All air transport news – Page 358
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NewsSriwijaya 737-500 crash probe spurs order to check autothrottle computers
Investigations into the fatal Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737-500 accident earlier this year have spurred an order to operators of older 737 variants to conduct autothrottle checks aimed at detecting possible flap synchronisation component failure. But the US FAA is stressing that latent failure of the synchronisation wire is “highly unlikely” ...
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NewsIcelandair Group finance chief steps down after two years
Icelandair Group has named Ivar Kristinsson as its interim chief financial officer, following the decision by Eva Soley Gudbjornsdottir to step down from the post after two years. Gudbjornsdottir has overseen the group’s finances, steering it through the impact of the pandemic, since succeeding Bogi Nils Bogason – who had ...
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NewsEviation receives Alice’s first Magnix electric propulsion unit
Eviation Aircraft has received the first electric propulsion unit (EPU) for its in-development all-electric passenger aircraft Alice, and still aims to have Alice airborne by year-end.
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NewsVolocopter launches fixed-wing all-electric eVTOL
German air taxi developer Volocopter has launched a new, larger electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft called VoloConnect, with a goal of having the new design flying passengers in five years.
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NewsEASA and UK CAA agree post-Brexit rules for aerospace sector
Regulators have reached an agreement covering the steps aerospace manufacturers need to take to allow their products to move between the EU and the UK in the wake of Brexit.
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NewsJetBlue outlines CFO succession plan
JetBlue Airways’ head of treasury and investor relations Ursula Hurley will become acting chief financial officer effective 12 June.
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NewsTwin ATR cabin fume events traced to corroded bleed air valves
Pratt & Whitney Canada has introduced an enhanced inspection regime for PW127 engines following a pair of cabin fume events when ATR twin-turboprops were brought back into service following storage.
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NewsJapan’s IHI slips to annual loss amid declining engine activity
Japanese engineering group IHI saw its operating profit decrease 42%, to Y28 billion ($256 million), in its financial year ended 31 March, amid a significant decrease in sales from its civil aero engines business.
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NewsIrkut receives first wing panels for serial MC-21
Russian airframer Irkut has received the first MC-21 wing panels for a serial production aircraft, delivered to the Irkutsk-based facility by road. The 17.5m panel was manufactured at the AeroKompozit plant in Ulyanovsk – a distance of some 3,600km from the MC-21 final assembly line. Irkut will used the panels ...
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NewsHard landings within limits do not count as accidents: court ruling
European judges have ruled that a hard landing within permissible aircraft limits does not fall within the definition of ‘accident’, after a passenger lodged an injury claim following a firm touchdown in Switzerland. Austria’s supreme court had sought a preliminary verdict as to whether a hard landing, made within the ...
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NewsHelvetic’s first Embraer E195-E2 to arrive in June
Helvetic Airways will receive its first Embraer 195-E2 in June, after converting E190-E2 orders to the larger model.
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NewsInvestor scraps plan to acquire Transat: reports
Canadian billionaire investor Pierre Karl Peladeau has reportedly scrapped his effort to acquire Transat AT, the Montreal company that owns leisure carrier Air Transat.
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NewsRolls-Royce in talks with Boeing about new-aircraft development
Rolls-Royce is in talks with Boeing about powering a future commercial aircraft, following the UK manufacturer’s 2019 withdrawal from the race to provide an engine for the US airframer’s then-proposed New Mid-market Airplane.
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NewsKorean Air to maintain Asiana’s PW4000 engines
Korean Air and compatriot Asiana Airlines have inked a multi-year engine MRO contract, covering the latter’s Pratt & Whitney PW4090 powerplants.
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NewsFAA approves Boeing fix for grounded 737 Max electrical issue
Boeing’s fix for the electrical issue that grounded 106 in-service 737 Max and paused delivery of new aircraft has been approved by the FAA.
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NewsAirbus appears to deliver A321neo test aircraft to VietJet
Airbus appears to have delivered the first A321neo manufactured, the MSN6673 test aircraft, to Asian carrier VietJet Air. The twinjet – powered by Pratt & Whitney PW1100G engines – was the first A321neo for which Airbus completed initial assembly. But it was beaten to the variant’s maiden flight in February ...
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NewsAn-26 crew twice told to abort after non-precision approach deviations
UK investigators have suggested that pilots may be losing currency with non-precision approaches, as they become less common, after probing an incident involving a Ukrainian Antonov An-26 at Birmingham. The Vulkan Air aircraft (UR-CQD) had prepared for a localiser-DME approach to runway 33 as it arrived on 16 July last ...
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NewsRolls-Royce engine flying hours reach 40% of pre-crisis level
UK engine maker Rolls-Royce has reassured shareholders that its operational and financial performance so far this year is in line with expectations, and highlighted “encouraging” interest in the planned divestiture of Spanish subsidiary ITP Aero.
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NewsAirbus procurement chief assigned to lead A220 towards profitability
Airbus systems procurement chief Benoit Schultz is to take over as head of the A220 operation, as chief executive of Airbus Canada, succeeding Philippe Balducchi who has led the division for nearly three years. Balducchi has “decided to pursue other opportunities” outside of Airbus, says the airframer, having spent two ...
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NewsAlaska orders additional E175s, plans to acquire 13 more 737 Max
Alaska Air Group has ordered nine Embraer 175s, while partner SkyWest Airlines has ordered another eight E175s to operate for Alaska.