Fractured mid-turbine frame (MTF) piston seals have been linked to about half of the Pratt & Whitney PW1100G-JM engine failures reported by Indian carriers that damaged low-pressure turbines (LPTs)—leading to a Pratt service bulletin recommending inspections, India’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said.
Italy’s Ernest Airlines grounded all flights Jan. 11 in what the LCC said was a temporary measure after national aviation regulator ENAC suspended the airline’s air operator’s certificate (AOC).
Airports in the Central Luzon area of the Philippines area are preparing for more disruption as local officials warn of a “potential explosive eruption” of the Taal volcano.
Growth in mainland Chinese airline passenger numbers slowed in 2019, when the industry carried 660 million people, up 7.9% on a year earlier, the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) said.
Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) president Yevhenii Dykhne said airlines from all over the world were sending their aircraft to and from Tehran airport on Jan. 8, when a UIA-operated Boeing 737 was shot down by missiles.
By Helen Massy-Beresford, Sean Broderick, Steve Trimble
Iran has admitted accidentally shooting down a Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) Boeing 737, flight PS752, backtracking on previous denials that it was responsible for the Jan. 8 crash, which killed all 176 people on board.
U.S. House lawmakers investigating the design and development of the Boeing 737 MAX issued their sternest rebuke of the embattled manufacturer to date, following the release of a trove of internal documents late Jan. 9 that drew widespread condemnation on Capitol Hill.
The Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 (PS752) investigation appears headed for a major impasse as Iranian officials welcome international aircraft accident investigation experts to Tehran, even as they remove vital evidence of the Boeing 737’s wreckage and deny claims by foreign intelligence sources that the aircraft was shot down.
Kazakh Deputy Prime Minister Roman Sklyar said ice buildup on a Fokker 100 operated by Bek Air has been identified as the main cause of the Dec. 27, 2019 crash at Almaty International Airport.
China Eastern Airlines will begin revamping its frequent flyer program “Eastern Miles” from a mile-based system to a revenue-based one in the second half of 2020.
Spirit AeroSystems, the leading aerostructures provider and Boeing’s top supplier, announced Jan. 10 it is laying off 2,800 of its employees in Wichita due to t
Ryanair raised its full-year financial guidance Jan. 10 after what it described as stronger than expected figures over the busy Christmas and New Year period.
German leisure airline TUI fly has selected Dusseldorf as the home base for its new Boeing 787-8 fleet, which will begin flights from November to the Dominican Republic and Mexico.
Lufthansa and its subsidiary Austrian Airlines have postponed operations to Tehran, effective immediately, until Jan. 20, a spokesperson in Vienna confirmed to Aviation Daily.
