Reading Time: < 1 minute A Japan Airlines plane bound for New York made an emergency landing at Tokyo’s Haneda airport on Tuesday due to engine trouble apparently stemming from a bird strike, the transport ministry and airline operator said. Flames were briefly seen coming from the left engine of the Boeing 777, which had departed the airport shortly after […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute A Wind Rose Aviation Embraer ERJ-145 on behalf of Ukraine International Airlines was performing flight from Kiev to Zaporozhye (Ukraine), landed on Zaporozhye runway 02 at 11:15L (08:15Z) but veered off the runway to the right and came to a stop with all gear on soft ground. There were no injuries, the aircraft did not […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Along with Swiss International Airlines, airBaltic was an early bird in ordering Bombardier’s C Series aircraft. The Latvian carrier has now received seven of its 20 CS300s. “The aircraft has performed beyond company expectations, delivering better overall performance, fuel efficiency and convenience for both staff and the passengers,” a spokesperson says. AirBaltic also subscribed to […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute United Technologies Corp. (UTC) has reached a definitive agreement to buy Rockwell Collins for $30 billion, a mega-merger of aircraft parts and systems suppliers that will reshape the global aerospace manufacturing landscape. The $30 billion transaction value includes $23 billion in equity and Farmington, Connecticut-based UTC assuming $7 billion in Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based Rockwell’s debt. […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The ongoing reform of Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) will see its corporate structure transformed into a single company and converted to a single share, reads the corporation’s statement. The process will involve merging the corporation’s subsidiaries Irkut Corporation and Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company (SCAC), transforming them into a so-called corporate center. The decision was […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Ирландский лоукостер Ryanair в очередной раз объявил о готовности попытаться выйти в сегмент дальнемагистральных низкотарифных перевозок — на этот раз с помощью Alitalia. Для реализации этого плана Ryanair, чей парк сегодня составляют узкофюзеляжные самолеты Boeing 737, планирует забрать широкофюзеляжные ВС итальянского оператора, оказавшегося на грани банкротства, сообщает издание Aviation Week. По словам гендиректора Ryanair Майкла […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute During a parachuting demonstration, one of the two pilots of an Agusta A-109 military helicopter fell from the aircraft. The co-pilot was busy preparing the 3 paratroopers who were going to jump. Immediately after their jump, the co-pilot saw the pilot’s seat empty, his door open. The helicopter was starting to fall but the co-pilot […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Пилот военного вертолета выпал из машины в ходе показательных выступлений в бельгийской провинции Льеж (восточная часть страны), ведутся его поиски. Об этом в воскресенье сообщает агентство Belgaсо ссылкой на представителя вооруженных сил, передает ТАСС. По информации агентства, инцидент произошел на дне открытых дверей 40-го инженерного батальона вооруженных сил в коммуне Аме во время демонстрации парашютного […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Air China and China Southern Airlines were impacted by higher fuel prices in the 2017 first half as the two carriers reported year-over-year (YOY) six-month net profit decreases of 3.8% and 11.6%, respectively, to CNY3.3 billion ($486 million) and CNY2.8 billion. Beijing-based Air China’s 1H operating revenue rose 8.7% YOY to CNY58.2 billion while operating […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes A Vancouver law firm has launched a class action lawsuit against Air Transat (TS, Montréal Trudeau) for falsely advertising flights as non-stop in a scam known as the “Mexican Game”. In winter 2016, Transat wet-leased Flair Airlines (F8, Kelowna) B737-400s to operate flights from Calgary, Edmonton Int’l, Kelowna and Vancouver Int’l to destinations in Mexico. […]