All Air Transport articles – Page 85
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NewsJetZero progresses blended-wing design as airline interest grows
US start-up JetZero continues to progress towards the first flight of a full-scale blended-wing-body demonstrator aircraft by 2027, with the jet having passed the preliminary design review milestone earlier this year.
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NewsCertification of Eviation’s all-electric Alice pushes toward end of decade
Certification of Eviation’s Alice commuter appears more distant than the company had previously hoped.
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NewsCyprus Airways to take ex-EgyptAir A220 through new Azorra lease
Cyprus Airways has taken delivery of an Airbus A220-300, one of a batch of former EgyptAir aircraft which were picked up by US-based lessor Azorra. Azorra acquired the 12 A220-300s from EgyptAir in February this year. EgyptAir, which initially took delivery of A220s in 2019, had parked several of the ...
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NewsRussian state lessor agrees delivery terms for nearly 240 domestically-built aircraft
Russian state leasing company GTLK has signed an agreement on terms covering delivery of 238 domestically-built jet and turboprop aircraft. Its agreement with United Aircraft spans 132 Yakovlev SJ-100s, plus 65 Ilyushin Il-114-300s and 41 Tupolev Tu-214s. The documentation sets out the primary terms for aircraft deliveries over the course ...
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NewsLoganair to explore hybrid-electric potential with Heart Aerospace
Scottish regional carrier Loganair is eyeing the possible use of hybrid-electric aircraft on its UK domestic routes through an agreement with Sweden’s Heart Aerospace.
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NewsSmartavia 737-800 bounced before suffering Sochi tail-strike
Preliminary investigation into a Boeing 737-800 tail-strike in Sochi indicates that the aircraft bounced on its initial touchdown. The Smartavia twinjet (RA-73659) had been arriving from St Petersburg on 18 August. It conducted its approach to Sochi’s runway 06 in daylight and good visibility, with an 8kt wind from the ...
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NewsMalawi vice-president’s Dornier 228 meandered in marginal weather before fatal collision
German investigators have disclosed that the Malawi air force Dornier 228-200 which crashed fatally while transporting the country’s vice-president had followed a meandering flightpath in poor weather after deviating from its course. The aircraft had departed the capital Lilongwe for Mzuzu – about 150nm to the north – on 10 ...
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NewsWizz Air A320 crew credited for effective response to phone battery fire
Norwegian investigators are advising airlines to carry fireproof gloves in the passenger cabin as part of the kit for dealing with lithium-battery fires from personal devices. The advisory follows an incident in which a mobile phone ignited in the forward cabin of a Wizz Air Airbus A320 during top-of-descent before ...
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NewsCathay cancels multiple A350 flights after component failure spurs Trent XWB engine inspection
Cathay Pacific has cancelled multiple flights over the next couple of days in order to carry out engine inspections on its Airbus A350 fleet. The decision follows the in-flight return of an A350-1000 which had departed Hong Kong for Zurich on 2 September. Flight CX383 touched down at Hong Kong ...
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NewsSuperjet crash inquiry reveals angle-of-attack anomaly on second Gazpromavia aircraft
Unambiguous procedures for installing angle-of-attack sensors on Yakovlev Superjet 100s are being developed after the fatal crash of a Gazpromavia aircraft – as well as an earlier incident involving a sister ship. Russia’s Interstate Aviation Committee has disclosed the urgent measures in its preliminary findings into the 12 July accident, ...
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NewsRestructured SAS formally joins SkyTeam after withdrawal from Star Alliance
Scandinavian carrier SAS has formally become the 21st member of the SkyTeam alliance, having joined the group after withdrawing from Star Alliance. SAS’s membership of SkyTeam – effective from 1 September – follows its emergence from US Chapter 11 protection, during which it underwent extensive restructuring. As part of this ...
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NewsCeiba 737-800 ‘landed long’ before Malabo overrun
Officials in Equatorial Guinea have indicated that a Boeing 737-800 arriving at Malabo in poor weather touched down long on the runway before it overran. The Ceiba Intercontinental aircraft – carrying the Ethiopian registration ET-AWR – had arrived following a domestic service from Bata on 29 August. Equatorial Guinea’s governmental ...
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NewsWhy Boeing’s former head of strategy signed up to lead Electra
Former Boeing executive Marc Allen thinks start-up Electra’s concept for a hybrid-electric, short take-off aircraft has far more commercial viability than other novel aircraft within the burgeoning advanced air mobility space.
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NewsInvestigators probe 767 freighter tail-strike at Milan Malpensa
Italian investigators have opened a probe into a Boeing 767-300ER freighter which suffered a tail-strike while landing at Milan Malpensa. The twinjet suffered structural damage to the fuselage underside during the 27 August event, states investigation authority ANSV. It says neither of the pilots – the only occupants – was ...
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NewsStart-up Electra hires former Boeing executive Marc Allen as CEO
Former Boeing chief strategy officer Marc Allen has succeeded John Langford as chief executive of Electra, a Virginia start-up developing a nine-passenger hybrid-electric passenger aircraft.
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NewsAeroflot Group claims first-half net profit under international accounting
Aeroflot Group is claiming a net profit of Rb42.3 billion ($462 million) over the first half of the year, under international accounting standards. It attributes the performance to higher traffic levels and load factor, combined with cost control. Adjusted for exchange-rate valuations and the effect of insurance settlement in the ...
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NewsNigerian carriers seek fleet-modernisation support through Boeing co-operation pact
Nigerian carriers are seeking to ease the process of fleet modernisation as part of an agreement reached between Boeing and the Nigerian aviation ministry. The agreement – in the form of a memorandum of understanding – was signed in Seattle on 28 August. Nigerian aviation minister Festus Keyamo says the ...
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NewsInvestigators analysing batch of locking nuts after Green Africa ATR nose-wheel loss
Nigerian investigators have isolated a batch of self-locking nuts for analysis after a Green Africa Airways ATR 72-600 suffered the loss of a nose-wheel during take-off. The aircraft had been operating a service from Ilorin, in western Nigeria, to the capital Abuja on 24 July – one week after the ...
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NewsAir China, China Southern receive first C919s in joint delivery ceremony
Air China and China Southern Airlines have become the newest operators of Comac’s C919, each taking delivery of their first example in a joint delivery ceremony.
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NewsNorse looks to concentrate on profitable routes and shift capacity to long-term charters
Norse is expecting to deploy at least half its aircraft capacity on wet-lease and charter services over the winter season, and signals that it is looking to de-risk its operation by entering longer-term external capacity agreements. The airline has been revising its business plan, to strengthen its financial footing, following ...