All articles by David Kaminski-Morrow – Page 47

  • Unity Air Zanzibar-c-Unity Air Zanzibar
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    Two Unity Air EMB-120s suffer separate serious accidents, hours apart, at same airport

    2023-11-29T18:16:00Z

    Tanzanian regional carrier Unity Air Zanzibar has been involved in a bizarre occurrence during which two of its Embraer EMB-120 turboprops were involved in separate accidents at the same airport within hours. According to conservation organisation Tanzania National Parks, one of Unity Air’s EMB-120s “encountered a technical problem” while landing ...

  • Israir A320-c-Israir
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    Israir shelves plan for additional A320s at least until Gaza conflict subsides

    2023-11-29T11:12:00Z

    Israeli leisure carrier Israir Group has suspended plans to introduce another pair of Airbus A320s next year, as a result of the Gaza conflict. The airline has been operating six A320s this year – two owned and four on long-term dry lease – and it tentatively agreed in August to ...

  • Airbus services-c-Airbus
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    Connectivity will contribute to 20-year doubling of global services market: Airbus

    2023-11-29T10:31:00Z

    Airbus expects a virtual doubling of the commercial aircraft services market, to $255 billion, over the next 20 years, driven by digital aircraft capabilities and rising traffic. Maintenance will account for the largest share, around $210 billion in 2042, while training and operation will generate $17 billion, and aircraft enhancement ...

  • BBN Airlines Thailand-c-BBN Airlines Thailand
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    Avia Solutions expands Asian reach with new Thai division for BBN Airlines

    2023-11-29T08:49:00Z

    Avia Solutions Group is establishing a new airline operating in Thailand, extending the presence of its BBN Airlines brand following its creation of an Indonesian division. The new operator, BBN Airlines Thailand, is intending to offer wet-lease and passenger charter activity to customers in the region. It will use a ...

  • Heathrow-c-Heathrow Airport
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    French and Saudi investors pick up 25% Heathrow stake as Ferrovial exits

    2023-11-29T07:02:00Z

    Spanish infrastructure firm Ferrovial is selling its entire 25% shareholding in London Heathrow airport’s operator, under a £2.37 billion ($3 billion) divestment. The company has disclosed that it will sell its stake FGP Topco – the parent of Heathrow Airport Holdings – to French private equity firm Ardian and Saudi ...

  • First Toulouse FAL A321neo-c-Airbus
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    First A321neo emerges from Airbus’s new Toulouse assembly line

    2023-11-28T17:17:00Z

    Airbus has shown off an A321neo for Turkey’s Pegasus Airlines, the first of the type to roll off the airframer’s new Toulouse production line. The aircraft (TC-RDK) is a CFM International Leap-1A-powered twinjet. “It is the first A321neo fully assembled from our Toulouse final assembly line,” the airframer states. Airbus ...

  • Aegean A321neo-c-Aegean Airlines
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    Aegean shareholders indicate preference for ending Greek government’s right to diluting stake

    2023-11-28T15:41:00Z

    Aegean Airlines has signalled that its shareholders favour buying back warrants relating to pandemic compensation, rather than allow the Greek government to exercise its right to take a diluting share in the carrier. The Greek government provided €120 million ($132 million) to compensate the company for losses caused by the ...

  • Ibom Air A220 delivery-c-Ibom Air
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    Nigeria’s Ibom takes first A220 from order for 10

    2023-11-28T14:20:00Z

    Nigerian operator Ibom Air has received its first new Airbus A220-300, one of 10 ordered by the carrier. Ibom Air has already gained experience with A220s operations after it temporarily leased a pair from EgyptAir in 2021. It subsequently disclosed an order for 10 of the twinjets during the Dubai ...

  • Ecojet Twin Otter-c-Ecojet
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    Proposed UK start-up Ecojet reaches agreement for ZeroAvia engines on electric fleet

    2023-11-28T13:42:00Z

    Proposed UK start-up carrier Ecojet is intending to equip its fleet with engines from hydrogen-electric propulsion specialist ZeroAvia. Ecojet aims to commence services next year, initially with conventionally-fuelled regional aircraft, with plans to switch to electrically-powered versions once the powerplants are certified. The carrier has reached an agreement covering 70 ...

  • Aegean A320neo-c-Aegean Airlines
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    Aegean adapts operations as it seeks compensation for A320neo engine issues

    2023-11-28T07:20:00Z

    Greek carrier Aegean Airlines is expecting to reach, by the end of this year, a compensation agreement with Pratt & Whitney over disruption arising from engine inspections on its Airbus A320neo-family jets. Speaking during a 24 November briefing, Aegean chair Eftichios Vassilakis said the airline had been holding “significant discussions” ...

