All news – Page 1431
-
News
IndiGo adds Singapore and Bangkok links from Mumbai
IndiGo will start new services from Mumbai to Singapore and Bangkok from 22 August as part of its ongoing international expansion strategy.
-
NewsCrash victim families seek new type certification for Boeing 737 Max
Families of people who died in the crash of a Boeing 737 Max want regulators to re-certificate it as a completely new aircraft only after crash investigations are completed.
-
News
ALPA warns of potential trend to single-pilot commercial aircraft
The Air Line Pilots Association is fighting to ensure large commercial aircraft do not evolve to have only one pilot.
-
News
ALPA and US lawmakers ask ICAO to review pilot training standards
The largest US pilots' union and US lawmakers have urged civil aviation agency ICAO to review its global pilot training standards – requests coming in a wake of two deadly Boeing 737 Max crashes.
-
News
Lockheed Martin F-35 and F-22 to miss 80% mission capability rate
The US military’s fleet of Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II and F-22 Raptor stealth fighters will fail to meet a 80% mission capability rate by September 2019 as directed by US Department of Defense.
-
NewsPICTURES: UK's second F-35B squadron arrives at Marham home
Six Lockheed Martin F-35Bs assigned to the UK Royal Air Force’s (RAF’s) 207 Sqn operational conversion unit touched down at the service’s Marham base in Norfolk on 16 July.
-
News
Judge sides with American by denying motion from mechanics' union
A federal judge has ruled to keep in place an order requiring that American Airlines mechanics' unions work to achieve productivity levels equal to 2018 levels.
-
News
Textron suspends Cessna Hemisphere programme
Textron has suspended the development of the Cessna Hemisphere business jet over uncertainties with the twinjet's Safran Aircraft Engines Sivercrest turbofans.
-
NewsWhat the new Neil Armstrong film can teach us about history
As detailed in a new documentary film, the life of Neil Armstrong chronicles a recent century which, today, feels dizzyingly long ago.
-
NewsA321neo operators alerted over 'excessive pitch' anomaly
Airbus has introduced a temporary revision to A321neo flight manuals intended to prevent the possibility of the aircraft reaching excessive pitch attitudes.
-
News
FL Technics trials virtual reality for training of mechanics
Lithuanian maintenance provider FL Technics is testing virtual-reality training aids in an effort to shorten the time it takes to train aircraft mechanics.
-
News
Airbus looks to Asia-Pacific for flight-school expansion
Airbus is eyeing Asia-Pacific as the next priority territory for its fledgling network of schools, to offer ab initio flight training, as the manufacturer seeks to improve standards and boost numbers of newly trained pilots.
-
News
Yangtze transfers four B737s to Tianjin Bohai
Tianjin Bohai Leasing is taking over the leases on four Boeing 737s from Yangtze Leasing at a transfer price of CNY650 million ($94.5 million).
-
NewsDiamond DA62 secures Chinese certification
Diamond Aircraft has secured Chinese certification for the DA62 – and is preparing to deliver the first example to a local owner in September.
-
News
United to pick up batch of used 737-700s
United Airlines has agreed to purchase a batch of used Boeing 737-700s, and intends to start taking delivery of the jets before the end of this year.
-
NewsEmirates secures rights to daily Mexico City service
Middle Eastern carrier Emirates has revived plans to open a service to Mexico City, which will operate via Barcelona in Spain.
-
News
Austral E190 nose-wheel failure an 'isolated' event: probe
Argentinean investigators have determined that pitting corrosion led to a fatigue failure, causing the nose-wheel of an Embraer 190 to detach before take-off from Mar del Plata's Astor Piazzolla airport.
-
News
Shandong cites 737 Max grounding in first half loss forecast
Shandong Airlines is expecting a net loss of up to CNY28.5 million ($4.14 million) for the six months ended 30 June, citing the ongoing grounding of the Boeing 737 Max among the reasons for the forecast.
-
NewsVietnam Airlines profits up as it eyes ambitious fleet plan
Vietnam Airlines posted a pre-tax profit of D1.7 trillion ($73 million) in the first six months of 2019, up 21.8% from a year earlier.
-
Analysis
ANALYSIS: The secret world of Chinese fighter engines
“A riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma,” is how Winston Churchill famously described Russia in 1939. The adage applies well, perhaps better, to Beijing’s secretive efforts to develop military engines for its future fleet of advanced fighters. While there can be no dispute that engines of all types ...