Reading Time: < 1 minute Earlier this week shares in AirAsia fell by 1% on the release of disappointing Q2 net returns, with a 60% drop in net profit compared to Q2 2016. This result was mainly due to higher operating costs, predominantly 60% higher staff costs and 82% higher aircraft fuel expenses. Despite this result, the Kuala Lumpur-based Malaysian […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes After test flights were successfully completed in June, the Russian built single-aisle twinjet MC-21 is now being prepped for a second round of testing. Deliveries are expected to start in 2018 and Russian state media has said numerous contracts with domestic and foreign carriers have already been agreed, although it is largely expected to fill […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Hong Kong Airlines has taken delivery of its first A350-900, on lease from AerCap, making the carrier the 15th airline to operate the world’s newest and most efficient twin aisle airliner. Altogether Hong Kong Airlines will acquire 21 Airbus A350 XWB, including 15 purchased directly from Airbus and six on lease from third party lessors. […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute В Испании потерпел крушение небольшой самолёт. Как сообщают испанские СМИ, небольшое воздушное легкомоторное судно потерпело крушение накануне днём на территории Каталонии, при этом, находившиеся на борту летательного аппарата два человека погибли на месте. Свидетели авиакатастрофы сообщают о том, что самолёт летел на очень большой скорости, и врезался в скалу, от чего практически сразу же взорвался, […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Qatar Airways’ maintenance organization has begun performing retrofits of Inmarsat’s GX Aviation global, high-throughput satellite (HTS) communications equipment on the carrier’s fleets of Boeing 777-300ERs and 777-200LRs. Permission for the retrofits follows the award to Inmarsat of a supplemental type certificate from the European Aviation Safety Agency to retrofit the GX Aviation terminal to Qatar […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Air Berlin has stopped offering direct flights from Berlin Tegel to Abu Dhabi Int’l, San Francisco, CA, Chicago O’Hare, Boston and Los Angeles Int’l from the end of September. Connecting long haul flights via Dusseldorf are still available, with the exception of Dusseldorf – Boston. Flights from Berlin to New York JFK are so far […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Ryanair’s Chief Executive, Michael O’Leary, announced on Thursday, August 31, that the low-cost carrier intends to bid for 90 of Alitalia’s planes and associated routes. Although it has indicated that it intends to operate the planes with existing cabin crew and staff, some redundancies and aircraft lease restructuring will likely be required. Alitalia has been […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Houston Intercontinental Airport (IAH) and Houston Hobby Airport (HOU) have reopened to handle limited domestic flights after being forced to close Aug. 27 because of severe flooding in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. “The plan is to begin a phased return to service, with full service expected by this weekend,” the Houston Airport System, which […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Двухэтажные поезда для “Аэроэкспресса”, который осуществляет железнодорожные пассажирские перевозки между Москвой и столичными аэропортами, прошли сертификацию в России и могут быть запущены в октябре 2017 года, следует из слов исполнительного вице-президента по маркетингу и продажам швейцарского производителя этого подвижного состава — компании Stadler, Петера Йенельтена. Об этом пишет РИА Новости. “Аэроэкспресс” закупит у швейцарского Stadler […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-97, the latest and most powerful variant of the Trent XWB, the world’s most efficient large civil aero engine, has received formal flight certification, leading the way to the engine entering into service later this year. Certification of the 97,000lb thrust engine, which will exclusively power the Airbus A350-1000, builds on the […]