Modern Aircraft: aircraft approved for production after 1985 and equipped with a glass cockpit and Flight Management System at initial certification. Classic Aircraft: aircraft using older technologies. Hull loss: an accident in which the aircraft is destroyed or substantially damaged and is not subesquently repaired. Indicated loss rate is calculated as number of accidents per million sectors.
GE Aviation and Evergreen Aviation Technologies (EGAT) have formed a joint venture specializing in overhaul of GEnx engines, continuing 15 years of cooperation between the two companies.
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has granted Part 145 certification to AerSale’s aircraft heavy maintenance and storage facility in Roswell, New Mexico.
Kenya Airways has selected AFI KLM E&M to provide component support for nine Boeing 787s scheduled for delivery between March 2014 and the end of 2015.
Malaysia’s defense and transportation department has released the full transcript of communications between the pilots of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 and Kuala Lumpur air traffic control. There is no indication of anything abnormal in the transcript.
IATA has called on the aviation industry to “make a safe industry even safer” by developing a better way to track aircraft following the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 March 8.
Kulula, the low-cost subsidiary of South African carrier Comair, is eyeing potential codeshare opportunities as it looks to attract more corporate travelers.
Saudi Arabian hybrid carrier flynas has taken delivery of the first of three Airbus A330 aircraft as it gears up to launch a new range of long-haul services.
Airports Council International (ACI) said 2013 global passenger traffic rose 4% over 2012, according to recently released preliminary figures from ACI’s 1,105 reporting member airports.
In 2013, just under 6.96 bags per 1,000 passengers were delayed, a 21.2% drop over 2012 and part of a continuing trend of improved baggage handling over the last several years.
When it comes to emergency situations, bad weather and even volcanic ash clouds, regulatory authorities seem to have two standards—for the ground transportation industry, it’s an accepted hazard; for airlines, it’s a case of they should have been better prepared, so fine ’em and make new rules.
Although widely expected, Qantas Group’s first-half fiscal year 2014 report of a net loss of AUD235 million ($208 million), AUD346 million worse than posted in the year-ago period, sent shock waves through Australia and the airline industry.
For a modern airliner simply to disappear without a trace for almost two weeks, as Malaysia Airlines MH370 had done by the time this magazine went to press, is extraordinary and unimaginably distressing for those personally connected to the 227 passengers and 12 crew who vanished with the aircraft.
