Augsburg Airways of Munich is to acquire up to five new Bombardier de Havilland Dash 8-200s and -300s regional turboprops, to be based at Hamburg Airport and signalling an expansion of its Team Lufthansa franchise. The first of the aircraft will be delivered in January 1998, while the airline has indicated its intention to update all its older Dash 8s to the new "Q" version.
Source: Flight International
Cockpit crew representatives have asked Airbus’s leadership to reconsider its exploration of single-pilot operations, citing the recent IT-related air transport disruption as illustrating the risks of over-reliance on technology. Three pilot associations – the US ALPA International, Europe’s ECA, and international federation IFALPA – have written to Airbus chief Guillaume ...
Russian flag-carrier Aeroflot has filed a claim against aerospace firm Yakovlev with the Moscow arbitration court. While the fundamental argument and details of the case have not been revealed, the claim sum disclosed by the court filing is just under Rb7.3 billion ($86 million). Yakovlev is the manufacturer of Superjet ...
Elevated costs, production slowdowns and delayed 737 fuselage deliveries drove aircraft structures producer Spirit AeroSystems to a $415 million loss in the second quarter of 2024.