  • Hi Fly A330-c-Hi Fly
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    Wet-lease specialist Hi Fly acquires another pair of A330s

    2023-11-27T15:07:00Z

    Wet-lease operator Hi Fly has acquired a pair of Airbus A330-200s to expand its capacity, placing them on the Maltese register. Both aircraft are identically configured, says the company, with 269 seats – including 18 in the business-class cabin and 251 in economy. “These modern and reliable acquisitions will further ...

  • Luanda Neto interntional airport-c-Angola transport ministry
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    Angolan government invites proposals to manage new Luanda airport

    2023-11-27T10:09:00Z

    Angola’s government is seeking interested parties to manage the new Luanda Antonio Agostinho Neto international airport under a 25-year concession. The ministry of transport recently opened a formal tender process for the concession, and has set a deadline of 16 February next year for proposals. Parties aiming to obtain the ...

  • Pieter van Oord-c-Royal Schiphol Group
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    Schiphol operator highlights environmental credentials of new chief executive

    2023-11-26T21:28:00Z

    Royal Schiphol Group, the operator of Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport, has named maritime contracting figure Pieter van Oord as its new chief executive. Van Oord will take up the post in June next year. Current interim chief Ruud Sondag will step down in March, and the company will be managed over ...

  • Finnair A350-c-Finnair
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    Finnair repays government’s €400m loan following share issue

    2023-11-24T14:55:00Z

    Finnair has confirmed repayment of a capital loan, with interest, to the Finnish government following a new share issue. The carrier drew down the loan of €400 million ($437 million) last year. Its share issue, conducted in November this year, raised gross proceeds of €570 million. Finnair says the government ...

  • Icelandair 737 Max-c-Icelandair
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    Icelandair Group still expecting full-year profit despite seismic activity near Keflavik

    2023-11-24T14:36:00Z

    Icelandair Group is still expecting a full-year net profit despite the effect of seismic activity on tourism flow to the country. The operator states that the geological situation has not affected flights at its Reykjavik Keflavik hub. But Iceland’s meteorological office has been monitoring the area around Grindavik, some 17km ...

  • Bluebird 737 accident CDG title-c-BEA via FedEx
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    Absence of hydraulic brake pressure allowed 737 freighter to roll away after pushback

    2023-11-24T13:44:00Z

    French investigators believe the crew of a Bluebird Cargo Boeing 737-400 freighter did not activate an electric pump to pressurise hydraulics on the aircraft, leaving the brakes non-functional, before the aircraft rolled into obstacles at Paris Charles de Gaulle. The cargo jet (TF-BBM) had been pushing back from parking station ...

  • A350-c-Airbus
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    A350 uncommanded altitude deviations persist despite control unit update

    2023-11-23T20:14:00Z

    Airbus is investigating further uncommanded altitude changes on A350 twinjets despite modifications implemented after a similar situation emerged on the type two years ago. A350 crews had previously been given a revised altitude-selection procedure after investigations found that a failure of the altitude-selector dial – located on the flight control ...

  • 787-10-c-Boeing
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    Emirates’ Clark underlines higher-weight 787-10’s network flexibility

    2023-11-23T18:12:00Z

    Emirates president Tim Clark indicates that availability of a higher-weight Boeing 787-10 was behind its decision to reinstate the variant as part of the carrier’s rejig of 787 orders. The airline had originally indicated in 2017 that it would introduce 40 787-10s but ultimately agreed, two years later, to take ...

  • Robin DR401-c-Robin Aircraft
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    Court orders liquidation of French light aircraft manufacturer Robin

    2023-11-23T11:27:00Z

    French light aircraft manufacturer Robin Aircraft, which dates back to 1957, has been ordered into liquidation by a commercial court. Robin Aircraft says the decision was taken by the court in Dijon after rejecting three proposed takeover bids, citing “insufficiency or incompatibility”. The Darois-based company produced single-engined models including the ...

  • Kenya Cargo 737-800F title-c-Kenya Airways
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    Kenya Airways introducing 737-800 freighters to enhance cargo capacity

    2023-11-23T09:01:00Z

    Kenya Airways is introducing a pair of Boeing 737-800 converted freighters in order to expand its cargo capacity. The flag-carrier says the freighters will contribute to its “diversification strategy” and address a “growing demand” for cargo carriage in the region. Kenya Airways currently operates a pair of older 737-300 freighters. ...