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What a cute Air Hostes - Japan Airlines Air Hostess photos

2010-09-26T19:27:00.002+05:30

Indian Malayalee Pilot Killed in Plane Crash

2010-09-26T18:50:00.002+05:30

An Indian Malayalee pilot Abraham Tiju George (25), son of Elathikal George Abraham from Pathanamthitta was killed on Friday night when a small plane crashed in Florida in north Georgia. Tiju was working as a flying instructor in a training school and has been residing in America for three years.

Tiju was an aeronautical engineer from the Hindustan Aviation Academy at Bangalore.
Another person was also killed and a third person seriously injured. According to Miami Herald daily, authorities say a Cessna SkyHawk crashed around 10:45 p.m. Friday near Highway 225 south of Chatsworth. Witnesses say the plane circled before crashing into the ground near a driveway. The injured person was flown to Erlanger Medical Center for treatment.

Resident Barbie Cochran says the plane came through her son's yard and hit some trees while her children were playing hide-and-seek.

Airbus A350 XWB the new Aircraft

2010-09-25T17:28:00.001+05:30

The design for the new Airbus type started as an improved version of the A330, which became rather difficult to sell since Boeing presented the 787. The airlines wanted a more advanced aircraft and forced Airbus to work harder on the new design. At Farnborough 2006 Airbus even presented an all new design, named 'A350 XWB' (eXtra Wide Body). Airbus officially launched the A350 XWB on 1 December 2006.

Several earlier designs based on the A330 still had the fuselage diameter of the good old A300, which allows a 2-4-2 seating arrangement compared to 3-3-3 seating in the 777 and 787. In Spring 2006, urged by criticism from airlines, Airbus started considering a wider fuselage, a larger wing, more powerful engines, a higher cruise speed and many other changes to satisfy the airlines. This resulted in the A350 XWB, but it means much extra development work and the intended in-service-date for the aircraft has slipped from 2010 to 2013, more than four years behind the scheduled introduction into service of the 787.

Airbus has planned three versions of the new airliner: the A350 XWB-800 carrying around 250 passengers in a three-class configuration, the A350 XWB-900, which accommodates around 300 passengers and the A350 XWB-1000 with about 350 seats.

The Airbus A350 XWB will be substantially more fuel-efficient than the A330 and less noisy. About 60 per cent of the A350 airframe will be built of weight-saving advanced materials like carbon fibre reinforced plastics (CFRP) and aluminium lithium alloys. In the A330 this is only 15 per cent. The new aircraft will be the first Airbus product with an all-composite wing. The rear fuselage and the tail cone will be constructed from composites as well. An aluminium lithium alloy is used in the forward and aft sections of the fuselage.

The cabin windows will be larger than on the A330. The cockpit crew rest area will be placed beneath the cockpit. This does not only saves space on the main deck, it is also a security precaution to keep the cockpit completely separated from the rest of the aircraft.

The first airline to sign a letter of intent for the A350 XWB was Singapore Airlines. Several other airlines had ordered earlier versions of the A350. Among them are Eurofly, Air Europa (Spain), Kingfisher Airlines (India), Qatar Airways, TAM (Brazil), US Airways, Finnair and several leasing companies

Sterling Airlines Air Hostess Photos

2010-09-25T15:57:00.001+05:30

1200 CFM Engines will be delivered in 2010

2010-06-24T22:16:00.000+05:30

CFM, which is jointly owned by General Electric and Snecma, a unit of French aerospace firm Safran, is the sole engine supplier on the best-selling Boeing 737 and also fits engines for Airbus.

The joint venture delivered 1,263 engines in 2009."Deliveries are in line with our forecasts. At this stage of the year, we expect to be able to deliver more than 1,200 CFM engines in 2010," Snecma chief executive Philippe Petitcolin said. "New orders are satisfactory despite the crisis," he added.

Boeing said this month it would increase the production rate on its narrow-body 737 model to 35 planes per month in early 2012. The production rate increase is the second announced for the single-aisle plane this year.

Boeing and its rival Airbus suffered a slump in orders in 2008 and 2009 amid an economic recession. Demand has improved as the economy recovers.

Petitcolin was speaking at a European certification ceremony for the engines which it has helped to develop for Russia's Superjet 100 regional passenger jet built by Sukhoi. Sukhoi has sold about 100 of the twin-engined, 75-95 seat aircraft but Petitcolin said he hoped sales would rise to the equivalent of 400 planes. "We will have done our work properly if we build at least 800 engines on this programme," Petitcolin said.

Deliveries of the Superjet are running about two years behind schedule.

