Emirates Engineering apprentices and personnel can now familiarise themselves first-hand with the mechanics and operations of the Rolls-Royce Trent 900 Engine. The engine was gifted to Emirates Engineering by Rolls-Royce during the Dubai Air Show, and comes almost a year before the Trent 900 will be put into regular passenger service on 50 of Emirates’ A380s. The engine, wh...
Regional Express (Rex) looks set to begin operations in Western Australia in 2016 after being named as the preferred tenderer for two WA government-regulated routes – Perth-Esperance and Perth-Albany. “Subject to final negotiations, Rex will enter into a contract with the Department of Transport to operate the routes for the next five-year licence period commencing 28 February...
China Eastern Airlines has become the first Chinese airline to offer high-speed Wi-Fi connections on international flights, through the installation of Panasonic Avionics eXConnect connectivity system and a partnership with China Telecom Satellite. The connection will launch on the airline's latest Boeing 777-300ER aircraft, with planned roll-out across the airline's international...
A graft investigation into China Southern Airlines chairman Si Xianmin and five other senior executives in the biggest corruption probe to date in the world's fastest-growing aviation market has shed light on the sudden rise to prominence of domestic aircraft leasing companies. From very little presence a few years ago in a market dominated by western firms, mainland leasing compa...
Tianjin Airlines (GS), a subsidiary of Hainan Airlines (HU), is waiting government approval to launch its first intercontinental route - Tianjin-Chongqing-Vancouver, in June 2016, according to an announcement released Thursday on the website of the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC). Pending government approval, Tianjin Airlines will use Airbus A330 aircraft on the new long...
An emergency evacuation slide opened on an Air China (CA) Airbus A330 aircraft after it landed at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (CAN) on Friday noon, said a source familiar with the matter. The emergency evacuation slide near the door 2L accidentally deployed by a passenger on the flight after the aircraft taxied to the apron, according to a Weibo post by @flyjohn. No injuries wer...
Germany's Lufthansa has promised a return to normal flight schedules on Saturday though a week-long strike by cabin crew is expected to ground another 941 flights on Friday. The airline withdrew a request for an injunction against the walkouts at the last minute on Thursday after a German court indicated earlier it was unlikely to reverse a lower court ruling that flight attendants could co...
Air France said on Thursday it will dismiss four workers over their role in violence that erupted at a works council meeting last month, forcing managers to flee with their shirts in tatters. Human resources chief Xavier Broseta and long-haul services director Pierre Plissonnier were among those attacked on Oct. 5 as they outlined restructuring plans for the troubled carrier, a division of Air...
Aviation regulator DGCA has now allowed domestic carriers to roll out "zero bag" fares and charge penalty against check-in baggage for tickets booked under such an offer. At present all domestic private airlines except national carrier Air India allow a flyer to carry up to 15 kgs of check-in baggage without any cost. Air India allows its passengers to carry up to 23 kgs of ch...
Saudi King Salman has expressed "full confidence" in Egyptian security measures, ordering Riyadh's nationalairline to continue flights to Sharm el-Sheikh despite suspicions a bomb downed a Russian jet flying from the resort. An ally of Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the king "directed Saudi Arabian Airlines to continue running flights to Sharm el-Sheikh from...
Dangerous beams from handheld lasers struck 20 aircraft flying over the United States and its territories overnight, among the nearly 5,400 laser hits in the nation so far this year, the Federal Aviation Administration said on Thursday. No injuries were reported in the incidents, which took place from New York City to Sacramento, and resulted in at least one arrest. Authorities said the in...
A pilot who ordered an emergency evacuation after smoke was detected coming from one of the jet's engines is suing Allegiant Air for firing him. The 43-year-old pilot says Allegiant is putting profits above safety. Allegiant says the evacuation was unnecessary and put passengers at risk - several were injured sliding down inflatable escape chutes. The incident in June was one of many ove...
