The issue is linked to the aircraft’s lack of FAA certification. While this alone does not prevent U.S.-based repair stations from working on the SSJ, special approvals must be gained to make SSJ support possible, and not all systems suppliers have those approvals.
Data from the flight data recorder recovered from the wreckage of Germanwings Flight 9525 show that the co-pilot modified the aircraft’s speed after programming it to fly into the ground, aviation accident investigators have confirmed.
Air Canada’s statement came after an engineering consulting firm hired by PortsToronto released a preliminary study estimating that the proposed improvement project, which includes lengthening the airport’s runway, probably could not be completed until 2019.
Figeac Aero plans to add 65,000 sq. ft. to its existing building in northeast Wichita, and build another 90,000-sq.-ft. manufacturing facility on land to be acquired across the street from its current site, according to the City Council meeting agenda.
The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia this week dismissed one of the cases and ruled against the plaintiffs—Delta Air Lines, Hawaiian Airlines and the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA)—in two others.
The union representing the pilots, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 1224, spent much of Wednesday promising stakeholders a strike would be imminent.
The debut of the two latest engine variants marks a key milestone for Pratt’s expanding GTF-product line, as well as a significant step in its strategy to retake a broad swathe of the single-aisle engine market.
Japan is among a handful of countries that have imposed limits upon new services by Thai carriers, due to International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) concerns over Thailand’s aviation-safety oversight.
A federal judge in Nevada issued a temporary restraining order Wednesday afternoon against Allegiant Air's pilots union, a move that averted a proposed strike tentatively scheduled to begin on Thursday.
The St. Helena government says it has concluded negotiations for South African airline Comair to provide air service to the remote British island territory. The service will operate as a British Airways flight as part of its license agreement with the U.K. flag carrier, flying once a week to the South Atlantic island using a Boeing 737-800 from Johannesburg’s O.R. Tambo International Airport to the new St. Helena airport, set to open early next year (Aviation Daily, March 17). More flights will be considered if demand warrants.
The news comes two days after Allegiant asked a judge in U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada to block what the airline believed was an “imminent” strike (Aviation Daily, April 1).
In a filing with the U.S. Transportation Department (DOT), Delta says ATI would allow the two SkyTeam Alliance members to share revenues, codeshare on U.S.-Mexico routes, upgauge on transborder flights to increase traffic and efficiency, and coordinate schedules.
Lockheed Martin has been the sole-source provider of the free AFSS services since 2005, when the FAA spun off the program from the government and consolidated the workforce and locations.
The move by Albrecht, whose contract was due to expire in October, comes at a critical time for the Austrian carrier, which on April 1 is folding Tyrolean’s entire flight operation back into Austrian Airlines.
Finland’s flag carrier emphasizes that its full ownership and control of Flybe Nordic is on “an interim basis,” and that discussions on the planned purchase of 60% of Flybe Nordic’s shareholding by StaffPoint Holding and G.W. Sohlberg are continuing.
