All Air Transport articles – Page 189
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NewsFAA finalises rudder protection rule stemming from 2001 American Airlines A300 crash
The Federal Aviation Administration has finalised a rudder-related rule stemming from the 2001 crash of an American Airlines Airbus A300 after take off from New York.
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NewsGKN to open Texas additive-manufacturing development site
GKN Aerospace plans in 2023 to open a new site in Texas where it will develop additive-manufacturing processes for producing “large-scale” titanium aerostructures.
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NewsFinnair starts cutting jobs as airspace exclusion continues
Finnair is to shed some 150 personnel as a result of its adopting a new business strategy aimed at restoring the airline’s profitability. The carrier had previously warned that it could cut up to 200 positions as part of the measures. It states that around 90 jobs will be lost ...
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NewsCockpit representatives bristle over police detention of Lima collision pilots
Representatives of the LATAM Airbus A320neo crew involved in the fatal runway collision at Lima Jorge Chavez airport have disclosed that the two pilots were taken into police custody following the accident. The Sindicato de Pilotos de LAN Peru states that the two were detained while the preliminary investigation into ...
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NewsAsia-Pacific to take lion’s share of freighter deliveries: Boeing 20-year forecast
Boeing forecasts operators in Asia-Pacific to take delivery of 40% of all freighters – the largest proportion of all regions – as it remains bullish about longer-term demand for cargo services.
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NewsLima firefighting exercise ‘agreed and co-ordinated’ before A320neo runway collision
Lima Jorge Chavez airport’s operator states that a firefighting exercise had been co-ordinated with the control tower before a fatal collision between an emergency vehicle and a LATAM Airbus A320neo. The exercise on 18 November had been intended to confirm that firefighting personnel at the airport could reach the scene ...
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AnalysisAmpaire flies hybrid-electric Eco Caravan, as it lays out route to market
Propulsion system developer Ampaire has performed the first flight of a Cessna Grand Caravan modified to run on a new hybrid-electric powertrain.
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NewsMTU bullish on fuel cell potential for narrowbody applications
MTU Aero Engines sees strong potential for a hydrogen fuel cell propulsion system to power a future regional airliner of up to 100 seats – or even larger – arriving in the coming decades.
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NewsA220 pilots warned of premature rotation risk if autopilot inadvertently engaged
Airbus A220 operators have been ordered to alert pilots to the possibility of premature rotation on take-off as a result of inadvertent autopilot engagement. The warning is contained in an emergency directive from Transport Canada, which states that “several” events have occurred in which crews have accidentally activated the autopilot ...
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NewsWindshear in frame after Jubba Fokker 50 landing accident
Investigators have indicated that windshear contributed to the landing accident involving a Jubba Airways Fokker 50 turboprop in Somalia earlier this year. The Kenyan-registered aircraft (5Y-JXN) had been conducting a domestic service to Mogadishu from Baidoa on 18 July. During the final approach to runway 05, the aircraft experienced windshear ...
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NewsAirbus invests in Canadian firm working to pull CO2 from the air
Airbus has invested in Canadian firm Carbon Engineering to help fund development of technology that extracts CO2 from air, freeing it to be stored or used to produce fuel.
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NewsSaudia’s Flyadeal broadens AviLease portfolio with A320neo agreement
Middle Eastern operator Saudia Group has become the latest to agree a fleet lease from new Riyadh-based lessor AviLease. Saudia Group has entered a sale-and-lease transaction covering 20 Airbus A320neos. The twinjets will be operated by the group’s budget arm Flyadeal. Saudia Group director general Ibrahim Al-Omar says the agreement ...
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NewsThree men guilty of murdering 298 people aboard flight MH17, court finds
A Dutch court has delivered guilty verdicts against three men for the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 with a surface-to-air missile over eastern Ukraine in 2014, killing all 298 people on board the Boeing 777.
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NewsArcher unveils four-person 'Midnight' air taxi
Silicon Valley air taxi developer Archer Aviation has revealed its new aircraft called “Midnight”, which it plans to certify for commercial operations in 2024.
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NewsRolls-Royce flies low-emission combustor for UltraFan programme
Rolls-Royce has flown a Boeing 747-200 testbed with an engine demonstrating the company’s newly-developed low-emissions combustion system, known as ALECSys, which forms part of the UltraFan programme.
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NewsDeutsche Aircraft picks trio of suppliers for D328eco
Deutsche Aircraft has selected three additional suppliers for its D328eco programme as development activities at the German manufacturer continue.
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NewsAlleged Chinese spy gets 20 years for trying to steal GE Aerospace technology
An alleged Chinese spy has been sentenced to 20 years in US prison for attempting to steal GE Aerospace trade secrets related to composite materials.
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NewsJetBlue to launch Paris flights next summer from New York, then from Boston
JetBlue Airways plans to expand its European network beyond London next summer with new flights between New York’s John F Kennedy International and Paris Charles de Gaulle airports.
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NewsSAS renegotiates leases with Bocomm on a batch of long-haul aircraft
Scandinavian carrier SAS’s restructuring of leasing agreements has advanced further with renegotiated terms covering another lessor. The latest agreement, reached as part of SAS’s US Chapter 11 re-organisation, covers three long-haul aircraft. SAS has concluded the deal with Bocomm, it states. Filings with the US bankruptcy court on 15 November ...
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NewsInternational carriers warn new 5G altimeter requirements could prevent US flights next year
Non-US airlines are struggling to complete radio altimeter retrofits ahead of looming deadlines established to prevent 5G interference, meaning some carriers’ flights to the USA could be restricted in 2023.