A Mumbai-bound flight was grounded shortly before take-off after it developed a technical snag at the Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) here on Sunday afternoon. There were 111 passengers and five crew members on-board the Air India flight AI 670, whose pilot detected a major fault and communicated it to the Air Traffic Control (ATC) at BPIA. Few minutes later, the pilot de...
Dozens of flights in and out of Hong Kong were affected on Sunday as Typhoon Mujigae moved inland over western Guangdong. However, by Monday morning Hong Kong's Observatory cancelled all storm signals as the typhoon passed the city, warning that rainy weathy remains for the rest of the day. The No 3 strong wind signal had been in place for more than 24 hours after it was issued, as Mujig...
Hundreds of Manila-bound passengers from Bohol and Bohol-bound passengers from Manila were stranded on Sunday (October 4) because a Philippine Airlines Airbus 320 stalled on the tarmac, preventing other planes from landing or taking off. The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines canceled all Manila-Bohol-Manila flights. This is in the light of the limited space at the T...
Wuhan Tianhe International Airport (WUH)'s new air traffic control (ATC) tower has been capped the day before the National Day on Oct.1, news reported from the construction site of the airport's phase-3 project. Functioning as the airport's eye, ATC tower is responsible for directing airplanes, handling emergency situations and issuing control instructions. With 22 s...
A strong typhoon roared into southern China on Sunday, bringing powerful winds and heavy rain to the region after leaving one dead and 30 fishermen missing in the Philippines. Nearly 200,000 people in southern China were evacuated before Typhoon Mujigae made landfall near the city of Zhanjiang in Guangdong province just after 2 p.m., according to the National Meteorological Center. By 7:00 p...
When it comes to security technology, it's clear we are on the precipice of something new and completely transformational. Just a few short years after protesting body scanner deployment in airports for being too invasive, we now excitedly volunteer scans of our fingerprints and irises in the name of shorter lines. So what's next for airport security? The TSA recently unveiled...
Etihad Airway's chief executive has said Alitalia cannot afford to "revert to past practices", as the Italian airline begins to show signs of improvement. The Abu Dhabi-based airline made a US$627 million investment in Alitalia, equating to a 49 percent equity stake, as part of a US$1.9 billion restructuring plan for the Italian carrier. Alitalia recorded a 2015 first-half...
With speculation continuing about Boeing's plans for its future aircraft development programme, two reports now predict that the airframer's next clean-sheet design will feature the aviation novelty of an oval fuselage cross-section. Most recently, Merrill Lynch analyst and former Boeing applied research scientist Ron Epstein published a report for investors earlier this month, saying B...
The fatal accident involving a US Air Force-operated Lockheed Martin C-130J in Afghanistan on 2 October is the sixth hull loss to have involved a “Super Hercules”, and the first in which US personnel have died. Eleven people – the tactical transport’s six-person crew and five civilians – were killed when the aircraft crashed, reportedly shortly after taking off fro...
It would not be feasible to replace North American and European suppliers with Russian ones on the Sukhoi Superjet programme, in the view of the executive charged with leading Western sales campaigns for the regional airliner. Citing recertification costs and the risk of damage to the brand, SuperJet International (SJI) chief executive Nazario Cauceglia concludes: "This possibility is impo...
Aviation Week has released its business aviation forecast for the years between 2016 and 2025. The forecast takes into account the company’s downwardly adjusted delivery forecasts. The company says that the western built business jet fleet will jump from 31,000 in service aircraft in 2016, to almost 38,000 in 2025. Aviation Week is expecting the yearly rise, which includes new deliveries,...
The total amount of Gulfstream G-IVSP transactions doubled in the first three quarters of year, according to The Hagerty Group’s first Gulfstream market report. The company says that there were 11 Gulfstream G-IVSP transactions in the first nine months of 2014, versus the 26 transactions during the same period in 2015. According to Hagerty, Gulfstream IVSP sale prices have also fallen,...
Greenpoint Aerospace has delivered four Challenger 600 series interior refurbishments with exterior paint, over a three month period. “The Challenger 600 series is a popular model for a quick interior refresh with new paint.” Trey Bryson, vice president and general manager of Greenpoint said: “The Challenger 600 series is a popular model for a quick interior refresh wit...
Indonesian rescuers will continue searching Monday for a small passenger plane that went missing Friday with 10 passengers on board, after efforts to find the plane over the weekend were unsuccessful. Heronimus Guru, deputy operations director of Indonesia’s Basarnas search agency, said nearly 300 people were deployed Sunday searching the area near Suli and Siwa in South Sulawesi pro...
Emirates airline’s “A380 hub” at Dubai Airport’s Terminal 3 stretches for 645 metres, housing 20 individual gates through which up to 15 million passengers a year can board. For anyone worn out by international jet setting, this place is a welcome relief – it’s vast, bright, airy and relatively hushed and, for those with tickets for the front seats, the experien...
The fin torsion box for the latest Russian MS-21-300 airliner has successfully passed another stage of testing. TsAGI confirmed the load-carrying capability of the component assembled from parts manufactured by ONPP Technologiya named after A.G. Romashin, press-service of ONPP Technologiya reports. “This is the first strength test of such a large composite component manufactured in Russia...
State Order of Lenin and Order of the Red Banner Flight Test Center named after V.P. Chkalov celebrated its 95th anniversary, press-service of Russian Ministry of Defense reports. Today the center possesses unique test facilities and equipment. Only here a new or upgraded aircraft as well as new weapons may be tested in full in terms of compliance with the performance specification. The...
United Instrument Manufacturing Corporation (part of Rostec State Corporation), the key developer of UAVs , is developing advanced payloads for Russian-produced UAVs, which increase efficiency of aerial reconnaissance and earth surface monitoring. As against the common optics, new technologies allow gathering information not visible to the human eye. Thanks to this equipment the UAV is able to dis...
Since President Muhammadu Buhari gave a presidential directive to the Ministry of Aviation to fast-track the process of establishing a new national carrier, a new impetus has been added to the nation’s aviation sector. It was one directive that has generated mixed feelings across the country, especially the all-important aviation industry. It would be recalled that the president...
Ohio’s Aerospace Industry was the topic of a recent event in Mentor that was geared toward fostering growth both locally and across the state. As part of the City of Mentor International Trade Initiative’s quarterly symposium series, about 75 people gathered Oct. 1 at Noah’s Event Center for Aerospace Industry Opportunities & Updates. Hosted by a partnership betwe...
Since last December, Icelandair has been operating TAMDAR airborne meteorological sensors via a four-channel Iridium-based integrated communications unit. Though this aspect of Panasonic Avionics’ business flies a little more under the proverbial radar, TAMDAR (Tropospheric Airborne Meteorological Data Reporting) is at the forefront of weather forecasting and forecast pro...
