All articles by David Kaminski-Morrow – Page 60

  • Qazaq Dash 8-400-c-Qazaq Air
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    Kazakh government formally seeks offers for privatising Qazaq Air

    2023-08-18T08:43:00Z

    Kazakhstan’s government has formally opened invitations to potential investors for the privatisation of regional operator Qazaq Air. Qazaq Air was set up by the government in 2015 and uses a fleet of five De Havilland Dash 8-400 turboprops. It is owned by the Kazakh national wealth fund Samruk-Kazyna. “Attracting a ...

  • SAA-c-SAA
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    SAA restoring Star codeshares with Lufthansa Group carriers

    2023-08-18T06:39:00Z

    South African Airways is restoring its Star Alliance codeshare relationship with Lufthansa Group, with a new agreement centred on Frankfurt services. The African carrier says the codeshare will provide access to the German hub as well as connections to several European destinations. SAA adds that it aims to introduce a ...

  • A320 F-HEPB-c-Anna Zvereva Creative Commons
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    A320 triggered altitude alarm after missing runway axis during night visual approach

    2023-08-17T09:28:00Z

    French investigators believe an Airbus A320 pilot manually flew a visual approach with too much bank, and lost sight of the airport, before descending on a flightpath which was far offset from the runway centreline in Guadeloupe. The Air France aircraft was inbound from Martinique at night on 11 February ...

  • Nayak Aircraft Services-c-Nayak Aircraft Services
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    Knafaim ties up with Nayak Group to form Israeli MRO venture

    2023-08-17T07:15:00Z

    Israel’s Knafaim Holdings is to establish a joint venture covering aircraft maintenance at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion airport. The company has disclosed the agreement with the European-based Nayak Group’s aircraft services division. Knafaim Holdings – which includes lessor Global Knafaim Leasing – says the two sides are setting up a ...

  • Royal Air Maroc 737 Max-c-Boeing
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    Royal Air Maroc to take more 737 Max jets under lease agreement

    2023-08-17T06:39:00Z

    Royal Air Maroc is to introduce another batch of Boeing 737 Max jets, as part of a package of aircraft acquired through US-based Air Lease. The Moroccan flag-carrier is to take four 737 Max 8s and a single 737-800 under the long-term lease agreement. Air Lease says the twinjets will ...

  • SAS A321 OY-KBB-c- Adrian Pingstone Creative Commons
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    SAS cleared to sell engineless A321s to US trading firm

    2023-08-16T10:09:00Z

    Scandinavian carrier SAS has been cleared to proceed with selling a batch of engineless Airbus A321s, for eventual part-out, to a US entity called Spectre Air Capital. SAS is undergoing a corporate restructuring – known as SAS Forward – through a US Chapter 11 bankruptcy process. Spectre had been one ...

  • Yakovlev-c-United Aircraft
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    Yakovlev name formally approved as Irkut's new corporate identity

    2023-08-16T09:26:00Z

    Russian airframer Irkut has formally changed its corporate name to Yakovlev, following approval of the decision at a general meeting of shareholders. The company, part of the United Aircraft aerospace group, states that the Russian unified register of legal entities has been updated with the new identity. Yakovlev’s primary programmes ...

  • Perimeter Dash 8-300 title-c-Perimeter Aviation
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    Runaway Dash 8 collides with fence after parking-brake fails during start-up

    2023-08-16T08:30:00Z

    Canadian investigators have disclosed that a De Havilland Dash 8-300 sustained collision damage after a parking-brake failure caused it to roll forward during engine start-up. The Perimeter Aviation turboprop had been preparing for a service to Winnipeg from the remote Lansdowne House airport in Ontario on 10 August. According to ...

  • 767 conversion-c-Avia Prime Jat Tehnika
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    Avia Prime converts first 767 for Challenge Group at Belgrade facility

    2023-08-16T06:52:00Z

    Polish maintenance and engineering specialist Avia Prime has conducted its first Boeing 767-300ER freighter conversion in Europe, through its Serbian division Jat Tehnika. The aircraft, which bears the Maltese registration 9H-CAC, is a Pratt & Whitney PW4000-powered example, originally delivered to Air Canada in 1996. It has been modified through ...

  • A340 German air force-c-German air force
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    German air force accelerates A340 retirement after technical fault scuppers ministry trip

    2023-08-15T16:19:00Z

    Germany’s air force is to withdraw two Airbus A340s used for governmental flights after a recurring technical incident forced the cancellation of a high-level foreign ministry visit.

