All Safety News – Page 227

  • News

    ​Argentina's LASA eyes March launch

    2018-01-16T14:43:57Z

    LASA, the Neuquen, Argentina-based startup airline, has announced that it plans to launch flights in the last week of March, operating Embraer ERJ-145LR regional jets from its Mar del Plata hub.

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    Interjet's Sukhoi fleet depletion a 'non-issue': SJI

    2018-01-16T12:17:00Z

    ​Mexican carrier Interjet's withdrawal of four Sukhoi Superjet 100s for maintenance is not an abnormal situation, the marketing specialist for the Russian-built type insists.

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    New Delhi to divide Air India into four units for sale

    2018-01-16T02:27:27Z

    New Delhi has announced provided more details to its strategic divestment of flag carrier, Air India, with ​plans to sell the carrier and its subsidiaries in four components.

  • Analysis

    ANALYSIS: Hyperloop link promises Schiphol expansion

    2018-01-15T17:11:51Z

    Hyperloop One, a California-based company that is seeking to make the concept of aircraft-speed ground transportation a commercial reality, is hopeful that talks with the Dutch Government to build a hyperloop track linking Amsterdam Schiphol and Lelystad airports could result in the two facilities effectively becoming one integrated aerodrome within ...

  • Analysis

    ANALYSIS: US carriers' efficiency gains outstripped by growth

    2018-01-15T17:06:05Z

    ​Alaska Airlines could lose its position as the most fuel-efficient US carrier on domestic routes as a result of its merger with the country's least efficient airline, Virgin America, according to a recent study carried out by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT).

  • Analysis

    ANALYSIS: Are carbon markets ready for aviation?

    2018-01-15T16:59:14Z

    Key questions hanging over ICAO's forthcoming Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) include not just whether the airline industry will be ready in time, but whether the carbon markets will be able to cope with the high level of demand for offsets from their newest customer.

  • Analysis

    ANALYSIS: Airlines warned not to leave carbon accounting to last minute

    2018-01-15T14:35:57Z

    Airlines are being strongly urged to submit their emissions-monitoring plans for ICAO's global carbon-offsetting scheme by the end of September 2018, ahead of the formal February 2019 deadline, regardless of whether or not their home state has agreed to participate in the voluntary phase of the market-based measure.

  • Analysis

    ANALYSIS: ICAO carbon offsetting scheme under fire

    2018-01-15T11:54:30Z

    Opinions are divided over whether ICAO's Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation should be the only market-based measure applied to the airline industry to address its impact on climate change.

  • News

    Undisclosed customers order 40 A320neo-family jets

    2018-01-15T11:20:00Z

    Airbus's end-of-year activity has included securing orders for 40 A320neo-family aircraft from undisclosed customers.

  • News

    Mandarin Airlines gears up for turboprop operations

    2018-01-15T06:39:13Z

    Mandarin Airlines is targeting to begin operations of its ATR 72-600 turboprops before the Lunar New Year period in mid-February.

  • News

    Pegasus excursion leaves 737 balanced on cliff slope

    2018-01-14T09:58:00Z

    ​All 162 passengers and six crew members have survived an extraordinary runway excursion accident which left a Pegasus Airlines Boeing 737-800 precariously balanced on a steep cliff slope at Trabzon.

  • News

    Xiamen Airlines signs $2bn MoU with CFM

    2018-01-12T02:29:27Z

    Xiamen Airlines has signed a $2.05 billion memorandum of understanding with CFM International, covering installed and spare engines.

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    Aeromexico 737 nearly lands on wrong San Francisco runway

    2018-01-11T22:28:13Z

    Pilots of an Aeromexico Boeing 737-800 lined up to land on the wrong runway at San Francisco International airport on 9 January before executing a go-around procedure, the third safety-related landing incident at San Francisco in about six months.

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    FAA grants single AOC to Alaska and Virgin America

    2018-01-11T20:52:04Z

    ​The US Federal Aviation Administration has granted a single operating certificate to Alaska Airlines and Virgin America, a development that brings Alaska Air Group another step closer to fully merging the subsidiaries.

  • News

    Garuda defers all new aircraft deliveries in 2018

    2018-01-11T08:13:43Z

    Garuda Indonesia confirms that it will not add any aircraft in 2018, and will instead work to maximise the utilisation of its existing fleet.

  • News

    New Delhi opens door for foreign investment in Air India

    2018-01-11T03:15:18Z

    The Indian government has approved several amendments to the country's Foreign Direct Investment policy, including one that allows foreign airlines to control up to 49% in state-owned Air India.

  • News

    ​Autonomous subs to make 90-day search for MH370

    2018-01-11T01:57:19Z

    Undersea mapping firm Ocean Infinity will use autonomous underwater vehicles to search for the lost Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.

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    Damaged Dash 8 tyre exploded in wheel bay

    2018-01-10T13:37:00Z

    ​Investigators believe contact with jagged rocks at the Bulolo airstrip damaged a tyre on a Bombardier de Havilland Dash 8-200 before the tyre exploded inside its stowage well at cruise altitude.

  • News

    China set to order over 180 Airbus jets

    2018-01-10T08:42:00Z

    China is set to finalise orders for 184 Airbus A320-family aircraft, say media reports citing French president Emmanuel Macron, after talks with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Beijing.

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    Russian airspace recovers after economic slump

    2018-01-10T07:40:00Z

    ​Russian airspace handled over 1.5 million flights last year, the highest level in the country for three years.