flight discrepancy incidents
Boeing is developing a modification for passenger and freighter 777s after the discovery of a fuel discrepancy problem involving the centre wing tank. The modification follows at least 25 instances of disparity between the aircraft’s fuel-quantity indicator for the centre tank and the uplifted amount from refuelling trucks – after ...