All Air Transport articles – Page 30
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NewsAir Canada postpones restart after cabin crew union defies return-to-work order
Air Canada is aiming to resume services on 18 August, after striking cabin crew thwarted the carrier’s plans to reinstate operations sooner. The airline had already suspended over 700 flights when the federal government intervened on 17 August to refer contract negotiations with the CUPE union to arbitration. Air Canada ...
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NewsUS investigators probe Air Canada Rouge A319’s short landing at Nashville
US investigators are probing an occurrence at Nashville in which an Air Canada Rouge Airbus A319 touched down short of the runway. The National Transportation Safety Board states that the incident took place on 14 August while the aircraft was on approach to runway 20L. Air Canada Rouge flight AC1717 ...
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NewsLufthansa Technik extends drag-reduction film coating to Airbus aircraft
Germany’s Lufthansa Technik is to extend its fuel-saving fuselage and nacelle film coating to Airbus aircraft, commencing certification of the ‘AeroShark’ surface for older A330 variants.
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NewsSaudia Cargo introducing A330 freighters under wet-lease agreement
Saudia Cargo is introducing a pair of converted Airbus A330-300 freighters, which will be operated under a wet-lease by ASL Aviation Holdings. The Middle Eastern carrier has identified the initial twinjet as MSN1272 – a GE Aerospace CF6-powered airframe previously operated as a passenger aircraft by China Airlines. Registered with ...
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NewsLogistics firm CMA CGM confirms its position as A350F launch operator
French logistics giant CMA CGM has confirmed its air cargo division will be the launch operator for the Airbus A350 freighter. The cargo and shipping firm has eight A350Fs on order. It refers to the A350F in a new entry on its social media channel and states that the company ...
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NewsConflict pushes Jazeera Airways’ early summer demand into third quarter
Kuwaiti budget carrier Jazeera Airways is facing a tricky beginning to the second half of the year, after a sharp decline in second-quarter performance. But the company says it is maintaining a “positive outlook” for the full year. Jazeera points out that the 12-day Israeli-Iranian conflict caused a reduction in ...
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NewsAir Arabia expects deliveries from 120-jet order to begin this year
Middle Eastern budget carrier Air Arabia expects to begin receiving the initial Airbus A320neo-family jets, from its order for 120 aircraft, by the end of this year. Air Arabia placed the order in late November 2019. At the time it comprised 73 A320neos and 47 A321neos, including 20 long-range A321XLRs. ...
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NewsUkraine International faces unlimited liability over shot-down 737-800
Ukraine International Airlines has lost an appeal against a legal ruling that it failed to prove it was not negligent in allowing a Boeing 737-800 to depart Tehran before the aircraft was shot down. The aircraft took off from Tehran Imam Khomeini airport about 4h after Iranian forces had launched ...
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NewsAir France introduces automatic flight-connection priority scheme at Paris hub
Air France is introducing a new initiative to assist connecting passengers at Paris Charles de Gaulle, arising from a reinforced partnership with airport operator Groupe ADP. The initiative, known as ‘Short Connection Pass’, will automatically prioritise the transfer of passengers with reduced connecting times at the hub to alleviate problems ...
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NewsJapan’s ANA adopts deep-learning turbulence prediction system after successful trials
Japanese carrier All Nippon Airways has implemented a turbulence-prediction service based on artificial intelligence, following several years of testing and validation. ANA and Keio University formed a Tokyo-based partnership called BlueWX two years ago to specialise in AI-based weather forecasting and advance the prediction service – development of which began ...
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NewsICAO indicates improving trend in timeliness and availability of investigation reports
ICAO has indicated an improvement in the proportion of accidents for which a final investigation report has been published, but has further underlined the importance of completing inquiries quickly and transparently. Three-quarters of final reports for investigations completed over 2017-22 had been published by 2024, the organisation has disclosed in ...
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NewsEmirates becomes latest carrier to clamp down on carriage of power banks
Middle Eastern carrier Emirates is banning the use of all electronic power banks on board, and tightening regulations allowing them to be carried. It is the latest airline to take such steps, following broad concern about the safety of lithium-ion battery devices – particularly in the aftermath of an Airbus ...
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NewsBoeing orders lifted by 737 Max agreements and backlog recognition
Boeing secured agreements for 30 737 Max jets in July, attributed to unidentified customers, while the overall order total for the month was lifted by formal recognition in the backlog of 33 other aircraft.
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NewsCrew chided for flying A220 despite being told of door damage
Czech investigators have disclosed that the crew of an Airbus A220-300 twice ignored incidents of damage to separate doors on the same day before operating services to Prague.
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NewsGerman aviation association urges tax cut as carriers ‘avoid’ country’s airports
German airline representatives are claiming that point-to-point carriers have not restored their fleets stationed in the country to pre-pandemic levels, and that recovery has stagnated over government-imposed costs. The German aviation association BDL states that the number of aircraft stationed in Germany by European point-to-point operators is down by 30% ...
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NewsCrew made dual control inputs before Turkish A321neo tail-strike at Prague
Czech investigators state that a Turkish Airlines Airbus A321neo’s crew made dual inputs while attempting to execute a go-around at Prague, during which the jet sustained a tail-strike. The aircraft had been carrying out an ILS approach to runway 12, with the first officer as the flying pilot, on 11 ...
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NewsPlay expects model shift to cut winter losses and generate profits next year
Icelandic budget carrier Play insists its underlying performance remains strong, despite higher losses over the second quarter, as it transitions to a combined model of point-to-point services and wet-leasing. The carrier is expecting “significantly reduced” losses for the upcoming winter season and “profitable operations” in 2026. Four of its 10 ...
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NewsTurkish Airlines intends to submit binding offer for Air Europa stake
Turkish Airlines is to submit a binding offer to take a minority stake in Spanish carrier Air Europa, having previously indicated interest last year. The Star Alliance carrier has not given any further indication as to the size of the proposed investment. But it says that the “complementary nature” of ...
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NewsEve to test Beta’s electric motors as US air taxi firms reveal deals
Embraer-backed Eve Air Mobility will test Beta Technologies’ electric motors on its upcoming eVTOL prototype, while Archer Aviation acquires assets from Overair and Joby Aviation purchases Blade’s passenger business in a flurry of strategic moves across the US air taxi sector.
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NewsDOT inspector launches probe into FAA’s Washington DC airspace management
The US Department of Transportation has initiated an audit of the Federal Aviation Administration’s oversight of Washington DC airspace, focusing on ADS-B exemption protocols following January’s fatal Black Hawk-CRJ700 collision.