September 2011
21 posts
ATR scores raft of new turboprop deals →
Calling 2011 its “best-selling year ever”, ATR has revealed a raft of fresh turboprop orders - including six undisclosed deals covering 51 aircraft - that bring its year-to-date tally to a record 145…
India's Kingfisher to exit low-cost market →
India’s Kingfisher Airlines plans to exit the country’s low-cost market within the next four months and focus more on the premium market. The company…
Inquiry confirms electrical arcing caused fatal... →
Investigators have attributed the fatal blaze on a parked Kolavia Tupolev Tu-154B at Surgut to electrical arcing in a generator panel mounted in the rear.
ANA's first 787 heads for Japan →
Departing just after dawn, Boeing’s first 787 Dreamliner, newly delivered to All Nippon Airways, departed Paine Field at 07:17 local time enroute to Tokyo’s…
IATA again rails against EU emissions trading... →
IATA has rejected suggestions by the European Union that the issuing of free emissions permits to airlines under Europe’s emissions trading system (ETS)…
Comment: Oh, for perfect vision →
Good news this week from Airbus, whose experts forecast the world’s air operators will buy nearly 28,000 new jets between now and 2030 - more than doubling the size of the fleet to the high side of…
Report lays bare Air India woes →
In early September, an Indian newspaper reported that Air India’s management was considering hiring a younger batch of female crew, and changing their uniform…
Emirates’ Clark sees “great opportunities” after... →
Emirates Airline boss Tim Clark is convinced that the changes brought about by the Arab Spring across North Africa and the Middle East this year will ultimately lead to a better situation for the…
Indonesia must speed up upgrades to Jakarta... →
Indonesia needs to urgently increase the capacity at Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta aiport to meet the fast growing demand for air travel in the country, said…
Emirates among carriers affected as AeroMobile... →
Some leaky feeder cables installed on aircraft fitted with the eXPhone mobile connectivity solution will require replacement following the discovery that…
Air Baltic files for protection amid row with... →
Struggling Latvian carrier Air Baltic has filed for legal protection in an attempt to enable it to continue operations despite its ongoing row with the Latvian…
Air Berlin to axe fleet further by summer 2012 →
German carrier Air Berlin is to cut 18 aircraft from its fleet by summer next year, more than double the number it said it would axe as part of a restructuring…
Indonesia's Lion Air applies for full service... →
Indonesian low-cost carrier Lion Air has applied to the country’s transport ministry set up a full service subsidiary. The airline hopes to receive…
No casualties in TAME overrun →
An Embraer E190 operated by Ecuadorian carrier TAME Línea Aérea del Ecuador, registration HC-CEZ, appears to have been written off following a runway overrun…
2011 shaping up to be strongest order year for... →
Boeing believes 2011 could be one of its strongest years in terms of orders for the 777 freighter.
Emirates chief hits out over A350-1000 revamp →
Emirates president Tim Clark has reacted angrily to Airbus’s plan to revamp the A350-1000. The airframer revealed a revised specification for its…
How Israel deals with threats to aviation security →
Israel has evolved a uniquely sophisticated range of aviation security procedures to deal with the threats it faces
Take-off calculation error led 737 to overrun... →
Short runway foxed 737 crew in take-off mishap
IndiGo launches its first international flight →
Indian low-cost carrier IndiGo has launched its first international flight to Dubai from New Delhi. The flight, which carried 162 passengers, departed from New Delhi eight minutes earlier than its…
Boeing to deliver first 747-8F to Cargolux on 19... →
Boeing will deliver the first 747-8 freighter to launch customer Cargolux on 19 September, followed by delivery of the second aircraft to the cargo carrier…
Delta order indicative of urgent fleet needs →
The recent order of 100 Boeing 737-900ERs by Delta Air Lines reflects an urgency by legacy carriers to replace ageing aircraft, but the airline’s decision to go with the -900ER does not preclude it…