Alexei Fyodorov, head of Russia's government-owned United Aviation Corporation (UAC), last year blamed engine producers for the delay of Russia's first passenger jet project since the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.

Russian officials say the first plane will be delivered by the end of the year, compared with an original target of 2008.

UAC is the owner of Sukhoi -- best known for making fighter jets -- which is developing the Superjet 100 in partnership with shareholder Finmeccanica of Italy.

Snecma and Russia's NPO Saturn are making the Sam146 engines, while France's Thales is involved in avionics. Russian flag carrier Aeroflot is first on the list of buyers.

Mid-Air Crash which Claimed the lives of two Teenage Girl Pilots

2010-02-06T16:40:00.002+05:30

A mid-air crash which claimed the lives of two Air Training Corps cadets and their RAF instructors was said today to have been caused by the instructors being unaware of the position of the other aircraft.

Armed Forces Minister Bill Rammell said the inquiry into the accident near Porthcawl in South Wales last February concluded that 'either the pilots did not see each other, or they did not do so until it was too late'.
It is believed the planes clipped wings before tumbling in flames from the sky during a 20-minute 'air experience' flight from RAF St Athan, Vale of Glamorgan.

He said the RAF inquiry panel found 'the cause of the accident was the controlled flight of both aircraft into the same airspace at the same time as a result of both aircraft captains being unaware of the position and proximity of the other aircraft'.

In a written statement, Mr Rammell said a number of 'contributory, probable and aggravating factors' were identified and the 29 recommendations made by the panel to address them would be implemented 'as soon as practicable'.
Among the recommendations were fitting 'collision warning systems' to the training aircraft.
Cadets Nikkita Walters, 13, and Katie-Jo Davies, 14, who were cousins from Evanstown, near Gilfach Goch in the South Wales valleys, died in the crash.
Their instructors, Hylton Price, 63, from Bridgend, and Andrew Marsh, 24 from Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan, were also killed.

Mr Rammell said the purpose of the inquiry was to establish the circumstances of the accident and to learn lessons from it, adding: 'It does not seek to apportion blame.'

He added: 'Our deepest sympathies remain with their families and friends. I know that the RAF community was deeply saddened and shocked by this terrible accident.'

The girls set off for the flight in the Grob Tutor aircraft used by the University of Wales Air Squadron based at the St Athan RAF base near Barry, South Wales.

The RAF Service inquiry said radar showed both were making different turns and heights until crossing above the sand dunes at Kenfig Hill.
Katie-Jo and Nikkita - who had grown up toge

Katie-Jo had joined her cousin in the 1004 Air Training Corps based in Pontypridd, South Wales, just two months earlier and both had put their names down for the taster flight.
Nikkita had been a member of the ATC for eight months and had just passed her first class cadet examinations.

Their parents declined to comment on the inquiry. But earlier the families said: 'Words cannot describe how devastated we are at the loss of our girls. They were much loved and will be so sorely missed.'

Flying Officer Price was a retired wing commander who once flew Tornados and Phantoms and was a member of the RAF voluntary reserves.

Flt Lt Marsh had only been promoted a week before the tragedy and was waiting to start advanced fast jet training at RAF Valley on Anglesey.
An inquest will be held later by Bridgend coroner Phillip Maddox. Mr Rammell said the Ministry of Defence would co-operate fully with the coroner.

Dhruv helicopter crashed in Ecuador

2009-10-30T01:17:00.000+05:30

The Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has asked its team in Ecuador to look into the reasons behind the crash of a Dhruv helicopter during a military parade in Quito today in which two pilots were injured.
"Our team is stationed in Ecuador to support their Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) fleet and it is looking into the reasons behind the crash," HAL spokesperson Anantha Krishnan said over phone from Bengaluru.

"We don't have any further details of the incident," he added.

After the crash, Ecuadorian authorities grounded their fleet of the remaining six ALHs, a report from Ecuador said.

The chopper was destroyed in the accident and the crew members, who had trained in India, were injured, it added.

An ALH helicopter crashed before the start of the Aero India exhibition in 2007, killingpilot.

Ecuador had procured seven ALHs from India and one of them was being used in their Presidential fleet also.

In 2005, Indian armed forces had grounded the ALH fleet after one of the choppers made a forced landing due to problems in its tail rotors.

Air France 447 crashed with 228 people on board

2009-06-01T22:18:00.002+05:30

An Air France plane with 228 people on board was presumed to have crashed into the Atlantic Ocean on Monday after hitting heavy turbulence on a flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris.

Air France said the Airbus flew into stormy weather four hours after its scheduled take-off from the Brazilian city and shortly afterwards sent an automatic message reporting electrical faults.

