David Kaminski-Morrow
Contact info
- News
US FAA proposes further fire-safety conditions for A321XLR’s integral aft fuel tank
US regulators are seeking comment on proposed additional fire-safety conditions to accept the large aft centre fuel-tank design for Airbus’s long-range A321XLR twinjet.
- News
Transair 737 excursion during Dakar take-off results in injuries
Ten occupants of a Boeing 737-300, operating an Air Senegal service, have been injured after the jet suffered a runway excursion on take-off from Dakar’s main airport.
- News
Spirit AeroSystems chief believes Airbus partnership will remain intact
Spirit AeroSystems chief executive Patrick Shanahan believes the company will remain a partner to Airbus even as Boeing negotiates a potential acquisition of the aerostructures firm.
- News
FedEx 767-300ER freighter lands with nose-gear retracted at Istanbul
One of US express carrier FedEx’s Boeing 767-300ER freighters has been involved in a landing incident at Istanbul after its nose-gear failed to deploy.
- News
Virgin 787 transatlantic SAF flight demonstrated emission and fuel-burn benefits: carrier
Preliminary figures from Virgin Atlantic’s transatlantic Boeing 787-9 flight using 100% wholly-sustainable fuel indicate that it cut carbon and particulate emissions by 64% and 40% respectively, based on a lifecycle analysis.
- News
Brazil’s Porto Alegre airport remains crippled after storm flooding
Timescales for resumption of flight operations at Brazil’s Porto Alegre airport remains uncertain after heavy rain led to flooding which closed the airport.
- News
Maldivian seeks consultancy services to evaluate long-haul fleet strategy
Indian Ocean carrier Maldivian is seeking to advance its widebody aircraft project by hiring a consultancy to examine its expansion into long-haul services.
- News
Poland’s LOT taking three new Embraer jets this summer: chief
Polish flag-carrier LOT’s chief executive, Michal Fijol, has disclosed that the carrier has signed for three Embraer E2 jets which will arrive this summer.
- News
Etihad engineering arm and other MRO entities absorbed by Abu Dhabi Aviation
Middle Eastern service provider Abu Dhabi Aviation has acquired Etihad Engineering as well as Advanced Military MRO Centre, plus a 50% stake in Global Aerospace Logistics, to establish an operation with broad range of capabilities.
- News
Unidentified customer orders over 50 A321neos
Airbus has revealed an order for 51 A321neos placed by an undisclosed customer in its latest backlog figures.
- News
Emirates expanding cabin retrofit to cover 110 A380s and over 80 777s
Middle Eastern carrier Emirates is to expand a cabin refurbishment programme to cover a total of 110 Airbus A380s.
- News
Icelandic cargo carrier Bluebird Nordic discontinues operations
Iceland’s Bluebird Nordic has discontinued cargo operations, ending services on 30 April.
- News
Emirates discloses initial routes for first batch of 312-seat A350-900s
Middle Eastern carrier Emirates has unveiled the first batch of nine routes on which it will deploy its new Airbus A350-900 fleet.
- News
Cargolux’s full-year figures illustrate return of cyclical freight activity
Freight specialist Cargolux Group achieved a full-year net profit of $286 million, but the figure is substantially down on the previous level of $1.6 billion.
- News
DHC-6 floatplane wing-strike inquiry wrestles with pilots’ contradictory testimonies
Investigators probing a Maldives water-landing accident which damaged a Viking Air DHC-6-300 floatplane have disclosed contradictory testimonies from the pilots over the application of power.
- News
Aeroflot claims lowest first-quarter net loss in five years
Russian flag-carrier Aeroflot has turned in a first-quarter net loss of Rb6.9 billion ($75.3 million), but states that this is its lowest loss for the period in five years.
- News
Scandinavia’s Frost Air obtains own air operator’s certificate
Scandinavian ad hoc and sub-charter carrier Frost Air has been granted an air operator’s certificate from Danish regulators.
- News
Initial A380 for UK start-up Global arrives in Scotland for return-to-service work
UK start-up Global Airlines’ first Airbus A380 has arrived in Scotland ahead of undergoing maintenance and an interior refurbishment before being put into service.
- News
Oman Air transformation to be led by Flyadeal chief Korfiatis
Middle Eastern carrier Oman Air has named Con Korfiatis, the head of Saudi budget airline Flyadeal, as its chief executive.
- News
Jazeera blames currency fluctuations as first quarter performance dips
Kuwaiti budget carrier Jazeera Airways is blaming adverse foreign currency effects for a first-quarter net loss of KD2.7 million ($8.8 million).