All articles by David Kaminski-Morrow – Page 64

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    Safran proposes acquisition of Collins’ flight-control and actuator business

    2023-07-21T08:01:00Z

    French aerospace firm Safran is looking to acquire flight-control and actuation activities from RTX’s Collins Aerospace operation in a cash transaction. Collins Aerospace supplies the systems to commercial and military aircraft, as well as helicopters, and the activity is spread across eight facilities in Europe and Asia. Safran’s offer is ...

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    ITA shuffles board ahead of Lufthansa Group’s admission

    2023-07-21T07:35:00Z

    Italian carrier ITA Airways has shuffled its board of directors ahead of Lufthansa Group’s entry into its governing structure. The board has been reduced from five members to three, including Antonino Turicchi as chair, supported by advisors Valeria Vaccaro and Francesco Spada. Former chief executive Fabio Lazzerini is stepping down, ...

  • Icelandair-c-Icelandair
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    Icelandair confident on full year after strong second quarter

    2023-07-20T20:01:00Z

    Icelandair Group is confident in its expectations for a full-year net profit, after the strongest second quarter in seven years. The company has disclosed a profit of $13.7 million for the period, on strong unit revenues, and reduced its first-half loss to $35.4 million. Icelandair Group transported 1.2 million passengers ...

  • Vladimir Putin-c-Russian government
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    Putin revisits 'quarrel' with former Aeroflot chief over Western fleet

    2023-07-20T12:31:00Z

    Russian president Vladimir Putin has pointedly remarked to transport minister Vitaly Saveliev that the country’s aerospace industry is unable to meet the immediate demand for aircraft, recalling his dissatisfaction over the former Aeroflot chief’s reliance on a Western fleet. Putin spoke to Saveliev, seeking an update on the air transport ...

  • Western Global MD-11F-c-Western Global Airlines
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    Pressured US freight carrier Western Global seeks to reinforce financial position

    2023-07-20T08:44:00Z

    US cargo carrier Western Global Airlines has admitted that it is facing financial pressures, and that its management team is exploring options to reinforce the company’s position. Florida-based Western Global operates a fleet of 19 aircraft, a mix of Boeing MD-11 and 747-400 freighters. But it states that its management ...

  • EasyJet A320neo-c-Airbus
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    Profitable EasyJet seeks to secure long-term aircraft delivery slots

    2023-07-20T06:43:00Z

    UK budget carrier EasyJet is looking to secure delivery slots for its long-term fleet plan, in order to replace older aircraft. The airline – which operates an Airbus single-aisle fleet – says it has 163 aircraft on order for delivery to 2028. “We are now running a process to secure ...

  • Max Air 737-c-Max Air
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    Nigeria’s Max Air and fuel supplier clash over contamination allegations

    2023-07-20T06:17:00Z

    Nigerian operator Max Air is claiming it was supplied with contaminated fuel before the suspension of its Boeing 737 operations, a claim which fuel provider Octavus is firmly denying. Max Air says it conducted an internal investigation which revealed the carrier was supplied with “adulterated fuel”, prompting an in-house audit. ...

  • Aeroporto-Catania-c-SAC
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    Catania airport faces traffic constraints after terminal fire

    2023-07-19T18:39:00Z

    Operations at Catania airport are likely to be constrained for several days after a fire at Terminal A forced a reduction in services. Terminal A is likely to remain closed for another five days, following the fire on the evening of 16 July, according to Italian civil aviation regulator ENAC. ...

  • Dronamics Black Swan maiden flight-c-Veliko Balabanov Dronamics
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    UAV cargo specialist Dronamics granted IATA and ICAO designators

    2023-07-19T09:32:00Z

    European cargo drone operator Dronamics is claiming to be the first such carrier to have been granted IATA and ICAO designator codes, as it prepares to embark on commercial services. Dronamics has been allocated the ‘OY’ designator by IATA and ‘DXE’ by ICAO, along with the callsign ‘Black Swan’. The ...

  • Heathrow virtual contingency facility-c-NATS
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    London Heathrow to replace and enhance virtual back-up control tower

    2023-07-19T06:48:00Z

    London Heathrow is to establish a new back-up control tower which will become operational in 2025, and replace an older facility. The airport already has an off-site virtual tower back-up – implemented in 2009 – which serves to recreate the hub’s main control tower, and provide operations up to 70% ...

