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The FAA may require thrust reverser inner wall replacements on all Rolls-Royce-powered Boeing 777s to help prevent wall break-ups that have plagued at least 15 aircraft, including a Royal Brunei Airlines 777-200ER near London Heathrow Airport (LHR) last December, U.K. investigators report.
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Virgin Australia may soon grow its fleet of aircraft dedicated to charter operations as new opportunities arise, particularly to support the mining economy, says Merren McArthur, the carrier’s head of regional and charter business
U.S. scientists tracking aviation wildlife strikes are concerned that pilots aren't reporting strikes often enough, even as the data show substantial growth in the number of large birds showing up as threats to aircraft. Matt Klope, with the U.S.
Tigerair Australia needs to double the size of its fleet of 11 Airbus A320s to create the scale efficiencies expected from a low-cost carrier (LCC), says airline CEO Rob Sharp. The carrier should have 20-22 aircraft to reach critical mass and maximize asset utilization, Sharp said during the Center for Aviation’s Australia Pacific Aviation Summit in Sydney.
An Antonov An-12 freighter was destroyed in a fire at Leipzig Airport in Germany early Friday. The aircraft was parked at the cargo apron and had started up engines 1 and 4 when the fuselage was suddenly engulfed in flames. The seven-member crew escaped unharmed, but thousands of live chickens burned. The aircraft belonged to Ukraine Air Alliance. The airline is based in Kiev/Ukraine and specializes in freight charters. Its fleet consists of An-12s, An-26s and Ilyushin Il-76s.
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Czech Republic-based Travel Service a.s., this week canceled its order for one Boeing 787-8. It is Boeing’s first 787 cancellation this year, but it still leaves the manufacturer with a net of 82 orders booked for the year, according to Boeing’s most recent orders and deliveries overview. The airline has a large portfolio of charter flights and also operates low-cost scheduled flights under the Smart Wing brand. The carrier placed the order for a single Dreamliner in 2007, while taking purchase rights for one more.
U.S. airlines are taking diligent and creative approaches to boost capacity while protecting high load factors from the threat of overexpanding fleets—a trend that is expected to gain momentum, industry experts say. Upgauging, or swapping smaller aircraft for slightly larger ones, is the most direct capacity boosting approach, and it’s continuing unabated. US Airways recently switched its last Airbus A319 order and five A320 orders to A321s, an Aviation Week analysis of the most recent Airbus orders and deliveries report shows.
Etihad Airways is in negotiations with the Polish treasury about an equity investment in LOT Polish Airlines, sources close to the talks tell Aviation Week. The negotiations are already at an advanced stage, they say, but it could still take several months for the process to be finalized.
Japan Airlines’ retirement of its 747 fleet, once the world’s largest, has prompted the Japanese government to bring forward its plan to replace the two 747-400s it uses as official transports. Additional aircraft will be considered for short and medium services, for which the Mitsubishi Aircraft MRJ regional jet is expected be a candidate—and perhaps the reason for the requirement.
The Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) hoped to restore a full flight schedule for Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport by late Thursday following Wednesday’s devastating fire at the international terminal. The airport operator has set up temporary structures, tents, security screening and check-in points following the blaze, which destroyed large parts of the international terminal.
Cathay Pacific is planning to increase its transpacific service to the U.S., and also wants to grow in the Australian market if air service rights can be expanded, the carrier’s Chief Operating Officer Ivan Chu says.
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Dallas-based used engine parts specialist Turbine Engine Resources (TER) is adding the Pratt & Whitney PW4000 to its portfolio thanks to the largest purchase in its history—a former Fiji Airways Boeing 747-400. Parts from the plane’s PW4056 engines are expected to hit the market in about 60 days, TER Vice President-Sales Ron Habermas tells Aviation Week. One of the four engines “is likely” to be sold intact as a spare, he adds.
NASA is looking ahead to accepting ownership of the Lockheed Martin X-56A flutter-control testbed, for work on flexible wing designs, once the experimental unmanned aircraft completes flight tests for the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). The agency plans to use the aircraft to demonstrate structural, sensing and flight-control technology to enable longer, lighter, lower-drag wings for commercial aircraft that could enter service in the 2030-35 timeframe.
While Fiji Airways is still focused on completing a refresh of its widebody fleet, the carrier is already considering its options for future turboprop and narrowbody replacements. The airline is due to receive its third Airbus A330-200 in November, and soon after that will phase out its last Boeing 747-400, the carrier’s Acting CEO Aubrey Swift said on the sidelines of the Center for Aviation’s Australia Pacific Aviation Conference in Sydney. The A330s are owned, while the 747s were leased.
