News from FlightGlobal – Page 1029
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Investigators analyse data recorders from crashed Tu-154
Investigators have retrieved two of the three flight recorders from the Dagestan Airlines Tupolev Tu-154M which crashed at Moscow Domodedovo yesterday.
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NewsCrashed Dagestan Tu-154 had serial engine failure: MAK
Russian investigators have identified the Dagestan Airlines Tupolev Tu-154M aircraft which broke up...
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NewsAircastle unimpressed by Airbus A320NEO
US lessor Aircastle is unimpressed by the Airbus A320NEO programme, with chief executive Ron Wainshal telling the FBR Capital Markets conference in New York on 30 November that it would have a negative impact on residual values of existing A320-family aircraft.
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NewsAB25: anniversary reflections from Tim Clark
"Protectionism still limits traveller choice and erects barriers to international trade"
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VivaAerobus plans major Mexico City and fleet expansion
Mexican low-cost carrier VivaAerobus plans to open a base in Mexico City early next year as it prepares to almost double its Boeing 737-300 fleet.
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Aeromexico adds capacity on seven US routes
Aeromexico has unveiled plans to almost immediately add frequencies on several US routes, taking advantage of Mexico's return to a FAA category one safety...
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Air India shelves plans for leasing out 777s
Air India has shelved plans to lease out part of its Boeing 777 fleet but could reassess leasing out 777-200LRs once it starts taking delivery of new Boeing...
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Volaris to launch Chicago service this month
Mexico's Volaris has unveiled plans to launch services later this month to Chicago, its first new US destination since Mexico's return to a category one...
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Air Canada seeks profit-sharing JV with Asiana
Air Canada is aiming to establish a profit-sharing joint venture in the Canada-South Korea market with Asiana as it prepares to implement its revenue-sharing...
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Delta's Anderson succeeds Tilton as ATA chairman
US airline trade group the Air Transport Association of America (ATA) has elected Delta Air Lines CEO Richard Anderson as chairman of the board of directors,...
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Vemina Aviaprestige wins EASA approval for interior MRO
EASA has granted Vemina Aviaprestige, a Moscow-based cabin completions centre for business and VIP aircraft, Part 145 approval to provide interior equipment...
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Ethiopian Airlines considers 777F and more A350s
Ethiopian Airlines is eyeing Boeing 777 freighters and more Airbus A350s as part of its new strategy for the period to 2025, which will see it expand to a fleet of 119 aircraft.
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NewsAB25: anniversary reflections from Lord Marshall
"The three issues to have emerged for air transport are security, security and security
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Ethiopian holds out for improved GEnx on 787s
Ethiopian Airlines might take advantage of delays to the Boeing 787 programme to equip its aircraft with improved versions of the General Electric GEnx engine that will be better suited to Addis Ababa's high airport altitude.
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Sixteen Qantas Trent-900s require modification or replacement
Qantas says 16 Rolls-Royce Trent 900 powerplants for its Airbus A380 fleet require modifications or replacement.
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NewsProblems in manufacturing process led to Trent 900 failure: ATSB
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) says that a problem in the "manufacturing process" led to the 4 November uncontained engine failure on a Rolls-Royce...
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NewsBombardier hopes for new CRJ orders in the coming months
Bombardier is aggressively "going after" three-to-four customers interested in its CRJ-700/900/1000 aircraft, and hopes to clinch some of those deals in...
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Officials plans gradual reopening of Aeroparque airport
The Aeroparque downtown airport in Buenos Aires is set to reopen gradually to commercial airline operations after remaining closed for runway and terminal...
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Watchdog: FAA needs NextGen business case for airlines
A new report by the US government accountability office (GAO) is critical of the US FAA for not yet having a strategy in place to convince airlines of the...
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Bombardier believes A320neo heightens GTF credibility
Bombardier believes the selection by Airbus of the Pratt & Whitney PW1000G geared turbofan engine (GTF) as one of two powerplant choices for the A320neo...