ForwardKeys, the travel data analysis company which monitors up to 14 million airline booking transactions per day, has revealed in its latest report that as a result of security fears, overall long-haul traveler numbers to Europe over the period June to August dropped 0.9%. This was despite promising numbers attending the European Cup football competition
Qantas, Jetstar and Virgin Australia have all announced that the onboard charging or recharging of the latest Samsung smartphone, the Galaxy Note 7, is now banned in light of recent problems discovered with the model. Within just a few weeks of its release, there have been 35 instances reported where the phone has suffered from
On September 4, 44 member states of the European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC) committed to joining the International Civil Aviation’s (ICAO’s) global market-based measure (MBM) scheme from the very beginning. On the same day, both the U.S. and China jointly announced they anticipated being “early participants” in the global MBM. The MBM is also referred
With Airbus having been badly affected by problems with the delivery of Pratt & Whitney PW1100G engines for the 320neo, Bombardier has also had to revise its expected delivery figures for 2016 as a result of problems with the PW1500G geared turbofan engine. Of the original target delivery figure of 15 CS100s, Bombardier expects to
Subsequent to Bombardier coming to an agreement with the government of Quebec, which was reported on June 23 this year, to sell a 49.5% stake in a subsidiary company created specifically for the C-Series for US$1 billion, and the first of two US$500 million payments released on the 30th June, the second payment due on
On September 16 last year, the leadership for the certification departments of the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Brazil’s Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil (ANAC), the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and Transport Canada Civil Aviation (TCCA) signed a charter to create the Certification Management Team (CMT). Their goal was straightforward: through collaboration to improve
All Nippon Airways (ANA) has been forced to start removing Boeing 787 Dreamliners from operation after corrosion faults were discovered in medium-pressure turbine blades in the aircraft’s Rolls-Royce-manufactured Trent 1000 engines. The carrier intends to cancel up to 350 flights in the month of September while engine parts are replaced, according to the Nikkei business
A month after China’s first home-grown civilian jet, COMAC’s ARJ-21, took to the skies for the first time, the general secretary of the Communist Party of China, Xi Jinping, has announced the creation of the country’s latest economic incentive, Aero Engine Corp. which will have 96,000 employees concentrating on the design, manufacturing and testing of
Japanese manufacturer, Mitsubishi, has seen a further setback to its already heavily delayed MRJ90 twin-engine regional which will seat between 70 and 90 passengers. The current incident involved its first test aircraft, which was positioned to Grant County International Airport in Moses Lake, Washington, U.S. where flight testing is far less restricted than in Japan.
It has been reported from Geneva that the International Transport Association (IATA) and Egypt’s authorities are attempting to find a solution for the repatriation of funds owed to airlines operating in Egypt. The current value of blocked funds stands at US$275 million. To date ongoing discussions between airlines, the Central Bank of Egypt and Egypt’s
