All articles by David Kaminski-Morrow – Page 119

  • ZeroAvia testbed
    News

    Investigators yet to detail power loss behind ZeroAvia M350 forced-landing accident

    2022-04-29T10:02:00Z

    UK accident investigators have disclosed few additional details of the crash involving an experimental hydrogen-electric Piper M350 a year ago, beyond stating that the aircraft suffered a power loss. The aircraft (G-HYZA) had been modified with an electric motor powered by hydrogen fuel cells, and was carrying out test flights ...

  • Vietnam A321 VN-A603-c-Alec Wilson Creative Commons
    News

    Vietnam A321 flew domestic sector after suffering vehicle collision damage

    2022-04-29T09:35:00Z

    Vietnamese authorities are said to be investigating why an Airbus A321 was able to continue operating having sustained substantial damage to its aft fuselage, apparently from a forklift vehicle. The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam has informed the ministry of transport that the aircraft suffered a fuselage dent beyond permissible ...

  • Icelandair 737 Max-c-Icelandair
    News

    Icelandair revisits hedging as fuel prices weigh on financial figures

    2022-04-29T07:45:00Z

    Icelandair Group has started rebuilding a fuel-hedging position, suspended during the pandemic, as it notes the effect of fuel prices on its first-quarter performance. The company has turned in a pre-tax loss of $62.5 million and a net loss of nearly $50 million for the three months to 31 March. ...

  • L-410NG-c-UGMK
    News

    Czech firm acquires L-410 manufacturer Aircraft Industries from Russian owners

    2022-04-28T11:43:00Z

    Czech defence electronics and aviation technology company Omnipol Group has agreed to acquire the entirety of the aerospace firm Aircraft Industries from its Russian owners. Russian mining entity UGMK has controlled the company since 2008 when it acquired a 51% share of the firm, which produces aircraft including the L-410 ...

  • Air France 777-300ER F-GSQJ-c-Anna Zvereva Creative Commons
    News

    Probe into 777-300ER 'control instability' finds no evidence of inconsistent response

    2022-04-28T10:34:00Z

    French investigators probing the control instability experienced by an Air France Boeing 777-300ER on final approach to Paris Charles de Gaulle have found no inconsistency between the pilots’ control inputs and the movement of the aircraft. The aircraft, arriving from New York JFK on 5 April, had been conducting an ...

  • Cargolux 747-c-Cargolux
    News

    Profitable Cargolux foresees continued capacity strain on trade

    2022-04-28T08:40:00Z

    Cargolux has generated a full-year pre-tax profit of $1.7 billion for 2021, but it warning that global trade is likely to suffer from the effects of the pandemic and the geopolitical situation in Ukraine. Pressure on supply chains will continue, the Luxembourg-based freight carrier states, with border restrictions still in ...

  • Aeroflot A320 VP-BIY title-c-Aeroflot
    News

    Aeroflot board set to discuss increasing company’s share capital

    2022-04-28T07:27:00Z

    Aeroflot Group’s board is to hold a meeting at which the directors will discuss increasing the authorised share capital of the company. The board meeting is set to take place on 29 April, the airline has disclosed. Its agenda includes amending articles of association for the company and determining the ...

  • Qatar A350-1000 MSN420-c-Airbus
    News

    Airbus and Qatar Airways wrestle over right to resell rejected A350s

    2022-04-27T11:21:00Z

    Among the legal jousts between Airbus and Qatar Airways arising from their court clash is an attempt by the airline to prevent the airframer from reselling A350s built for the carrier but individually cancelled after Qatar’s refusal to take delivery. Airbus has been cancelling A350s which had been completed and ...

  • Jazeera A320neo-c-Jazeera Airways
    News

    Jazeera turns in first-quarter profit as travel rebounds

    2022-04-27T07:09:00Z

    Kuwaiti budget carrier Jazeera Airways has generated a first-quarter net profit of KD3.8 million ($12.4 million), contrasting with last year’s loss of KD5.2 million for the period. It attributes the performance to a sharp increase in passenger numbers as travel restrictions were lifted in Kuwait. Revenues for the three months ...

