domingo, 30 de novembro de 2014
Overland AT72 at Ilorin on Nov. 29th, 2014, Runway Excursion
The airline reported that the aircraft landed normally and safely at 4:45 p.m. L as scheduled and slowed to taxi speed but went off the runway while attempting to turn off the active runway. The aircraft was evacuated, there were no injuries. In the meantime the passengers have collected their luggage and have gone home.
Nigeria's Civil Aviation Authority have opened an investigation.
The Aviation Herald
sábado, 29 de novembro de 2014
Air India London Heathrow Operation Changes from March 2015
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AI111/112 sees Boeing 777-300ER operating, instead of Boeing 787-8, while AI115/116 operates with Boeing 787 instead of 777.
AI115 DEL0650 – 1105LHR 788 D
AI111 DEL1445 – 1855LHR 77W D
AI116 LHR1300 – 0250+1DEL 788 D
AI112 LHR2130 – 1120+1DEL 77W D
Routes Online
Photo:FPP - LHR
Air New Zealand Set to Announce New U.S. Destination
Air New Zealand is poised to make a decision to fly to a new destination in the United States.
It is understood Las Vegas, Houston and Chicago are under active consideration and the airline could be flying to one of these cities within the next 12 months.
It is likely to use one of its new Boeing 787-900 Dreamliners on the new service. The airline has said the performance of the plane on transtasman and services to Shanghai has exceeded expectations.
The Dreamliner would be capable of making the journey to either of the three cities non-stop.
Air New Zealand flies to Vancouver, San Francisco and Los Angeles at present and is stepping up services next year to cope with increased demand.
The number of Kiwis flying to the United States has surged in the past two years, helped by the strong New Zealand dollar, and the valuable inbound American has recovered following the global financial crisis.
Interest in flying deeper into the United States has led Air New Zealand to assess a number of possible routes over the past year.
It trialled the Chicago route with a charter flight carrying the All Blacks and their fans for their one-off test against the United States earlier this month.
It has previously flown to Dallas-Fort Worth in Texas and Las Vegas is seen as a top leisure market.
The airline has previously ruled out hub airport Denver as a U.S. destination.
The Seventh Sukhoi Superjet 100 joins Gazpromavia Fleet
On November 26, 2014 the seventh Sukhoi Superjet 100 in its long range version was delivered to the Russian airline Gazpromavia.
The SSJ100 with the tail number RA-89048 took off from the Delivery Centre of Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company in Zhukovsky, near Moscow, and landed in Ostafyevo International Business Airport, Gazpromavia home base.
Gazpromavia is the launch customer of the SSJ100 long range version. The aircraft features full-economy class for 90 passenger seats. In total, Gazpromavia ordered ten SSJ100 in its long range version.
In March this year the SSJ100 long range version operated by Gazpromavia performed its first commercial flight from Moscow to Sovetskiy City in the North of Russia. Today Gazpromavia operates Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft both on domestic and international routes.
The SSJ100 with the tail number RA-89048 took off from the Delivery Centre of Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company in Zhukovsky, near Moscow, and landed in Ostafyevo International Business Airport, Gazpromavia home base.
Gazpromavia is the launch customer of the SSJ100 long range version. The aircraft features full-economy class for 90 passenger seats. In total, Gazpromavia ordered ten SSJ100 in its long range version.
In March this year the SSJ100 long range version operated by Gazpromavia performed its first commercial flight from Moscow to Sovetskiy City in the North of Russia. Today Gazpromavia operates Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft both on domestic and international routes.
Lufthansa Cargo celebrates 20th birthday
Europe’s leading cargo airline turns 20. On 30 November two decades ago Deutsche Lufthansa AG pooled its cargo activities in a separate company. This was the birth of Lufthansa Cargo. Airfreight had always been an important business for Lufthansa and its predecessor companies. But the significance of its cargo activities surged when it created an independent company. Not only did it integrate the cargo business of Deutsche Lufthansa but the cargo flights formerly performed first by German Cargo and later by Lufthansa Cargo Airlines GmbH became a major pillar of the business.
The team under Lufthansa Cargo’s first CEO, Wilhelm Althen, was therefore able to offer its customers all of the group’s freight capacities – be it on board its own freighters or on the cargo decks of passenger aircraft.
