All articles by David Kaminski-Morrow – Page 12
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NewsAir Niugini fleet investment put at K3bn as it introduces A220 to service
Papua New Guinea’s government has disclosed that it is investing K3 billion ($714 million) in the fleet modernisation of local carrier Air Niugini. The country’s minister for state-owned enterprises, William Duma, referred to the figure as the airline conducted the first commercial flight with its Airbus A220-300. Duma says the ...
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NewsBulgaria’s GullivAir seeks year-round clearance to serve New York for Israel’s Arkia
Bulgarian wet-lease carrier GullivAir is seeking a year-long clearance to operate an Airbus A330-200 on transatlantic routes, on behalf of Israeli leisure airline Arkia. GullivAir, which is based in Sofia, has disclosed that it plans to conduct the services between Tel Aviv and New York JFK. It states in a ...
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NewsGreece’s Aegean commits to more ATRs for Olympic Air
Greek carrier Aegean has ordered a further two ATR 72-600 turboprops, as its Olympic Air subsidiary introduces its latest of the type. Olympic Air has 15 ATRs, a mix of a dozen 72-600s and three of the smaller 42-600. Aegean deputy chief Michalis Kouveliotis says the new aircraft reflect an ...
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NewsNew A220 programme chief to oversee crucial ramp-up stage
Airbus has appointed Guillaume Chevasson as the head of its Canadian operation, and leader of the A220 programme.
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NewsTarmac Aerosave expects more AerFin arrivals after dismantling batch of A320neos
French-based aircraft storage specialist Tarmac Aerosave has dismantled four Airbus A320neos, sourced from owner AerFin, and is expecting further aircraft to undergo recycling by the end of this year.
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NewsAir Tanzania seeks nearly 70 pilots as part of large crew recruitment campaign
Air Tanzania has embarked on a substantial recruitment campaign, seeking nearly 70 pilots and 100 cabin crew members as well as other personnel. The airline is offering 23 captain positions, across various aircraft types including the Boeing 787, 767 and 737, the Airbus A220, and De Havilland Dash 8 turboprops. ...
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NewsVolotea limits shareholders’ follow-up funding after strong financial forecast
Spanish low-cost carrier Volotea is expecting a strong full year, sufficient to limit a planned shareholder funding injection for the company. Volotea says it is forecasting the “best financial results in its history” for 2025 – including an EBITDA of €190 million ($222 million), up by nearly 30%, and a ...
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NewsEgyptAir seeks to serve two more US gateways
EgyptAir is seeking to open two more US gateway routes from Cairo, naming Chicago and Los Angeles as target destinations. The Star Alliance carrier identifies the routes in filings with US regulators. EgyptAir serves New York JFK and Newark, and also operates to Washington DC. It states that it aims ...
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NewsKLM prepares to start A350 pilot training after installation of simulator
Dutch carrier KLM has commissioned the Netherlands’ first Airbus A350 simulator, in preparation for the airline’s introduction of the type next year. KLM is set to take delivery of A350s from the end of 2026. Its initial simulator, installed at the Schiphol-East facility in Amsterdam, has been supplied by Canada-based ...
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NewsSokol plant initiates duplicate assembly line for MC-21 aft fuselage section
Assembly of aft fuselage sections of the Yakovlev MC-21-310 has commenced at the Sokol plant in Nizhny Novgorod, initiating a duplicate line for the structure. The structures – which anchor the empennage – were already being sourced from a facility in Ulyanovsk. United Aircraft says the Sokol plant has formally ...
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NewsTaxi clearances likely to be scrutinised after LaGuardia CRJ900 collision
Air traffic communications from New York LaGuardia indicate that a departing Endeavor Air MHIRJ CRJ900 was instructed to yield to an aircraft from the same carrier before a collision at a taxiway intersection.
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NewsIcelandair recruits Play founder as it rejigs operations roles
Icelandair is rejigging its structure of operational roles, and has recruited one of the founders of Icelandic budget carrier Play, Arnar Mar Magnusson. Icelandair is discontinuing the role of chief operating officer, following the retirement of Sylvia Kristin Olafsdottir. Chief executive Bogi Nils Bogason will directly oversee two functions which ...
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NewsGulf Air restores US links with New York JFK operation
Gulf Air has restored a long-absent US link with the initiation of services between Bahrain and New York JFK. The carrier sought authorisation for the flights after the US FAA’s safety assessment scheme classified the Middle Eastern kingdom as ICAO-compliant in November last year. This lifted a restriction which previously ...
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NewsTailwind and worn tyres led medical flight Cessna 510 to aquaplane and overrun
Australian investigators have determined that an undetected tailwind, and worn tyres, contributed to the overrun of a Cessna 510 conducting a medical air transport flight to Bankstown. The AirMed Australia aircraft had departed Narrandera on 11 January with a pilot, nurse and patient on board. As the jet descended through ...
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NewsUS FAA expects full transition to modernised NOTAM system in spring 2026
US regulators expect to complete a full transition to a modernised NOTAM system by late spring next year, having deployed the first phase for user testing. The NOTAM Management Service formally commenced operations on 29 September. While modernisation of the system has been a continual process which dates back at ...
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NewsSpanish operator Swiftair Group acquired by infrastructure fund
Spanish air cargo and wet-lease specialist Swiftair Group is being acquired by a financial fund linked to investment firm Antin Infrastructure Partners. Antin will take a majority stake in the Madrid-based operator, through its Mid Cap Fund, but the size and value of the investment have not been disclosed. It ...
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NewsCroatia Airlines becomes one of the few A220-100 operators
Croatia Airlines has become one of the few operators to introduce the Airbus A220-100, having received its first of the twinjet variant. The aircraft (9A-CAO) has been sourced from US lessor Air Lease. Croatia Airlines says the jet is configured with 127 seats. It departed Montreal for Zagreb on 29 ...
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NewsSkyHigh E190 lands without nose-gear during Santo Domingo test flight
Investigators in the Dominican Republic are probing a landing occurrence at Santo Domingo during which an Embraer 190 came to rest on its nose. The aircraft took off on 30 September from the capital’s Las Americas airport According to the air transport regulator, Junta de Aviacion Civil, the aircraft “made ...
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NewsSaudi regulators approve kingdom’s first virtual air traffic control tower
Saudi Arabian regulators have formally approved the kingdom’s first virtual air traffic tower, which oversees operations at AlUla airport. The Saudi air navigation service SANS has received an operating licence for the tower from the General Authority of Civil Aviation, according to the Saudi government’s official news channel. AlUla’s traffic ...
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NewsMagister crash pilot probably lost consciousness during tight display turn
French investigators believe a vintage Fouga Magister fatally crashed into the sea during an air show after its pilot executed a tight turn to rejoin the display axis. The accident occurred off the Mediterranean coast, near Toulon, on 16 August last year. French investigation authority BEA says the V-tailed jet ...