All articles by David Kaminski-Morrow – Page 171
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NewsNorwegian mass cancellation pushes Airbus into negative net orders
Airbus has newly-recorded cancellations of 92 aircraft, pushing the airframer far into negative net order territory after the first two months of this year. The cancelled aircraft comprise a pair of A350-900s plus 59 A320neo and 30 A321neo jets. Scandinavian budget carrier Norwegian accounted for almost all of the single-aisle ...
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NewsActivists spray-paint parked Air France 777 to protest climate bill
Environmental activities have managed to gain access to a stored Air France Boeing 777-200ER and spray it with green colouring as part of a protest against the French government air transport policies. The aircraft – registered F-GSPB, a 1998 airframe fitted with General Electric GE90 engines – was parked at ...
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NewsBell 505 single-pilot operations restricted as inspection regime tightens
Canadian safety authorities have temporarily banned right-hand single-pilot operations of Bell 505 Jet Ranger X helicopters, after further investigations into the potential fracture of collective sticks on the type. Transport Canada is tightening inspection requirements for the helicopter following an incident in which the collective stick on one aircraft failed ...
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NewsRedesign to cure acoustic engine phenomenon linked to A220 failures
Pratt & Whitney is aiming to introduce redesigned bleed-valve ducts for Airbus A220 engines by the fourth quarter of this year, to eliminate a resonance phenomenon linked to a series of powerplant failures. Four instances of PW1500G low-pressure compressor stage-one rotor separation, affecting A220-300s operated by Swiss and Air Baltic, ...
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NewsUS government temporarily suspends UK tariffs in shift to resolve Airbus-Boeing spat
Signs have emerged of a shift in the effort to resolve the long-running transatlantic civil aircraft subsidies dispute, after the US and UK governments agreed to suspend tariffs for four months. The measure follows the UK’s unilateral suspension of tariffs at the beginning of January. Both sides have since jointly ...
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NewsWest Atlantic ATP veered off runway as crew botched crosswind landing
Swedish freighter operator West Atlantic has reinforced crosswind training after investigators attributed a significant British Aerospace ATP excursion at Birmingham airport to inexperience and incorrect technique. Although the ATP, arriving from Guernsey on 22 May last year, carried out an initial crabbed approach to runway 33 in windy conditions, the ...
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NewsSouth Sudan leader grounds Supreme Airlines after L-410 crash
South Sudan’s leader has ordered the suspension of local operator South Sudan Supreme Airlines after the fatal crash of a Let L-410 turboprop. President Salva Kiir Mayardit says he is directing the ministry of transport and the civil aviation authority to “suspend” the carrier’s operations. “This measure is necessary for ...
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NewsEASA to order Airbus windshield checks after Sichuan A319 blow-out in 2018
Airbus A320-family operators are set to be instructed to carry out repetitive inspections of windshield components after a main cockpit window on a Chinese A319 blew out in cruise nearly three years ago. About 40min after taking off from Chongqing for Lhasa, the Sichuan Airlines aircraft had been flying at ...
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NewsStart-up Flyr outlines expansion plans after securing ramp-up funding
Norwegian start-up Flyr intends to establish an employment ratio comparable to low-cost airlines within Europe, aiming for a figure of 36 employees per aircraft within five years. Flyr claims this will bring it into line with the level of Ryanair and below that of EasyJet and Wizz Air. The company ...
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NewsAirbus explores potential of composite bulkhead built for Ariane launch vehicle
Space launcher technology has been adapted for potential use in future Airbus single-aisle aircraft, with testing of a composite bulkhead developed for the European Space Agency’s Ariane 5 and Ariane 6 vehicles. The design modification centres not on the main passenger cabin bulkhead, used to maintain pressurisation, but a secondary ...
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NewsSaudi regulator latest to approve 737 Max services
Saudi Arabia’s civil aviation regulator has become the latest to approve operations with the Boeing 737 Max, although none of the kingdom’s airlines yet operates the type. Flag-carrier Saudia’s budget airline Flyadeal had been in line to acquire the 737 Max, through a provisional $5.9 billion agreement for 30 Max ...
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NewsCzech Airlines insolvency petition outlines scale of financial burden
Czech Airlines’ insolvency petition sets out the scale of the company’s financial problems, which it partly attributes to the inability to source rescue funding from the Czech government. The company has 266 creditors, with the total liability to suppliers amounting to Kc809 million ($37.1 million) as of 25 February, its ...
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NewsColombian landing accident appears to involve DC-3 from previous mishaps
Colombian investigators are probing an accident with a Douglas DC-3 carrying the same registration as aircraft involved in at least two previous landing mishaps. The aircraft, identified by civil aviation regulator Aerocivil as HK-2006, was being operated by local carrier Aerolineas Andinas Aliansa. It had been conducting a service from ...
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NewsChina's CAAC yet to approve test flights for 737 Max return-to-service
China’s civil aviation regulator is discussing with Boeing a restoration plan for 737 Max services, but is yet to be satisfied to the extent necessary to advance the type’s return to operation. The Civil Aviation Administration of China’s deputy director, Dong Zhiyi, disclosed the state of progress during a State ...
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NewsSIA engineering division in talks to acquire SR Technics' Malaysian arm
Singapore Airlines’ engineering division has reached a preliminary agreement to acquire the local Malaysian operation of maintenance specialist SR Technics. SIA Engineering Company says it has signed a memorandum of understanding relating to the potential acquisition “in part or whole” of SRT Malaysia. Negotiations will take place on the terms ...
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NewsCrew alarmed by speed decay before American 757 abruptly pitched down
Investigators probing an abrupt manoeuvre by an American Airlines Boeing 757-200 have indicated that the crew suddenly pitched the aircraft nose-down after realising the airspeed had unexpectedly bled away. The aircraft had been approaching New York JFK on 6 September 2018, following a service from Edinburgh. As the aircraft neared ...
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NewsPobeda to open second Moscow base with flights from Sheremetyevo
Russian budget carrier Pobeda is to open services from a second Moscow base, operating from the capital’s Sheremetyevo airport. Pobeda is part of Aeroflot Group alongside Aeroflot and Rossiya. Moscow Sheremetyevo is Aeroflot’s main base. The expansion will involve Pobeda’s opening services to 12 cities in Russia, as well as ...
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NewsA320 landed off-runway at Rio after drifting far from centreline
Pilots of an Avianca Brasil Airbus A320 did not execute a go-around despite the aircraft’s drifting off the runway axis during approach to Rio de Janeiro, and subsequently landing far to the right and travelling onto rough ground. Although the crew – arriving from Salvador on 3 March 2019 – ...
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NewsLAM 737-700 involved in Mozambique landing excursion
One of African carrier Linhas Aereas de Mocambique’s Boeing 737-700s has suffered a runway excursion during landing at Quelimane airport. LAM says the aircraft was operating the domestic flight TM1134 from Maputo on 26 February. The aircraft involved (C9-BAR) came to rest on rough grassy ground after arriving from the ...
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NewsTexan aviation investment group MDI acquires three Austrian 767s
Lufthansa Group carrier Austrian Airlines has agreed to sell three of its Boeing 767-300ERs to a US company, Texas-based MonoCoque Diversified Interests. Austrian says the first of the 767s will be transferred at the beginning of March with a second to be handed over in May. The carrier had disclosed ...