Airbus is expected to ramp up the production rate of the A320 Final Assembly Line Asia (FALA) in northern China’s Tianjin to six airplanes per month by early 2020, according to Airbus China Tuesday. The Airbus A320 FALA in Tianjin is now capable of conducting the final assembly of the A320 family single-aisle airplanes, including…
Boeing Company’s effort to build the world’s largest twin-engined jet, the 777X, continues to be hampered by challenges with General Electric Co’s new GE9X turbine engine, a top Boeing executive said on Wednesday. Boeing is facing testing glitches on the GE9X after assembly delays on the engine and the plane’s carbon-composite wings. The Boeing 777X…
According to the FAA, “certain aircraft equipped with the Rockwell Collins GPS 4000-100 and select ADS-B out GPS receivers are indicating ‘ADS-B fail, unavailable, TCAS fail or transponder fail’ messages.” Aircraft without working transponders were directed to coordinate with the FAA before departure, a prior directive had instructed those planes not to fly above 28,000…
Heathrow has announced it is the first UK airport to be rolling out the new technology, which could end the need for passengers to remove liquids and laptops from their bags when passing through security. The CT scan technology will be installed across Heathrow’s terminals by 2022, with the rollout valued at more than £50…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zjfm_XOxLOs Kim Jong-nam, the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un who was killed in Malaysia in 2017, had been an informant for the CIA, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. The newspaper cited an unnamed “person knowledgeable about the matter” for the report, and said many details of Kim Jong-nam’s relationship with the CIA remained unclear. It…
JetBlue Airways announced a daily nonstop flights between New York JFK and Guayaquil, Ecuador’s José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport (GYE). JetBlue will launch the new service on December 5, 2019 on daily basis which will become the longest in the JetBlue network, stretching beyond today’s longest route by more than 200 nautical miles. The…
An evocative joint flypast by the RAF Red Arrows and a specially decorated jumbo jet will mark the centenary of one of the UK’s biggest and best loved brands at this summer’s Royal International Air Tattoo. A British Airways Boeing 747, painted in its iconic British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) livery, will perform a dramatic…
Four men are behind bars in England after forcing a plane bound for Las Vegas to make an emergency landing in Winnipeg. Four men are behind bars in England after forcing a plane bound for Las Vegas to make an emergency landing in Winnipeg. The men were sentenced Tuesday for behaviour the Greater Manchester Police…
The prosecutor of Créteil opened a judicial investigation after threatening messages targeting Paris airports Roissy and Orly were received. A judicial investigation was open after after threatening messages targeting Paris airports Roissy and Orly were received. Three e-mails were sent to the Paris Airport Group (ADP). Two of them mentioned Roissy CDG Airport, the second…
A woman, aboard a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight, sparked panic on Saturday after she mistakenly opened the emergency exit door thinking it was the toilet. The national flag carrier’s plane was on the runway at the Manchester Airport when she opened the emergency exit door. Consequently, aircraft’s airbag chute opened and 37 passengers had…
According to industry insiders, Chinese airlines are preparing to order up to 100 Boeing 787 and newly developed 777X. An order of this size would be a welcome back move for Boeing who has been struggling with the 737 MAX related problems for a while. However, the continuing trade confrontation between China and the US…
The Russian aviation authority, Rosaviatsiya, have ordered inspections of the entire fleet of Superjet 100. All 147 thought to be in service will need to be checked for safety by 25th June. The checks need to cover a variety of items, from a general inspection of aircraft condition to in depth examination of engine logs. Airlines…
