All articles by David Kaminski-Morrow – Page 118
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NewsSaudia seals $8.5bn agreement for nearly 150 Leap-1A engines
Middle Eastern carrier Saudia has formally reached an agreement to take CFM International Leap-1A engines for the Airbus A320neo-family fleet it ordered in 2019. The airline ordered 30 A320neos and 35 A321neos after opting to scrap a previous agreement for the Boeing 737 Max. But CFM builds the Leap-1B for ...
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NewsRussian authorities probe flight-control incident after S7 A321neo diverts
Russian investigators are probing the circumstances of an incident involving an S7 Airlines Airbus A321neo which made an emergency landing in Irkutsk on 2 December. The aircraft appears to have encountered issues shortly after departing Magadan’s runway 10 for Novosibirsk. It flew a circuitous course in the vicinity of Magadan, ...
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NewsEthiopian A350 wing-tip strike left 110m scar on Johannesburg runway
South African investigators have disclosed that an Ethiopian Airlines Airbus A350-900 crew was attempting a go-around in gusty conditions at Johannesburg when the twinjet’s right wing-tip struck the runway. The aircraft, arriving from Addis Ababa on 6 November, had been cleared for the OKPIT 4A arrival pattern and ILS approach ...
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NewsAir Baltic A220 suffers landing excursion on snowy Riga runway
One of Air Baltic’s Airbus A220s has been involved in a runway excursion while landing in poor weather at Riga airport. The aircraft “slid off the runway” while arriving from Stockholm as flight BT102 on 3 December. It conducted its approach to runway 36 at around 12:00. Meteorological data for ...
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NewsBA to take sustainable fuel from UK plant from early 2022
British Airways is to source sustainable aviation fuel from a UK-based refinery under a supply agreement with energy firm Phillips 66. The fuel will be produced at the Humber refinery in Immingham, in the east of the country, and be used within the airline’s fleet from early next year. British ...
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NewsBelavia rethinks fleet sourcing as EU imposes sanctions over Lukashenko support
Belarusian flag-carrier Belavia is looking for alternative fleet arrangements as political issues put additional pressure on the airline’s operations, already strained by the impact of the pandemic. Belavia is among 11 entities against which restrictive sanctions have been imposed by the European Council, which has accused the Belarusian government of ...
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NewsITA and Italian unions agree labour pact to support new airline’s development
Newly-launched Italian national airline ITA Airways has reached a collective labour agreement with trade unions, which the carrier says will support its strategic development including workforce growth potentially from early next year. The carrier aims to expand in accordance with the recovery of the air transport sector and offer development ...
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NewsUnited Aircraft seeks shareholder approval of merger with Sukhoi and MiG
United Aircraft’s board has approved the merger of the company with Sukhoi and RSK MiG as part of the continuing restructuring of the Russian aerospace industry. Shareholders of United Aircraft will vote on the merger proposal in January next year. The restructuring follows the centralisation of management of Sukhoi and ...
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NewsPilots’ lack of flying explored after serious 737 go-around incident at Aberdeen
UK investigators are examining whether lack of line flying, as a consequence of the pandemic, is directly linked to a serious go-around incident involving a TUI Airways Boeing 737-800 at Aberdeen. Neither pilot had flown for significant periods during the 18 months prior to the 11 September incident, and the ...
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NewsCitilink ATR hits fence during approach to Indonesia’s Ende airport
Indonesian investigators are probing a serious incident involving a Citilink ATR 72-600 which hit an airport fence on landing. The turboprop (PK-GJR) was arriving at Ende airport after a service from Halim, in east Jakarta, on 19 November. But French investigation authority BEA, citing Indonesian counterparts, states that the aircraft ...
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NewsOman reaches agreement with EU on liberalising air transport
Oman’s government has initialed a comprehensive air transport pact with the European Union, aiming for a five-year implementation which will eventually lead to a full ‘open skies’ arrangement. The Middle Eastern sultanate has bilateral third- and fourth-freedom rights with a number of EU countries – among them France, Germany and ...
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NewsFrench firm Ascendance unveils fan-in-wing hybrid-electric aircraft design
French company Ascendance Flight Technologies has become the latest to unveil a proposed hybrid-electric aircraft design, a five-seat model intended to operate over a 400km range. Designated the ATEA, the aircraft features a double-wing and T-tailed configuration with rotary fan elements embedded in the wing structure. The developer says it ...
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NewsRussian Helicopters head appointed to lead MC-21 manufacturer Irkut
Russian Helicopters head Andrey Boginsky is to take over as chief of airframer Irkut – producer of the MC-21 twinjet – after the company’s board agreed to end the tenure of Ravil Khakimov after two-and-a-half years. At a 30 November board meeting Boginsky was approved to serve a three-year term ...
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NewsFirst domestic-winged MC-21 emerges as twinjet’s service entry nears
Over the course of next year the 150-seat jet duopoly is set to evolve into a triopoly as the Irkut MC-21 enters service with Rossiya, the most significant Russian commercial aircraft development in decades. The programme has taken another significant step with the roll-out of the first aircraft whose composite ...
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NewsOneworld carriers collectively source sustainable fuel at San Francisco
Oneworld alliance carriers serving San Francisco have provisionally agreed to purchase blended sustainable aviation fuel from specialist Aemetis, which is developing a facility in California. Under the deal, which has yet to be finalised, the airlines will collectively take 350 million gallons of the fuel from the company from 2024. ...
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NewsSAS looks at fleet options for thinner network demand
Scandinavia’s SAS is evaluating fleet options to address lower demand on the company’s network, and is closing in on a decision. Speaking during a full-year briefing, chief executive Anko van der Werff said the company was assessing “what we can do, what we want to get” and was “nearing the ...
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NewsSAS to introduce new Connect and Link operating arms at Copenhagen
Scandinavia’s SAS is preparing to commence operations from Copenhagen with new internal operating models, known as SAS Connect and SAS Link, but insists they will not prove confusing to customers. SAS says market dynamics have “changed substantially” over the course of the pandemic and the shift requires the company to ...
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NewsEl Al arm shows off automated monitor to speed turnaround times
Israeli carrier El Al’s technological investment division Cockpit Innovation is showing off an artificial intelligence tool intended to increase turnaround efficiency at airports. It will present the system – developed by one of its portfolio firms, IntellAct – at the World Aviation Festival event in London, which opens on 1 ...
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NewsPolice intervene as people queue at Lubeck airport for ‘unapproved’ vaccine
German police have intervened after being informed that people were being injected with unapproved vaccines at Lubeck airport, some 50km north-east of Hamburg. Some 80 people were waiting in front of the airport building, Lubeck police states, when authorities moved in at about 15:00 on 27 November. Police and the ...
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NewsAirbus flags early promise from 100% sustainable-fuel test flights
In-flight emissions tests of an Airbus A350 powered by 100% sustainable aviation fuel indicate that the fuel releases fewer particulates than kerosene, while analysis points to lower density but higher energy content per unit weight. The tests have involved an A350-900 – powered by Rolls-Royce Trent XWB engines – chased ...