United and American Airlines are complaining that the London Heathrow fuel depot fire in December is costing them up to $20,000 a day because of the need to carry extra fuel en route to the UK. The carriers have accused UK airport operator BAA of being “blatantly discriminatory” in favour of UK long-haul carriers after it imposed a fuel-rationing policy following the fire. They say UK carriers obtain 82% of their fuel needs while others only receive 70%.
Source: Flight International
Embraer’s automatic take-off system for the E2 is intended to offer increased range by balancing various criteria in order to ensure greater accuracy and efficiency during rotation. The airframer aims to make the Embraer Enhanced Take-off System – or E2TS – available from the fourth quarter of next year. Embraer ...
The January incident at Ellsworth AFB resulted in the destruction of the $450 million bomber and a rare quadruple ejection of the crew, who were attempting to execute an instrument landing during poor weather.
Investigators probing the fatal Bombardier CRJ200 crash at Kathmandu will inevitably focus on the extraordinary attitude the aircraft developed as it lifted off from runway 02. Nepal’s civil aviation regulator states that the captain survived the 24 July accident but the first officer, and the 17 other occupants, did not. ...
