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...