Month: March 2021

HomeMarch 2021

Aeroflot approves transfer of 10 737-800s to Pobeda

Aeroflot’s board has approved the transfer of 10 Boeing 737-800s from its fleet to that of its low-cost budget sister carrier Pobeda. The aircraft will be sub-leased from April-June this year according to the board decision, although the possibility of...

Continue Reading  

FAA Extends Comment Period for Noise Research and Survey

WASHINGTON TheFederal Aviation Administration (FAA)has extended the comment period for the existing noise research portfolio, including the Neighborhood Environmental Survey, and additional areas recommended for investigation to April 14, 2021. Both notices are available onFAAs website; in addition, you can...

Continue Reading  

Air Transat suspends operations until June

Transat AT, the parent company of Canadian holiday specialist Air Transat, has effectively shut down revenue operations due to the coronavirus mitigation measures imposed by the Canadian government earlier this year. Transat AT, the parent company of Canadian holiday airline...

Continue Reading  

Transat ponders ‘plan B’ should Europe reject Air Canada takeover

Transat AT, parent of Canadian holiday-focused airline Air Transat, is working on a “plan B” in case its planned acquisition by Air Canada falls through. Transat AT, parent of Canadian holiday-focused airline Air Transat, is working on a “plan B”...

Continue Reading  

Ethiopian Max crash probe in final stages: investigators

Ethiopia’s aircraft accident investigation bureau says its inquiry into the fatal Boeing 737 Max 8 crash near Addis Ababa is in its final stages. The accident involving Ethiopian Airlines flight ET302 occurred two years ago, on 10 March 2019, five...

Continue Reading  

IAI to partner with UAE’s Edge on anti-UAV systems for Gulf market

In the first major industrial collaboration between the two nations’ defence sectors, Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is to partner with United Arab Emirates technology group Edge to develop a system to counter the threat of unmanned air vehicles for the...

Continue Reading  

Low-cost carriers urge for long-haul to be included in EU’s SAF mandate

A coalition of short-haul airlines, other aviation organisations and environmental groups are calling on the European Commission to ensure that long-haul flights are included in a forthcoming EU mandate on the use of sustainable aviation fuel. A coalition of short-haul...

Continue Reading  

Stelia shelters suppliers from impact of crisis

One of Airbus’s largest two aerostructures providers says protecting its supply chain from the worst of the downturn has been crucial to the survival of many small and medium-sized enterprises. One of Airbus’s largest two aerostructures providers says sheltering its...

Continue Reading  

United Airlines chief warns of ‘dramatic’ impact of unchecked climate change

Human-influenced climate change is the “defining issue for our generation to solve”, in the view of United Airlines chief executive Scott Kirby, who says his passion for the subject is behind the carrier’s attempt to become an industry leader on...

Continue Reading  

Pandemic freight demand assists pared-back CargoLogicAir

Freight activity catalysed by the pandemic helped UK-based CargoLogicAir last year to improve on a weak performance in 2019, the company has disclosed. The carrier – linked to Russia’s Volga-Dnepr Group – ran into problems in 2020 and sought a...

Continue Reading