All articles by David Kaminski-Morrow – Page 244

  • AF A350
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    Air France orders more A350s to replace A380 fleet

    11 Dec 2019

    Air France-KLM Group is ordering another 10 Airbus A350-900s, which will be used to replace the company’s Airbus A380 fleet. The aircraft are set to be operated by Air France, which is phasing out its A380s by the end of 2022. Air France-KLM says the decision is in line with ...

  • Avianca 787-8
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    Avianca 787 occupants injured during sharp deceleration

    11 Dec 2019

    Spanish investigators have disclosed that an Avianca Boeing 787-8’s crew initiated a sharp manoeuvre which injured two occupants of the aircraft during a service to Barcelona. The aircraft (N796AV) had been descending through 26,000ft towards its destination on 3 November, while operating the carrier’s AV18 service from Bogota. Spanish investigation ...

  • ethiopian q400
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    Ethiopian Q400 badly damaged in take-off excursion

    11 Dec 2019

    Ethiopian Airlines has noted that wind and rain were present when a Bombardier Q400 suffered a runway excursion during take-off from Juba, resulting in substantial damage to the turboprop. The aircraft (ET-AQC) had been bound for Ethiopian’s hub at Addis Ababa as flight ET357 on 10 December. Ethiopian states that ...

  • Airbus future
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    Airbus seeks leader for new aircraft projects division

    11 Dec 2019

    Airbus is seeking a candidate to lead its future projects initiative for commercial aircraft development. Its centre of competence for aircraft architecture is looking to recruit an “inspirational” leader, to be based in Toulouse, for the future projects office. “For the first time in 50 years, Airbus has no major ...

  • A350-1000
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    Airbus might not be obstructed by WTO appeal impasse

    11 Dec 2019

    Airbus’s appeal over the latest World Trade Organization ruling may not necessarily be held up by the impasse which is forcing suspension of the WTO’s Appellate Body. The airframer remains locked in a transatlantic dispute with Boeing over government subsidies to large civil aircraft programmes. But the WTO mechanism is ...

  • Taron 737
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    Shortfalls in Armenian oversight concern EASA

    10 Dec 2019

    Scrutiny of Armenian regulation is being stepped up after the country’s Civil Aviation Committee failed to convince European air safety specialists that it was providing sufficient oversight to carriers. The European Union Aviation Safety Agency discovered shortfalls in oversight when it carried out a visit to carriers Taron Avia and ...

  • PD-14-powered MC-21 fuselage
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    Fuselage mated for first PD-14-powered MC-21

    10 Dec 2019

    Russian airframer Irkut has completed fuselage assembly of the first MC-21 to be fitted with the domestically-built Aviadvigatel PD-14 engine.

  • El Al 787-9
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    El Al details Melbourne test flights

    10 Dec 2019

    Israeli flag-carrier El Al is to operate at least three non-stop services to Melbourne over the course of April-May next year, as part of a test of ultra-long-haul operations. The airline’s reservations system reveals that it will start operating the LY87 service from Tel Aviv to the Australian city on ...

  • Adina Valean, EC transport commissioner
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    Armenian authority placed under closer EU safety monitoring

    9 Dec 2019

    Armenia’s civil aviation regulator has been placed under increased monitoring by European safety authorities as part of a revision of the European Commission airline blacklist.

  • A330neo Avolon
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    Avolon trims A350 order as A330neo commitment rises

    9 Dec 2019

    Lessor Avolon appears to have dropped four Airbus A350-900s from its total order for 14 of the type.

  • SIA A350 ULR roll out - Pic by Airbus
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    EU appeals latest WTO ruling against Airbus

    9 Dec 2019

    European Union representatives have lodged an appeal against the latest findings from a World Trade Organization panel regarding the long-running transatlantic subsidies dispute. The WTO’s findings distributed on 2 December stated that the EU side had failed to show that German and UK subsidy to the Airbus A350 had been ...

  • A330-300-c-Aer Lingus
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    ​Aer Lingus revealed as customer for two more A330s

    9 Dec 2019

    Aer Lingus has emerged as a customer for two more Airbus A330-300s, analysis of the airframer’s latest backlog figures has revealed.

  • Air France A340
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    A340 limit at Bogota averted worse windshear incident

    9 Dec 2019

    Air France restrictions on Airbus A340 take-off runs from Bogota prevented a serious windshear departure incident from potentially becoming even more hazardous, investigators have disclosed.

  • Airbus 100th A220 delivery, Air Baltic
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    A220 deliveries on verge of reaching triple figures

    8 Dec 2019

    Airbus is close to taking A220 deliveries into triple figures, with the 100th aircraft set to be handed to Latvian carrier Air Baltic.

  • La Compagnie A321neo
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    La Compagnie among slot beneficiaries of Aigle Azur failure

    8 Dec 2019

    Premium long-haul operator La Compagnie and carriers including Lufthansa, Wizz Air and TAP are among the beneficiaries of slots released at Paris Orly by the collapse of French airline Aigle Azur in September.

  • Warren East - Andy Rain/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock
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    Rolls-Royce chief ties mini-reactors to synthetic fuel

    8 Dec 2019

    Rolls-Royce is advocating the use of small nuclear reactors to assist with the future production of synthetic fuels.

  • Alitalia aircraft
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    Alitalia to be overseen by single commissioner

    8 Dec 2019

    Alitalia’s team of three extraordinary commissioners has been replaced with a single commissioner, the Italian government has disclosed.

  • Ilyushin Il-114
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    Il-114-300 engine completes latest test phase

    6 Dec 2019

    Russian developers have completed a third phase of flight-testing with the engine designed to power the Ilyushin Il-114-300 turboprop.

  • A330-800-2-c-Airbus_16x9
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    Airbus picks up undisclosed order for four A330-800s

    5 Dec 2019

    Airbus has secured an order for four A330-800s, disclosing a rare agreement for the twinjet variant in its latest backlog revision

  • South African Airways aircraft
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    SAA to receive R4bn funding as part of business rescue

    5 Dec 2019

    South African Airways is to receive a R4 billion ($273 million) in funding as part of the effort to restructure the ailing flag-carrier following its placement into business rescue.