All articles by David Kaminski-Morrow – Page 342
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DUBAI: VietJet signs for 30 Airbuses including A321neo
Vietnamese budget operator VietJet Air is signing for 30 Airbus single-aisle aircraft including the re-engined A321neo.
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DUBAI: Case for A380 is 'inevitable' – Leahy
Airbus has underlined its faith in the A380, despite slower-than-desired activity and an absence of sales for the type so far this year.
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DUBAI: Boeing drops 'X' from stretched 777 designation
Boeing has formally dropped the ‘X’ suffix from its individual stretched 777 variants, although it will retain it for the overall family.
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DUBAI: Stretched A350-1000 must not be 'me too' project – Leahy
Airbus is closely examining the potential market for a larger version of the A350-1000, but wants to avoid distancing itself from the core A350 market.
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DUBAI: Emirates to show off first high-density A380
Middle Eastern operator Emirates is set to show off the first of its Airbus A380s to be fitted in a higher-density 615-seat configuration.
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Estonian Air collapses after state-aid judgement
Estonian Air is to cease operations after being ordered by the European Commission to pay back over €85 million ($91 million) in funding.
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DUBAI: A350 stops at air show during Middle Eastern tour
Two Airbus A350s will be present at the Dubai air show, a Qatar Airways aircraft complementing the airframer’s MSN2 which will conduct the flying display.
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DUBAI: A330neo to have A350's characteristic mask
Airbus is to adopt the distinctive black cockpit ‘mask’ design on its re-engined A330neo, following its introduction on the A350.
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Russian 737 elevator concerns rooted in Tatarstan crash
Russian authorities’ concerns over Boeing 737 elevator controls appear to be rooted in a dispute over the cause of the fatal Tatarstan Airlines Boeing 737-500 crash at Kazan.
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Airbus edges closer to A350 delivery target
Airbus edged closer to its full-year target of 15 A350-900 deliveries by handing over four of the type during October, bringing the total to nine.
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Airbus begins flight-testing A350-1000 engine
Airbus has commenced flight-testing with the higher-thrust Rolls-Royce engine developed for the A350-1000.
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NewsNo evidence for UK sabotage theory: Egyptian ministry
Egypt’s civil aviation chief insists that the country’s airports employ international security standards, and claims there is no evidence to confirm UK government suspicions that sabotage brought down the MetroJet Airbus over Sinai.
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UK acts on suspicion that sabotage brought down A321
UK specialists are to carry out a security assessment of Sharm el-Sheikh airport after the government expressed concern that sabotage might have caused the destruction of a Russian-operated Airbus A321 over the Sinai peninsula.
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Inquiry urges icing-stall awareness after ATP incident
Norwegian investigators are seeking to improve pilots’ awareness of an impending stall during icing conditions on British Aerospace ATP turboprops, after a serious incident involving a West Atlantic aircraft last year.
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Kogalymavia defends upkeep of ill-fated A321
Russia’s Kogalymavia is defending itself over the condition of the MetroJet Airbus A321 which crashed in Sinai, having released a number of documents detailing the aircraft’s recent technical record.
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Egypt tells carriers to avoid Sinai airspace entry point
Egyptian authorities have requested that air traffic avoid a waypoint off the northern coast of the Sinai peninsula.
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At least one flight recorder recovered from crashed A321
Recovery teams at the site of the MetroJet Airbus A321 crash in northern Sinai have retrieved at least one flight recorder from the wreckage.
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A320 rate hike based on robust backlog: finance chief
Airbus Group is basing its latest planned A320-family production rate hike on a robust backlog, having assessed the risks to orders as well as the capabilities of the supply chain.
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Airbus to take A320 rate to 60 with new Hamburg line
Airbus is to raise its monthly production rate of A320-family aircraft to 60 jets in mid-2019, by opening a new line at Hamburg.
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Embattled Transaero names new chief
Russian carrier Transaero has named a new chief, Valery Zaitsev, who will take charge of the troubled airline following its 26 October grounding.
