Reading Time: < 1 minute Airbus has inaugurated a world class training centre for commercial pilots and maintenance engineers in the National Capital Region of Delhi, as part of its continuing efforts to support the exponential growth of the civil aviation sector in the country. Airbus forecast a need for more than 25,000 new pilots in India over the next […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute A SriLankan Airlines Airbus A330-200, performing flight from Colombo (Sri Lanka) to Chennai (India) with 142 passengers, reported burst tyre on landing. Aircraft landed on Chennai’s runway 07. During roll out the outboard forward right hand main tyre burst. The aircraft was able to depart for the return flight UL-122 after 10 hours on the […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Etihad Airways, the second-largest airline of the United Arab Emirates, announced restructuring its aircraft order book. The agreements with Airbus and Boeing were reached, although the details were not disclosed. In the overview of the 2018 results, Airbus revealed about the commercial discussion with Etihad to reduce airline’s A350 order by 42 A350-900, leaving 20 A350-1000 for […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Airbus, the manufacturer of the world’s largest passenger aircraft, announced it will stop the production of its double-deck giant A380. The announcement came after the biggest customer for A380 aircraft, Emirates, reduced its orderbook from 162 to 123 aircraft. “As a result of this decision we have no substantial A380 backlog and hence no basis […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute An Ural Airlines Airbus A320-200, performing flight from Barnaul to Moscow Domodedovo (Russia), platform of stairs collapses during boarding. Aircraft was boarding via a mobile stair with a number of people waiting on its platform to walk through the cabin door when the platform collapsed causing the passengers to fall down onto the apron. West Siberia’s […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute An Indigo Airbus A320-200, performing flight from Bangalore (India) to Bangkok (Thailand) with 129 people on board, engine shut down in flight. Aircraft was enroute at FL370 about 170nm southwest of Yangoon (Myanmar) when the crew received an engine (V2527) low oil pressure indication, performed the related checklist shutting the engine down and diverted to Yangoon […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute A British Airways Airbus A320-200, performing flight BA-993 from Berlin Tegel (Germany) to London Heathrow (UK), reported fumes in flight deck and cabin. Aircraft was enroute at FL360 near Amsterdam when the crew reported that there had been fumes briefly on the flight deck, which quickly dissipated, however, strong fumes occurred in the cabin prompting cabin […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Qantas, the flag carrier of Australia, has announced cancelling the order for 8 Airbus A380, double-deck, widebody, four-engine airliners. The long-suffering superjumbo got another blow. Therefore, the airline which has 12 A80s in its fleet said it “remains committed to a major upgrade of its existing A380s, which begins in mid-calendar 2019”. Airbus in Talks with […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute An Aeroflot Airbus A320-200, performing flight from Belgrade (Serbia) to Moscow Sheremetyevo (Russia) with 99 passengers, reported smoke in the cockpit. Aircraft was climbing through FL300 out of Belgrade when the crew detected smoke and a burning odour in the cocpit, cabin crew also reported smoke and a burning odour in the forward section of the […]
Reading Time: 4 minutes Most probably there won’t be any better time to become a pilot than it is now. “Global air transport network doubles in size at least once every 15 years, and it’s expected to do so again by 2030” says The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO). To cater to this meteoric rise in commercial aviation, the […]