All air transport news – Page 347
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NewsPlea to keep diversity and inclusion strategies central as industry recovers
Founder of Women in Aviation & Aerospace Chater says policies for female empowerment must not fall off the agenda despite sector’s financial troubles
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NewsFinnair steps into long-haul leisure routes from Stockholm
Oneworld alliance carrier Finnair is to branch into long-haul operations from the Swedish capital Stockholm, operating to destinations in the USA and Thailand. The airline will operate Airbus A350-900s on the services to Miami, Bangkok and Phuket during the winter season. It is stepping into the main base of SAS ...
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NewsColombian air force assists search for missing Aliansa DC-3
Search efforts to find a missing Douglas DC-3 of the Colombian carrier Aerolineas Andinas Aliansa are concentrating on a region west of the town of Restrepo in the Meta district. The aircraft departed Villavicencio for a training flight early on 8 July, according to the airline. Restrepo lies about 5nm ...
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NewsChina warms to lifting 737 Max grounding: Report
China is reportedly a step closer to returning the Boeing 737 Max to service, after grounding the type for more than two years following two fatal crashes.
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NewsTechnical failure of crashed An-26 ‘unlikely’: airline
Russian carrier Kamchatka Aviation Enterprise has disclosed that the captain of the Antonov An-26 which crashed at Palana had logged almost 2,900h on type including 746h in command. He had joined the airline as a first officer in 2013, says flight operations director Sergei Gorb, flying as a captain for ...
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NewsFAA set to require inspections of more 737NG aft pressure bulkheads
The Federal Aviation Administration seeks to subject hundreds of additional Boeing 737NGs to inspections following more reports of cracks in aft pressure bulkheads.
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NewsEvidence of recovery as Airbus deliveries pick up in June
Airbus’s delivery of 77 aircraft during June marks the second-highest monthly figure since the onset of the air transport crisis. The level was only exceeded by the 89 achieved by the airframer during its end-of-year wrap-up in December 2020. Airbus delivered aircraft to 44 customers in June. These included 11 ...
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NewsUnited pushes Airbus into positive net orders for first half
United Airlines’ agreement for 70 Airbus A321neos finally lifted the airframer into positive net orders for the first half of the year. Airbus’s net orders had languished in negative territory over the course of 2021 until the United order was recorded on 28 June. The deal meant Airbus’s gross orders ...
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Airline BusinessUnited’s order reinvigorates Max programme, but Airbus deal casts unwelcome shadow
There is no getting away from the fact that United Airlines’ recent 200-unit order for Boeing’s 737 Max throws considerable – and much needed – additional momentum behind the programme, even if the airframer had to offer a significant discount to secure the business. But the carrier’s simultaneous deal with Airbus for another large batch of A321neos will be an unwelcome reminder that the European airframer is continuing to encroach on Boeing’s turf.
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NewsRussian-powered MC-21 emerges with test-flight livery
Irkut’s initial Russian-powered MC-21 has emerged in its test campaign livery, following painting at a facility in Ulyanovsk. The aircraft – fitted with Aviadvigatel PD-14 engines – has been flown to Moscow Zhukovsky to continue its flight-test programme. Its livery is similar to that carried by the Pratt & Whitney ...
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NewsAurigny clarifies role in HyFlyer II programme
Channel Island-based Aurigny Air Services has identified the aircraft it is selling to advanced propulsion developer ZeroAvia as a 1985-built Dornier 228.
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NewsGaruda pilots applied dual pitch input before ATR’s bounced excursion
Pilots of a Garuda Indonesia ATR 72-600 applied dual pitch inputs just before the turboprop touched down on its nose-gear at Ende, bounced to the left, and touched down again on the runway shoulder before the crew diverted to Labuan Bajo. The aircraft’s approach to Ende’s runway 27 had been ...
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NewsProposed Russian labour revision aims to allow female civil aircraft engineers
Russian legislators are preparing documentation which aims to remove, from autumn this year, the prohibition preventing women from working as civil aircraft mechanics and engineers. Under Russian labour law there is a list of professions and occupations which either exclude or limit the employment of women. It features professions which ...
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NewsNo survivors after Kamchatka An-26 collided with steep cliff
None of the 28 occupants of an Antonov An-26 survived after the aircraft collided with high ground while attempting to land at Palana airport on the Kamchatka peninsula. The regional government has confirmed that the fatalities from the 6 July accident included six crew members: the two pilots, a navigator, ...
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NewsKamchatka An-26 struck high terrain in poor weather: regional governor
Rescue personnel are having to deal with adverse weather and difficult terrain to reach the crash site of an Antonov An-26 which came down while attempting to land at Palana on the Kamchatka peninsula. The crash site is located 5km north of the town, says Kamchatka regional governor Vladimir Solodov, ...
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NewsDeutsche Aircraft joins with H2FLY for fuel cell-powered Dornier 328 project
Deutsche Aircraft is to partner with German fuel-cell developer H2FLY on a project that will see the partners demonstrate a hydrogen-powered Dornier 328 by 2025.
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NewsWake-harnessing concept lifted by German research
An Airbus initiative to enable a long-haul aircraft to harness the wake energy of a preceding jet has received a boost from Germany’s DLR aerospace institute which is developing software tools to enable such formation flights.
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NewsWreckage from missing Russian An-26 located on Kamchatka coast
Russian investigators are opening a probe into the crash of an Antonov An-26 while it attempted to land at Palana airport in the Kamchatka peninsula. Wreckage from the twin-engined aircraft has been located on the coast, including parts of the fuselage on the shoreline and fragments in the water. Kamchatka ...
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NewsCash shell firm plans reverse takeover of Romania’s Blue Air
Romanian budget carrier Blue Air appears set to undergo a reverse takeover by an entity called Ridgecrest, following a preliminary agreement to acquire the carrier’s parent Airline Invest. Airline Invest, which is owned by entrepreneur Cristian Rada and his brother, wholly-owns Blue Air Aviation and Blue Air Technic. Ridgecrest has ...
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NewsStraying passengers cause chaos after Gulf Air A321 evacuation in Kuwait
Passengers evacuating a Gulf Air Airbus A321 at Kuwait appear to have caused operational disruption, including forcing a go-around, after straying towards an active runway. The A321 crew advised tower controllers that they would be evacuating the aircraft on the taxiway after it arrived on runway 33L as the GF215 ...