Qatar Airways has placed an order with Boeing for 40 787-9 and 777-300ER widebody airliners, plus signed a letter of intent for up to 60 737 Max 8s, which would be the Gulf carrier’s first narrowbody purchase from Boeing in 15 years. The transactions combined are valued at $18.6 billion at list prices.
The Cessna Citation Longitude made its successful first flight from the company’s east campus Beech Field Airport in Wichita on Saturday, parent company Textron Aviation announced. This comes less than a year after the company unveiled the new super-midsize business jet last year at the NBAA Convention.
Four people, including two children, have died in a plane crash during an air show in northern China's Hebei province. State broadcaster CCTV showed video of a small plane falling in a twisting nosedive during an exhibition on Thursday in the provincial capital, Shijiazhuang. CCTV said the plane crashed in a cornfield. The four dead were not immediately identified. CCTV said the dead included two children. The broadcaster identified the plane as a Chinese-manufactured Xiaoying 500. (culled from www.bignewsnetwork.com)
A cell phone battery ignited and caught fire Friday on a plane heading from Norfolk to Atlanta. According to the Virginian Pilot, Delta Airlines flight 2557 had just taken off when a cell phone battery that was not attached to a phone caught fire.
It's called the stick shaker – an 'attention-getter' for pilots to tell them that their aircraft is about to stall. And it's a warning that one serving airline captain received as he flew over north Africa in a fully laden Boeing 747 a few years ago. The cause, he says, was extreme turbulence, which had pushed the aircraft to below its minimum speed, despite the engines being on full power. He's re-living the dramatic incident with MailOnline Travel in a chat about turbulence he is keen to have in a bid to help ease passengers' nerves about the phenomenon.
FirstNation Airline today failed to resume flight operations despite a corporate promise to do so. Our correspondent confirmed that FirstNation Airways, which suspended flight operations about three weeks ago and promised to return yesterday, failed to resume flights.
CHAIRMAN/Chief Executive Officer of Air Peace, Chief Allen Onyema has assured that the airline will sustain its exceptional flight services. A statement issued by the Corporate Communications Manager of Air Peace, Mr. Chris Iwarah said Onyema gave the assurance shortly after the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) renewed the airline’s Air Operator’s Certificate (AOC).
The United Nation has unveiled plans to set up two aviation security training schools in Nigeria as part of measures aimed at supporting the nation’s over-all counter-terrorism.
The Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) has raised concern over the increased cases of aircraft accidents and said that they were looking into ways in which to reduce them.
Congo Airways (CGA, Kinshasa N'Djili) has begun reducing its workforce barely a year after it first commenced operations. The Brazzaville-based Agence d'information d'Afrique centrale (ADIAC) news agency reports that so far, thirty employees have been sent on extended leave.
Two of American Airlines’ regional airlines are increasing pay and bonuses for their pilots in an effort to step up recruitment as the industry grapples with a looming pilot shortage.
European plane maker Airbus on Wednesday (Sept 14) suffered a fresh blow to its A-380 superjumbo programme after Singapore Airlines (SIA) said it would not renew the lease on its oldest A-380.
In a simulation laboratory at Mitre’s Center for Advanced Aviation System Development in McLean, Va., researchers are testing digital copilot technology designed to help single pilots flying complex aircraft in busy airspace. The team’s goal is “to bring several of the safety benefits of Crew Resource Management to single-pilot operations,” according to Mitre. The research is done in Mitre’s Integrated Demonstration and Experimentation for Aeronautics (Idea) lab.
Thanks to Aviation Mobile Apps, pilots now have a faster and simpler way to convert coordinates mid-flight, among other powerful functions. GPS Coordinate Converter (http://gpscoordinateconverter.com/) is so efficient and user friendly that it's easy to overlook its sophistication. Recreational and commercial pilots can download GPS Coordinate Converter today from the App Store.
After three years of secrecy, Boeing Defense rolled out a new single-engine, twin-tail, high-wing training jet during a rousing ceremony at its St. Louis headquarters on September 13. The manufacturer and partner Saab have nearly completed two of the jets to compete for the U.S. Air Force’s T-X advanced training jet competition.
