The golden age of the turboprop could return - according to Gilles Ouimet, Pratt & Whitney Canada's president and chief executive. He says: "With some airlines producing red ink in industrial quantities, turboprops like our PW100 look increasingly attractive for their fuel economy and reliability."
Source: Flight Daily News
American Airlines and United Airlines are resuming flights having been forced to temporarily halt operations as part of the wide-ranging global impact of an IT outage today.
A global technology outage appears to have caused several major US airlines to ground departing aircraft, in addition to creating problems at airports and airlines worldwide that threatens to snarl air traffic.
Boeing has been examining whether slat-track housing drain tubes on 767s require further redesign, after vibration from an engine failure in Scotland caused a tube fracture, resulting in fuel leaking and igniting during flight. The event involved a Delta Air Lines 767-300ER which – as it took off from Edinburgh ...
