The expansion of Madeira's Funchal airport has been completed, which includes the extension of the airport's novel suspended runway. The new structure - partly elevated 60m (197ft) above sea level - increases the runway length to 2,780m, enabling the airport to accommodate Boeing 747s. The $420 million project includes a new terminal complex which is due for completion in 2002, and will almost double capacity.
Source: Flight International
United Arab Emirates operator Flydubai and Kazakh regional carrier Qazaq Air are suspending services on some Russian routes in the wake of the Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer 190 crash. The measures follow Azerbaijan Airlines’ decision to halt flights to several Russian cities, over flight safety concerns. Flydubai is temporarily cancelling services ...
Azerbaijan Airlines has suspended several more services to Russian cities after preliminary indications that “external interference” played a role in the fatal loss of an Embraer 190. The aircraft, bound for Grozny as J28243 on 25 December, diverted to Aktau with apparent flight-control problems and subsequently crashed while attempting to ...
US investigators have determined that a ramp agent experienced cognitive impairment before a fatal engine-ingestion accident at Montgomery, adding that she suffered from multiple sclerosis and had used a cannabis product before her shift. The inquiry says “multiple cues” had indicated the left engine of an Envoy Air Embraer 175 ...
