All articles by David Kaminski-Morrow – Page 145
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NewsLong-haul ‘tipping point’ not likely before mid-2022: Airbus chief
Airbus is not expecting to see a notable upward shift in the long-haul market until the middle of 2022, as it prepares to begin ramping-up single-aisle production. Speaking during the Atlantic Council EU-US Future Forum on 6 May, Airbus chief executive Guillaume Faury said the crisis impact had been severe, ...
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NewsAirbus chief sees single-aisle ‘triopoly’ with China as early as end-decade
Airbus chief executive Guillaume Faury believes its single-aisle duopoly with Boeing could transform into a three-way competition by the end of the decade if China progresses strongly with its Comac C919. Speaking during the Atlantic Council EU-US Future Forum on 6 May, Faury said such a development was “not an ...
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NewsS7 overtakes Aeroflot in first quarter after riding domestic wave
S7 Airlines emerged as the largest passenger carrier in Russia over the first quarter of this year, tipping Aeroflot off the top slot, according to the country’s official civil aviation figures. Federal air transport regulator Rosaviatsia states that S7 carried 3.56 million passengers over the three-month period compared with Aeroflot’s ...
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NewsEl Al scraps 737-800 sale-and-leaseback plan
Israeli flag-carrier El Al has dropped plans to enter a sale-and-leaseback transaction for three Boeing 737-800s with an undisclosed foreign company. El Al had stated in April last year that it signed a memorandum of understanding covering the deal for the three aircraft, all manufactured in 2009. The airline has ...
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NewsIrish lessor GTLK Europe to take A321 converted freighters
Irish-based lessor GTLK Europe is to acquire four Airbus A321 converted freighters, induction for which will commence this year. The aircraft will undergo modification by the EFW joint venture which is run by ST Engineering and Airbus. GTLK Europe is affiliated with the Russian state leasing company GTLK, based in ...
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NewsPilots concerned over increasing space threat as heavy Chinese booster re-enters
North American airline pilot association ALPA International is expressing concern that there is no formal process to warn commercial crews of the increasing risks posed by space debris re-entering the atmosphere. It has issued its own caution over the uncontrolled re-entry of a large booster stage of the Chinese Long ...
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NewsAirbus announces death of civil fly-by-wire pioneer Ziegler
Airbus has announced the death of engineering icon Bernard Ziegler, the figure it credits with driving introduction of the commercial digital fly-by-wire technology which became a fundamental characteristic of the airframer’s aircraft. While Ziegler’s legacy – the use of sidestick controls and the software which provided flight-envelope protection – emerged ...
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NewsSR Technics extends CFM engine servicing to Leap-1B
Maintenance firm SR Technics is to extend its servicing portfolio to cover the CFM Leap-1B engine for the Boeing 737 Max. The company says it is aiming to achieve certification approval for work on the powerplant at its Zurich facility by the first quarter of next year. SR Technis already ...
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NewsSATA state support approved but probe continues into earlier measures
Portuguese carrier SATA Air Acores has been cleared to take government compensation and liquidity support worth over €267 million ($320 million), but a previous investigation into suspected illegal support measures is being extended. European Commission regulators have cleared a €12 million state grant to SATA Air Acores, as compensation for ...
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NewsCrew of 737 cleared for take-off while inspection vehicle occupied Porto runway
Portuguese authorities have opened an investigation after a Boeing 737-400F was cleared for take-off on a Porto runway occupied by an inspection vehicle. The aircraft, operated by ASL Airlines Belgium on behalf of FedEx, had been accelerating along runway 35 at night on 27 April. Portuguese investigation authority GPIAAF estimates, ...
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NewsTurkish Airlines heavily reduces first-quarter losses
Turkish Airlines managed to contain first-quarter operating losses to $72 million, a substantial improvement on the $300 million loss for the same period last year. The airline even generated a $61 million net profit for the first three months. Turkish Airlines’ revenues for the quarter remained down by 29% at ...
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NewsIsrael Aerospace to set up 777 freighter conversion line in Seoul
Israel Aerospace Industries is intending to establish a Boeing 777 passenger-to-freighter conversion facility in South Korea, specialising in both -200LR and -300ER modification. The company has reached a preliminary agreement with Sharp Technics K and Seoul’s Incheon airport regarding the plan. IAI says it aims to convert six 777s annually ...
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NewsNorwegian outlines NKr6bn capital increase for restructuring
Scandinavian budget carrier Norwegian is looking to raise up to NKr6 billion ($725 million) as part of its broad restructuring plan, following court approvals of arrangements to exit examinership processes. Norwegian has reduced debt and cancelled large numbers of aircraft orders during the restructuring, and is looking to emerge with ...
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NewsZeroAvia: System integrity 'maintained' during test aircraft accident
Hydrogen-electric propulsion specialist ZeroAvia believes its ambitions to develop larger commercial aircraft will not be adversely affected, as it probes the accident which badly damaged its single-engined test airframe. The six-seat modified Piper M350 was wrecked as it landed in a field near the UK’s Cranfield airport on 29 April, ...
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NewsNigeria’s Azman Air cleared to resume 737 flights after safety audit
Nigerian authorities have lifted a suspension order against local carrier Azman Air after it implemented a corrective plan to address safety matters, the airline states. The suspension affected Azman’s Boeing 737 fleet and was imposed in mid-March after several incidents involving the undercarriage of passenger flights, each of which involved ...
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NewsFlydubai counts full-year cost of crisis disruption and Max grounding
Middle Eastern carrier Flydubai has turned in a full-year loss of Dhs713 million ($194 million), but believes its business fundamentals remain strong. The airline’s revenues halved to Dhs2.8 billion in the 12 months to 31 December 2020. Flydubai says its operations were “severely curtailed” for 14 weeks, from 24 March ...
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NewsZeroAvia suffers setback as field landing wrecks Piper test aircraft
Low-emission aviation firm ZeroAvia is investigating the circumstances of an accident which badly damaged its test aircraft. The aircraft, a Piper M350, has been retrofitted with a hydrogen-electric propulsion unit and conducted its first hydrogen fuel-cell-powered flight in September last year. ZeroAvia says it made an “safe, off-airport landing” in ...
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NewsIcelandair Group reaches tentative agreement to sell tour operator
Icelandair Group and tour specialist Nordic Visitor have reached a heads-of-terms agreement over the sale of the group’s entire shareholding in tour operator Iceland Travel. The company, which wholly-owns Iceland Travel, disclosed earlier this year that it would divest the division as part of its focus on core flight operations. ...
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NewsAirbus parks second Beluga as larger XL variant takes over
Airbus has parked a second A300-600ST Beluga transport following the introduction of the higher-capacity BelugaXL. The airframer withdrew one of its five -600STs – the Beluga 2 aircraft, F-GSTB – last October, placing it into temporary storage. Airbus tells FlightGlobal that it has similarly stored another aircraft, Beluga 1 (F-GSTA), ...
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NewsLondon City airport switches to remote digital tower operations
London City airport has switched over to a remote digital control tower, with its operations controlled from a facility located at the southern UK’s en route centre in Swanwick. Controllers at Swanwick, which is 115km south-west of the airport, have access to live video and other information relayed from a ...