Logistics specialist DHL Express is to introduce a pair of Airbus A321 freighters, to be operated by wet-lease capacity provider SmartLynx Malta. SmartLynx Malta had emerged last year as a customer for A321 freighters from Vallair as it sought to enter the cargo aircraft market. The company has reached a partnership agreement to take the aircraft into DHL’s European fleet, supplying capacity to meet increasing express cargo demand. Source: DHL...Continue Reading
Qantas expects to gradually resume regular international passenger flights by the end of October — about four months later than it had previously projected. Qantas expects to gradually resume regular international passenger flights by the end of October — about four months later than it had previously projected. The Australian carrier states that the new timeline “aligns with the expected timeframe for Australia’s Covid-19 vaccine rollout to be effectively complete”. ...Continue Reading
Qantas swung to an underlying loss before tax of A$1.03 billion for the six months ended 31 December 2020, as the carrier continued to suffer from the collapse in air traffic amid the coronavirus pandemic. Qantas swung to an underlying loss before tax of A$1.03 billion for the six months ended 31 December 2020, as the carrier continued to suffer from the collapse in air traffic amid the coronavirus pandemic. This...Continue Reading
The company believes the S-64F+ could free the service’s fleet of Boeing CH-47 and Sikorsky CH-53 heavy lift helicopters by performing training and logistics operations. Erickson is pitching the US Army on an autonomous variant of its heavy lift Air Crane helicopter, the S-64F+. The company believes the S-64F+ could free the service’s fleet of Boeing CH-47 and Sikorsky CH-53 heavy lift helicopters by performing training and logistics operations, it...Continue Reading
Pratt & Whitney will perform the PW4000 thermal acoustic imaging (TAI) inspections required under the Federal Aviation Administration’s recent emergency airworthiness directive (AD). Pratt & Whitney will perform the PW4000 thermal acoustic imaging (TAI) inspections required under the Federal Aviation Administration’s recent emergency airworthiness directive (AD). “The process requires the shipment of fan blades to Pratt & Whitney, where thermal acoustic imaging inspection will be used to confirm airworthiness,” the...Continue Reading
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