All Air Transport articles – Page 288
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NewsNigeria’s Azman told to suspend 737 operations for safety audit
Nigerian carrier Azman Air has been ordered to suspend Boeing 737 operations in order to undergo a safety audit. The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority says the measure – which takes effect from 15 March – affects all 737s across the airline’s fleet. It states that the decision follows a “series ...
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NewsJetBlue reports surge in March leisure travel demand
JetBlue Airways has seen a substantial jump in air travel demand during March, with its daily revenue almost doubling – thought the airline has not reached cash-break-even levels.
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NewsSnow-strike 737 crew did not correct altitude for low temperature
Investigators probing a Boeing 737-500’s below-glidepath approach to Usinsk, before the jet struck a snow bank upon landing, have revealed that the crew did not correct the altitude for the freezing air temperature. The Utair jet struck the 1.1m bank of snow, located 32m before the runway, after arriving from ...
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NewsEd Clark to succeed Odisho as head of Boeing 737 programme
Boeing has named Ed Clark, a top executive in Boeing’s aircraft services division, to succeed Walt Odisho as vice-president and general manager of the 737 programme.
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NewsPortuguese government seeks approval for €460m aid to TAP
Portugal’s government has formally notified the European Commission of its intent to grant interim support to flag-carrier TAP. The support is designed to guarantee the airline’s liquidity until a restructuring programme is approved. Up to €463 million in aid within the scope of the restructuring can be notified, according to ...
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News777 Partners orders 24 737 Max 8s
Miami private equity company 777 Partners has ordered 24 Boeing 737 Max 8s and taken options to buy a further 60 of the type, adding fresh momentum to the narrowbody’s backlog.
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NewsUS regional airlines struggling to secure government pandemic-relief aid: RAA
The US regional airline sector is calling out the US government for months-long delays in the distribution of pandemic-relief funds to the country’s smaller airlines.
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NewsRotor disc hits workshop after A300 engine fails on take-off
Colombian investigators are probing a serious engine failure involving an Airbus A300B4 on take-off from Bogota. The incident occurred on 11 March, at about 00:30, as the Transcarga International Airways aircraft was departing for the Venezuelan city of Maiquetia. Colombian civil aviation authority Aerocivil says the twinjet (YV560T) aborted its ...
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NewsAeroflot approves transfer of 10 737-800s to Pobeda
Aeroflot’s board has approved the transfer of 10 Boeing 737-800s from its fleet to that of its low-cost budget sister carrier Pobeda. The aircraft will be sub-leased from April-June this year according to the board decision, although the possibility of a postponement remains. Aeroflot Group says the lease periods range ...
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NewsEthiopian Max crash probe in final stages: investigators
Ethiopia’s aircraft accident investigation bureau says its inquiry into the fatal Boeing 737 Max 8 crash near Addis Ababa is in its final stages. The accident involving Ethiopian Airlines flight ET302 occurred two years ago, on 10 March 2019, five months after a similar loss in Indonesia – prompting civil ...
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NewsPandemic freight demand assists pared-back CargoLogicAir
Freight activity catalysed by the pandemic helped UK-based CargoLogicAir last year to improve on a weak performance in 2019, the company has disclosed. The carrier – linked to Russia’s Volga-Dnepr Group – ran into problems in 2020 and sought a temporary suspension of its operating licence, which was subsequently restored ...
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NewsSingle Icelandair brand to cover Air Iceland Connect operations
Icelandair Group is bringing its regional carrier Air Iceland Connect under the single brand of the parent airline, in a bid to simplify its operations. The integration will take effect from 16 March, says the company, with the international network of Icelandair being combined with domestic links and the regional ...
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NewsProgress on Trent 1000 remedies brings down overall in-service costs
Rolls-Royce is expecting overall in-service cash costs relating to Trent 1000 technical issues to fall to £2.1-2.2 billion ($2.9-3.1 billion), down from £2.4 billion, following improved progress on remedial work. The Trent 1000 is an engine option for the Boeing 787 but has been beset by a number of blade-durability ...
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NewsRolls-Royce takes £1.3bn charge in fall-out from civil aerospace crisis
Rolls-Royce large engine flying hours were down by 57% last year, while deliveries of such engines almost halved to 264. The powerplant manufacturer disclosed the full-year impact of the air transport crisis as it turned in a £2.6 billion ($3.6 billion) underlying operating loss from its civil aerospace division. Production ...
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NewsNordStar-KrasAvia tie-up to support northern Russia network development
Russian carrier NordStar has entered a tie-up with regional operator KrasAvia, a consortium intended to increase air transport access for the area. President Vladimir Putin had supported a proposal to establish a base carrier at Norilsk – a designation which has been granted to NordStar – and create a co-operation ...
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NewsSouthwest nears 737 Max 7 order: report
Boeing is closing in on the sale of 737 Max 7 jets to Southwest Airlines, a deal that, if closed, would prove a massive win by Boeing and reflect Southwest’s continued loyalty to the Chicago airframer, according to a report from Bloomberg.
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NewsAeroflot Group impairs Rossiya goodwill and Aurora disposal
Aeroflot Group has disclosed a Rb6.5 billion ($88 million) write-off of goodwill for its subsidiary airline Rossiya in its full-year financial results. The company has also listed a Rb5.07 billion loss from the disposal of another subsidiary, the eastern Russian carrier Aurora which it sold for the token sum of ...
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NewsPresident Biden to sign bill providing $14bn to airlines
Both houses of the US Congress have now passed a pandemic-relief bill that would make billions of dollars in aid available for the benefit of employees at US airlines.
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NewsCourt urges Czech Airlines creditors to file prompt claims
Czech Airlines creditors are being urged to submit claims within two months following the carrier’s filing for insolvency with a Prague court. The municipal court has ruled that an interim creditors’ committee be appointed with Czech Airlines Technics, the Czech bank Ceska Sporitelna, and the aviation general sales agent Air ...
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NewsLeonardo in talks for aerostructures role on CR929 widebody
Leonardo is lining up a role as an aerostructures supplier for the CR929 widebody programme being developed by Russia and China under the CRAIC joint venture.