Company spokesman Francois Brousse said several of the plane's mechanisms had malfunctioned, preventing it from making contact with air traffic controllers.

"It is probably a combination of circumstances that could have led to the crash," he said.

The airliner might have been hit by lightning, he said. The Brazilian air force said the plane was far out over the sea when it went missing. Military planes took off from both Brazil and Africa to hunt for it.

Flight AF 447 left Rio de Janeiro on Sunday at 7 p.m. (11 p.m. British time) and had been expected to land at Paris's Roissy Charles de Gaulle airport on Monday at 11:15 a.m. (10:15 a.m. British time).

The carrier said 216 passengers were on board, including seven children and one baby, and 12 crew members. Air France said the pilots were highly experienced.

Tearful relatives and friends were led away by airport staff after they arrived at Roissy expecting to greet the passengers.

About 20 relatives of passengers on board the flight arrived at Rio's Galeao airport on Monday morning seeking information after hearing news of its disappearance.

EADS Reports 70% Operating Profit Down

2009-05-13T22:52:00.002+05:30

Airbus parent EADS faces a "substantial" earnings hit this summer as it tries to salvage its delayed A400M military aircraft project, compounding concerns over the outlook for its civil plane business.

The prospect of a clear-cut charge to fix the delayed A400M -- which analysts said could be as high as EUR3 billion euros (USD$4.09 billion) -- rattled EADS shares, as the aerospace group also posted a worse-than-expected 70 percent drop in first-quarter operating profit.

But the company said it could give little indication how big the cost of the A400M troop transporter would ultimately be, nor how battered airline markets would evolve in coming months.

Dampened by Airbus, EADS group first-quarter earnings before interest and tax, or operating profit fell to EUR232 million from EUR769 million in the first quarter of last year.

Revenues fell 14 percent to EUR8.467 billion, and the Franco-German group's net profit fell 40 percent to EUR170 million.

EADS said underlying first-quarter operating profit before these items stood at EUR0.4 billion, down almost 50 percent.

Boeing said last month first-quarter profit halved to USD$610 million due to order deferrals by airlines, and cut its 2009 outlook.

The future of the A400M depends on talks with seven European NATO governments which have agreed a moratorium until July.

EADS said the talks on a revised industrial plan could lead to a "substantial" charge once the future of the project is clear and that this could happen with second-quarter earnings.

Finance Director Hans Peter Ring said the coming weeks would be decisive. "A400M is our top priority," he said.

EADS took an interim charge in the first quarter of EUR120 million for A400M costs that can be anticipated now, adding to EUR2.5 billion of provisions written off as the project ran into development problems in the past two years.

The aircraft is now three to four years late, provoking recent warnings from Britain and Germany that they might cut orders.

The A400M is Europe's biggest military project and seen as crucial to EADS's efforts to diversify further away from passenger jets as it approaches its 10th anniversary next year.

Wi-Fi on AirTran Airways Planes

2009-05-13T00:24:00.000+05:30

AirTran Airways has tapped AirCell to offer passengers wireless, broadband Internet access on every flight starting mid-summer.

AirTran will have full inflight Internet service across its entire fleet of Boeing 737 and 717 aircraft. All 136 AirTran Airways jets will be fully outfitted with Gogo Inflight Internet service, which will be available to passengers for a fee based on the length of the flight, the Orlando, Fla.-based airline said.

"Installing Wi-Fi on every one of our aircraft is another great example of what sets AirTran Airways apart from our competitors," said Bob Fornaro, chairman, president and CEO of AirTran Airways, in a news release. "Giving business and leisure travelers a consistent, high-quality experience at a low price is a top priority. We feel that Wi-Fi on every flight gives us a distinct competitive advantage over other airlines."

US Airways Nonstop service to Birmingham

2009-05-13T00:10:00.001+05:30

Now on the US Airways customers will have a new United Kingdom option with nonstop service to Birmingham from the airline’s international gateway at Philadelphia International Airport. Birmingham is the first of three new US Airways offerings in 2009, preceding Oslo, Norway and Tel Aviv service to begin later this summer.

Senior Vice President, East Coast, International and Cargo Operations Suzanne Boda said, “We’re thrilled to expand our presence in the United Kingdom with new Birmingham flying. Our customers will have spectacular trans-Atlantic access via our international gateway at Philadelphia from London’s Heathrow and Gatwick Airports, Manchester and Glasgow, in addition to Birmingham. We appreciate the support and hard work of Birmingham officials as well as the continued partnership of the Philadelphia Division of Aviation.”

