Transaero before the contract award to Airbus
MOSCOW - The Russian airline Transaero Airlines is negotiating with Airbus on a purchase order for up to six Airbus A350 series aircraft or A380 XWB. This was confirmed by Transaero General Director Olga Pleshakova in an interview with the newspaper “Vedomosti”. “We are now awaiting a concrete offer from Airbus, in which prices and delivery dates specified services,” said Pleshakova. Read more
Unions agree to rescue plan
ROME - For the insolvent Italian airline Alitalia traces a rescue at the last minute: After new bargaining on Thursday the four largest trade unions in the country the Map of the investor group CAI yet approved. Above all, the largest employee representation CGIL, which last had resisted, were now following. The rescue plan provides for, among other things, the elimination of at least 3000 a total of 20 000 posts. Read more
Fuel for Alitalia initially seems assured
Alitalia Airlines
ROME - For the struggling Italian airline Alitalia, there is again a glimmer of hope. At crisis talks with unions had endorsed progress and also threatens the energy group ENI no more fuel deliveries cease, reported the New York Times on Sunday in the online edition relying on negotiating parties.
Alitalias insolvency administrator Augusto Fantozzi had at the weekend for attention with the warning in place, the airline may already be on Monday set the flights because they do not get more kerosene. At the same time threatened the insolvency administrator for the next few days with the beginning of redundancies. Read more
ATSB establishes interim report before the emergency landing in Manila
MELBOURNE - The Australian air safety authority ATSB get a provisional report on the emergency landing of a Boeing 747-400 (Reg: VH-OJK) of the Qantas airline on the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila on 25 July. Around 55 minutes after leaved from Hong Kong the oxygen tank was exploded. The valve in the cabin floor was opened the door lever 2 on the right side of plane.
The valve also has cables to control the ailerons by the first officer. The door was marked by an additional lock secured. The explosion tore around 2 times 1.5 meter hole in the fuselage of the 747, a pressure drop in the cabin effect. About 20 seconds after the explosion reduced the captain thrust on all four engines. The first officer initiated a descent from 29,000 to 10,000 feet altitude, while the captain of an emergency radio called. The cockpit crew of the flight to Melbourne determined the position of the aircraft and decided to approach the approximately 475 km distant Manila. According to the pilots showed the board a series of systems failures. All three instrument landing systems, the anti-skid brake system, which left the radio navigation receivers (VOR) and the flight computer was left except function.
The pilot landed with clear weather conditions under visual flight rules on the runway 06 Among the 365 people on board, there were no injuries. The investigation of the 17-year-old Boeing presented openly that the fourth oxygen tank to supply the emergency by a dropped pressure from a battery of seven tanks of the right-side cargo compartment was missing. A final explanation why the tank could explodes, is not yet available.
Hull factions occurred in the engine number three, damaged the machine is not. Qantas said meanwhile the aircraft from November back into the air service. The repair costs would be converted to approximately 5.8 million euros.
Lufthansa increases profit in airline operations despite oil price
FRANKFURT - Lufthansa expects its operating profit to jump in the first half of the year for the rest of the year with a weaker development in the passenger business. It should not be ruled out that the overall economic development dampening effect on the demand for air travel impact, says the annual report for the first half, which was published on Wednesday. Read more
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