Bombardier and Lockheed Martin are bracing for delivery disruptions to their respective Q400 and C-130J assembly lines after a massive fire destroyed around 80% of General Electric’s Dowty production site in the U.K. that makes propellers for both models. The fire, which broke out at the Staverton facility around midnight on Feb. 5, gutted the main manufacturing plant at the heart of the Dowty Propellers site that employs around 250 workers. All 29 of the employees who were in the building at the time escaped without injury.
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The Finnish Competition and Consumer Authority approved the transfer of Flybe UK Ltd’s 60% ownership of Flybe Nordic to StaffPoint Holding Ltd and G.W. Sohlberg Ltd (GWS). After completion of the sale, announced last month, StaffPoint’s ownership in the Flybe Nordic joint venture will be 45%, GWS’s 15%, and Finnair’s 40%. Flybe Nordic owns Finnish subsidiary Flybe Finland, which is in charge of Finnair’s regional airline operations.
/site-files/aviationweek.com/files/uploads/2015/02/avd_02_06_2015_fuelw.pdf Global Jet Fuel Prices (midpoint)* As of February 4, 2015, 2015, compared with previous week and previous year cts/gal prev. week prev. year NY Jet Barges 171.76 16.38 -133.01 Chicago Jet 172.51 19.13 -118.81 West Coast (LA) Jet 168.01 19.13 -125.06 Europe: Rotterdam Jet (Barges) 174.20 17.20 -117.09
The aircraft’s right (No. 2) engine propeller automatically feathered as an engine-flameout warning was sent to the cockpit shortly after takeoff, preliminary findings revealed by Taiwan’s Aviation Safety Council (ASC) indicate.
/site-files/aviationweek.com/files/uploads/2015/02/avd_02_05_2015_dataw.pdf Domestic Scheduled Enplanements on U.S. Airlines Passenger numbers in millions (000,000) Rank 2012 2013
The move, announced last week in a note to pilots, should mean 777 crews will have to fly fewer trips longer than eight days. While the two pilots groups have already combined—they have the same training—technical restrictions have kept 777 pilots from from mixing in the cockpit.
The third member of the group, Taichung-based Mandarin Airlines, will receive the balance, says China Airlines Chairman H.H. Sun, outlining the group’s fleet plans to Aviation Daily.
The manufacturer promoted Klaus Roewe, A320neo program chief, to run the entire A320-family program, including the current production-standard aircraft.
Long-haul carrier Indonesia AirAsia X was due to launch a Melbourne-Bali route on Dec. 26, but told passengers just days before the scheduled departure that the launch would not proceed.
While the primary use for the space-based automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) surveillance data will be reduced separation capability for subscribing airlines flying the North Atlantic, Ireland will provide the Alert system as a public service for rescue coordination centers, other ANSPs and any airline with the required vetting to obtain high-resolution tracking data for an errant aircraft anywhere on the globe.
