All articles by David Kaminski-Morrow
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NewsMyanmar government claims insurgents used drones to attack departing ATR 72
Myanmar’s government is blaming insurgents for an attack on an ATR 72-600 turboprop which was departing Myitkyina airport, in the north of the country, on 20 February. The aircraft, operated by Myanmar National Airlines, had been bound for the central city of Mandalay. Myanmar’s national defence and security council states ...
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NewsFormer Finnair commercial head named as Oneworld chief executive
Global airline alliance Oneworld has named ex-Finnair senior figure Ole Orver as its new chief executive, succeeding Nathaniel Piper. Orver was formerly the chief commercial officer at Finnair, appointed in 2019. He left in 2024 as the airline restructured its senior management team. Finnair credited Orver with driving the airline’s ...
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NewsWasaya PC-12 sustains propeller damage after hard landing and go-around
Canadian investigators have disclosed that at Pilatus PC-12 sustained propeller blade damage after a hard landing and go-around in Ontario. The Wasaya Airways aircraft had been conducting a service from Bearskin Lake to Muskrat Dam on 16 February. According to the Transportation Safety Board, the aircraft touched down hard on ...
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NewsEx-GTLK Europe 777-300ERs sold for engine and spares recovery
Joint liquidators of the Russian-linked leasing firm GTLK Europe have sold three Boeing 777-300ERs to MTU’s Amsterdam-based leasing company. The airframes are set to be broken up for parts and materials while the engines – GE Aerospace GE90 powerplants – are in “full-life condition” and will be leased out, liquidator ...
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NewsBK 160 crashed into lake during upset-recovery training but cause remains elusive
Dutch investigators have been unable to determine conclusively why a Blackshape BK 160 descended rapidly and fatally crashed into the Zwarte Meer lake, during instruction for a student pilot – although it highlights that the lesson focused on upset recovery. The Dutch Safety Board inquiry into the light trainer accident ...
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NewsEmbraer and Adani aim to seek orders which would justify Indian E175 final assembly line
Embraer has reached a provisional agreement with Indian firm Adani Defence & Aerospace covering the possible establishment of an E175 regional jet final assembly line in the country. The memorandum of understanding was exchanged between the two companies’ leaders in the presence of Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva ...
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NewsAirbus not supporting Ural’s A320-family life-extension effort
While Ural Airlines has disclosed plans to extend the service life of Airbus A320-family aircraft, the airframer states that it is not supporting any such efforts by Russian operators. Ural Airlines recently revealed that it is planning to undertake work to extend the life of A320-family jets to more than ...
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NewsRussian deputy prime minister pressing to lower costs of Il-114-300
Russian deputy prime minister Yuri Trutnev has highlighted the importance of the new Ilyushin Il-114-300 to the country’s eastern region, but is pressing for lower costs of production and operation. Trutnev, who serves as presidential envoy to the Far Eastern district, stated during a meeting to discuss the aircraft’s prospects ...
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NewsStretched A350-1000 is ‘natural evolution’ but not a priority: Airbus chief
Airbus is looking at the potential for a larger variant of the A350, beyond the -1000, but stresses that its work in this direction remains preliminary. Speaking during a full-year briefing on 19 February, Airbus chief executive Guillaume Faury said the airframer “sees demand for a larger [aircraft] – so ...
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NewsAirbus unlikely to obtain more Leap engines to offset shortage of P&W powerplants: Faury
Airbus believes is will not be able to source additional CFM International Leap engines to offset a projected shortfall in Pratt & Whitney powerplants for the A320neo family. The airframer’s chief executive, Guillaume Faury, expressed frustration at the situation during a full-year briefing on 19 February. He says he is ...
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NewsAirbus hikes commercial jet delivery forecast by 10% over 2025 level
Airbus has hiked this year’s full-year delivery forecast by 10% compared with its performance last year, and by 6% on its original 2025 target. The airframer is looking to deliver 870 commercial aircraft over the course of 2026, having managed 793 last year – short of its planned output of ...
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NewsAirbus reins-in A320neo ramp-up forecast over engine supply uncertainty
Airbus is aiming to deliver 870 commercial aircraft this year but has cut back its A320neo-family ramp-up forecast after failing to secure commitments from Pratt & Whitney on required engine deliveries. The airframer says it expects to reach a monthly rate of 70-75 A320neo-family aircraft by the end of 2027 ...
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NewsAvia Solutions continues simplification with AirExplore and KlasJet tie-up
Wet-lease specialist Avia Solutions Group is further simplifying its structure, by bringing two of its operators under the same leadership. It will unify the operational structure of Slovakia’s AirExplore and Lithuania’s KlasJet, although both brands will be retained. KlasJet chief Justinas Bulka is to take up the same position at ...
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NewsEx-Spirit A320neos become youngest to be broken up for spares
Two Airbus A320neos which were only produced in the last four years are already being broken up for spares at a facility in Arizona. The aircraft have been acquired by Irish-based asset management company EirTrade Aviation. It identifies the airframes as MSNs 10769 and 10921, both of which were delivered ...
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NewsAngara An-24 crew muted terrain-warning system before fatal ground collision
Russian investigators have disclosed that the crew of an Angara Airlines Antonov An-24 muted the ground-proximity warning system before a fatal terrain collision on approach to Tynda airport. The Interstate Aviation Committee’s inquiry into the accident, on 24 July last year, found that the crew had set the altimeter pressure ...
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NewsCitation V landed gear-up after pilot forgot to extend undercarriage: inquiry
US investigators have determined that a gear-up landing involving a Cessna Citation V business jet at Dallas occurred because its pilot simply forgot to extend the undercarriage during approach. The aircraft (N560RT) had been inbound from Houston to Dallas Executive airport on 6 September last year. Its pilot testified that ...
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NewsKomi republic hosts latest tests of MC-21 and SJ-100
United Aircraft has flown its Yakovlev MC-21-310 test aircraft to the Komi republic as part of its certification programme. The import-substituted MC-21 – number 73055 – conducted a training flight on 16 February from Moscow Zhukovsky to Vorkuta, in the north of the republic, and then to its main city, ...
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NewsUnited Nigeria to open New York charters with wet-leased Air Anka A330s
United Nigeria Airlines is intending to open transatlantic services this summer, with Turkish carrier Air Anka poised to offer capacity for the proposed routes. The Nigerian airline’s chair, Obiora Okonkwo, stated during a 12 February briefing – commemorating United Nigeria’s fifth anniversary – that the carrier “will fly direct to ...
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NewsIsraeli government approves Negev airport to complement Tel Aviv Ben Gurion
Israel’s government has approved proposals to establish a complementary southern airport to Tel Aviv Ben Gurion, and the construction of another airport in the north of the country. The complementary airport would be located near Ziklag, in the Negev region some 75km south of the main Israeli hub. “This will ...
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NewsLufthansa cleared to offer most Allegris seats for booking on 787-9s
German flag-carrier Lufthansa is making available most of the new business-class seats in its Boeing 787-9s, after a certification hold-up was overcome. The airline says “nothing now stands in the way” of approval for 25 of the 28 Allegris business-class seats on the twinjet type. Lufthansa has been flying the ...