  • Harbin Y-12F-c-Harbin Aircraft
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    Chinese Y-12F commuter turboprop secures European certification

    2023-07-18T12:31:00Z

    Chinese manufacturer Harbin Aircraft’s Y-12F commuter transport has secured European certification, seven years after obtaining US approval. The Y-12F is a 19-seat high-wing twin-turboprop, a development of the Y-12 which first flew over four decades ago – although the latest variant differs substantially from the original. It is powered by ...

  • Emirates catering app-c-Emirates
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    Emirates aims to cut catering waste with pre-order service

    2023-07-18T11:01:00Z

    Middle Eastern carrier Emirates is aiming to cut food waste by offering a pre-order service for on-board catering. The airline is to introduce the service initially in the business-class cabin on flights between Dubai and the three main London airports from 25 July. It will enable passengers to select meal ...

  • Teesside airport-c-Teesside airport
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    Willis Lease Finance to participate in UK sustainable-fuel refinery development

    2023-07-18T05:37:00Z

    Leasing firm Willis Lease Finance Corporation is among the participants in an initiative to develop a new sustainable aviation fuel refinery at Teesside in the UK. The power-to-liquid refinery would convert feedstock from industrial waste, using green hydrogen from renewable electricity, into aircraft fuel. Tees Valley Combined Authority says it ...

  • Royal Air Maroc-c-Royal Air Maroc
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    Royal Air Maroc sets out ambitious plan for fleet of 200 aircraft

    2023-07-17T15:25:00Z

    Royal Air Maroc has outlined plans to expand its fleet to 200 aircraft over the next 15 years, under a partnership programme with the country’s government. The programme covers the period to 2037. The carrier signed an agreement with the Moroccan prime minister, Aziz Akhannouch, on 11 July in Rabat, ...

  • Ecojet Twin Otter-c-Ecojet
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    Environmental airline start-up plans to retrofit turboprops with hydrogen-electric engines

    2023-07-17T10:20:00Z

    Entrepreneurs behind environmental ventures in the UK are aiming to set up a Scottish-based carrier operating turboprops powered by hydrogen-electric engines. The would-be carrier, branded Ecojet, aims to use 70-seat and 19-seat aircraft types, retrofitted with the necessary powertrains. It has indicated that De Havilland Dash 8-400s and DHC-6 Twin ...

  • Cessna CJ2-c-Synergy Aviation
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    Avia Solutions to build UK charter carrier after acquiring business jet operator

    2023-07-17T08:19:00Z

    Irish-based Avia Solutions Group has purchased a UK operator, Synergy Aviation, as it continues its expansion strategy of investing in carriers. Synergy Aviation – which has a base at Fairoaks airport, some 15km southwest of London Heathrow – is to be rebranded as Ascend Airways. According to the UK Civil ...

  • Max Air 737-c-Sm105 Creative Commons
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    Nigerian regulator urges tighter refuelling procedures after water-contamination incidents

    2023-07-17T06:27:00Z

    Nigerian regulators are urging tighter adherence to refuelling procedures, over concerns centred on water contamination incidents. The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority states that it has been receiving mandatory occurrence reports from carriers relating to water being found in fuel tanks. These include a “recent” event in which a “significant amount” ...

  • Ryanair 737-800 EI-DLX incident-c-Alan Wilson Creative Commons
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    Cleared-to-land Ryanair 737 crew warned tower about occupied Porto runway

    2023-07-14T10:38:00Z

    Portuguese investigators have disclosed that a Ryanair Boeing 737-800 crew on approach to Porto warned air traffic control that the runway was still occupied despite having received landing clearance. The incident on 26 June occurred after an Azores Airlines Airbus A321neo was authorised to line up, behind landing traffic on ...

  • Pegasus A321neo-c-Airbus
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    Turkey’s Pegasus agrees to take another 36 A321neos

    2023-07-14T08:04:00Z

    Turkish budget carrier Pegasus Airlines has disclosed an agreement to take another 36 firm Airbus A321neo twinjets. The airline says it is amending an agreement originally reached in 2012 and subsequently updated three times to cover 114 aircraft. These aircraft comprised 72 A321neos – of which 30 had been delivered ...

  • Hydrogen combustion test rig-c-DLR
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    Cologne research centre analyses hydrogen combustion under realistic engine conditions

    2023-07-14T07:15:00Z

    German aerospace laboratory DLR has carried out trials of hydrogen combustion under realistic aircraft engine operating conditions, through a European Union research programme. DLR has been co-operating with US powerplant manufacturer General Electric on the combustion of 100% hydrogen in engines. GE Aerospace supplied a new system designed for direct ...