As a result of Russia’s missile attack on Syrian rebel targets on Wednesday 7th October, the European Aviation Safety Association (EASA) has issued a Safety Information Bulletin (SIB) based on publically available information addressed to “national aviation authorities and aircraft operators.” The missiles, 26 in number, were launched from four Russian warships based in the
Finnair, Nordic Regional Airlines (NORRA) and Lufthansa Technik AERO Alzey (LTAA) have signed an exclusive long-term contract for the maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) of Nordic Regional Airlines CF34-10 engine fleet. With this new agreement, LTAA and Finnair further expand their successful relationship which already includes a variety of MRO activities for several years.
UAL’s September 2015 consolidated traffic increased 1.4% and consolidated capacity increased 1.4% versus September 2014. UAL’s September 2015 consolidated load factor was 82.9%, unchanged compared to September 2014.
Leisure carrier Small Planet Airlines GmbH made its first flight from Germany after signing an agreement with virtual airline and an air broker Involatus Carrier Consulting GmbH. The company will carry passengers from the following Germany and Switzerland airports: Bremen, Hanover, Hamburg, Munster, Dusseldorf, and Zurich. Passengers will fly to Canary Islands, Fuerteventura and La
Jet Aviation St. Louis has completed and received FAA approval for the Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for installation of its Future Airspace Navigation System (FANS) for the Bombardier Challenger 604. Rockwell Collins teamed with Jet Aviation St. Louis to develop the Rockwell Collins STC for the Challenger 604 FANS 1/A aftermarket solution, leveraging their combined
In its capacity as advisor to fastjet, a growing pan-African low cost airline, SkyWorks has arranged the acquisition of one A319 aircraft (s/n 2891) from an entity managed by BBAM. The transaction marks the first aircraft purchase for fastjet and is added to its fleet of five leased A319s. Skyworks Leasing has arranged the sale
Hainan Airlines flight HU7937 landed at Vaclav Havel Airport Prague on September 23rd local time, marking the successful inaugural flight of the carrier’s Beijing-Prague route, the first nonstop service between China and the Czech Republic. The Beijing-Prague route is Hainan Airlines’ seventh European route following Beijing-Brussels, Beijing-Berlin, Beijing-Moscow, Beijing-St. Petersburg, Hangzhou-Xi’an-Paris and Chongqing-Rome. The launch
China’s Hainan Airlines plans to begin nonstop service from Tel Aviv International Airport to Beijing on April 28th, 2016. Mainland China’s airline will operate a two-class Airbus 330 three days a week, Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday. The new flight complements the carrier’s existing domestic nonstop connections to Beijing and other major cities in China, such
EASA welcomed Ricardo Génova as the new Agency’s Flight Standards Director. In his new function, Ricardo will be responsible of the oversight of EU Member States and the approval of aviation organisations around the globe. He will also be in charge of the development and update of the regulatory material.
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has stated that after an initial investigation of the left GE 90 engine casing of the British Airways Boeing 777-200ER which caught fire during an aborted take-off is showing multiple breaches “in the area around the high pressure compressor.” In addition they said that investigators had recovered “several
