Cockpit crew representatives are backing efforts to overhaul of the NOTAM system this year, claiming that the repository of aeronautical information has become cluttered, inefficient and burdensome. Some 1.7 million NOTAMs were published in 2020. Even though this was a 5% reduction on the previous year, as a result of the air transport crisis, the number amounted to a seven-fold increase in NOTAMs over the past two decades, according to...Continue Reading
Fiji Airways is set to be the first Asia-Pacific carrier to return the Boeing 737 Max into service, after Fijian civil aviation authorities lifted the grounding of the narrowbody. Fiji Airways is set to be the first Asia-Pacific carrier to return the Boeing 737 Max into service, after Fijian civil aviation authorities lifted the grounding of the narrowbody. The Nadi-based carrier did not disclose a timeline for the type’s service...Continue Reading
Middle Eastern carrier Flydubai is intending to restart Boeing 737 Max flights on 8 April, following approval by United Arab Emirates regulators and updating of the fleet. Flydubai will operate the initial flight from Dubai to the Pakistani city of Sialkot, but the aircraft will subsequently be used for other destinations on the carrier’s network. The UAE’s General Civil Aviation Authority lifted restrictions on the type in mid-February. Flydubai has...Continue Reading
One of the Airbus A321neo fuselage sections previously intended for delivery to South American operator LATAM has instead been supporting the A321XLR development programme as a system integration platform. Originally a standard A321LR centre and aft section, the fuselage of MSN8531 was withdrawn from the Hamburg Finkenwerder production line and effectively de-equipped – its pre-installed systems removed in order to fit new ones specifically for the A321XLR. Airbus describes the...Continue Reading
The US travel industry has welcomed a new public health determination that fully vaccinated people may travel domestically without required Covid-19 testing or mandatory quarantines. The US travel industry has welcomed a new public health determination that fully vaccinated people may travel domestically without being subject to Covid-19 tests or mandatory quarantines. The determination comes as part of new travel guidance issued by US heath agency Centers for Disease Control...Continue Reading
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