All articles by David Kaminski-Morrow – Page 444
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ALAFCO confirms Thai A350-900 lease
Thai Airways International is to lease six Airbus A350-900s from Kuwaiti lessor Aviation Lease and Finance Company (ALAFCO), the lessor has confirmed.
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Senate sought tighter pilot training days before Tiger grounding
The grounding of Tiger Airways Australia comes just days after an Australian Senate committee stressed the need to underpin pilot training and ensure that...
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Tiger Airways details estimated cost of grounding
Tiger Airways estimates that the grounding of its Australian subsidiary will cost around Singapore dollars (S$) two million ($1.6 million) per week.
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NewsGrounded Tiger posed 'serious and imminent' safety risk
Tiger Airways Australia's grounding follows its failure to convince the civil aviation regulator that it can conduct safe operations despite having been...
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Investigators probing second Tiger A320 descent incident
Tiger Airways Australia, which has been grounded by the Australian regulator, is being investigated after two incidents in June involving Airbus A320s descending...
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Tiger Airways' Australian arm grounded over safety concerns
Australia's air transport safety regulator has grounded Singaporean low-cost carrier Tiger Airways' flights within the country. The Civil Aviation...
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No evidence of technical failure on crashed Tu-134
Russian investigators have found no evidence of technical failure on the RusAir Tupolev Tu-134 which crashed while landing at Petrozavodsk on 20 June.
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New Nordic carrier to emerge from Flybe-Finnair tie-up
Oneworld member Finnair and UK regional carrier Flybe are to acquire Finnish Commuter Airlines and establish a new Scandinavian airline, to be branded Flybe...
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EASA starts inspecting Superjet for European certification
European authorities have started inspecting the Sukhoi Superjet 100 as part of the effort to certificate the twinjet outside of Russia.
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Emirates and Delta to test new Atlantic route structure
Emirates and Delta Air Lines are embarking on a trial to provide greater route flexibility in the mid-Atlantic region which will also provide options for...
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PARIS: Skymark to offer lowest-density seating on A380
Skymark Airlines appears set to offer the lowest-density seating arrangement yet on the Airbus A380. It intends to configure the aircraft with just 394 seats, said president Shinichi Nishikubo at the Paris air show.
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NewsChinese firms order 88 A320s
China is placing orders for 88 Airbus A320-family aircraft, of which 42 will go to lessor ICBC Financial Leasing and another 46 to China Aviation Supplies...
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NewsCourt orders Bangladesh's United Airways to repaint fleet
Bangladeshi carrier United Airways has been ordered to repaint its fleet and change its brand after a court case brought by US major United Airlines. Lawyers...
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NewsEmbraer optimistic over forecast for regional jets
Embraer has raised its forecast for regional jets by 5% to 7,225 deliveries in the 30- to 120-seat sector over the next 20 years.
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Airbus sees eventual A320 P2F market
Airbus believes there is still a market for the A320 passenger-to-freighter conversion, but that it will take longer to emerge than originally predicted. The...
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NewsPICTURE: First Tibet Airlines A319 takes flight
Tibet Airlines's first Airbus A319 has started test flights at the airframer's Hamburg Finkenwerder plant, ahead of delivery to the carrier. The operator...
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PARIS: Buoyant ATR takes backlog to over 230
European regional turboprop manufacturer ATR has taken to 88 its total firm orders since the beginning of the year, notably after its landmark deal with...
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PICTURES: LOT revises livery as 787 makes Warsaw appearance
Polish flag-carrier LOT has unveiled a revised livery as it celebrated the arrival of a Boeing 787 at its Warsaw base. Its new colour scheme will strongly...
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Russia orders Tu-134 withdrawal after fatal crash
Russia is setting out a timetable to withdraw Tupolev Tu-134 aircraft from operation, days after the fatal loss of an airframe on landing at Petrozavodsk.
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PARIS: A350-1000 diverges from commonality with sisters
Airbus's A350 programme manager estimates the A350-1000 will retain 70% commonality with the smaller A350-800/900 after changes have been made to the large twinjet to improve payload and range.