A 20% fall since April in the value of Brazil's Real has put pressure on the country's airlines, which face large dollar-linked costs and rising fuel prices.ÊDomestic traffic has grown by double digits the past several months, but Gol, TAM and Varig are raising fares 7-8% to cover their foreign exchange costs.
Source: Airline Business
Korean authorities have listed recurrent training for multiple engine shutdown, as well as bird-strike response procedures, among safety improvements planned in the aftermath of the fatal Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 crash. While the inquiry has yet to reach conclusion over the 29 December accident, the Korean transport ministry ordered a ...
Korean investigators’ efforts to understand the Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 crash at Muan have suffered a setback after both flight recorders failed to capture the final 4min of the accident sequence. The aircraft overran at high speed, striking the mounted localiser, while attempting a gear-up and apparently flapless landing on ...
Electric air taxis could generate downwash equivalent to a hurricane-force wind and which ”surpass most of the air velocity safety thresholds” in guidance, according to research caried out by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
