The British pilots’ union, BALPA, has called for the government and a safety regulator to back research into how serious the effects of a drone strike could be on aircraft. This comes in the wake of a report released by the UK Airprox board which has revealed that over a six-month period between April 11
United Technologies, the US industrial conglomerate has rejected an offer of US$90.70 billion made by rival aerospace supplier, Honeywell International. Were the merger successful, the company would have combined sales of around US$100 billion per annum. While United declared that pursuing the offer would be “irresponsible” towards its shareholders, Boeing were quick to state that
Since the Federal Aviation Association (FAA) downgraded Thailand’s aviation safety rating to Category 2 at the beginning of December, 2015, its military government has been taking strides to rectify the situation. Yesterday it was announced that all Thai-registered airlines had to submit reports on their financial positions by March 31 or risk of having their
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and partners are set to manage a €10 million ($11 million) aviation cooperation project between the European Union and China which will link technical cooperation with policy dialogue between the two respective aviation authorities. The five-year EU-China Aviation Partnership Project (APP) will be jointly implemented by EASA and the
The 36-state International Civil Aviation Organization Governing Council has adopted a new policy, albeit a temporary one, which bans the transport of all lithium batteries as cargo on passenger aircraft until a better solution can be found for their safe packaging in transport. Dr Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu, ICAO Council President, has stressed that “Safety is
With economic sanctions having been lifted, Iran has become a prime target for aircraft manufacturers who have identified that the country has an ageing fleet of aircraft. Based on Airglobal figures, it is understood that the current Iranian fleet consists of 94 Boeing and McDonnell Douglas aircraft and 96 Airbus planes. A good number of
As a result of the Investigative Committee’s findings into the fatal suicide bombing in 2011 at Moscow’s Domodedovo airport, the principal registered owner, Dmitry Kamenshchik has been detained by law enforcement officers and faces being charged with operating premises with inappropriate security measures. Domodedovo airport witnessed a terrorist attack on Jan. 24, 2011, where 37
Not since 1978 have there been daytime flights between Japan and the USA. However, as a result of in-depth talks between the Japanese and US governments it has been announced from Tokyo that daytime flights from Haneda, the closest airport to Tokyo, will commence by fall this year. Currently, U.S. airlines have four slot pairs
At the same time as Air Canada and Bombardier have announced the firm order for 45 CS300 aircraft with an option for a further 30, Bombardier has also announced the loss of 7,000 jobs from its aerospace and rail equipment facilities in Canada and Europe. This news also comes less than a week after it
ST Aerospace Resources has signed an agreement to divest 50% of its equity stake in Keystone Holdings (Global) to SJ Aviation Capital, a Singapore based subsidiary of Sojitz Corporation, for a consideration estimated to be US$10.7m. Upon completion, ST Aerospace Resources and SJ Aviation Capital will each own a 50% shareholding in Keystone Holdings. The
