All air transport news – Page 404
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NewsEmbraer accelerates deliveries to 28 jets in third quarter but still lags last year
Brazilian airframer Embraer delivered 28 business and commercial jets in the third quarter of 2020, bringing its year-to-date total to 59 aircraft.
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NewsIrkut progresses with MC-21 domestic composites and engines
Russia’s air transport regulator has accepted applications to approve major structural changes to the Irkut MC-21, centred not only on the installation of Aviadvigatel PD-14 engines but also the use of domestically-produced composite structures. Rosaviatsia’s chief, Alexander Neradko, said that this work is being carried out as a “priority”, during ...
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InterviewATR boss Bortoli on why regional aviation’s voice needs to be heard
Turboprop manufacturer’s chief executive argues that smaller airlines’ problems risk being drowned out by the need for billions of dollars in bailouts for flag carriers, with deep consequences for the communities that rely on them.
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NewsAutomated A220 thrust-exceedance check aids engine shutdown probe
Airbus and Pratt & Whitney have developed an update to A220 health-management units to detect whether thrust thresholds on the type are being exceeded and, if so, automatically transmit a report. The intention is to improve the reliability of detecting exceedance of N1 engine power limits as part of the ...
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NewsRoyal Jordanian seeks new chief executive after Pichler retires
Royal Jordanian Airlines has named chairman Said Darwazeh as its interim chief executive, after previous head Stefan Pichler retired having spent over three years in the top post. It has yet to appoint a permanent successor after the carrier’s contract with Pichler ended on 30 September. The airline credits him ...
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NewsEtihad 787 arrives in Tel Aviv for Israeli-UAE trade and tourism mission
Middle Eastern carrier Etihad Airways has operated a commercial passenger flight from Abu Dhabi to Tel Aviv, which it claims is the first such service from a Gulf state to Israel. Etihad Airways’ flight EY9607, flown with a Boeing 787-10 (A6-BMH), landed on Tel Aviv’s runway 12 at about 07:00 ...
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NewsJet Airways creditors accept Jalan-Kalrock bid
Creditors of grounded Indian carrier Jet Airways have voted to accept a bid for the airline from entrepreneur Murari Lal Jalan and asset management firm Kalrock. The creditors’ committee had discussed two rival bids for the company at a meeting on 3 October, and decided to put them to an ...
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NewsA330 joins exclusive club of 1,500 twin-aisle deliveries
Airbus’s A330 has become the first of the European airframer’s twin-aisle aircraft to reach 1,500 deliveries, a mark only previously achieved by two Boeing widebody models. Delta Air Lines received two A330-900s last month – on 21 and 23 September – which respectively represented the 1,500th and 1,501st A330s to ...
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NewsProspects for Flybe sale lift as administrators retain licence and slots
Collapsed UK regional operator Flybe’s administrators have been holding talks with parties interested in acquiring the business, with prospects potentially raised by success in retaining the company’s operating licence and slots. Flybe ceased operations in early March this year and is being overseen by four joint administrators. These administrators state ...
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NewsUnresponsive aileron puzzle emerges after Dash 8-400 cable incident
Investigators are attempting to understand the reason behind unresponsive ailerons on De Havilland Canada Dash 8-400 turboprops, an anomaly discovered during a separate probe into an aileron cable break on a Flybe aircraft. The cable break, involving the left-hand aileron, occurred on Flybe’s G-FLBE during a service from Newquay to ...
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NewsBoeing bolsters leadership council with nine new executives
Boeing has beefed up its executive council with several new executives, a move the company says brings more diversity, perspective and expertise to a top leadership panel.
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NewsUganda Airlines’ first A330-800 emerges in full colours
Airbus has rolled out the first A330-800 for Uganda Airlines, following completion of the twinjet’s livery painting. The aircraft, MSN1977, has been shown off in the full colour scheme. Uganda Airlines ordered two of the aircraft last year. The A330-800 is the smaller of the two A330neo variants. Like the ...
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NewsFAA finalises new commercial spaceflight rules
The US Federal Aviation Administration has finalised new rules it says streamline oversight of commercial spaceflight, enabling continued expansion of the commercial space industry.
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OpinionThe factors at play as 737 Max closes in on operational return
As controversial narrowbody nears FAA recertification, Max Kingsley-Jones, senior consultant at Ascend by Cirium, outlines key issues around jet’s revival.
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NewsEASA readies draft airworthiness directive for 737 Max
European regulators will next month publish a draft airworthiness directive (AD) which should enable the Boeing 737 Max to return to service in the bloc before year-end.
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NewsAirlines delaying setting schedules to ‘last minute’
Market uncertainty means traditional network planning rules have disappeared in North American market
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NewsCyberattack probe: How British Airways security flaws let data theft unfold
Cybersecurity investigators have detailed the British Airways customer data theft which has resulted in a £20 million ($26 million) fine being imposed on the UK flag-carrier. The figure is in line with the expectations of parent company IAG, which had disclosed in its first-half results that it was setting aside ...
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NewsLuxaviation starts adopting EASA as single safety oversight authority
Business aircraft and helicopter specialist Luxaviation Group has transferred safety oversight of its Portuguese operation to the European Union Aviation Safety Agency. Luxaviation is aiming to shift all its European businesses to EASA regulatory supervision. EASA has been offering the opportunity for carriers to place their operations under a European ...
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AnalysisAsian airframers tread diverging paths through the crisis
The coronavirus outbreak, which upended nearly everything in the aerospace industry, has fuelled the diverging trajectory Asian airframers Comac and Mitsubishi Aircraft are taking.
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AnalysisChallenges aplenty for established regional airliner manufacturers
Abandoned by Boeing and seeing its European market turn elsewhere, Embraer and De Havilland Canada have problems beyond those directly caused by the Covid-19 crisis, while ATR is hoping a new freighter programme will lift the gloom of a fading orderbook