European mammoth budget airline Ryanair has posted its biggest ever annual loss of €815 million for the 2020 financial year, in light of an 81 per cent drop in passenger traffic, after posting a €1 billion profit the previous year. Ryanair called the 12 months to 31 March its “most challenging” year in its 35-year
The US Federal Aviation Administration has warned operators of Boeing 737 Classic aircraft to check for possible wiring failures, following the investigation into the January crash of Sriwijaya Air flight SJ182. Flight SJ182, a 26-year-old Boeing 737-500, crashed into the Java Sea just minutes after take-off from Jakarta on Saturday, 9 January 2021, killing all
Major airlines in the US are expected to get their entire 737 MAX fleets back up and running within days, having already begun the necessary electrical repairs on affected MAX models. Just yesterday, Boeing released its service bulletin on the required repairs for the MAX’s electrical issues, which has seen nearly a quarter of all
The US Federal Aviation Administration has said it will soon mandate the strengthening of the engine cowling on Boeing 777s with Pratt & Whitney engines, following a United Airlines incident in February. On 20 February, United Airlines flight UA328 suffered a “catastrophic and uncontained engine failure” on its right Pratt & Whitney PW4000 series engine
Airbus has resumed work on the modernisation of its A320 family industrial capabilities in Toulouse. According to Airbus, the move will provide the company with increased flexibility throughout its global industrial production system to respond to market recovery and future demand. The modernised, digitally-enabled A320/A321 final assembly line (FAL) will replace one of the original
Alaska Air Group has announced it will expand its fleet by 30 aircraft, after securing deals with Boeing and Embraer, as the airline prepares to ramp up operations for a post-COVID spike in travel demand. The airline continues to bolster its 737 MAX order, now announcing it has ordered an additional 13 Boeing 737 MAX
