News from FlightGlobal – Page 989
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American resumes St. Louis service as the airport recovers from a tornado
American Airlines plans to resume service to Lambert St. Louis International airport today after the facility was struck by a tornado on 22 April.
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China and Cameroon ink air services agreement
China and Cameroon have signed a new air services agreement, paving the way for the liberalisation of flights between the two countries. Under the...
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NewsAir India 737 captain deeply asleep shortly before fatal approach
Indian investigators have cited a lethal combination of sleep inertia and over-dominance by the captain as having led to the fatal overrun by an Air India...
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FAA administrator Babbitt wants to see MROs adopt SMS
US FAA administrator Randy Babbitt is urging maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) firms to formally adopt safety management systems, saying SMSs will play...
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Virgin America plans aircraft deferrals
Virgin America is deferring some of its Airbus narrowbody deliveries scheduled for 2012 and 2013 to ease fuel cost volatility.
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NLRB files complaint against Boeing for second 787 line placement
The US National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) says it will seek an order to require Boeing to place the second 787 production line in Washington state, in...
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Comac ramps up ARJ21 flight testing
Comac is steadily ramping up flight testing for its ARJ21 regional jet programme as it closes in on a target to make first delivery by the close of 2011. Aircraft...
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Jetstar to roll out new seats on half of its narrowbodies
The Qantas group's low-cost subsidiary Jetstar Airways will retrofit approximately half of its Airbus narrow-body aircraft fleet with new B/E Aerospace's...
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NewsQatar Airways outlines plans for strategic partnerships
Qatar Airways chief executive Akbar Al Baker has revealed that the airline is in dialogue about acquiring a stake in an unidentified airline. He has...
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NewsAustralia's safety regulator issues show cause notice to Tiger
Low-cost carrier Tiger Airways has been issued a show-cause notice by Australia's Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) following concerns over safety at...
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PICTURES: Armavia Superjet conducts first revenue flight
Armavia's first Sukhoi Superjet 100 has performed its maiden revenue flight, only two days after delivery to the operator. It flew from Yerevan Zvartnots...
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Australia's Strategic plans US service, seeks partners
The competitive Australia-United States market could see a seventh entrant following Strategic Airlines' request to commence services between the two countries...
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WATS 2011: Cathay floats cruise co-pilot MPL
Cathy Pacific Airlines is trying to build support for a "cruise copilot" multi-crew pilot license (MPL) under ICAO rules as another solution to meeting pilot...
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WATS 2011: CAE, airlines extend ab initio training pacts
CAE Global Academy, under extended pilot provisioning contracts announced this month, will qualify 150 pilots to take a seat in the cockpits of several Asian...
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WATS 2011: Australia's Rex cuts GA pilot pipeline
Australia's Regional Express Airlines no longer expects to obtain pilots from the general aviation community, a pipeline that as of two years ago had supplied...
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WATS 2011: Southwest-AirTran merger drives new training lines
Southwest Airlines' maintenance organisation is creating as many as 10 new maintenance training lines in large part to accommodate AirTran's fleet of Boeing...
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NewsVIDEO: Airlines await Boeing response as Airbus racks up A320neo orders
As Airbus racks up orders for its A320neo, airlines face the dilemma of whether to join the queue for the higher-efficiency twinjet or gamble on waiting for a competitive response from Seattle
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Talks underway to resolve BA cabin crew dispute
Negotiations to resolve the long-running dispute between British Airways (BA) and members of its cabin crew are showing signs of progress, following a series...
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ANA begins 787 training
Boeing 787 launch customer All Nippon Airways has begun training the flightcrew who will operate the aircraft. Ten pilots from the Star Alliance carrier...