Cessna has gained several international certifications for various Citation models, opening new markets for the world’s most popular line of business jets.  The Citation Mustang entry-level twinjet has gained certification in China and the UK. The Citation XLS+ gained European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) certification…

The pilots of a Tunisian ATR 72 turboprop that ditched in the Mediterranean will each spend ten years in jail for praying when they should have been trying to land the aeroplane or prepare for a ditching.  Media reports say a Palermo court found that Captain Shafik Al Garbi and First Officer Ali Kebaier Lassoued…

ExecuJet Aviation Group has further grown its international and local business presence in Asia Pacific, by adding new aircraft maintenance facilities in Kuala Lumpur to its new capabilities in Melbourne and Brisbane.  The leading global business aviation organisation has signed an agreement with a Malaysian aviation company for the provision of hangar and maintenance facilities…

Delayed by the strikes at Boeing, the latest carrier to carry Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin banner finally made its maiden flight this week, with V Australia becoming the fourth carrier to offer direct Australia-USA flights.  The first 777-300ER will fly three return flights weekly until the carrier’s second aircraft enters service on March 20, when daily flights will be introduced.  The flight time of between 14 and 15 hours requires…

Singapore Airlines has added a new Airbus type to its fleet with the delivery of its first of the 19 A330-300s it has on order.  Powered by Rolls-Royce Trent 700 engines, the high-capacity A330 fleet will fly on regional and medium haul routes, initially linking Singapore with destinations in Australia and Japan. The airline is configuring its A330s in a high comfort layout seating 285 passengers in two classes, with accommodation for 30 in Business Class and 255 in Economy.

Cathay Pacific Airways’ latest self-service function for passengers, Mobile Check-In, has been launched, to simplify the travel experience and give customers more control over managing each stage of their journey.

Passengers with a Web-enabled mobile phone…

The retirement of Cathay Pacific’s Airport Services Manager, Sydney, Brian Davis (“The Bear”) has triggered a …

The USA’s National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has located both engines of the US Airways Airbus A320 that ditched in New York’s Hudson River on January 15, and has already identified “soft body impact damage” in one engine indicating bird strike as the prime suspect.  An examination of the engine’s first stage fan blades revealed that three of the variable guide vanes are fractured and two are missing. “The engine’s electronic control unit is missing and numerous internal components of the engine were significantly damaged,” says the NTSB…

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All 155 people on a US Airways Airbus A320 survived when the aircraft ditched in New York’s Hudson River on Thursday Jan 15 after a collision with a flock of birds, believed to be Canadian geese, damaged both its engines.

The flight had taken off from La Guardia Airport for Charlotte, N.C., and had reached 3,200 ft when the pilot told controllers he had taken a “double hit” and would be returning for an emergency landing.

SEATTLE, Jan. 15, 2009 – The Boeing Company today announced it has completed the first aerial refuelling of a 737 platform. The historic flights were conducted for Project Wedgetail, Australia’s airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) program.  Flying at 25,000 feet above Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., on Jan. 7, Boeing pilot Ron Johnston manoeuvred the 737-700 AEW&C aircraft into a U.S. Air Force KC-10 tanker’s refuelling boom envelope and easily maintained its position below the tanker.