All Air Transport articles – Page 273
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NewsStart-up Play shows off distinctive livery on A321neo
Icelandic start-up carrier Play’s first aircraft has emerged in the airline’s distinctive all-red livery. The aircraft, an Airbus A321neo, is fitted with CFM International Leap-1A powerplants. Reykjavik-based Play has obtained its air operator’s certificate and is intending to launch services in June. The carrier has listed seven initial destinations from ...
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AnalysisCheap fuel killed propfan concepts decades ago. Can CFM’s revived concept endure?
As before, experts agree propfans have real ability to bring significant efficiency gains to the next generation of commercial airliners – in this case, the jets Airbus and Boeing are expected to bring to market in the 2030s.
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NewsTesting of crucial section for PD-35 engine set to begin this year
Testing of the gas generator for Russia’s high-thrust Aviadvigatel PD-35 engine is set to commence in the autumn. The powerplant is a scaled-up derivative of the PD-14 developed for the Irkut MC-21. United Engine Corporation says the 35,000kg-thrust engine is intended for installation on long-haul twin-aisle aircraft. “This is one ...
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NewsEnd in sight for prolonged Airbus-Boeing dispute as US and EU agree funding framework
Airbus is encouraged by plans to end the long-running transatlantic dispute over subsidies for large civil aircraft programmes through a series of steps outlined by a co-operative framework. European trade commissioner Vladis Dombrovskis has reached an “understanding” with US trade representative Katherine Tai intended to address bilateral issues through a ...
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NewsEmirates limits airline impairments to specific jets nearing retirement
Emirates recorded an impairment of Dhs500 million ($136 million) in its full-year 2020-21 figures specifically relating to certain aircraft which it does not expect to return to service before they reach end-of-life or their leases expire. Over the course of the year the carrier took delivery of three A380s and ...
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NewsEmirates Group unveils rare full-year loss and expects ‘patchy’ track to recovery
Emirates Group slashed its workforce by nearly a third in response to the air transport crisis, the impact of which has driven the perennially-profitable operator to a rare full-year loss of Dhs22.1 billion ($6 billion). The airline division suffered a loss of Dhs20.3 billion, in contrast to its profit of ...
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NewsHelvetic and SmartLynx open Basel bases for holiday routes
Swiss carrier Helvetic Airways is to open a base at Basel airport, where it will station a pair of regional Embraer E-Jets for Mediterranean services. Helvetic says the Basel operation, which commences on 10 July, is its first from the airport. It will fly to the Spanish city of Jerez, ...
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NewsLufthansa eyes positive cash flow in Q2
Lufthansa Group is reporting a significant surge in air travel bookings and predicting positive cash flow in the second quarter of 2021 thanks partly to its restructuring.
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NewsRoyal Jordanian renegotiates leases to rein-in fleet costs
Middle Eastern carrier Royal Jordanian has reached an agreement with one of its major lessors, and is negotiating with three others, in a bid to reduce the airline’s fleet costs. It says it hopes to finalise talks with the remaining lessors “shortly” and save around $40 million over the next ...
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OpinionThe many challenges facing the air taxi vision
Regulators could clear air taxi flights as soon as 2024, but questions about the business case remain unsettled
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NewsCFM launches open rotor demonstrator, promising 20% better fuel burn for mid-2030s applications
CFM International has launched RISE – a new engine demonstrator programme featuring an open rotor architecture that promises to deliver a 20% fuel efficiency gain over today’s narrowbody powerplants.
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NewsAirbus to pursue liquid-hydrogen tank development at French and German sites
Airbus is to pursue the manufacture of cryogenic tanks for hydrogen-based propulsion through the establishment of two development centres in Germany and France. The zero-emission centres – located in Bremen and Nantes – will aim to achieve “cost-competitive” tank manufacturing in support of the airframer’s ‘ZEROe’ programme, under which it ...
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NewsThree airspeed incidents at Heathrow trigger alert over insect blockage
UK safety regulators are urging pilots to pay close attention to speed checks during the take-off roll, after three incidents in three days at London Heathrow involving suspected pitot blockage by insects. The separate incidents – which occurred during 9-11 June – involved aircraft of different types, all of which ...
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NewsParent of collapsed Stobart Air trying to place ATR fleet with other operators
Irish regional carrier Stobart Air’s parent company, Esken, is attempting to redeploy its ATR turboprop fleet with other operators following the airline’s collapse. Esken halted its financial support to Stobart Air after cancelling a planned sale of the carrier to Isle of Man investment company Ettyl, when Ettyl’s funding arrangements ...
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NewsOpposition sceptical over details of SAA public-private pact
South Africa’s political opposition has expressed characteristic scepticism over the public-private partnership unveiled for flag-carrier South African Airways, questioning the financing of the proposed agreement. The Democratic Alliance says the deal includes the Takatso consortium’s acquiring a 51% stake in SAA and providing R3 billion ($220 million) in capital. But ...
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NewsSouth African government to sell majority of SAA to investor consortium
South Africa’s government is to sell a majority share in South African Airways to a consortium of investors, as part of the effort to relaunch the troubled flag-carrier. Preferred investment consortium Takatso would take a 51% stake in the airline while the government would retain the balance, as well as ...
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NewsXTI and Xeriant jointly form ‘Eco-Aero’ to advance TriFan design
US air taxi developer XTI Aircraft and publicly traded US holding company Xeriant are forming a joint company for the purpose of advancing development of XTI’s TriFan 600.
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NewsProsperous air transport essential to funding energy transformation: Airbus chief
Airbus chief executive Guillaume Faury believes better communication is needed to help shed aviation’s reputation as a primary contributor to climate disruption, arguing that air transport will be necessary to effect environmental transformation. Speaking during the Airlines for Europe Aviation Summit 2021 on 10 June, Faury said: “We seem to ...
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NewsUnited negotiating to buy Airbus and Boeing narrowbody jets: reports
United Airlines is reportedly talking with Airbus and Boeing about purchasing a total of 200 aircraft, including jets from both airframers.
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NewsKuwait’s Jazeera steps up to London Heathrow services
Kuwaiti budget carrier Jazeera Airways is to open London Heathrow services from mid-June, two years after commencing operations at London Gatwick. The airline says it will operate its initial flight on 18 June, and serve the route from Kuwait weekly. Jazeera claims it will be the first low-cost airline from ...