All Europe news – Page 42
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NewsLondon Gatwick implementing time-based separation on single mixed-mode runway
UK air navigation service NATS has applied its intelligent arrival separation system to a mixed-mode single runway for the first time, with implementation at London Gatwick. The system uses dynamic time-based – rather than distance-based – approach spacing in order to maintain sufficient arrival rates in strong headwind conditions. Headwinds ...
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NewsLisbon eyeing mid-life upgrade for AW101 helicopters
Portugal is eyeing a mid-life upgrade for its air force fleet of Leonardo Helicopters AW101s, as the type approaches 20 years in operational service for the nation.
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NewsLithuania’s GetJet to set up own MRO facility in Vilnius
Lithuanian wet-lease specialist GetJet Airlines is planning to establish a maintenance facility at Vilnius airport to support its in-house technical operations. The company intends the first aircraft at the new €10 million ($10.8 million) facility to enter maintenance by 2028. GetJet operates a fleet of single-aisle types including Airbus A320-family ...
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NewsAustralia confirms ‘informational’ meeting with GCAP fighter partners
The head of capability for the Royal Australian Air Force says his office received an informational briefing from the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) consortium – a trilateral initiative between the UK, Italy and Japan to develop a sixth-generation fighter.
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NewsPortugal’s TAP manages to stay profitable as it enters final restructuring year
Portuguese carrier TAP’s revenues rose 1% last year, sufficient for it to claim an all-time high figure of €4.2 billion ($4.5 billion), although its net profit fell by 70% – a decline it attributes partly to revenue adjustments and labour provisions. The airline’s full-year performance includes the effect of its ...
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NewsSwiftair 737 crash: Prosecutor seeks to question pilot as inquiry points to hydraulic issue
Lithuanian prosecutors are seeking to question the pilot of a Boeing 737-400 freighter which crashed on approach to Vilnius last year, after preliminary findings indicated that a hydraulic issue preceded the fatal accident. The Swiftair aircraft came down short of runway 19 while inbound from Leipzig on 25 November. Lithuania’s ...
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NewsHelvetic E195-E2 becomes largest aircraft operating at London City
Swiss wet-lease carrier Helvetic Airways has become the first to operate an Embraer 195-E2 into London City airport, following a service from Zurich. The airline – operating the flight on behalf of Swiss International Air Lines – flew the jet (HB-AZI) into the UK capital’s downtown airport on 26 March. ...
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NewsCharter tour Mi-8 fatally collided with mountain ridge as crew descended in poor visibility
Russian investigators have found that a Mil Mi-8T helicopter captain’s decision to descend in limited visibility, while operating in mountainous terrain, led to a fatal collision with a ridge, with no survivors from among the 22 occupants. The Vityaz Aero helicopter (RA-25656) had lifted off from the vicinity of the ...
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NewsBelgium’s first MQ-9B SkyGuardian advances flight tests
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has completed the first flight of an MQ-9B SkyGuardian for European customer Belgium.
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NewsTwo Patrouille de France Alpha Jets collide in training flight
French authorities have begun investigations into the collision of two Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jets operated by French aerobatics unit Patrouille de France.
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NewsNo ‘single point of failure’ during London Heathrow power loss: UK transport secretary
While investigation into a prolonged electrical power outage to London Heathrow is continuing, UK transport minister Heidi Alexander has told the country’s parliament that back-up power systems did not fail and acted as intended. A large fire broke out at an electrical substation – located about 4km northeast of the ...
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NewsGE and Lufthansa revive MRO venture XEOS with focus on single-aisle Leap engines
Polish-based engine maintenance venture XEOS – originally established to service widebody powerplants – has been revived with a focus on narrowbody operations, specifically the CFM International Leap engine. GE Aerospace and Lufthansa Technik opened XEOS in 2019 with the intention of servicing GEnx-2B engines for the Boeing 747-8 and, eventually, ...
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NewsUK start-up Global Airlines promotes ‘special’ A380 flights to JFK in May
UK start-up carrier Global Airlines has signalled, through a promotional offer, that its initial transatlantic services will take place in May this year. Global Airlines has been planning to carry out flights using an Airbus A380 undergoing preparation work in Portugal, operated by wet-lease carrier Hi Fly. It has unveiled ...
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NewsRussian federal authority certifies first MRO firm under new unifying maintenance regulation
Russian federal air transport authority Rosaviatsia has issued its first aircraft maintenance certificate under a new unifying regulation with which all servicing organisations will need to comply. Moscow Vnukovo-based firm AviaComplex – which was formerly known as VTS Jets – secured the certificate from Rosaviatsia on 21 March. The FAP-145 ...
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NewsUnited Aircraft starts expanding flight envelope of PD-8-powered Superjet
United Aircraft has conducted a second test flight with the Russian-powered Yakovlev Superjet 100, to expand the operating envelope. The twinjet has been fitted with Aviadvigatel PD-8 engines as a replacement for the PowerJet SaM146. PD-8s will be installed as standard on the SJ-100, a newly-developed version of the Superjet ...
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NewsUK government orders investigation into Heathrow power-supply failure
Independent specialists have been tasked with probing the electrical power-supply failure which forced the closure of London Heathrow airport on 21 March. The UK government has commissioned the National Energy System Operator – formed last year to oversee electricity and gas network planning – to investigate the power outage which ...
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NewsHeathrow aims for full Saturday operation as flights resume
Heathrow airport says some services will resume on 21 March before full operations return on Saturday, following a total grounding of flights in response to a power outage.
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NewsPobeda aims to expand with 737s as Aeroflot Group sister carriers renew fleets
Aeroflot Group’s budget carrier Pobeda is expecting to expand with Boeing 737s drawn from the fleets of its sister operators. Pobeda general director Dmitry Tyshchuk – who has headed the airline since August 2022 – states that the 737s will be transferred as Aeroflot and Rossiya renew their narrowbody fleets ...
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NewsIATA chief suggests Heathrow closure poses ‘serious questions’
The director general of global airline association IATA, Willie Walsh, has suggested that the closure of Heathrow airport on 21 March amid a power outage poses “serious questions” about the facility’s contingency planning.
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NewsNorse Atlantic drops proposed supplemental share offer
Low-cost long-haul operator Norse Atlantic Airways has cancelled a proposed supplemental share offering, because the carrier’s stock price does not warrant the issue. Norse Atlantic carried out a private share placement in November last year which raised NKr96.4 million – about $8.7 million at the time – and intended to ...