All News articles – Page 14
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NewsInvestment firm Stonepeak completes acquisition of air cargo company ATSG
US investment firm Stonepeak completed last week its acquisition of Air Transport Services Group (ATSG) for a purchase price of $3.1 billion.
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NewsAvelo pivots to deportation flights as low-cost air travel demand slows
Avelo Airlines’ decision to operate chartered deportation flights US Immigration and Customs Enforcement comes amid amid softening demand for low-cost airline seats, with the carrier moving to provide stability for its scheduled passenger service.
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NewsFirst F-16V arrives in Bulgaria
The first of 16 planned Lockheed Martin F-16 Block 70 fighters has arrived in Bulgaria, as the NATO member seeks to recapitalise its combat fleet and phase out Soviet-origin aircraft.
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NewsOperator of Bell 206 that crashed into Hudson River last week stops operating
The company that operated the Bell 206 L-4 helicopter that crashed into Hudson River near New York City on 10 April is ceasing flights.
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NewsHeli Service highlights strain from support of sister firms but maintains positive outlook
German offshore windfarm specialist Heli Service International has warned in its 2023 accounts of a “strained” liquidity position on the back of heavy financial support for its overseas sister operations, particularly in Taiwan but sees brighter future ahead on back of contract wins and increased flight activity.
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NewsWet-lease carrier German Airways’ fleet undergoing repaint with new livery
German Airways has unveiled a new livery for its Embraer 190 aircraft, most of which are operating for Dutch regional carrier KLM Cityhopper. The Cologne-based wet-lease specialist’s initial aircraft (D-AJHW) has undergone repainting and is set to return to operation after a maintenance check. German Airways – which emerged through ...
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NewsIndia tests long-range ‘Gaurav’ glide bomb
India has conducted a series of successful tests with a new 454kg (1,000lb) glide bomb, which was dropped from a Sukhoi Su-30MKI fighter.
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NewsPrototype SJ-100 flown at maximum cruise altitude during flight tests
Yakovlev’s SJ-100 testbed has carried out a flight at its service ceiling of 12,200m (40,000ft) as part of the development programme. The testbed, aircraft 97001, is the first experimental import-substituted airframe – although it still flies with PowerJet SaM146 engines rather than the Russian-built Aviadvigatel PD-8. It conducted the sortie ...
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NewsCrew survives after landing excursion destroys Hawker 800XPi at Fez
Morocco’s transport ministry has initiated an investigation into a landing accident which destroyed a Hawker 800XPi executive jet at Fez’s Saiss airport. The aircraft was being operated by Air Ocean Maroc on a service from Marrakech on 11 April. According to the ministry, the jet “veered off the runway” during ...
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NewsFormer Lufthansa and Malaysia A380s set to be torn down for spares
Three Airbus A380s – two ex-Lufthansa and one ex-Malaysia Airlines aircraft – are to undergo dismantling for spares by Florida-based VAS Aero Services. VAS has identified the former Lufthansa jets as MSN61 and MSN66, and the Malaysia airframe as MSN84. Airbus has selected the company to handle the teardown and ...
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NewsSouth African R44 crashed during lift-off after unsecured penguin fell on controls
South African investigators have determined that the pilot of a Robinson R44 helicopter did not assess the risk of transporting a live penguin in the cockpit before the aircraft crashed just after lift-off. None of five occupants – a pilot, three passengers and the penguin – was injured during the ...
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NewsDelta to test efficiency benefits of ‘shark skin’ treatments on Boeing 767s
US carrier Delta Air Lines is exploring a “shark skin” aircraft coating designed to reduce drag by testing the technology on some of its Boeing 767s.
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NewsWestJet ‘exploring opportunities’ to phase out 737 freighters
Canadian airline WestJet’s foray into dedicated freighter operations appears to be winding down about two years after the carrier entered the cargo market.
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NewsA350-900 with enhanced-performance Trent XWB engine obtains EASA approval
Airbus has obtained European certification for the A350-900 fitted with enhanced-performance Rolls-Royce Trent XWB engines. The baseline XWB-84EP powerplant was separately certified by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency in December last year, along with the derated XWB-75EP and XWB-79EP. Airbus says the EP engine will provide a 1% reduction ...
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NewsWorkload and inaccurate airport ‘mental model’ led to A320 wrong-intersection take-off
Investigators have attributed an EasyJet Airbus A320’s wrong-intersection take-off at Toulouse to the crew’s limited attention capacity – a consequence of high workload – and confirmation bias. The aircraft (G-EJCI) had arrived 90min late into Toulouse on 30 July 2023, putting pressure on the crew during the return service to ...
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NewsFirst Spanish A330 MRTT enters service
The Spanish air force’s first Airbus Defence & Space A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) has entered service.
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NewsKorean Air betters first-quarter revenue despite economic ‘uncertainties’
Korean Air expects to see “continued growth” in its passenger business in the near-term, on the back of strong demand and despite recent “business environment uncertainties”.
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NewsTurkish manufacturers press ahead with UAV capabilities
Baykar Technologies’ TB2 unmanned air vehicle (UAV) has demonstrated the ability to recover from a spin, while Turkish Aerospace has increased the weapons capability of the Aksungur system.
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NewsA320 captain unwittingly initiated go-around after first officer engaged reverse-thrust
UK investigators have found that an Airbus A320 captain, having initiated a go-around on touchdown at Corfu, cycled the thrust levers forward and back after realising reverse-thrust had already been selected. Although the first officer had been flying the night approach, to runway 34 at Kerkira airport, an early and ...
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NewsUS-Bangla Airlines to wet lease two 737-800s from BBN Airlines Indonesia
Dhaka-based US-Bangla Airlines has signed an agreement with wet-lease operator BBN Airlines Indonesia for a pair of Boeing 737-800s.