With a current worldwide shortage of type-trained pilots, Austrian Airlines has become the latest airline to succumb to shortages, this time as a result of a shortage of Embraer E-195-trained pilots. However, with these planes being used more for regional flights, the 300 proposed flight cancellations throughout July and August will not affect the airline’s
While the US Department of Trade (DOT) is already reviewing an application from Dublin-based Norwegian Air International (NAI), a subsidiary Norwegian Air Shuttle (NAS) to fly to the US, the DOT has rejected a request from Norwegian UK, a separate subsidiary of NAS, for exemption to fly to the US while the DOT reviews its
The Atlanta-based delivery giant, United Parcel Service (UPS) and the Independent Pilot’s Association have reached a tentative agreement concerning a new labor contract after a five-year period of negotiation. IPA represents 2,600 flight deck crew of the airline arm of the delivery company whose contracts fall under the legislation of US labor laws. Pilots’ contracts
Six weeks after EgyptAir flight 804 crashed into the Mediterranean Sea while en route between Paris and Cairo, examination of the flight data recorder has revealed the possible presence of lavatory and avionics smoke prior to the plane’s crash, according the Egyptian civil aviation ministry. In addition to this, the Airbus 320’s front section, which
Only three months after suicide bombers killed 35 people at Brussels Airport and Maalbeek metro station, a triple suicide bombing at Turkey’s Ataturk Airport in Istanbul on Tuesday evening has left 41 dead and nearly 240 injured. It is believed bombers arrived at the airport in a taxi that was not checked, and only once
Although ten years behind schedule, China has celebrated the maiden commercial flight of the Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China (COMAC) ARJ21 which flew 70 passengers from Chengdu to Shanghai in a two-hour twelve-minute flight. The Chengdu Airlines flight EU6679 was described as “an important milestone in the development of civil aviation in China” in a
The result of last Thursday’s referendum in Britain which saw the United Kingdom vote to leave the European Union has already had an effect on a number of airlines, particularly the low-cost carriers. The ripple effect is likely to spread further, not just as a result of complications caused by Britain leaving the European Open
It has been confirmed that the deal first disclosed on October 25, 2015 whereby the Quebec government was to invest US$1 billion in cash-strapped Bombardier, has been concluded. The payment will come in two tranches, with US$500 million due on June 30, and a further US$500 million on September 1. According to Bombardier, “The investment
While a national French strike on June 23 could still have an adverse effect on air traffic control services, the strike by Air France pilots planned for 24-27 June has been called off. In a statement issued by Air France “The call for strike action issued by several Air France pilot unions, for the period
Eight weeks after it was announced that Ural Works of Civil Aviation (UWCA) announced that it had received preliminary orders for 30 L-410 aircraft with delivery by 2020, it has been revealed that the Russian government intends to invest 530 million rubles in creating facilities to allow for the assembly of the aircraft in the
