All articles by David Kaminski-Morrow – Page 53

  • Turkish A350-c-Airbus
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    Airbus faces another fourth-quarter rush to meet delivery target

    2023-10-09T16:52:00Z

    Airbus will need to hand over 232 aircraft in the final quarter to achieve its aim of 720 commercial deliveries for the full year, having shipped 488 jets by 30 September – two-thirds of the target.

  • EasyJet-c-EasyJet
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    EasyJet enters formal pact with Airbus to offset emissions through carbon-capture

    2023-10-09T14:24:00Z

    UK budget carrier EasyJet has signed up to Airbus’s new carbon-capture programme, the first operator to reach a formal agreement over the initiative. EasyJet had been revealed last year as one of seven operators which had tentatively agreed to explore the Airbus carbon-removal scheme. It is based on direct air ...

  • Finnair fleet-c-Finnair
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    Finnair to cut debt costs and reinforce finances with €600m share issue

    2023-10-09T09:05:00Z

    Finnair is intending to reinforce its financial position with a share issue aimed at raising €600 million ($632 million) during the fourth quarter of this year. The airline says the Finnish government, its main shareholder, is supporting the rights issue, along with other interested parties. Finnair says it will use ...

  • N866JA Islander crash Beaver Island-c-NTSB
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    Islander stalled on approach before fatal crash just short of Michigan runway

    2023-10-09T08:31:00Z

    US investigators believe a Britten-Norman BN-2A Islander stalled at low altitude on approach before fatally crashing short of the runway in Michigan. Four of the five occupants of the aircraft did not survive the crash, 320ft south of Welke airport on Beaver Island, on 13 November 2021. The Islander (N866JA) ...

  • overflight-c-Unsplash Mark Timberlake
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    Israeli authorities ‘effectively’ mitigating conflict risks to air traffic: EASA

    2023-10-08T21:27:00Z

    Israeli authorities are sufficiently addressing potential risks to civil aviation from the outbreak of conflict on 7 October, the European Union Aviation Safety Agency believes. But EASA is advising that operators should ensure they have carried out a “robust” risk assessment with a “high level” of contingency planning, adding that ...

  • Air India A350 livery 2-c-Air India
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    Air India shows off initial A350s with new colour scheme

    2023-10-07T09:14:00Z

    Air India has shown off its new livery painted on the initial Airbus A350-900 aircraft due to join the flag-carrier’s fleet. The airline has orders for six A350-900s and 34 A350-1000s. Source: Air India It has revealed an aircraft at Toulouse – bearing the manufacturer’s serial number ...

  • LOT 787-c-LOT
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    LOT to expand fleet, and refit 787s, as part of five-year strategy

    2023-10-06T19:27:00Z

    Polish flag-carrier LOT aims to increase its fleet by 50%, to around 110 aircraft, over the next five years, part of a newly-unveiled strategic path. The airline adds that, over the 2024-28 period, it seeks to lift passenger numbers by 70% to nearly 17 million. LOT intends to add another ...

  • Heathrow runway-c-NATS
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    UK air traffic control failure review to assess balance of cost-sharing

    2023-10-06T12:57:00Z

    Independent panellists are to consider the balance of cost-sharing between air navigation service NATS and its customers following the air traffic control system failure on 28 August which led to severe disruption to airline operations. This aspect will form part of a review into the incident during which a flight-data ...

  • Putin at Valdai-c-Russian presidential office
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    Putin reveals 'hand grenade fragments' found in victims of Wagner Embraer crash

    2023-10-05T21:41:00Z

    Russian president Vladimir Putin has disclosed that investigators discovered fragments of hand grenades during examination of the victims of an Embraer Legacy 600 crash near Moscow. Putin was speaking at a meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club, a high-level conference forum, on 5 October. The Legacy 600 had been carrying ...

  • CFM56-c-CFM International
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    CFM scrutinises data from suspect distributor in hunt for unapproved engine parts

    2023-10-05T19:27:00Z

    Powerplant manufacturer CFM International has identified 126 engines, including a number in its overhaul facilities, which contain parts sourced from AOG Technics – the company embroiled in controversy over allegations of distributing unapproved parts. CFM and its partner GE Aerospace have identified 92 falsified European Union Aviation Safety Agency forms ...

