All Europe articles – Page 31
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NewsPotential Play takeover recedes as shareholders resist delisting plan
Senior management figures at Icelandic carrier Play have withdrawn a proposed plan to take over the company, after shareholders indicated a preference for the airline to remain listed on the stock exchange.
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NewsAll seven A350Fs removed from launch customer Air Lease’s backlog
All seven Airbus A350 freighters on the backlog of US lessor Air Lease have been removed, according to the airframer’s latest order data. Air Lease was a launch customer for the A350F, having ordered seven of the cargo aircraft at the Dubai air show in 2021. The A350Fs, originally due ...
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NewsUnion urges UK to order more Typhoons as BAE enters final assembly gap
Trade union Unite has repeated its call for the UK government to order a further batch of Eurofighter Typhoons for Royal Air Force use, after reporting that BAE Systems has concluded final assembly of the type against existing contracts.
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NewsPerson fatally injured by engine of taxiing Volotea A319 at Bergamo
Investigation is underway into an accident involving a Volotea Airbus A319 on a taxiway at Milan Bergamo airport which fatally injured a person on the ground. The A319 had commenced taxiing for flight V73511 to Asturias in Spain on 8 July. Volotea says a person who was “not on board” ...
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NewsRAF opens Protector training centre at Waddington base
The UK Royal Air Force has opened a new training centre for its General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Protector RG1 remotely piloted air system, with the facility also available for use by allied nations.
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NewsZurich-bound A220’s diversion ‘unconnected’ to previous incidents: Swiss
Swiss is examining an Airbus A220-300 which diverted to Friedrichshafen while en route to Zurich during a cabin smoke incident.
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NewsRussian transport minister Starovoit found dead hours after dismissal
Former Russian transport minister Roman Starovoit has been found dead, hours after he was dismissed from the position through a presidential decree. Russia’s federal Investigative Committee says he was found in his personal car, in the district of Odintsovo in western Moscow, having sustained a gunshot wound. It states that ...
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NewsFrance details defence spending hike, as Rafale F5 study work advances
France’s defence ministry has announced new orders worth €4 billion ($4.7 billion), with its efforts around “strengthening defence capabilities and defence innovation” having totalled €12 billion through the first half of this year.
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NewsMammoth on pace to deliver 777-300ERMF conversion to AviaAM in 2025
Mammoth Freighters is tracking to complete its first passenger-to-freighter (P2F) conversion of a Boeing 777-300ER before year-end.
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NewsUK engineering team arrives in Kerala to repair stranded F-35B
The UK’s military has deployed a team of engineers to work on a Lockheed Martin F-35B which has been stranded in India’s southwestern Kerala state since making an emergency landing in mid-June.
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NewsAselsan aces DIRCM test against live missile threat
Aselsan has conducted end-to-end testing of its Yildirim 100 directed infrared countermeasures (DIRCM) system against warhead-equipped missiles.
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NewsSiberian operator Angara focused on twin-turboprop Ladoga for fleet renewal
Siberian regional carrier Angara Airlines is focused on the planned UZGA TVRS-44 turboprop for its fleet-renewal programme. But the Irkutsk-based airline is also prepared to look at the modernised Ilyushin Il-114-300 as a candidate, according to director Ivan Katitsyn. Angara Airlines has a fleet of 29 aircraft, comprising 11 Antonov ...
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NewsEstonian government turns down Air Baltic share offer as it seeks to develop Tallinn hub
Estonia’s government has turned down an offer to acquire a shareholding in Air Baltic, as it looks to improve connectivity from the capital’s Tallinn airport.
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NewsAeralis picks Glasgow Prestwick to host UK final assembly line
Glasgow Prestwick airport has been confirmed as the planned UK final assembly location for Aeralis’s jet trainer, with a “strategic agreement now being discussed between the two parties”.
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NewsSAS long-haul expected to flourish with transatlantic venture integration
Air France-KLM Group believes Scandinavian carrier SAS will be able to expand its long-haul network by capitalising on the group’s three-hub strategy and transatlantic joint venture. Group chief Ben Smith, speaking during a 4 July briefing, said the long-haul aspect of the tie-up between the two sides was “very interesting”. ...
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NewsUK F-35A deliveries to support pilot training from late this decade
The UK expects to begin receiving a batch of 12 nuclear weapons-capable Lockheed Martin F-35As before 2030, while decisions around its broader future combat air capability are likely to be reached later this year.
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NewsSAS’s rapid improvement spurred Air France-KLM to accelerate acquisition
Air France-KLM Group opted to accelerate its acquisition of a controlling share in SAS after seeing the Scandinavian carrier’s rapid progress on financial and operational improvement. Speaking during a 4 July briefing, Air France-KLM Group chief Ben Smith said SAS’s management team had done “an outstanding job in the last ...
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NewsSkydiver dragged from Cessna 208 as airstream forced open parachute canopy
French investigators have determined that a skydiver was accidentally ejected from a climbing Cessna 208 after he partially opened the exit in order to cool the cabin. Fourteen skydivers and a single pilot had been on board the aircraft, operated by the Vannes Bretagne sports parachuting school located about 100km ...
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NewsAir France-KLM launches acquisition plan to take control of SAS next year
Air France-KLM Group is commencing the process to take over Scandinavian carrier SAS, intending to take a majority shareholding by the second half of next year. This possibility had previously been outlined nearly two years ago when Air France-KLM became a participant in the consortium that invested in SAS after ...
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NewsFrench air force sends its last KC-135 tankers into retirement
France formally retired the last of its Boeing KC-135 tankers on 30 June, bringing to an end an operational run with the type which began in 1964.