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Turkish Airlines Extends Sharm El-Sheikh Flight Ban Until January 1

Germany to join multinational tanker effort

Germany has revealed plans to join the Multinational MRTT Fleet (MFF) alongside the Netherlands, Norway and Poland, to share a fleet of Airbus Defence & Space A330 multi-role tanker transports. In 2014 the three other nations announced plans to share the burden of operating multirole tanker t...

3 organisations stress importance of pilot mental health fitness

To strengthen the relationship between aviation medical examiners and pilots, the European Society of Aerospace Medicine, European Association for Aviation Psychology (EAAP) and European Cockpit Association (ECA) unveiled a joint approach to medical and mental fitness assessments of pilots. It endor...

Latvian AirBaltic refused to buy Superjet 100

Martin Gauss, chief executive of Latvia's national airline airBaltic on December 1 confirmed that the company would not be buying planes from Russian manufacturer Sukhoi. The possibility that airBaltic might buy planes for regional routes from Russia in the form of the Sukhoi Superjet at a time of high tensions between that country and Latvia and its NATO allies had been a cause of widespre...

Flynas plans ambitious fleet growth as it maintains profitability

Saudi Arabia's domestic and regional low cost operator Flynas, is evaluating plans to increase its fleet by more than 300% with orders for as many as 100 aircraft. Speaking on the sidelines of the AACO general meeting at Jeddah, CEO Paul Byrne said that Boeing 737 Max and Bombardier CSeries could both be considered alongside the neo version of the existing fleet choice of Airbus A320. By...

Ryanair Seeks Norwegian Air, TAP Links As Aer Lingus Talks Fail

Ryanair Holdings Plc said plans to link its short-haul operations with long-haul routes are focused on Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA, Portugal's TAP and an unidentified U.S. carrier after talks with Aer Lingus Holdings Plc and Virgin Atlantic Airways failed to reach an agreement. Negotiations on providing feeder traffic for trans-Atlantic services should produce a deal next summer, Chief E...

Macau CAA Makes New Requirements for Lithium Batteries on Aircraft

The Civil Aviation Authority of Macau (AACM) has revised the regulation concerning the transportation of lithium batteries on aircraft in accordance with the standards of the International Civil Aviation Authority (ICAO). These changes will be implemented as of January 1, 2016. The new regulations state that electronic devices with lithium batteries will be permitted both in hand luggage a...

Regional Airlines Seek Reduced Minimum Pilot-Experience Mandate

U.S. regional airlines seek to persuade regulators to ease experience requirements for hiring many future co-pilots, while proposing to significantly enhance training and supervision once the aviators start flying passengers. The initiative lays out a potential alternate path to the cockpit for starting pilots that includes time sitting in airliner jump seats as observers, more-frequent pr...

Air France-KLM's Low-Cost Carrier Moves into Lufthansa's Munich Hub

Air France-KLM's Transavia airline is to become the first low-cost carrier to set up a base at Munich airport as it expands to compete with budget rivals Ryanair, easyJet and Lufthansa's Eurowings. Air France-KLM was forced to scale back plans for a new Transavia Europe division last year after pilot strikes and is expanding its Transavia Netherlands business instead. Like Lufth...

Air India Violates Flight Duty Time Limit; DGCA Stays Mum

National carrier Air India has once again been caught violating flight duty time limit (FDTL) of its cabin crew. It was on the Delhi-Australia sector for the past two years, where the airline flew with the same set of crew to test the impact of fatigue on its cabin crew. And with more than 60 follow-ups with the DGCA there is still no action against the errant officials, claim sources. In...

Flybe DH8D at Birmingham on Dec. 1, 2015, Flaps Problem

A Flybe de Havilland Dash 8-400, registration G-PRPB performing flight BE-403 from Belfast City, NI to Birmingham, EN (UK), was on approach to Birmingham's runway 15 when the crew went around reporting problems with the flaps. The aircraft entered a hold while the crew was working the checklists. The crew finally prepared the aircraft for a flaps up landing and landed safely on Birmingham...

South Korea Clears Brazilian-Made Jet for Passenger Service

South Korea on Wednesday cleared a Brazilian-made regional jet for passenger operations here so it can start commercial flights in the first half of 2016. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said an aircraft and engine safety validation certificate has been given to Embraer S.A.'s EMB-145EP twin-engine jet. "The plane with a range of 2,800 kilometers and able to...

Turkish Airlines firms-up order for 20 additional A321neo aircraft

Turkish Airlines, Turkey’s flagship airline, has firmed-up a commitment for the purchase of 20 additional A321neo aircraft. The airline already has 72 A321neo on order and is now again renewing its confidence in the A321neo as the aircraft of choice to boost its expansion. “As one of the world’s fastest growing airlines, our ambitious growth strategy needs to be fully supporte...

Flybe Pushes to Use RAF Northolt

Flybe, Europe’s largest regional airline, has called on the British Government to review the Ministry of Defence’s refusal to give consideration to opening up RAF Northolt to a limited number of new Flybe domestic routes, linking underserved regions to London. RAF Northolt, currently used by private executive jets, VIP’s and RAF transports, is 15 miles from the centre of London a...

Finnair to sell its facilities at Helsinki Airport to Finavia

Finnair’s strategic objective is to double its Asian traffic by 2020 from the level of 2010. To enable its growth, Finnair has ordered 19 new Airbus A350 XWB aircraft, which also increase Finnair’s cargo capacity considerably. With a view to the growth of its cargo traffic, Finnair is constructing a new state-of-the-art cargo terminal to be completed in 2017. At the same time, Finavia,...

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