News from FlightGlobal – Page 701
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Delta cancels legacy Northwest 787 order
Delta Air Lines has cancelled its order for 18 Boeing 787-8 aircraft, a commitment that it assumed from Northwest Airlines when the two merged in 2008.
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Weather forced ill-fated Tu-154 to switch refuelling stop
Russian authorities have disclosed that the Tupolev Tu-154 which crashed in the Black Sea had originally been due to refuel in Mozdok, in North Ossetia, rather than Sochi.
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Emirates on verge of taking first Trent A380s
Emirates is set to take delivery of at least three Rolls-Royce Trent-powered Airbus A380s before the end of this year.
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Emirates defers delivery of a dozen A380s
Middle Eastern carrier Emirates is to defer delivery of 12 Airbus A380s which had been due to arrive over the next two years, under a tripartite agreement to cut production of the type a year earlier than previously planned.
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Onur Air plans Chinese routes
Turkish carrier Onur Air is to commence flights to China in September next year.
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Flight recorder retrieved from military Tu-154 wreckage
Recovery teams have retrieved one of the flight recorders from the Tupolev Tu-154B which crashed in the Black Sea on 25 December.
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Black Sea topography confronts Tu-154 search effort
Search teams are trying to refine data about the Black Sea crash site of a Russian military Tupolev Tu-154B which came down shortly after departing Sochi.
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No evidence of survivors as Tu-154 wreck located
Russian search teams have found no evidence of survivors from the military Tupolev Tu-154B which crashed in the Black Sea after take-off from Sochi.
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Russian military identifies crashed Tu-154B
Russia’s defence ministry has identified the military Tupolev Tu-154 which came down in the Black Sea after departing Sochi.
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Over 90 on board crashed Russian military Tu-154
Ninety-one personnel are on board a Russian Tupolev Tu-154 which crashed while en route to Syria.
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Over 100 passengers on hijacked Afriqiyah A320
Security services in Malta have started an operation to handle the Afriqiyah Airways Airbus A320 diverted to the island during an apparent hijack.
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FESTIVE QUIZ: Can you outsmart Uncle Roger?
The holiday season is nigh - which means Uncle Roger’s Festive Quiz!
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United takes first 777-300ER amid widebody fleet shifts
United Airlines has taken delivery of its first of 14 Boeing 777-300ERs, its first new variant of the venerable widebody since 2005.
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Delta and Aeromexico accept govt conditions for joint venture
Delta Air Lines and Aeromexico have accepted the conditions set out by US and Mexican regulators for antitrust immunity of their planned joint venture.
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Island Air to acquire three Q400s
All-ATR operator Island Air will acquire three new Bombardier Q400 turboprops in 2017, a move that follows the recently-restructured carrier's cancellation of a Q400 order a few years ago.
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EASA to order seal checks on Trent 1000s
Operators of Boeing 787s with Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines will be ordered to carry out repetitive inspections of rotor seals following a recent aborted take-off.
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PICTURE: China Southern takes first A320neo
China Southern Airlines has taken delivery of its first Airbus A320neo.
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Delta chief ‘encouraged’ by new Trump administration
Delta Air Lines chief executive Ed Bastian is “encouraged” by the US president-elect Donald Trump’s platform to enforce international trade agreements.
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DOT unswayed by Delta-Aeromexico in JV decision
The US Department of Transportation has made final its conditional approval of anti-trust immunity for Delta Air Lines and Aeromexico, requiring slightly fewer slot divestitures from the airlines but mostly upholding its earlier proposed conditions.