Airbus to hike maximum zero-fuel weight on A220
Airbus is planning a further performance tweak to the A220 family by increasing the maximum zero-fuel weight and maximum landing weight of the twinjet. A220 programme manager Florent Massou tells FlightGlobal that the change will be introduced as an option on both variants of the aircraft – the -100 and -300 – in 2022, subject […]
LATAM Cargo: Maintaining the balance
The challenge of ensuring aircraft are full of cargo is not an easy one to meet at the best of times, but when the market is in a downturn the task becomes even more difficult. One person meeting this challenge head on is LATAM Cargo chief executive Andrés Bianchi, who was appointed to the top […]
Airbus demonstrates first fully automatic vision-based take-off
Airbus has successfully performed the first fully automatic vision-based take-off using an Airbus Family test aircraft at Toulouse-Blagnac airport. The test crew comprising of two pilots, two flight test engineers and a test flight engineer took off initially at around 10:15 am on 18 December and conducted a total of 8 take-offs over a period […]
Sir Tim Clark, one of the airline industry’s greatest visionaries
The airline industry this year will lose its greatest visionary of the past 30 years with the retirement of Sir Tim Clark as president of Emirates in June. In an era when airline chief executives come and go with regularity, Sir Tim has been part of Emirates from the very start of its spectacular history […]
Sun Country to fly cargo for Amazon
Amazon has hired Sun Country Airlines to deliver its packages in Amazon Air-branded aircraft, a huge expansion for the Minnesota-based ultra-low cost carrier and promising to represent up to 20% of the airline’s business. The six-year deal is a “first-of-its-kind for a scheduled service passenger airline”, Sun Country says on 17 December, adding that it […]
Will This New Airplane Seat Design Make It Easier to Sleep in Economy Class?
During this past week’s Aircraft Cabin Innovation Summit 2019, held in London December 3 – 5, 2019, and attended by airlines, aircraft manufacturers and designers, a potentially game-changing prototype caught the media’s attention. CNN Travel reported on an innovative new seat design that would allow passengers flying in constricting coach seats a little extra comfort […]
Boost for Efforts to Tackle Unruly Passengers as MP14 Set to Come into Force
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) looks forward to the entry into force of Montreal Protocol 2014 (MP14) on 1 January 2020. MP14 enhances the capacity of states to curb the escalation in the severity and frequency of unruly behavior on board aircraft. This follows the 26 November 2019 ratification of MP14 by Nigeria, the […]
Delta Air Lines Announces Aircraft Changes for Several Key Routes
Delta Air Lines announced it is enhancing the onboard customer experience on several of its most popular routes this fall. The airline’s Boeing 777 and Boeing 767-400 fleets are undergoing modifications to refresh their interiors ahead of their addition to more international routes from Los Angeles and New York. In addition, all Delta flights on […]
BA will still have 777-200ERs in 2030
British Airways will turn next year to replacing its large fleet of older-generation Boeing 777s, but indicates it will retain some of the aircraft until at least 2030. The IAG-owned carrier has 46 in the fleet – comprising three 777-200s and 43 777-200ERs. It will phase out the three -200s in 2020 by replacing them […]
Airlines Extend 737 Max Cancellations to March 2020
Southwest Airlines and American Airlines have extended their Boeing 737 Max cancellations until early March. According to a report on CNBC, Southwest has removed the aircraft from schedules through March 6, and American has eliminated the plane from its schedules through March 4. Before these updates, Southwest had taken the aircraft off schedules through early […]
