Air Malta will switch its Istanbul operations from Istanbul Atatürk to Istanbul Sabiha Gökcen with effect from March 31, 2014. According to ch-aviation schedule data, the 3x weekly service is on board an A320-200. ...
Japan Airlines has temporarily grounded one of its 787 Dreamliners after white smoke was spotted outside the plane, warning lights in the cockpit indicated possible faults with the main battery and charger, and one battery cell appeared to be leaking.  The incident comes nearly a year to the day after Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways grounded their 787 fleets after two 787...
Airbus concluded 2013 with a strong performance in December, adding bookings for 211 aircraft that covered the full product line from its single-aisle A320 Family to the double-deck A380.  The month’s 64 deliveries maintained Airbus’ sustained pace of new jetliner handovers in 2013, bringing total aircraft provided to customers during the year to 626. Leading the month’s orders was Emirates...
AviaAM Leasing, a WSE listed global aviation holding company, signed an aircraft leasing agreement with Belavia, the flag carrier of Belarus. Prior to delivering the aircraft to Belavia, AviaAM Leasing has conducted comprehensive maintenance works, provided necessary CAMO support as well as changed the aircraft livery to the colours and graphics of the Belarusian national airlines. AviaAM...
Alaska Airlines completed Boeing’s first firm airplane order of 2014 for two additional 737-900ER (Extended Range) airplanes. The agreement, worth $192m at current list prices, coincides with the direct delivery of the 100th next-Generation 737 airplane to Alaska Airlines....
There were no plans to make another attempt Sunday, but a meeting will be held Monday to consider options for reaching the remote crash site and removing the five bodies Bad weather Saturday morning turned back a recovery team attempting to reach the wreckage of a small airplane that went down in the central Idaho mountains in early December, killing a Silicon Valley executive and four of his family member...
Air Nostrumis in negotiations with a group of investors keen on buying the carrier.  Seabury and Air Nostrum are reportedly negotiating with the group with a deal expected to close by May this year. In a bid to attract fresh capital and new owners, the Spanish carrier has undergone a tough restructuring programme which has seen drastic pay cuts being enforced as well as numerous aircraft...
London's Heathrow Airport warned it could struggle to grow its business after accusing the industry regulator of imposing a "draconian" cap on the prices Britain's biggest airport can charge airlines. Heathrow said it might appeal the cap, which was much lower than expected for the next five years, but airlines said the move did not go far enough as the hub still had some of the most expensive...
Fiji Airways has announced details from its five-year strategic plan approved by the airline’s board in mid-December 2013. The airline will increase its fleet size by 25% with new Airbus A330-200, Boeing 737-800s and ATR 72-600s aircraft. The additional aircraft will support plans to increase the number of available seats and passengers across all markets by 35% and 39%, respectively....
Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency, Rosaviatsia, released the new rules Jan. 8, although they recommended passengers carry all liquids in their check-in baggage, but did not ban them in hand luggage. Two Moscow airports, Sheremetyevo and Vnukovo, banned liquids after Rosaviatsia’s recommendations, but later Krasnoyarsk’s Yemelyanovo Airport also joined them....
Qantas has had its debt rating cut to junk status by Moody’s Investors Service on the back of a recent first-half loss of (USD225-270 million) and rising competition on domestic routes.  As such, we expect that Qantas' business risk and financial leverage will remain at elevated levels and inconsistent with an investment grade rating," said Ian Lewis, a Moody's Senior Vice President.In...
Emirates (Dubai) has reviewed its performance and accomplishments in 2013. The airline issued this statement: Emirates aircraft flew around the world more than 18,000 times in 2013, underlining its position as a global connector of people and places according to the carrier. Figures show the airline’s fleet traveled more than 751 million kilometers throughout the year. Taking the earth’s circumference...
Airbus Helicopters will benefit from and enrich the Airbus brand as it develops, manufactures, markets and supports a diversified and highly capable rotorcraft product line. This re-branding works hand in hand with our ongoing transformation, which is now bolstered by the Airbus brand’s strong foundation in innovation, quality and industrial excellence,” said Guillaume Faury, President of Airbus...
B/E Aerospace has extended and expanded an agreement with United Technologies Corporation (UTC), to provide aerospace fasteners, hardware, consumables, and logistical services to UTC’s aerospace business units for their global operation...
China Eastern Airlines’ new Airbus single aisle fleet will fly with Thales’s newest avionics solutions. China Eastern is the first major Chinese airline to select this new generation system.The selection includes surveillance systems, flight management systems and head up displays. Following Airbus’ announcement to integrate Thales’s ACSS T3CAS surveillance platform as the preferred solution on...