All articles by David Kaminski-Morrow – Page 8
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NewsSAA chair: South African domestic market strong despite Mango absence
South African Airways’ chairman is uncertain whether budget carrier Mango will be revived, but believes that the country’s domestic market is strong and signals that SAA is more focused on regional and intercontinental services.
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NewsCzech Airlines drops out of SkyTeam as Smartwings takes over flight operations
Czech Airlines has ceased to be a member of the SkyTeam alliance, following a change to the company’s business model that involves associate airline Smartwings taking over its operations. SkyTeam says the carrier’s membership ended effective 26 October. As a result of the structural change, Czech Airlines will no longer ...
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NewsSAA striving to recover R1bn from Zimbabwe as it seeks funds for development
South African Airways is keen to recover some R1 billion ($59 million) in funds from a Zimbabwean legacy debt, but admits it has achieved only minimal success. The carrier’s senior management appeared before a parliamentary public accounts committee on 22 October, laying out the need to source funding after a ...
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NewsSAA floats possibility of selling Heathrow slots to fund fleet expansion
South African Airways has raised the possibility of selling slots at London Heathrow in order to help address the airline’s financial pressures. SAA is government-owned and has been forced to revise its business strategy after a long-running attempt at privatisation collapsed earlier this year. The carrier’s chair, Derek Hanekom, told ...
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NewsIceland’s Play slashing hub-and-spoke activity as it shifts to new model
Icelandic budget carrier Play expects to slash the proportion of hub-and-spoke operations in its activity from 75% to just 30% as it adopts a new business model. Leisure travel will account for 35% – up from the current 25% – while charter and wet-lease services will account for the remaining ...
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NewsTUI 737 excursion crew could have kept aircraft on Leeds runway: investigators
Pilots of a Boeing 737-800 involved in a landing excursion in wet conditions at Leeds-Bradford could have kept the jet on the runway, investigators believe, but might have been influenced by unexpected juddering from a nose-wheel bearing failure. The TUI Airways aircraft had been arriving from Corfu, in stormy weather, ...
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NewsThree more stored A380s to be broken up for spares
Three Airbus A380s are to be dismantled and recycled in order to feed demand for spares from remaining operators of the double-deck type. Break-up of the jets is the subject of an agreement between Tarmac Aerosave and the German asset management firm EastMerchant Capital. Tarmac Aerosave says they will bring ...
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NewsA220 operators told to upgrade flight-control software to address ’design deficiencies’
Airbus A220 operators are being instructed to install a new production baseline software for flight-control computers to remedy a number of deficiencies reported on in-service aircraft. The upgrade is required for all three flight-control computers on the twinjet type, states a Transport Canada directive. Its mandate follows occurrences of nuisance ...
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NewsBoeing chief: Change and stability essential to create ‘path to next commercial aircraft’
Boeing’s chief executive Kelly Ortberg has stressed that the company needs fundamental cultural change, and cannot embark on new aircraft development until it has stabilised its business and improved programme execution. Ortberg spoke as the airframer – pressured by strike action, programme delays and charges, and quality-control issues – turned ...
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NewsSAS to restart Greenland service as new Nuuk runway opens
SkyTeam carrier SAS is to restart services to Greenland after more than 20 years, with a connection to the capital Nuuk. SAS says it will operate the route from Copenhagen during peak summer 2025, beginning on 27 June. Its reservations engine indicates that the carrier will use Airbus A321neos for ...
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NewsDigital-tower mast installed at Brussels Charleroi airport
Brussels Charleroi airport has had a camera and antenna mast installed as part of a digital tower programme which will be operational by the end of 2026. The Charleroi installation follows that of a similar structure at Liege airport last November. Charleroi’s mast is 37m (121ft) in height – taller ...
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NewsKing Air close to touchdown before A319 cleared to depart intersecting runway
US investigators probing a conflict at Washington National airport have revealed that a Beechcraft King Air was 0.9nm from touchdown when an American Airlines Airbus A319 was cleared for take-off on an intersecting runway. While the A319 was ordered to abort its take-off roll, and the King Air was instructed ...
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NewsIcelandair Group claims early results from transformation initiative
Icelandair Group is expecting its transformation efforts to generate significant improvements in profitability in the fourth quarter as well as the 2025 full year.
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NewsEtihad Airways acquires batch of widebody engines from engineering partner
Middle Eastern carrier Etihad Airways is acquiring 16 engines, almost entirely for widebody aircraft, from the Sanad engineering division of Abu Dhabi sovereign investor Mubadala.
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NewsAer Lingus to open A321XLR route to Indianapolis
IAG’s Irish carrier, Aer Lingus, is to open a new Airbus A321XLR transatlantic service to the US city of Indianapolis next year. The carrier will fly four-times weekly from Dublin beginning 3 May. Aer Lingus, one of the first airlines set to introduce the long-range A321XLR, will operate the twinjet ...
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NewsRussian government plans system to approve domestically-made parts for foreign aircraft
Russia’s government intends to create a single certification system for components that would enable approved spares for foreign aircraft to be produced by domestic companies.
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NewsKobio Twin Otter damaged during take-off excursion in central Papua New Guinea
Investigators in Papua New Guinea are probing a runway excursion which damaged a De Havilland DHC-6-300 Twin Otter during take-off from Kairik airport. The aircraft, operated by Kobio Aviaiton, had been bound for Mount Hagen on 19 October. According to the PNG accident investigation commission, the aircraft had informed air ...
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NewsEmirates nears decision between 777-8F and A350-1000F for future cargo fleet
Middle Eastern carrier Emirates is aiming to take a decision by the end of this year whether to take the Boeing 777-8F or Airbus A350-1000F as its future freighter from 2028. The Dubai-based carrier disclosed the timeline after signing for five more Boeing 777Fs to expand its SkyCargo fleet. Emirates ...
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NewsE170 crew had ILS tuning difficulties before wrong-runway landing at Chicago
US investigators probing a wrong-runway landing by an Embraer 170 at Chicago O’Hare have disclosed that the crew had encountered problems autotuning the ILS localiser frequency.
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NewsSierra Leone government unveils new carrier with plans for London operation
Sierra Leone’s transport ministry has unveiled a new carrier for the West African state, which is set to commence services to various cities – including London – before the end of this year.