Consequent to the notice to airmen (NOTAM) issued on August 26, the European Aviation Safety Agency has issued a bulletin on conflict zone information highlighting and warning that for planes flying in Kenyan airspace, there is a risk from anti-aircraft weaponry. The NOTAM which will remain valid until November 11, warns of the associated dangers
After months of discussion following South African Airlines (SAA) request for a bailout from the standing committee on finance last year, South Africa’s Finance Minister, Pravin Gordhan has announced the approval of a R5 billion going concern guarantee. This comes on top of R14 billion in guarantees already provided by the treasury. However, there are
According to data published on Friday in a report by Montreal-headquartered Airports Council International, or ACI, global airport traffic rose 6.4% to 7.2 billion passengers, its fastest rate of growth since 2010. Despite these promising figures, passenger growth this year will likely be tempered by the threat of militant attacks and geopolitical unrest, together with
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
