Chennai // India’s main airport in flood-devastated Tamil Nadu state reopened on Sunday as emergency workers strove to help thousands of residents forced to flee their inundated homes. Anger is mounting among some residents who accuse local authorities of failing to work swiftly to help those affected. The international airport in the state capital Chennai had closed on Wednesday leavi...
Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation announced the successful completion of the VH-92A Presidential Helicopter Replacement Program Preliminary Design Review (PDR), completion of the integration and performance testing of mission communications system (MCS) components, and Sikorsky’s acceptance of the second S-92A™ aircraft for the program. Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. is a subsidiary of United Tec...
Russia’s leading business aviation operators continues to sum up the current year and share their thoughts on the development of the segment in the future. Today our partners Bizav Week guests are TOP management of Weltal Avia,which is the largest operator in Siberia and the Far East, Andrey Kolomoets and Denis Menshov. Past 10 months have clearly shown that Russian domestic market...
Tunisian authorities have banned all Libyan carriers from serving Tunis Carthage International Airport following last month's bombing of a bus carrying Tunisian presidential guards which killed twelve and injured twenty others. Terrorists linked to Islamic State later claimed responsibility. As it stands, Libyan Wings (YL, Tripoli Mitiga), Libyan Airlines (LN, Tripoli Int'l), Afriq...
The pilot killed in the Apple Valley plane crash has been identified as 60-year-old Michael (Mike) Mangold, a world-famous aerobatics champion for Red Bull who was a resident of Victorville. The crash occurred on Sunday, December 6, 2015 at about 2:20 P.M., according to the Apple Valley Fire Protection District the aircraft is described as an L39 Jet. Witnesses say, that the small pla...
The Aeroflot Group has further clarified its plans for a consolidated regional carrier encompassing Rossiya (FV, St. Petersburg), Donavia (D9, Rostov), and Orenair (R2, Orenburg) and based on the Rossiya brand, the largest of the three. Announcing a net profit of RUB1.83 billion (USD27.7 million) for the nine-month period through to September 30, the Russian group said the 'new Rossiya'...
The UTair Group says it completed the sale of its Azur Air (ZF, Krasnoyarsk) charter unit in September of this year as part of its cost-reduction programme. Though not confirmed by the Russians, Turkey's Anex Tourism Group (ATG) has already acknowledged as the buyer. UTair says the decision to offload the carrier, then known as Katekavia (ZF, Sharypovo), and its fleet of nine B757-200s was...
Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) chairman Jeff Boyd has suggested a new funding model that includes international operators would be a more equitable way of funding the organisation. Currently, CASA receives the bulk of its funding from a fuel excise on domestic flights. International flights are not subject to the fuel excise. With the downturn in the mining industry affecting demand...
Tough competition and fare discounts have been great for travellers but not for South-east Asian carriers. A glimpse into the books of 20 airlines -- both budget and full-service -- showed that more than half made operating losses in the first nine months of the year. Based on data compiled by an industry think-tank, the Centre for Aviation (Capa), Malaysia's AirAsia was the top per...
State-run flag carrier EgyptAir has signed a preliminary agreement with global aircraft leasing company BOC Aviation to acquire eight new planes that would make the fleet average lifetime for the aviation company eight years. The new planes, for which a final agreement will be signed in a few days, would be delivered in the second half of 2016, said Minister of Aviation Hossam Kamal in a s...
South Korea and China will hold their annual air traffic management meeting this week to discuss ways to reduce flight delays between the two countries, the government said Monday. The three-day meeting, scheduled to kick off on Tuesday in Seoul, will focus on ways to handle the spike in bilateral air traffic, a representative from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said. Gov...
A Jordanian-American male passenger was restrained by crew members on a Belgrade-bound Lufthansa flight on Sunday after fumbling with the emergency exit door, a spokesman for the German carrier said. The man, a Jordanian with a United States passport, kept changing seats after takeoff and started tampering with the emergency exit door about one hour into the flight from Frankfurt, the spokesman...