  • Finnair-c-Finnair
    News

    Finnair seeks to rebalance network as airspace closures impede recovery

    2022-04-27T06:50:00Z

    Finnair is having to cope with contrasting scenarios on its route network, with European, US and southern Asian routes showing evidence of normalisation, while the carrier is facing travel restrictions in northern Asia and the effects of closed Russian airspace. As a result of this situation, and the rising fuel ...

  • ASL Airlines France 737-700-c-Anna Zvereva Creative Commons
    News

    ASL supports Fokker development of 737 satellite-based guidance modification

    2022-04-26T13:52:00Z

    ASL Airlines France has co-operated with Dutch aerospace firm Fokker Services on a satellite-based landing system modification for Boeing 737s. The LPV modification allows operators to conduct approaches down to localiser performance, or localiser performance with vertical guidance, minima. Fokker Services says that, from January 2024, all European instrument runways ...

  • Qatar A321neo-c-Airbus
    News

    Qatar loses court bid to force Airbus to build cancelled A321neos

    2022-04-26T12:54:00Z

    Qatar Airways has lost a bid to force Airbus to continue producing A321neo jets, after a judge in London dismissed a request from the airline after the airframer cancelled Qatar’s order for 50 of the type. FlightGlobal was in London’s High Court to hear the ruling on 26 April, which ...

  • IFE-c-Hawaiian Airlines
    News

    Hawaiian Airlines ties up with SpaceX’s Starlink for high-speed connectivity

    2022-04-26T06:36:00Z

    US operator Hawaiian Airlines is to use the Starlink satellite system to provide high-speed internet services on its aircraft, claiming to be the first major carrier to tie up with the network. Starlink is the low-Earth orbit satellite network developed and deployed by private firm SpaceX, intended to enable internet ...

  • A220-300-c-Romain Coupy Creative Commons
    News

    A220 operators told to check pins removed from evacuation slide canisters

    2022-04-25T09:09:00Z

    Operators of Airbus A220s are being instructed to check the emergency slides of passenger exits to ensure that safety pins are removed from escape slide inflation canisters. The urgent directive has been issued by Transport Canada. It states that inspections of two forward passenger slides of in-service aircraft found that ...

  • Aeroflot A350-c-Airbus
    News

    US FAA formally downgrades Russian oversight safety classification

    2022-04-25T08:43:00Z

    US aviation regulators have downgraded the safety rating of Russia, declaring that the oversight authority is not complying with ICAO standards. The US FAA has formally classified Russia as a ‘Category 2’ state under its International Aviation Safety Assessment scheme. This downgrade prevents any expansion of airline services to the ...

  • Air Lease Airbus title-c-Airbus
    News

    Air Lease set to write off $800m for Russian-operated aircraft

    2022-04-25T08:07:00Z

    US lessor Air Lease is to write off more than $800 million in assets comprising aircraft still operated by Russian carriers that the company is unlikely to retrieve. The lessor had previously disclosed that 21 owned aircraft from its fleet were still in Russia, following the termination of leases in ...

  • MC-21 with PD-14 engines
    Analysis

    Sanctions drive Russian production upheaval

    2022-04-22T11:29:00Z

    Moscow looks to rapidly revive domestic manufacturing, as penalties linked to Ukraine invasion cause up to two-year delay on MC-21 programme.

  • Aeroflot 737
    Analysis

    Russian regulator faces safety backlash

    2022-04-22T11:29:00Z

    Russia’s move to transfer hundreds of Western jets onto the nation’s domestic registry has triggered a blacklisting for Moscow’s carriers.

  • MC-21-310
    News

    Domestic radio systems under development for MC-21

    2022-04-22T10:41:00Z

    Russia’s Irkut MC-21 will have an option for domestically-built communications systems, under the government’s import substitution strategy for the aviation industry. The Ruselectronics division of state technology firm Rostec has developed short- and long-range systems for the twinjet. Rostec says the division’s Polet arm will deliver 20 radio units, and ...

  • ITA A350 title-c-ITA Airways
    News

    ITA prepares to put initial A350 into intercontinental service

    2022-04-22T10:08:00Z

    Italian carrier ITA Airways is preparing to put its initial Airbus A350-900 into service on its network of American and Asian routes this summer. The first of the Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-powered twinjets has been undergoing preparatory test flights at Toulouse before entering operation. ITA states that the aircraft will join ...