All articles by David Kaminski-Morrow – Page 254
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NewsRussian budget carrier Pobeda taking four more 737-800s
Aeroflot Group’s low-cost operator Pobeda is set to receive four additional Boeing 737-800s in the space of a week. The airline acquired one aircraft on 21 July, taking its fleet of the type to 31. But Pobeda says it is due to take three more of the type “within a ...
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NewsComair rescue attracts several expressions of interest
Four expressions of interest have been received by advisers to South African carrier Comair’s business rescue process. The company’s rescue practitioners state that the adviser, Redford Capital, has received 19 signed confidentiality agreements having “engaged” with 47 parties since the process began. Comair was placed under business rescue in May. ...
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NewsOpposition remains highly suspicious over SAA rescue funding
South Africa’s treasury has yet to detail how it intends to fund the rescue plan for South African Airways, as the country’s political opposition warns that it will intervene to prevent any illegitimate attempts to finance the airline’s revival. While finance minister Tito Mboweni appears to have reassured the Democratic ...
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NewsInvestor offers $75m for 45% share in struggling El Al
Israeli flag-carrier El Al has received an offer from an investor who is prepared to acquire a private allotment of shares worth $75 million. The offer has come from an individual which the law firm Shibolet identifies, in a 20 July letter to the airline, as businessman Eli Rozenberg. This ...
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NewsUK developer shows off 70-seat hybrid as it rejects smaller designs
UK developers have unveiled a prospective design for a 70-seat hybrid-electric regional propeller-driven airliner, which could be in service by 2028. The aircraft is being promoted as an alternative development path, against the propensity for electric programmes to focus on small 19-seat designs. Featuring a quad-engined, high-wing and twin-fin configuration, ...
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NewsIran transfers recorders of shot-down 737 to French investigators
Iranian investigators have arrived at the facility of French accident analysis bureau BEA with the flight recorders from the Boeing 737-800 shot down over Tehran in January. The arrival of the Iranian team at BEA’s facility in Paris marks an important advancement in the investigation, after six months of uncertainty ...
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NewsIcelandair withdraws mass cabin crew lay-off after new deal emerges
Icelandair Group has reversed an extraordinary decision to dismiss all its cabin crew, after a swift resumption of negotiations resulted in another tentative collective bargaining agreement. The operator’s mass sacking of its flight attendants, which would have involved replacing them with pilots from 20 July, had initially spurred a strike ...
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NewsIcelandair cabin crew to ballot for strike after mass dismissal
Icelandair’s cabin crew union has called a ballot to vote for strike action following the failure of talks over a new collective agreement, after which the airline sacked all its flight attendants. The proposed strike would be indefinite and begin on 4 August, subject to a confirmation vote to be ...
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NewsIcelandair orders pilots to take over after dismissing all its cabin crew
Icelandair Group is dismissing its entire cabin crew corps and placing the responsibility for on-board safety with Icelandair’s pilots, after efforts to reach a new collective bargaining agreement failed. Cabin crew members with the FFI union rejected a tentative agreement on 8 July and Icelandair Group says subsequent talks have ...
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NewsCertification testing starts on new Il-96 navigation system
Russia’s new Ilyushin Il-96-400M is set to benefit from an upgraded navigation system for the four-engined type, after certification testing of the equipment commenced. Testing is being conducted on an Il-96-300 airborne laboratory – a former Aeroflot aircraft, registered RA-96007, originally delivered to the Russian carrier in 1993. State technology ...
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NewsGovernment to provide support as Royal Jordanian losses soar
Royal Jordanian Airlines has posted a pre-tax and net loss of JD25.4 million ($35.8 million) for the first quarter, five times the figure recorded last year. The company recorded a 21% fall in revenues to JD114 million, including JD87 million from scheduled passenger services, but only a 6% reduction in ...
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NewsCourt’s Qatar blockade ruling cited judgement on India-Pakistan dispute
Central to the International Court of Justice ruling that the ICAO Council can hear Qatar’s complaint over a long-running airspace blockade was the decision as to whether ICAO should be prohibited from considering issues outside of its aviation sphere. Qatar had sought to bring proceedings before the ICAO Council over ...
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NewsMC-21 undergoes series of water-ingestion tests
Russian airframer Irkut has commenced water ingestion tests of the MC-21-300 twinjet on a runway at Ulyanovsk. The tests involve creating a pool of water 70m in length and some 20m wide, with a depth in line with international certification criteria. Irkut states that one of the MC-21 test aircraft ...
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NewsGovernment yet to clarify any funding commitment to rescue SAA
South African Airways’ state shareholder, the department of public enterprises, is claiming that the government is committing to funding the newly-agreed rescue plan for the airline, but details on the source of any financial support remain hazy. The department says the government is required to provide the rescue practitioners with ...
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NewsAirbus arm signs carriers to new aircraft-derived runway-condition monitor
Airbus’s specialist flight-operations division, Navblue, has unveiled a new runway contamination reporting system which uses the aircraft as a condition sensor during landing roll-out. Over 10 carriers have signed up for the system, designated RunwaySense, covering a total of more than 880 aircraft. Airbus had signalled to FlightGlobal more than ...
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AnalysisWould scrappage scheme help keep Airbus and Boeing afloat?
Could a scrappage grant scheme help keep Airbus and Boeing production going strong during recession while helping to clean the air? Evidence from the US auto market suggests it could at least be of some help
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NewsEl Al pilots absent as negotiators reach cockpit savings agreement
Israeli trade union centre Histadrut has reached a new efficiency agreement covering flag-carrier El Al’s pilots, although the pact has been arranged without the pilots’ representatives. Histadrut states that the agreement, reached on 15 July after discussions with the transport workers’ union, will enable the carrier to save $105 million ...
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NewsUnstable approach rate rose sharply as air transport crisis unfolded
Analysis of flight operations data during the downturn in air transport activity has revealed a sharp increase in the proportion of unstable approaches. The number of unstable approaches per 1,000 operations increased to around 28 in April and 37 in May, two months in which air transport was badly affected ...
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NewsHelvetic converts E2 order to larger variant
Swiss operator Helvetic Airways is to switch part of its order for Embraer regional jets to the larger E195-E2 variant. Helvetic will configure the aircraft with 134 seats, in a single-class layout, compared with the 110 seats of its E190-E2s. The airline had originally ordered 12 E190-E2s, powered by Pratt ...