All Safety News – Page 171
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Iraqi Airways suspends brawling pilots
Iraqi Airways has suspended two pilots who engaged in a mid-flight brawl, and warned that they face a substantial punishment.
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XL A330 crew battled degrading flight-control systems
French investigators have detailed a cascading series of failures which seriously degraded the flight controls of an XL Airways Airbus A330-200 in cruise over the Mediterranean Sea.
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Batch of Superjets to be checked for loose windows
Operators of a specific set of Sukhoi Superjet 100s are being instructed to check the security of passenger windows on the twinjet type after discovery of a fastener manufacturing defect.
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Engine shortage forces IndiGo to again ground some A320neos
Indian low-cost carrier IndiGo has again temporarily grounded some Airbus A320neos as it awaits spare Pratt & Whitney PW1100G engines.
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Azur 757 nearly stalled after mode switch during climb
Russian investigators believe an inadvertent mode change led an Azur Air Boeing 757-200 to pitch up, lose airspeed and nearly stall shortly after taking off from Goa.
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Air China blames Trent 1000 issue for Brisbane suspension
Air China will suspend its Beijing-Brisbane flights from 24 August to 31 December due to a shortage of aircraft stemming from the ongoing issues with the Trent 1000 engines that power its fleet of Boeing 787-9s.
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European operator first to sign for Hi Fly A380
Hi Fly has revealed that a European operator is the first customer to agree a wet-lease contract for the Portuguese company’s initial Airbus A380.
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Laudamotion facing 'difficult' first year: Ryanair
Ryanair is expecting its Laudamotion affiliate to lose around €150 million ($176 million) in its first year, but is forecasting break-even by the third year of operations.
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JCAB raps Nippon Cargo over maintenance lapses
The Japan Civil Aviation Bureau has ordered Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) to improve a number of its maintenance and record keeping practices, after discovering discrepancies in its records in June that led to the grounding of its fleet.
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PICTURES: EasyJet's first A321neo makes Farnborough debut
EasyJet has celebrated the arrival of the largest aircraft to join the fleet to date by bringing it to the Farnborough air show.
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FARNBOROUGH: Unidentified customers add 93 Max commitments
New commitments for a total of 93 Boeing 737 Max jets have been disclosed by the airframer at the Farnborough air show.
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FARNBOROUGH: VietJet signs for another 100 Max jets
VietJet Air has signed a memorandum of understanding that covers 100 more Boeing 737 Max jets, after ordering the same number in 2016.
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FARNBOROUGH: MRJ to resume flight demonstrations
The MRJ90 that Mitsubishi brought to the Farnborough air show will resume flight demonstrations today, taking off at 15:19 local time, FlightGlobal understands.
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ANA to cancel 378 flights in August for Trent 1000 inspections
All Nippon Airways will cancel 378 domestic flights operated by Boeing 787s during August to accommodate mandatory inspections on their Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines.
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CAAC takes action against pilots, Air China after 737 incident
The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has taken action against Air China and three staff involved in a 10 July depressurisation incident involving one of its Boeing 737-800s.
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FARNBOROUGH: Etihad eyes 'core' cargo routes and divests A330Fs
Etihad Airways is selling its five Airbus A330-200 Freighters as part of moves to boost cargo yields and focus on "core" routes from Abu Dhabi, a top executive at the Gulf carrier has disclosed.
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FARNBOROUGH: Lessor ACG orders 20 more Max jets
US lessor Aviation Capital Group has ordered 20 Boeing 737 Max 8s.
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FARNBOROUGH: Neeleman's start-up to take 60 A220s
JetBlue Airways founder David Neeleman’s new US start-up carrier has tentatively agreed to acquire 60 Airbus A220-300s.
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FARNBOROUGH: Extra Level A330s arriving next year
IAG’s long-haul budget airline Level is to receive its additional pair of Airbus A330-200s in 2019.
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FARNBOROUGH: Peach partly converts order to A321LR
Japanese low-cost carrier Peach Aviation has converted an order for Airbus A320neo-family jets to include the longer-range A321LR.