All articles by David Kaminski-Morrow – Page 7

  • Il-114-300 new livery hangar-c-United Aircraft
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    Il-114-300 prototype emerges in United Aircraft livery as test flights progress

    2024-09-04T10:14:00Z

    United Aircraft has disclosed that its Ilyushin Il-114-300 has carried out over 30 test flights, as it unveils a prototype airframe in corporate livery. The -300 is a modernised version of the Il-114 twin-turboprop, developed to address Russian requirements for a domestically-built regional aircraft to replace Antonov An-24s. United Aircraft ...

  • SJ-100 testing-c-United Aircraft
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    Russian state lessor agrees delivery terms for nearly 240 domestically-built aircraft

    2024-09-04T07:43:00Z

    Russian state leasing company GTLK has signed an agreement on terms covering delivery of 238 domestically-built jet and turboprop aircraft. Its agreement with United Aircraft spans 132 Yakovlev SJ-100s, plus 65 Ilyushin Il-114-300s and 41 Tupolev Tu-214s. The documentation sets out the primary terms for aircraft deliveries over the course ...

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    Smartavia 737-800 bounced before suffering Sochi tail-strike

    2024-09-04T06:18:00Z

    Preliminary investigation into a Boeing 737-800 tail-strike in Sochi indicates that the aircraft bounced on its initial touchdown. The Smartavia twinjet (RA-73659) had been arriving from St Petersburg on 18 August. It conducted its approach to Sochi’s runway 06 in daylight and good visibility, with an 8kt wind from the ...

  • Do228 crash site-c-BFU
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    Malawi vice-president’s Dornier 228 meandered in marginal weather before fatal collision

    2024-09-03T16:11:00Z

    German investigators have disclosed that the Malawi air force Dornier 228-200 which crashed fatally while transporting the country’s vice-president had followed a meandering flightpath in poor weather after deviating from its course. The aircraft had departed the capital Lilongwe for Mzuzu – about 150nm to the north – on 10 ...

  • Phone fire Wizz Air-c-SHK
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    Wizz Air A320 crew credited for effective response to phone battery fire

    2024-09-03T12:57:00Z

    Norwegian investigators are advising airlines to carry fireproof gloves in the passenger cabin as part of the kit for dealing with lithium-battery fires from personal devices. The advisory follows an incident in which a mobile phone ignited in the forward cabin of a Wizz Air Airbus A320 during top-of-descent before ...

  • Maduro-c-Venezuelan government
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    US seizes Falcon jet allegedly used to transport Venezuelan president

    2024-09-02T19:02:00Z

    US authorities have seized a Dassault Falcon 900EX which is alleged to have been operated for the benefit of Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro, in violation of US export control and sanction laws. The aircraft – registered T7-ESPRT – was seized in the Dominican Republic and transferred to Florida, says the ...

  • Cathay A350-1000-c-N509FZ Creative Commons
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    Cathay cancels multiple A350 flights after component failure spurs Trent XWB engine inspection

    2024-09-02T15:55:00Z

    Cathay Pacific has cancelled multiple flights over the next couple of days in order to carry out engine inspections on its Airbus A350 fleet. The decision follows the in-flight return of an A350-1000 which had departed Hong Kong for Zurich on 2 September. Flight CX383 touched down at Hong Kong ...

  • Gazpromavia crash RA-89049 title-c-Interstate Aviation Committee
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    Superjet crash inquiry reveals angle-of-attack anomaly on second Gazpromavia aircraft

    2024-09-02T08:42:00Z

    Unambiguous procedures for installing angle-of-attack sensors on Yakovlev Superjet 100s are being developed after the fatal crash of a Gazpromavia aircraft – as well as an earlier incident involving a sister ship. Russia’s Interstate Aviation Committee has disclosed the urgent measures in its preliminary findings into the 12 July accident, ...

  • SAS
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    Restructured SAS formally joins SkyTeam after withdrawal from Star Alliance

    2024-09-01T14:42:00Z

    Scandinavian carrier SAS has formally become the 21st member of the SkyTeam alliance, having joined the group after withdrawing from Star Alliance. SAS’s membership of SkyTeam – effective from 1 September – follows its emergence from US Chapter 11 protection, during which it underwent extensive restructuring. As part of this ...

  • Ceiba overrun-c-Equatorial Guinea government information office
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    Ceiba 737-800 ‘landed long’ before Malabo overrun

    2024-08-30T18:33:00Z

    Officials in Equatorial Guinea have indicated that a Boeing 737-800 arriving at Malabo in poor weather touched down long on the runway before it overran. The Ceiba Intercontinental aircraft – carrying the Ethiopian registration ET-AWR – had arrived following a domestic service from Bata on 29 August. Equatorial Guinea’s governmental ...

