All articles by David Kaminski-Morrow – Page 418
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IAG considers Vueling takeover
British Airways and Iberia parent company International Airlines Group is looking at acquiring the entire outstanding share capital of Spanish budget carrier...
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Qatar considered Emirates tie-up: Al Baker
Qatar Airways has disclosed that it had, at one point, been contemplating a tie-up with Emirates to create a Middle Eastern powerhouse carrier. The...
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Lufthansa installs new A330 simulator at Berlin
Lufthansa's pilot-training division has commissed a new Airbus A330-200 full-flight simulator at its Berlin Schonefeld facility. The simulator, from...
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LOT 767 gear-up crash probe advises checklist changes
Polish investigators are recommending amendments to checklists to help pilots cope with alternate undercarriage deployment failure, following the gear-up...
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NewsChinese investor takes 10% share of Heathrow operator
China Investment Corporation has acquired a 10% shareholding in the company which operates London Heathrow, through a wholly-owned subsidiary. Heathrow...
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NewsRussian leasing firm plans order for 35 737 Max jets
Russian state corporation Rostekhnologii is intending to purchase 35 Boeing 737 Max twinjets, through its leasing division Aviakapital-Servis
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Tupolev puts Tu-204SM through wet-runway trials
Tupolev has performed a series of wet-runway tests with its Tu-204SM twinjet as the type nears certification. It conducted the tests with aircraft...
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Bombardier seeks approval for CSeries high-altitude cruise
Bombardier is formally seeking approval to operate its new CSeries twinjet at altitudes above 40,000ft, as the airframer approaches first flight of the prototype.
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NewsIN FOCUS: Narrowbody battle intensifies as 737 Max specifics emerge
Just as the Boeing 737 Max started moving this year from being a concept aircraft to a paper one, the rival Airbus A320neo began shifting from paper to metal.
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NewsPICTURE: First Yakutia Superjet breaks cover
Siberian carrier Yakutia's first Sukhoi Superjet 100 has emerged in its full colour scheme, three years after the operator signed for a pair of the twinjets. Yakutia...
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Both pilots of crashed An-28 intoxicated: inquiry
Russian investigators have determined that both pilots of an Antonov An-28 were intoxicated by alcohol before the aircraft crashed on a domestic service...
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NewsSriwijaya pilots grounded after landing at wrong airport
Indonesian investigators have opened an inquiry after pilots from local carrier Sriwijaya Air landed at the wrong destination. Both the captain and...
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NewsAir Berlin and Etihad seal broad codeshare with Air France-KLM
Oneworld carrier Air Berlin has agreed a new tie-up with SkyTeam operator Air France-KLM, including codesharing between the two sides, a deal which also brings in Air Berlin shareholder Etihad Airways.
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Nepalese carriers face blacklist scrutiny after latest crash
European authorities are considering whether to blacklist Nepalese carriers after the latest in a series of fatal commuter turboprop accidents underlined concerns over safety oversight.
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NewsPICTURES: Circumstances of Syrian A320 collision remain hazy
Mystery still surrounds the circumstances of an apparent mid-air collision involving a Syrian Arab Airlines Airbus A320 that resulted in substantial damage to the twinjet's vertical fin.
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Belated inquiry probes Germanwings pilots' fume struggle
German investigators have disclosed that both pilots of a Germanwings Airbus A319 were badly affected by fumes while approaching Cologne, but details about the seriousness of the event only emerged a year after it took place.
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NewsPICTURES: Chinese ditching exercise uses full-scale mock-up jet
Chinese authorities have conducted a search and rescue exercise simulating the ditching of a twin-engined aircraft in water off Shanghai.
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NewsFire brought down Asiana 747F in just 18min
Stricken Asiana freighter, transporting batteries and hazardous chemicals, failed to reach safety during attempt to divert
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Inquiry advises Madrid fuel rethink after Valencia diversions
Investigators are recommending that Spanish authorities review fuel advice for Madrid-bound flights after three Ryanair weather diversions to Valencia each resulted in pilots declaring a fuel emergency.