  • LATAM firefighting collision title-c-CIAA
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    Critical misunderstandings preceded LATAM A320neo's fatal runway collision with rescue vehicle

    2023-10-05T10:56:00Z

    Misunderstandings from poor planning and co-ordination of a rescue exercise preceded the fatal collision involving a departing LATAM Airbus A320neo and a firefighting vehicle which sped onto the runway at Lima. Two of the three emergency personnel in the vehicle were killed after it entered runway 16L and was struck ...

  • Royal Jordanian-c-Royal Jordanian
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    Royal Jordanian restructures capital to reduce large accumulated losses

    2023-10-04T10:05:00Z

    Royal Jordanian Airlines has agreed a restructuring of the carrier’s capital, in order to reduce the company’s accumulated losses which amounted to nearly JD400 million ($564 million) at the end of last year. The airline stated in its annual report for 2022 that accumulated losses exceeded the company’s capital, noting ...

  • Air France A350
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    Air France-KLM has potential avenue to becoming controlling SAS shareholder

    2023-10-04T08:10:00Z

    While Air France-KLM Group would initially have a non-controlling stake in Scandinavia’s SAS, the company has indicated that the investment agreement includes a potential avenue to becoming a controlling shareholder. Air France-KLM’s emergence as a participant in the investment consortium for SAS underlines its strategy to help drive consolidation, and ...

  • Aeroflot tail-c-Aeroflot
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    Russia’s Aeroflot Group reaches fleet settlement with another lessor

    2023-10-03T21:39:00Z

    Russian operator Aeroflot Group has disclosed a settlement with Irish lessor SMBC Aviation Capital, covering 17 aircraft. The settlement relates to foreign-built aircraft which were retained by Russian airlines in the aftermath of international sanctions imposed over the Ukrainian conflict. Aeroflot says that, under the agreement reached, the lessor has ...

  • SAS aircraft-c-SAS
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    SAS to leave Star for SkyTeam after picking Air France-KLM and Castlelake as investors

    2023-10-03T16:28:00Z

    Scandinavian carrier SAS has identified Air France-KLM, and financial firms Castlelake and Lind Invest – along with the Danish government – as participants in the successful consortium to provide investment under the company’s equity solicitation process. SAS will eventually become a member of the SkyTeam alliance, leaving its position in ...

  • Silk Way 777F title-c-Silk Way West Airlines
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    Azerbaijan’s Silk Way West receives first 777F

    2023-10-03T14:36:00Z

    Azerbaijani cargo operator Silk Way West Airlines has taken delivery of its first Boeing 777 freighter, following an order disclosed two years ago. The Baku-based carrier signed for five 777Fs and, a year ago, supplemented the agreement with a pair of 777-8Fs, with combined deliveries running to 2030. Its first ...

  • Ural stranded A320-c-Ural Airlines
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    Ural Airlines considering flying stranded A320 out of remote field

    2023-10-03T14:13:00Z

    Russian carrier Ural Airlines appears to be considering flying a stranded Airbus A320 out of the field on which it conducted an emergency landing during an attempted diversion. The aircraft had been nearing fuel exhaustion as its crew tried to divert to Novosibirsk on 12 September, following a hydraulic system ...

  • Ditched PC-12-c-NTSB
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    Inquiry suggests air or ice in modified fuel system led PC-12 to ditch during oceanic ferry

    2023-10-03T13:48:00Z

    US investigators believe a Pilatus PC-12 turboprop with a modified fuel system ditched in the Pacific Ocean after a build-up of ice, or the emergence of air, led to fuel starvation and a loss of engine power.

  • Saudia1-c-Saudia
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    Saudia unveils livery revamp as part of Vision 2030 transformation

    2023-10-02T19:58:00Z

    Saudi Arabian flag-carrier Saudia has unveiled a new colour scheme, updated as part of the kingdom’s broader modernisation effort known as Vision 2030. The airline unveiled the new livery during an event in Jeddah. It features a green base colour, with shades of blue and sand, and retains the Saudia ...

  • LATAM A321neo-c-Airbus
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    LATAM to take additional batch of A321neos as it receives first delivery

    2023-10-02T13:05:00Z

    Latin American operator LATAM is taking a further 13 Airbus A321neos, as it receives the first from a previous commitment to 76 of the twinjet variant. The carrier’s initial aircraft, leased from AerCap, is configured with 224 seats. Registered PS-LBB, the A321neo is fitted with Pratt & Whitney PW1100G engines ...