Reading Time: < 1 minute Spicejet Boeing 737-800, performing flight from Chennai to Delhi with 199 people on board, departed Chennai but burst one of the right hand main tyres. The crew climbed the aircraft to about FL220 until the crew was notified on tyre debris on the runway and also detected a hydraulic leak. The crew descended the aircraft […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute The President of the Republic of Uzbekistan signed Measures to Boost Tourists Inflow Decree, which entitled Uzbekistan Airways to sell air tickets for international flights at below-cost prices. According to the decree, Uzbekistan Airways’ tax base will be reduced by the value of air tickets sold at reduced prices. Uzbekistan Airways is recommended, in coordination […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Heathrow’s monopoly should be broken-up with the ability for terminals to be run by third parties, creating competition and lower costs for customers, says International Airlines Group (IAG). In a submission to the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), IAG says that Heathrow’s expansion provides a great opportunity for independent companies to design, build and run commercial […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Lufthansa revealed its new, modernized brand image to customers and employees at two major events at the Frankfurt and Munich hubs. The most visible change is the new aircraft livery. In front of more than 3,000 guests in Frankfurt and Munich, Lufthansa officially presented a Boeing 747-8 and an Airbus A321 with the new design. […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes A Delta Airlines Boeing 767-300, registration N169DZ performing flight DL-87 from Frankfurt/Main (Germany) to Detroit, MI (USA) with 141 passengers and 11 crew, was enroute at FL360 over Greenland about 210nm northeast of Nuuk (Greenland) when the crew declared a medical emergency. The crew later advised with Montreal,QC (Canada) Area Center Control that they had […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute A Thai Airways engine testbed at Don Mueang Airport in Bangkok will be used by Rolls-Royce to conduct maturity and cyclic testing on its Trent XWB program. With the added capacity from the carrier in the form of its 13-metre, 150,000lb thrust-capable testbed, Rolls-Royce said conducting tests will give it a better understanding of the […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Ryanair has confirmed it will take delivery of its first of 110 B737 MAX 200s on firm order from Boeing in April 2019. The Irish LCC said in its latest 3QFY18 results that it had also agreed to purchase up to 210 (110 firm and 100 options) B737 Max 200 aircraft from Boeing during the […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Embraer Commercial Aviation released, at the Singapore Airshow, its market forecast for the Asia Pacific region. The Company estimates airlines will take delivery of 3,010 new aircraft in the segment up to 150-seats over the next 20 years, representing 29% of the worldwide demand for the segment, in the period. The total demand for the […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute On February 8, Canadian men‘s ice hockey team arrived to the Olympics, which take place at Pyeongchang resort in South Korea. For their travel the team chose Boeing 737-500, which is specially designed for groups of sportsmen. The private flight was organised by European business aviation company KlasJet in cooperation with aircraft charter broker Smart […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes An Air Canada Airbus A330, performing flight from Brussels to Montreal with 179 passengers, was accelerating for takeoff when the crew rejected takeoff at high speed. The aircraft slowed safely and vacated the runway via taxiway C1 about 2200 meters down the runway before becoming disabled after a number of right hand main tyres deflated. […]