  • London International Airport Ontario-c-London International Airport
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    Fuel starvation suspected after test-pilot school Cessna 414 force-lands in field

    2023-08-15T09:15:00Z

    Canadian investigators have pointed to fuel starvation after a Cessna 414 was forced to land in a field while en route to a test-pilot training institution. The aircraft (C-FIYQ) had been newly purchased by the London, Ontario-based International Test Pilots School. It was being ferried to the school from Montreal ...

  • Ethiopian A350-c-Airbus
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    Ethiopian to complement London Heathrow service with revived Gatwick route

    2023-08-15T06:00:00Z

    Star Alliance carrier Ethiopian Airlines is to reinforce its operations to the UK, with a new service to London Gatwick which will commence in winter this year. Ethiopian Airlines says it will serve the route from Addis Ababa three-times weekly from 21 November. The carrier will use Airbus A350-900s on ...

  • Etna-c-Italian Meteorological Service
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    Etna eruption brings further disruption to Catania airport

    2023-08-14T17:42:00Z

    Just nine days after restoring normal operations in the aftermath of a terminal building fire, Sicily’s Catania airport has been forced to close owing to a volcanic eruption. The airport had experienced a three-week closure of Terminal A, causing substantial flight disruption during the busy summer period, after a fire ...

  • GFD Learjet-c-GFD
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    Learjet crashed during simulated engine-out exercise at German military base

    2023-08-14T17:08:00Z

    German investigators have disclosed that the pilots of a Learjet 35A were training for a simulated engine failure at take-off when the aircraft fatally crashed at the Hohn military airfield. The jet was the third of a group of six Learjets departing the airfield almost simultaneously for various flight activities ...

  • DAE 737 Max title-c-DAE
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    Dubai lessor DAE takes over large batch of 737 Max jets from China’s CALC

    2023-08-14T10:39:00Z

    Middle Eastern lessor Dubai Aerospace Enterprise is to acquire a batch of 64 Boeing 737 Max jets, including Max 10s, from the Chinese leasing company CALC. The aircraft have a delivery schedule which runs from this year to 2026. DAE states that the portfolio includes the Max 8 and Max ...

  • Challenger 605-c-Bombardier
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    Challenger fatally stalled as pilot tried to salvage unstable circle-to-land approach

    2023-08-14T10:01:00Z

    US investigators have determined that a Bombardier Challenger 605 first officer’s attempt to rescue an unstable approach, after a series of crew lapses, caused the executive jet to stall and roll into a rapid fatal descent. The crew had been attempting a circle-to-land approach to runway 11 at California’s Truckee ...

  • Belavia 737 Max-c-Belavia
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    US imposes sanctions against Belarusian carrier and government jet

    2023-08-11T17:52:00Z

    US authorities have imposed sanctions against the Belarusian flag-carrier Belavia, as well as a specific aircraft used by the country’s government. Belavia operates the aircraft, a Bombardier Challenger 850 – registered EW-301PJ – which is based on the CRJ200 regional jet. It was originally delivered in 2006 to Canadian private ...

  • Air Arabia-c-Air Arabia
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    Air Arabia maintains strong momentum through second quarter

    2023-08-11T16:29:00Z

    Middle Eastern budget carrier Air Arabia has turned in a 78% rise in first-half net profit, reaching Dhs801 million ($218 million), on revenues of more than Dhs2.8 billion. The Sharjah-based airline disclosed the performance after a strong second quarter during which it made a net profit of Dhs459 million – ...

  • Mexicana deal Mexican president-c-Mexican government
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    Mexicana successor to start with 737 fleet after government seals compensation deal with workers

    2023-08-11T09:51:00Z

    Mexico’s government is poised to create a new carrier based on defunct operator Mexicana’s assets, after securing a compensation agreement with workers to take over the brand. Overseen by the defence ministry, and led by a Mexican air force general, the new carrier will lease 10 Boeing 737-800s, with three ...

  • Aeroflot-c-Aeroflot
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    Accounting change brings volatility to Aeroflot’s reinstated financial results

    2023-08-11T07:45:00Z

    Aeroflot’s reinstatement of financial disclosures earlier this month has given an insight into its performance in the year-and-a-half since the Ukrainian conflict began, although the picture has been complicated by changes to accounting methods and the effect of currency exchange. Application of the new federal accounting standard – which affects ...