Reading Time: < 1 minute A Wizz Air Airbus A321-200, performing flight from Bucharest Otopeni (Romania) to Eindhoven (Netherlands) with 228 people on board, was on approach to Eindhoven when the crew reported they had a flight controls problem and needed to level off and enter a hold. The crew subsequently reported they had slats and flaps problems and because of that […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute China would encourage private investment in 28 airport, drone and maintenance projects worth a total of US$16 billion, as part of its efforts to make the sector more globally competitive, the Civil Aviation Administration on China said in a joint statement with the National Development and Reform Commission, Reuters report. Eleven of those projects already […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Pilot Flight Academy will before the end of 2018 have more than 300 cadet pilot students and are now investing for further expansion. Following a newly signed contract with L3 CTS for training of cadets, PFA are in talks to sign contracts with other players and Airlines for ab-initio pilot education. PFA are expanding their […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Russia is developing a prototype of a completely new vertical take-off plane on the instruction of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov said on Tuesday. “This work has, indeed, been included in the state armament program and is being conducted on the instruction of the supreme commander-in-chief. Now work is underway to […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes American Airlines is expanding its European network next summer with nine new routes designed to meet customer demand. Additionally, given the current fuel and competitive environment, American will suspend service between O’Hare International Airport (ORD) in Chicago and Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) in October and seek a dormancy waiver from the U.S. Department of […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute An Air France Boeing 787-900, performing flight from Paris Charles de Gaulle (France) to Bogota (Colombia), was climbing out of Paris when the crew stopped the climb. The climb was stopped due to a problem with the air conditioning and decided to return to Paris for a safe landing on Charles de Gaulle’s runway about […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute A LC Peru de Havilland Dash 8-400, performing flight from Lima to Ayacucho (Peru) with 59 passengers and 5 crew, was on approach to Ayscucho when the crew received an unsafe indication for the nose gear. The crew went around, worked the related checklists and decided to return to Lima. The aircraft performed a low […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company (SCAC), manufacturer of Russia’s Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ100) regional airliner, suffered 804.7 million ruble (US$12 million) net losses in the first half of 2018. The company’s financial performance deteriorated by seven per cent compared to the same period last year, although it received a 47 per cent higher turnover, amounting […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes IATA has revealed the results of a global survey of over 100 leading industry HR professionals at airlines, airports and ground service providers, carried out by Circle Research. Its aim is to learn more about how HR decision-makers were managing the retention, training and recruiting of skilled professionals to fill the anticipated job gaps. Results […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Gulf Air, the flag carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, took delivery of its first A320neo. The aircraft, powered by CFM LEAP-1A engines, made its maiden journey from Toulouse to Bahrain, landing at the Bahrain International Airport. The aircraft is the first of the 29 A320neo Family aircraft ordered during the 2016 Bahrain International Airshow. […]