The Russian air force is using KH-29L air-to-surface laser-guided missiles in Syria, the RIA news agency reported on Sunday, citing Colonel Igor Klimov, an air force spokesman. The high-precision missiles are being used by Su-34 and Su-24 aircraft, Klimov said. On Saturday, Russia said it would step up its air strikes in Syria, escalating a military intervention which Moscow says is weakenin...
Paris - Tense Monday for Air France agents: they are called to strike against the restructuring plan threatening in the short term 3,000 jobs, which should be announced in the morning at a central works council. Three unions (CGT, FO and Unsa) at national level, and CFDT, in the South, called for the mobilization, but the strike rate is unknown, some agents opting to strike a few hour...
The president of the flight-attendants union for American Airlines is resigning effective Dec. 2 under the threat of a recall election over the merger with US Airways. Laura Glading, president of the Association of Professional Flight Attendants with 25,000 members, had said already that she wouldn't seek a third term after nearly eight years in the post. But she said a threatened...
A branch of Russia's United Aircraft Corporation is negotiating the delivery of 5 Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ-100)aircraft to the Irish CityJet airline, a number of sources familiar with the deal said Sunday. A source close to Russia's Trade and Industry Ministry confirmed the information to RIA Novosti. On Friday, Russian Trade and Industry Minister Denis Manturov s...
A four year old girl has been reunited with her favourite teddy, thanks to the kindness of airport staff at Toronto's Pearson International Airport. Phoebe Steel and her family were returning home after a trip to the UK, when she realised she had left her beloved teddy RaRa at the airport. Although Phoebe's mum tried to calm her daughter, she was understandably upset. "O...
Kenmore Air Harbor, parent company of the Pacific Northwest floatplane company, quietly landed a China contract worth about US$40 million during Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit here. Kenmore President Todd Banks said state-owned Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) signed an agreement with Kenmore to design, certify and manufacture the pontoon floats that will convert 100 Chin...
Eighty-three years ago today, a single-propeller British-owned Imperial Airways plane carrying four passengers landed in Sharjah, the first to carry airline passengers to what is now the UAE. The anniversary is marked by Civil Aviation Day in the Emirates – a day in which the government seeks to reflect “the concerted efforts by the aviation industry in the past decades resulting in...
Emirates is studying variants of Boeing’s 787 and Airbus’s A350 and won’t make a decision on a potential order before next year, Emirates president Tim Clark said. His comments on Sunday dispelled speculation of an order during the Dubai Airshow in November. During the last show two years ago, the airline placed record-breaking orders for 50 A380s, of which it is the largest o...
A three-car crash is causing delays for motorists heading to Auckland Airport. A police spokesman said the crash on State Highway 20B between Puhinui Rd and Hape Dr happened about 2:30 p.m. on Monday. Police received reports of the crash from people at the airport. Emergency services were on their way to the scene. New Zealand Transport Agency warned motorists to avoid the area if po...
Air New Zealand passengers who had to spend a night sleeping on chairs at Hong Kong Airport are back in New Zealand. Eighty travellers spent the night camped out at the airport after flight NZ80 was cancelled due to engineering issues. The airline was unable to find accommodation for them because Hong Kong was booked out with a festival and national holiday. Flight NZ80 was supp...
A Mumbai-bound flight was grounded shortly before take-off after it developed a technical snag at the Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) here on Sunday afternoon. There were 111 passengers and five crew members on-board the Air India flight AI 670, whose pilot detected a major fault and communicated it to the Air Traffic Control (ATC) at BPIA. Few minutes later, the pilot de...
Dozens of flights in and out of Hong Kong were affected on Sunday as Typhoon Mujigae moved inland over western Guangdong. However, by Monday morning Hong Kong's Observatory cancelled all storm signals as the typhoon passed the city, warning that rainy weathy remains for the rest of the day. The No 3 strong wind signal had been in place for more than 24 hours after it was issued, as Mujig...
Hundreds of Manila-bound passengers from Bohol and Bohol-bound passengers from Manila were stranded on Sunday (October 4) because a Philippine Airlines Airbus 320 stalled on the tarmac, preventing other planes from landing or taking off. The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines canceled all Manila-Bohol-Manila flights. This is in the light of the limited space at the T...
Wuhan Tianhe International Airport (WUH)'s new air traffic control (ATC) tower has been capped the day before the National Day on Oct.1, news reported from the construction site of the airport's phase-3 project. Functioning as the airport's eye, ATC tower is responsible for directing airplanes, handling emergency situations and issuing control instructions. With 22 s...
A strong typhoon roared into southern China on Sunday, bringing powerful winds and heavy rain to the region after leaving one dead and 30 fishermen missing in the Philippines. Nearly 200,000 people in southern China were evacuated before Typhoon Mujigae made landfall near the city of Zhanjiang in Guangdong province just after 2 p.m., according to the National Meteorological Center. By 7:00 p...
When it comes to security technology, it's clear we are on the precipice of something new and completely transformational. Just a few short years after protesting body scanner deployment in airports for being too invasive, we now excitedly volunteer scans of our fingerprints and irises in the name of shorter lines. So what's next for airport security? The TSA recently unveiled...
Etihad Airway's chief executive has said Alitalia cannot afford to "revert to past practices", as the Italian airline begins to show signs of improvement. The Abu Dhabi-based airline made a US$627 million investment in Alitalia, equating to a 49 percent equity stake, as part of a US$1.9 billion restructuring plan for the Italian carrier. Alitalia recorded a 2015 first-half...
With speculation continuing about Boeing's plans for its future aircraft development programme, two reports now predict that the airframer's next clean-sheet design will feature the aviation novelty of an oval fuselage cross-section. Most recently, Merrill Lynch analyst and former Boeing applied research scientist Ron Epstein published a report for investors earlier this month, saying B...
The fatal accident involving a US Air Force-operated Lockheed Martin C-130J in Afghanistan on 2 October is the sixth hull loss to have involved a “Super Hercules”, and the first in which US personnel have died. Eleven people – the tactical transport’s six-person crew and five civilians – were killed when the aircraft crashed, reportedly shortly after taking off fro...
It would not be feasible to replace North American and European suppliers with Russian ones on the Sukhoi Superjet programme, in the view of the executive charged with leading Western sales campaigns for the regional airliner. Citing recertification costs and the risk of damage to the brand, SuperJet International (SJI) chief executive Nazario Cauceglia concludes: "This possibility is impo...
Aviation Week has released its business aviation forecast for the years between 2016 and 2025. The forecast takes into account the company’s downwardly adjusted delivery forecasts. The company says that the western built business jet fleet will jump from 31,000 in service aircraft in 2016, to almost 38,000 in 2025. Aviation Week is expecting the yearly rise, which includes new deliveries,...
