All articles by David Kaminski-Morrow – Page 170
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AnalysisRussia strives to create local supply chains for its modern airliners
Sanctions mean manufacturer Irkut is looking to domestic industry to provide an alternative source of components for the MC-21 and Superjet 100
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AnalysisA320 family continues to deliver for Airbus as widebodies stall
The airframer is struggling to find customers for its A330 and A350 families, but narrowbody production will continue at 40 units per month. However, plans to add production capacity by turning the former A380 facility in Toulouse into a dedicated assembly line for the A321neo are on hold
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NewsJet 777 probe urges risk analysis of reduced-thrust take-off
Investigators probing a serious Jet Airways Boeing 777-300ER take-off incident are querying whether the cost benefits of reduced-thrust departures outweigh the safety risks from a performance data error. While reduced-thrust take-off is perceived as beneficial, extending engine life and lowering maintenance costs, the Dutch Safety Board says there is a ...
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NewsWet-lease operator SmartLynx to introduce A321 freighters
Wet-lease and charter specialist SmartLynx’s Maltese division is to lease a pair of Airbus A321s which have been converted to freighters. SmartLynx Malta says it will lease the twinjets – MSN891 and MSN1017 – from Vallair in order to enter the freighter market. It adds that it holding discussions for ...
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NewsEtihad 787-10 operates service through Israeli airspace
United Arab Emirates carrier Etihad Airways has conducted a commercial service through Israeli airspace, with its Milan Malpensa-Abu Dhabi flight. Flight EY88 has a scheduled block time of 6h 5min and typically spends about 5h 25min airborne. The service is normally routed through Turkey and then uses the busy north-south ...
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NewsRussian authority concerned over adequacy of Nagorno-Karabakh safety measures
Russia’s Interstate Aviation Committee has issued a warning over the potential risk to civil aircraft arising from the resurgence in hostilities in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region of the Caucasus. The territory, located in south-western Azerbaijan, has been the source of conflict with neighbouring Armenia over the last three decades, notably ...
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NewsCivil aircraft subsidies: EU fails to persuade WTO of case for higher penalties
While the European Union, in its transatlantic civil aircraft subsidy dispute, had sought World Trade Organization authorisation to impose a higher penalty than the $7.5 billion awarded to the US government, it ultimately failed to convince the WTO of its case. Over the course of the long-running dispute the EU ...
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NewsDiverse UAE firm claims intention to bid for Israeli carrier Israir
United Arab Emirates-based investors are intending to bid for the Israeli leisure carrier Israir, one of the country’s main operators. NY Koen Group, a diversified holding company located in Dubai, says it will be submitting a bid to purchase the airline. Israir has a mix of Airbus A320 jets and ...
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NewsEU can impose $4bn penalty in transatlantic aircraft subsidies row
European Union authorities have secured the right to impose almost $4 billion in tariffs on US imports, including aircraft, in retaliation for harm arising from US government subsidies to Boeing. The decision from the World Trade Organization arbitrator, issued on 13 October, states that the level of countermeasures “commensurate with ...
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Airline BusinessWhy weaponising British Airways’ slots is a complicated crusade
When British Airways disclosed its intention to restructure its operations under the onslaught of the pandemic, the prospect of its slashing its workforce – and the perception of corporate ruthlessness – led to an extraordinary call for retaliation within UK political circles. BA’s strategy ignited an intense parliamentary discussion which ...
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NewsLufthansa shifting A350s to Frankfurt to take over 747 routes
Germany’s Lufthansa is to shift a batch of Airbus A350-900s to Frankfurt, where they will take over routes operated by Boeing 747-8s. Lufthansa has so far focused A350 deployment exclusively on its Munich hub. The airline has 43 of the twinjets on order and has received 16 of them. Four ...
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NewsTrump lawyer and former UN ambassador proposed for El Al board
Israeli flag-carrier El Al’s shareholders are to meet in November to approve a new board of directors, including Jason Greenblatt, the former chief lawyer to US president Donald Trump. Greenblatt is one of six directors proposed for the board following the stock issue in September during which El Al underwent ...
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NewsTwo Yakutia Superjets overran same icy runway within two hours
Russian investigators have disclosed that a Yakutia Sukhoi Superjet 100LR crew experienced serious braking problems and overran a Siberian runway just 2h before a similar event badly damaged another Superjet from the same carrier. Yakutsk airport’s runway 23L had been undergoing construction work, shortening it by 1,150m and limiting its ...
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NewsBritish Airways chief Alex Cruz to step down, succeeded by Aer Lingus head Doyle
British Airways chief executive Alex Cruz is to step down from his position, after four years, to be succeeded by Aer Lingus chief Sean Doyle. Parent company IAG states that the change is part of a management reshuffle that takes place “with immediate effect”, but has not elaborated on the ...
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NewsItalian ministers sign decree establishing Alitalia successor
Italy’s government has signed an air transport decree to establish a new national airline to succeed flag-carrier Alitalia. The government is referring the operator as Newco, but transport minister Paola De Micheli signals that the company’s formal name is ITA, adding that the company will “bring Italy to the world”. ...
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NewsAirbus deliveries reach monthly high but orders stay quiet
Airbus achieved deliveries of 57 aircraft during September, although order activity remained practically non-existent. Its delivery figure is the highest for any single month so far in 2020, exceeding the 55 achieved in February, just before the onset of the air transport crisis. The only order change registered was the ...
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NewsA320neo line adapts to five digits for MSN10000 delivery
Lebanese flag-carrier Middle East Airlines has taken delivery of the first Airbus A320-family aircraft to have been assigned a five-digit serial number, with the handover of an A321neo bearing MSN10000. While the aircraft is not the 10,000th A320 to be transferred to a customer – that milestone is still a ...
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NewsWizz A321 left out-of-balance by seat-allocation mishap
Investigators have determined that incorrect distribution of passengers after a change of aircraft type led a Wizz Air UK Airbus A321 to take off outside of its centre-of-gravity envelope. The aircraft’s crew experienced difficulties during 16 January departure from London Luton when, at the point of rotation, the A321 did ...
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NewsRunaway Q400 prematurely unchocked after brake pressure depleted
UK investigators have found that a parked Bombardier Q400 had its chocks prematurely removed, and that its parking brake hydraulic pressure had depleted, before it rolled 70m across a taxiway and collided with another aircraft at Aberdeen. No-one was injured but the Air Accidents Investigation Branch points out that the ...
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NewsIsraeli-Jordan airspace pact set to unlock more Middle Eastern routes
Israel’s government has expanded potential route networks with Arab states through an airspace agreement with its Jordanian counterpart. The pact, signed between civil aviation authorities on 8 October, opens the two countries’ airspace and will “significantly shorten flight times” from the Gulf states and Asia to destinations in Europe and ...