News Aeroflot flight 1492 from Moscow to Murmansk crashed last week and burst into flames. While it appears the cause of this crash may be a lightning strike that reverted the fly by wire system to direct mode, causing pilot…
The US is concerned about Air Italy and its 49% shareholder, Qatar Airways. It is thought that this stake allows Qatar to increase its access to the US market. US airlines don’t like competing with state-funded airlines. There are many…
Of Europe’s three big airline groups, International Airlines Group (IAG) has been the only one to record a profit for Q1. On May 10, IAG announced a profit of EUR 135mln, down 60.3 percent on last year’s EUR 340mln. The…
Commercial Aviation BEA France reports on methods used to locate debris following A380 engine failure over Greenland – Source: ASN Emirates removes Boeing 787 from order book – Source: Sam Chui First Two Airbus A380 being scrapped – Source: Airways…
Today we examine the history of the MAX, and provide some context and a time line of key activities. The impact of the 787 difficulties and cost overruns are still being felt by the company, and contributed to the development…
