All Ops & safety articles – Page 114
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Social unrest disrupts flights in Latin America
Social unrest has been disrupting flights in Chile and continues to result in massive cancellations in Bolivia, as protesters block access to local airports.
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Schiphol hijack alert is 'false alarm': Air Europa
Spanish carrier Air Europa has admitted that a hijack alert which triggered a military police response at Amsterdam Schiphol aiprort was issued inadvertently.
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NewsAirbus revises A320 logic after touch-and-go accident
Airbus is developing a retrofit to reduce the risk of system logic weaknesses that played a role in the SmartLynx A320 touch-and-go accident at Tallinn last year.
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Crippled SmartLynx A320 nursed home after runway strike
Investigators have described the extraordinary effort to control an airborne SmartLynx Airbus A320 using stabiliser trim and thrust from its badly-damaged engines, after the aircraft struck the runway with its engine pods during a failed touch-and-go exercise. The A320 suffered elevator failure as it rolled out after touchdown at Tallinn ...
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India’s DGCA orders all A320neo PW engines replaced
Indian authorities have instructed the country's Airbus A320neo operators to replace the Pratt & Whitney PW1100G engines on the type with an upgraded version of the powerplant by the end of January 2020.
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Mahan Air further restricted from European operations
Italian civil aviation regulators have limited the authorisation of Iranian carrier Mahan Air, cutting off its route permits just a month and a half into its winter schedule.
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Investigators belatedly detail An-24's fatal loss of stability
Ukrainian investigators have belatedly detailed the deceleration and stall of a heavy Antonov An-24RV which fatally crashed as it attempted to land at Donetsk six years ago.
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Icelandair secures additional 737 Max compensation
Icelandair Group has reached a second agreement with Boeing regarding partial compensation for the 737 Max suspension.
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Qantas grounds two more 737NGs found with cracks
Qantas has grounded two more Boeing 737-800s found to have structural cracks, a day after it removed one aircraft that was found to have a similar issue from service.
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Gol Q3 results up despite Max grounding, unscheduled maintenance
Brazil’s low-cost carrier Gol reported a rise in third quarter revenue on increasing passenger demand and “dynamic revenue management” - flexible pricing which allows the company to constantly optimise returns - despite taking a hit for unscheduled maintenance as well as the grounding of its seven Boeing 737 Max aircraft.
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Air France-KLM's third-quarter profit dips on softer unit revenue
Air France KLM has posted a moderate decline in third-quarter profit after higher fuel costs and weaker unit revenue overwrote a steady growth in passenger numbers.
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Qantas dismisses 'alarmist' union call to ground 737s
Qantas has hit back at its engineers' union's "alarmist" call to ground its entire fleet of Boeing 737-800s, after one of them was found to contain structural cracks.
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British Airways cuts Miami capacity over Trent 1000 issues
British Airways is cutting its winter frequencies to Miami because of ongoing issues with the Trent 1000 engines on its Boeing 787 Dreamliners.
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Air Canada A319 crew failed to hear landing clearance
Canadian investigators have disclosed that an Air Canada Airbus A319 touched down at San Francisco despite its crew's not hearing the landing clearance.
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Gatwick trial targets 10% cut in boarding times
London Gatwick airport is conducting a trial to find the most efficient sequence to seat passengers, in a bid to reduce boarding times by 10%.
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Misled ATR excursion crew shut down functioning systems
Investigators have determined that an Air Vanuatu ATR 72-500 crew misdiagnosed an engine failure as an electrical smoke problem and consequently referred to the wrong checklist, unwittingly disengaging systems which were not malfunctioning.
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A220 engine checks revised after high-cycle Swiss failure
US regulators have disclosed that the most recent incident involving failure of a Swiss Airbus A220 engine occurred with a powerplant which had accumulated more than 300 cycles.
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Latin American airlines embrace equity ties with larger carriers
Leaders of Latin American carrier expressed optimism on 28 October about the increasingly common joint ventures and airline-airline equity investments, while also downplaying regional challenges as workaday hurdles.
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Crew unaware of collision before A330 take-off halted
Pilots of an Air France Airbus A330-200 had been preparing to take off from Paris Charles de Gaulle, unaware of a ground collision with a Delta Air Lines A330-300, before air traffic control intervened to prevent the departure.