All air transport news – Page 293
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NewsSpirit slashes Bombardier aerostructures acquisition price
Spirit AeroSystems has almost halved the cash sum it is paying for Bombardier’s aerostructures business after the pair agreed a last-minute change to their deal.
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NewsBA heritage-livery 747-400 to become cinema and conference venue
One of the British Airways Boeing 747-400s painted in a retro livery for the airline’s centenary is to be preserved as a cinema and conference venue. The aircraft (G-CIVB) carried the Negus & Negus colour scheme initially adopted by the airline following its emergence in 1974 from the merger of ...
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NewsAeroflot Group details shareholding shifts after capital increase
Aeroflot Group has disclosed that the Russian state’s share in the airline company has reached 57.34% as a result of its capital increase. The Russian government had been prepared to maintain at least its previous 51.2% shareholding in the company during the share issue. Aeroflot Group had also been 3.5%-owned ...
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NewsA321 brushed past glider during descent into Class E airspace
German investigators have attributed a serious airprox incident, in which a Lufthansa Airbus A321 crew failed to see a glider, to a decision allowing the jet to descend into Class E airspace during its approach to Hamburg. The encounter occurred north-east of Hamburg, on 23 July last year, as the ...
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NewsAmerican Eagle ERJ-145 damaged in Bahamas excursion
Investigators in the Bahamas are probing a runway excursion involving an American Eagle service from Miami which badly damaged the aircraft. The Embraer ERJ-145 – identified as N674RJ – had landed on runway 06 at Grand Bahama airport following the short 100nm flight from Miami on 24 October. It arrived ...
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NewsMinistry proposes diverting Il-96-400M subsidy to fund other programmes
Russia’s ministry of transport is tabling a legislative proposal to withdraw subsidies intended for the Ilyushin Il-96-400M programme and redirect them to support other areas of the domestic aircraft industry. The draft legislation follows a meeting on the Russian air transport industry held in May and a presidential directive in ...
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NewsRed Wings introduces Superjet fleet to establish Ekaterinburg hub
Russian carrier Red Wings is aiming to build a regional hub at Ekaterinburg’s Koltsovo airport using a fleet of Sukhoi Superjet 100s. Moscow-based Red Wings leased a Superjet from GTLK on 2 September, and another pair in the first few days of October. It says the aircraft are being used ...
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NewsQatar takes first long-haul jets in months with delivery of A350-1000s
Airbus has delivered three A350-1000s to Qatar Airways, its first handover of long-haul aircraft to the Middle Eastern carrier for eight months. Qatar received its last long-haul jet from the airframer, an A350-1000, on 27 February – giving it 15 of the larger A350 variant. It had already completed deliveries ...
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NewsAirbus Mobile plant delivers first US-built A220, to Delta
Airbus has delivered the first US-built A220, handing over an A220-300 to Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines.
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NewsMitsubishi Heavy considers cutting SpaceJet programme again: reports
Several Japanese news outlets are reporting that Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) is mulling whether to further scale back Mitsubishi Aircraft’s SpaceJet development programme.
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NewsAlberta to ease quarantine requirements to passengers arriving in Calgary
Canada has taken the first tentative steps of easing its coronavirus quarantine rules, rolling out a programme aimed at allowing air passengers arriving in Calgary to sidestep quarantine requirements.
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NewsGlobal 5000 maintenance revision aims to avert roll-control reversal
Canada’s safety regulator has drawn attention to new maintenance instructions intended to avoid possible misinstallation of roll-control systems for Bombardier Global 5000 and 6000 business jets. Incorrect installation of the system has the potential to cause spoilers to deploy in directions opposite to a roll command. Transport Canada states that ...
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NewsIAG cuts fourth-quarter capacity levels again
British Airways and Iberia parent IAG has cut its expectations for fourth-quarter capacity, estimating that it will be 70% down on the previous year. IAG had already lowered its capacity forecast for the quarter to 60% down – from a previous 46% down – in early September. But the company ...
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NewsBoeing study concludes disinfectants kill Covid-19 virus on cabin surfaces
A joint study by Boeing and the University of Arizona found that disinfectants already used on aircraft are successful in killing viruses like the bug causing Covid-19.
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NewsCrisis impedes Airbus’s progress towards 13,000 deliveries
Airbus’s reduced productivity during the air transport crisis has obstructed its progress towards 13,000 deliveries, and it would need to hand over about 70 aircraft to reach the mark in October. The airframer highlighted its 12,000th delivered aircraft in May last year, with an A220 to Delta Air Lines. Analysis ...
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NewsEurope certificates Tecnam’s diesel-powered P2010 TDI
Europe’s civil aviation regulator has certificated the Tecnam P2010 TDI – a diesel-engined variant of the Italian airframer’s piston single.
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NewsIsrael’s Arkia to open Dubai services in early 2021
Israeli carrier Arkia has disclosed that intends to open services to Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, from the beginning of next year. Arkia’s planned service follows the signing of a new air services agreement between Israel and the UAE after the two sides agreed to normalise diplomatic relations. The ...
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NewsEl Al pilots lose legal bid to overturn cockpit efficiency agreement
Israeli flag-carrier El Al’s pilots have lost a legal bid to invalidate an efficiency agreement for cockpit crews, which was reached in mid-July in the absence of pilots’ representatives. This agreement was one of several revising terms for several groups of El Al workers. The new pacts were a condition ...
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NewsIranian Fokker 100 engine parts penetrate cabin after uncontained failure
Iranian investigators are probing the serious uncontained failure of a Fokker 100 engine which forced the crew to abort take-off from Tehran’s Mehrabad airport. The Iran Aseman Airlines jet (EP-ATE) had been operating a service to Ardabil, near the Caspian Sea coast in north-western Iran, on 13 October. Preliminary investigation ...
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NewsBoeing will save cash by consolidating 787 in South Carolina, but how much?
Boeing’s plan to shift all 787 production to South Carolina will indeed save cash, but savings will be a relative small percent of the programme’s total expense, financial analyst say.