News from FlightGlobal – Page 827
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DUBAI: Emirates new flight training aircraft on display
Think of Emirates and large widebodies such as the Airbus A380 and Boeing 777 spring to mind. But two much smaller aircraft displaying the livery of the Dubai flag-carrier are on the static.
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VIDEO: Emirates A380 and Jetman Dubai perform amazing formation flight
Emirates Airline and Jetman Dubai greeted the Dubai air show in spectacular fashion with a formation flight over the Palm Jumeirah district.
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Russian 737 elevator concerns rooted in Tatarstan crash
Russian authorities’ concerns over Boeing 737 elevator controls appear to be rooted in a dispute over the cause of the fatal Tatarstan Airlines Boeing 737-500 crash at Kazan.
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Cruz to succeed Williams as British Airways chief
IAG has announced that British Airways executive chairman Keith Williams will retire in April 2016, and will be succeeded by Vueling chief Alex Cruz.
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NewsNo evidence for UK sabotage theory: Egyptian ministry
Egypt’s civil aviation chief insists that the country’s airports employ international security standards, and claims there is no evidence to confirm UK government suspicions that sabotage brought down the MetroJet Airbus over Sinai.
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NewsAir New Zealand signs for 15 ATR 72s
Air New Zealand has signed a firm agreement for 15 new ATR 72-600s, in a deal worth $375 million at list prices.
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NewsEmirates Academy orders $40 million of trainers
Emirates Flight Training Academy is to acquire 27 aircraft from Cirrus and Embraer in a deal valued at nearly $40 million.
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UK acts on suspicion that sabotage brought down A321
UK specialists are to carry out a security assessment of Sharm el-Sheikh airport after the government expressed concern that sabotage might have caused the destruction of a Russian-operated Airbus A321 over the Sinai peninsula.
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An-12 reported to have crashed at Juba
Unconfirmed reports are indicating that an aircraft has crashed on departure from South Sudan’s Juba airport.
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Big deals by Gulf trio unlikely at Dubai
This year's Dubai air show, which kicks off on 8 November, almost certainly won't bring a repeat of the orders bonanza that characterised 2013's instalment, with the big-three carriers now bedding in new aircraft and assessing the next steps in their fleet strategies.
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Inquiry urges icing-stall awareness after ATP incident
Norwegian investigators are seeking to improve pilots’ awareness of an impending stall during icing conditions on British Aerospace ATP turboprops, after a serious incident involving a West Atlantic aircraft last year.
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Flynas returns to Abu Dhabi with Riyadh flights
Saudi Arabian low-cost carrier Flynas is to add flights from Riyadh to Abu Dhabi next month as part of revamped codeshare partnership with UAE carrier Etihad Airways.
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NewsPICTURES: Malaysia Airlines to introduce new business class seats
Malaysia Airlines will introduce a new business class seat on all 15 of its Airbus A330-300 aircraft.
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Capital Airlines seeks to operate China-Birmingham services
Capital Airlines has filed an application with the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) seeking to operate services to Birmingham.
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Kogalymavia defends upkeep of ill-fated A321
Russia’s Kogalymavia is defending itself over the condition of the MetroJet Airbus A321 which crashed in Sinai, having released a number of documents detailing the aircraft’s recent technical record.
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Delta adds Las Vegas-San Jose flights in December
Delta Air Lines will begin new service between Las Vegas and San Jose, California, in December, a new point-to-point route in its network.
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Task of reading MetroJet A321 recorders yet to be assigned
Investigators have yet to determine which authority will handle the download of data from the crashed MetroJet Airbus A321's flight recorders.
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JetBlue and American battle over Washington National slots
JetBlue Airways and American Airlines are tussling over a slot pair at slot-controlled Washington National airport, which American wants to utilise to begin service to Lansing, Michigan.
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Egypt tells carriers to avoid Sinai airspace entry point
Egyptian authorities have requested that air traffic avoid a waypoint off the northern coast of the Sinai peninsula.
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NewsPICTURES: Cathay Pacific unveils new livery
Cathay Pacific has unveiled its new livery at an event on 1 November.