  • DHL 777F. DHL 011221-3
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    Fierce objections force suspension of contentious Brussels 777 freighter ban

    2024-08-30T13:46:00Z

    Controversial measures intended to ban the use of Boeing 777 freighters at Brussels airport have been suspended pending further consultation, according to the outgoing mobility minister that initiated the procedure. Using a ministerial instruction on 17 June, Georges Gilkinet withdrew authorisation for DHL to fly cargo 777s from Brussels at ...

  • DHL 767 converted freighter title-c-DHL
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    Investigators probe 767 freighter tail-strike at Milan Malpensa

    2024-08-29T18:14:00Z

    Italian investigators have opened a probe into a Boeing 767-300ER freighter which suffered a tail-strike while landing at Milan Malpensa. The twinjet suffered structural damage to the fuselage underside during the 27 August event, states investigation authority ANSV. It says neither of the pilots – the only occupants – was ...

  • Aeroflot
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    Aeroflot Group claims first-half net profit under international accounting

    2024-08-29T10:12:00Z

    Aeroflot Group is claiming a net profit of Rb42.3 billion ($462 million) over the first half of the year, under international accounting standards. It attributes the performance to higher traffic levels and load factor, combined with cost control. Adjusted for exchange-rate valuations and the effect of insurance settlement in the ...

  • Nigeria-Boeing aviation agreement-c-Nigerian aviation ministry
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    Nigerian carriers seek fleet-modernisation support through Boeing co-operation pact

    2024-08-29T09:03:00Z

    Nigerian carriers are seeking to ease the process of fleet modernisation as part of an agreement reached between Boeing and the Nigerian aviation ministry. The agreement – in the form of a memorandum of understanding – was signed in Seattle on 28 August. Nigerian aviation minister Festus Keyamo says the ...

  • Green Africa nose-wheel incident 2-c-NSIB
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    Investigators analysing batch of locking nuts after Green Africa ATR nose-wheel loss

    2024-08-29T06:59:00Z

    Nigerian investigators have isolated a batch of self-locking nuts for analysis after a Green Africa Airways ATR 72-600 suffered the loss of a nose-wheel during take-off. The aircraft had been operating a service from Ilorin, in western Nigeria, to the capital Abuja on 24 July – one week after the ...

  • Sala Malibu-c-AAIB
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    UK mandates active carbon monoxide detectors on piston-engined aircraft

    2024-08-28T10:41:00Z

    UK regulators are mandating installation of active carbon monoxide detectors in certain piston-engined light aircraft from the beginning of next year. The Civil Aviation Authority had formally sought opinions from the general aviation community last year in order to shape its policy on the issue. Its directive requires carriage of ...

  • Norse Atlantic 787-c-Norse Atlantic Airways
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    Norse looks to concentrate on profitable routes and shift capacity to long-term charters

    2024-08-28T08:22:00Z

    Norse is expecting to deploy at least half its aircraft capacity on wet-lease and charter services over the winter season, and signals that it is looking to de-risk its operation by entering longer-term external capacity agreements. The airline has been revising its business plan, to strengthen its financial footing, following ...

  • Norse 787-c-Norse Atlantic Airways
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    Norse withdrawing its sub-leased 787-8s to focus exclusively on 787-9 fleet

    2024-08-28T06:58:00Z

    Scandinavian carrier Norse Atlantic Airways is to withdraw its three Boeing 787-8s, in order to establish a uniform fleet of 787-9s. It uses 12 787-9s in its own operation but also has three -8s which have been subleased to Spanish carrier Air Europa. Norse states that it has agreed in ...

  • SAS fuselage-c-SAS
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    SAS emerges from Chapter 11 protection after extensive two-year restructuring

    2024-08-28T05:56:00Z

    Scandinavian carrier SAS has emerged from US Chapter 11 proceedings, just over two years after filing to restructure under bankruptcy protection. It has completed company re-organisation both under US and Swedish procedures, enabling the finalisation of a $1.2 billion investment by a consortium including Castlelake and Air France-KLM Group, as ...

  • KLM A321neo head-on-c-KLM
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    KLM to put A321neo into service in mid-September

    2024-08-27T17:13:00Z

    KLM has taken delivery of its first Airbus A321neo, which it aims to put into service on its European network in mid-September.