Brazil's beleaguered airline VASP has cut half its routes and laid off 40% of its flightcrews in an effort to avert a growing crisis. Cash-hungry because the government airport operator Infraero will no longer extend credit for landing fees, VASP has slashed fares on the popular Rio-São Paulo shuttle. A São Paulo hotel is the latest creditor to call for the airline's liquidation.
Source: Airline Business
Investigators are probing an in-flight oscillation at cruise altitude which affected a South African Airways Airbus A330-300 operating a domestic service. The aircraft – flying from Cape Town to Johannesburg on 27 October – had been cruising at 41,000ft when it started to oscillate in pitch, between nose-up and nose-down. ...
Pilots of a Boeing 737-800 did not notice that the aircraft’s bleed-air system was not active before the jet took off from Manchester, triggering a cabin-altitude warning that remained active for over 40min. UK investigators found that the bleed-air switches had incorrectly been left off during air-conditioning pack maintenance, and ...
GE Aerospace is partnering with NASA to carry out a series of flight tests designed to improve the industry’s understanding of contrails.
