AirlinesRed Wings’ Tupolev Tu-204 lands safely after engine surge A Red Wings’ Tupolev Tu-204, en route from Ufa to Sochi in Russia, experienced an engine surge, which caused a fire, in the left PS-90A engine while taking off Aug. 22.
LinkUK airlines defend customer service, react to CAA satisfaction survey UK airlines are defending their customer-service performance, after a UK CAA survey found that satisfaction levels have gradually fallen over the past two years. The CAA’s most recent UK Aviation Consumer Survey showed satisfaction had dropped from 90% to 83% since spring 2016.
LinkBangladesh Airlines takes first Boeing 787 Biman Bangladesh Airlines has taken delivery of its first Boeing 787-8. The Bangladeshi flag carrier ordered four of the type in 2008. The second aircraft will arrive in the Asian nation later this year and the remaining two in September 2019.
LinkPICTURES: LATAM to spend $400m on new cabin interiors LATAM Airlines Group will invest $400 million in upgrading the cabins on more than 200 aircraft, or about two-thirds of its fleet.
LinkRussian VIP operator introduces A320 Russian specialist operator Meridian has introduced an Airbus A320 to its fleet, and has secured approval to conduct services with the type.
LinkNew Zambia Airways to build 12-aircraft fleet Newly-created Zambia Airways aims to build a fleet of a dozen aircraft over its first decade of operations. The airline will be 45%-owned by Ethiopian Airlines, with the balance held by the Zambian Industrial Development Corporation – an entity which aims to promote private shareholding in state-owned businesses.
LinkInvestigators probe evacuation of Tu-204 at Ufa Russian investigators are probing a serious incident in which a Tupolev Tu-204 was evacuated after an engine fire on take-off. The Red Wings aircraft had been operating a service from Ufa to Sochi at about 05:00 on 22 August.
LinkArcing on 777 traced back to manufacturing defect A short circuit that sparked a fire on-board an Etihad Airways Boeing 777-300ER last October has been traced back to incorrect routing of a wiring bundle during the manufacture of the aircraft four years earlier.
LinkUnited sees 787-10 as 'phenomenal European' aircraft: Kirby United Airlines is moving closer to flying its new Boeing 787-10 to Europe, with president Scott Kirby calling it a "phenomenal European" aircraft.
LinkXiamenAir to pay Manila airport for overrun incident The airport authority of Manila, Philippines, will seek at least PHP15 million ($280,000) from XiamenAir to cover costs of a runway overrun at the city’s Ninoy Aquino International Airport on Aug. 16.
LinkNew Chinese regional startup orders ARJ21s A long-proposed regional airline in northern China—Genghis Khan Airlines—is scheduled to begin operations next year with Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China (COMAC) ARJ21s instead of Bombardier CRJ900s as originally planned.
LinkAir NZ commits to taking seven more A321neos Air New Zealand has committed to add seven more Airbus A321neos to its fleet between 2020 and 2024. Airline chief financial officer Jeff McDowall says that it entered into a commitment with Airbus earlier in the month for the additional jets, which will become part of its domestic fleet.
LinkAir NZ delivers small rise in full-year profit as fuel bites Air New Zealand reported a 1.9% rise in full-year operating profit of NZ$1.29 billion ($862 million), despite contending with a net NZ$135 million increase in fuel costs.
LinkQantas eyes regulatory, labour issues for Project Sunrise Qantas believes that Airbus and Boeing can deliver an aircraft capable of meeting its ‘Project Sunrise’ requirement for ultra-long-haul routes, with the focus now on required changes to regulations and its agreement with pilots.
LinkQantas looks to further international improvement in 2019 Qantas anticipates stronger results from its international network over the next fiscal year, when most of the benefits of its Perth-London flights and the focus on Singapore as a major overseas hub start to flow.
LinkQantas full-year profit rises 14% on stronger demand Qantas’s underlying profit before tax for the 2018 fiscal year grew 14% to A$1.6 billion ($1.2 billion) as rising demand helped offset growing fuel costs.
LinkPICTURES: LATAM to spend $400m on new cabin interiors LATAM Airlines Group will invest $400 million in upgrading the cabins on more than 200 aircraft, or about two-thirds of its fleet.
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