A few weeks after its official foundation Lufthansa Cargo started operating with a fleet of five McDonnell Douglas DC8 freighters, ten Boeing 747-200Fs and two Boeing 737 freighters in January 1995. 20 years later Lufthansa Cargo flies both with MD-11F and brand-new B777 freighters. The new jets with a maximum payload of 103 tonnes generate less noise and lower emissions, and are more economical than all other freighters of their class. Not only have the aircraft models changed over the years. Lufthansa Cargo is also a digital pioneer of the business. The cargo airline invests in cutting-edge IT and is pushing its goal of being digitally networked with all players of the logistics chain from booking to delivery by 2020.
“The foundation of Lufthansa Cargo as an independent company in the 1990s paved the way to a hitherto unheard-of professionalization of airfreight”, points out Peter Gerber, the current CEO of Lufthansa Cargo. “Cargo went from by-product to core business that now accounts for almost ten per cent of sales of the Lufthansa Group.”
Lufthansa Cargo is well-prepared for the future with its strategy programme “Lufthansa Cargo 2020”. “We are shaping up Lufthansa Cargo for the future with the largest investment programme in our company’s history”, Peter Gerber underlines the significance of the strategy. Customers of the cargo airline will benefit from investments in new efficient aircraft, state-of-the-art IT, digital processes and, not least, in the most modern logistics centre of the air cargo industry.
Selected milestones in the history of Lufthansa Cargo:
November 1994
Lufthansa Cargo AG is founded as a wholly owned subsidiary of Lufthansa AG with an Executive Board consisting of Wilhelm Althen, Rainer Butz and Walter Gehl.
June 1998
The first MD-11F is delivered to Lufthansa Cargo.
March 2001
Round the world service: launch of first airfreight service around the globe with stops in Chicago, Honolulu, Auckland, Melbourne, Kuala Lumpur and Sharjah, among others.
April 2008
Lufthansa Cargo opens Frankfurt Animal Lounge, the most advanced animal station at any airport in the world.
June 2009
Cargo airline AeroLogic, a subsidiary of DHL Express and Lufthansa Cargo, starts flight operations.
December 2011
New Lufthansa Cargo Cool Center opens in Frankfurt.
February 2013
Providing faster aid together: Lufthansa Cargo starts close cooperation with relief alliance Aktion Deutschland Hilft.
November 2013
Frankfurt welcomes the first of five Boeing 777 freighters ordered by Lufthansa Cargo.
December 2014
All Nippon Airways (ANA) and Lufthansa Cargo launch a strategic joint venture on routes between Japan and Europe
quinta-feira, 27 de novembro de 2014
A350 XWB Visits Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Final Destination of Its Asian Demonstration Tour
The A350 XWB arrived in Kuala Lumpur on Nov. 26. Kuala Lumpur was the final destination on the A350 XWB's 11-day demonstration tour around Asia, following stopovers in Seoul, South Korea; Tokyo, Japan; Hanoi, Vietnam; and Bangkok, Thailand.
The A350 XWB has received its type certificate from the EASA and the FAA. The European manufacturer is scheduled to deliver its first A350 XWB to launch customer Qatar Airways in December.
A350 XWB Arrives in Bangkok, Thailand
The A350 XWB aircraft landed at Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport on Nov. 24. Bangkok was the fourth of five destinations on the A350 XWB's 11-day Asian demonstration tour from Nov. 17 to Nov. 28.
China Airlines to Start 777-300ER Service to Los Angeles from Dec. 1
A brand new Boeing 777-300ER of China Airlines landed smoothly at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport on Wednesday, which is the third of 10 777-300ERs it has ordered.
China Airlines will launch its 777-300ER on the route between Taipei and Los Angeles starting Dec. 1 with two daily flights, replacing the Boeing 747-400. The next generation airplane will provide customers with more convenient and comfortable travel experience on the long-haul flight.
The Taiwan-based carrier took delivery of its first 777-300ER in Oct. and deployed the airplane on regional route to Hong Kong.
The airline's 777-300ER features a three-class configuration with 358 seats, including 40 seats in premium business class, 62 seats in premium economy class, and 256 seats in economy class. China Airlines offers "Family Couch" seats in economy class, where three seats convert into a flat surface for rest and relaxation.
The aircraft will be used on the airline's New York and San Francisco services starting 2015, said the airline.
WCARN.com
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