NEWS Turkish Airlines 1H net profits up 42%
Turkish Airlines posted first-half net profit of TRY172 million ($80.9 million), up 42.1% compared to a year-ago. read more
NEWS US FAA lays out conditions for A350 lithium batteries
US regulators have issued the special conditions for approving lithium-ion battery installation on the Airbus A350-900. View article
NEWS China’s Tibet Airlines, Nepal firms to launch Himalaya Airlines
China’s Tibet Airlines is expected to launch Himalaya Airlines in conjunction with Nepal’s Himalaya Aviation Investment Co. and Nepal’s Yeti Air International. read more
NASA image of the day: Supernova Seen In Two Lights
The destructive results of a mighty supernova explosion reveal themselves in a delicate blend of infrared and X-ray light, as seen in this image from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope and Chandra X-Ray Observatory, and the European Space Agency’s XMM-Newton. The bubbly cloud is an irregular shock wave, generated by a supernova that would have been…
NEWS Ryanair appoints chief technology officer to lead digital strategy
Ryanair has hired John Hurley as chief technology officer as the Irish budget carrier continues with its senior management revamp and push to step up its digital game. read more View article
NEWS Management shakeup continues at Bombardier
Bombardier has replaced its head of marketing for commercial aircraft, including the slow-selling and still-grounded CSeries airliner, as it continues a corporate restructuring and downsizing. read more View article
NEWS Two teenage pilots, 18, with no more than 61 hours of training make a perfect emergency landing …
Nichols knew that landing would be risky because a car was driving down the road below them. Luckily it slowed to avoid the falling plane. http://ift.tt/1mpoThy
NEWS IndiGo flight catches fire while landing, at least 28 suffer injuries
New Delhi: Emergency alert was sounded at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi … with 154 people on board caught fire during landing at the airport’s Terminal 1. http://ift.tt/1wcEef3
NEWS US Airways retires last 737-400 after 26 years
US Airways flew its last Boeing 737-400 on 19 August, ending a more than a quarter century run for the type at the airline. from Airlines news
NEWS A320 tweak to prevent computer 'forgetting' sharklets
Operators of Airbus A320s with sharklet wing-tips are being instructed to modify the aircraft to prevent the possibility that flight computers could forget the sharklets are fitted. from Airlines news
NEWS Chinese 737′s landing delayed due to sleeping air traffic controllers
A China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737 aircraft was forced to delay its landing at Wuhan, China after two air traffic controllers nodded of, according to an official report. Read more on aviation-safety.net