US Airways was America’s number one on-time airline in 2008 among the “Big Six” hub-and-spoke airlines according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) monthly Air Travel Consumer Report. US Airways, along with US Airways Shuttle and US Airways Express, operates more than 3,100 flights per day and serves more than 200 communities in the U.S., Canada, Europe, the Caribbean and Latin America. The airline employs more than 33,000 aviation professionals worldwide and is a member of the Star Alliance network, which offers our customers more than 16,500 daily flights to 912 destinations in 159 countries worldwide. And for the eleventh consecutive year, the airline received a Diamond Award for maintenance training excellence from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for its Charlotte, North Carolina hub line maintenance facility.

Virus - Airliners Cutting Services to Mexico

2009-05-03T22:24:00.002+05:30

Continental Airlines Inc., the biggest U.S. carrier to Mexico, said it will cut by half the number of seats it sells to fly to Mexico beginning Monday. The Houston-based airline said it will work with travelers to get them where they need to go, although schedules and routes might change.

US Airways Group Inc., another major U.S. carrier to Mexico, said it would reduce its May and June departures to Mexico by 38 percent, beginning May 10.

Delta Air Lines Inc. also said it would reduce its Mexico service to match declining demand, but it didn't indicate how deep the cuts would be.

UAL Corp.'s United Airlines said it will cut its weekly flights to Mexico from 61 to 24 this month, beginning on Tuesday. Its June schedule will drop from 90 flights per week to 52. United said Mexico represents less than 2 percent of its overall capacity.

Southwest Airlines Co. doesn't fly to Mexico, but its chief executive said bookings within the U.S. may have softened in the past week in response to concern about flying.

"It's having an effect on air travel," Southwest CEO Gary Kelly told The Associated Press. "The bookings this week have been erratic at best ... it does seem like we're off-trend, and I just wouldn't be surprised at all if we find that our traffic is impacted over the next couple of weeks because of this concern."

Kelly didn't provide any numbers, but he said that as schools close -- Fort Worth became the first large U.S. district to shut all its campuses -- and large public events around the country are canceled to avoid spreading the virus, air traffic could fall.

Continental said it will reduce May flights to Mexico by about 40 percent and use smaller planes but will continue flying to all 29 Mexican cities it serves. It also extended its waiver policy to let customers with trips booked for Mexico change itineraries without penalty by the end of May.

Continental was running an average of 450 flights a week to Mexico, and the changes will cut its expected May capacity about 2 percent.

"We were already experiencing soft market conditions due to the economy, and now our Mexico routes in particular have extra weakness," said Larry Kellner, Continental's chairman and CEO.

US Airways said it would reduce its schedule by cutting the number of flights and by flying smaller planes, but that it wouldn't pull out of any Mexican cities altogether.

It also said it would reevaluate its July and August schedule in the next few weeks. It said it hopes to resume its normal schedule of flights to Mexico on July 2.

US Airways said the planned reductions amount to 0.5 percent of its systemwide departures.

Jim Corridore, an analyst for Standard & Poor's, said the reductions are an insignificant part of Continental's total capacity and revenue, and it's an even smaller problem for other airlines.

"If the main concern stays focused on Mexico, swine flu shouldn't have a big impact on the U.S. airline industry," he said. "I would expect that this would be a short-term issue."

Delta officials said they were reducing flight frequencies and switching to smaller jets on some flights to pare capacity to Mexico while still serving 11 Mexican cities. Atlanta-based Delta, which also operates Northwest Airlines, runs 350 flights a week to Mexico.

AirTran Airways, which operates only 16 weekly flights to the resort town of Cancun, will cut two of those flights. Spokesman Christopher White said the decision was based on demand over the past several weeks, not just since the flu epidemic hit.

JetBlue Airways Corp. canceled about a dozen flights over the next month to Cancun because they weren't full enough, said spokesman Bryan Baldwin.

American Airlines was monitoring travel demand to Mexico but hadn't canceled any flights by late afternoon, said spokesman Tim Smith. AMR Corp.'s American is the second-biggest U.S. carrier to Mexico.

Health authorities have confirmed 15 swine-flu deaths in Mexico and one in the U.S., a toddler from Mexico who died this week in Houston. There are more than 500 confirmed cases worldwide, including more than 300 in Mexico and more than 100 in the U.S.

A United Airlines ramp worker in Denver was among those confirmed with swine flu, said airline spokesman Rahsaan Johnson. The man last worked on April 23, and reported getting sick after that, Johnson said. There's been no indication that any of the man's co-workers have fallen ill, he said.

"We're all very happy that he is well. He is out of the hospital and recovering. We are looking forward to welcoming him back to work," Johnson said.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advised against nonessential travel to Mexico, and European Union officials advised their citizens to postpone nonessential travel to parts of Mexico and the U.S. affected by swine flu.

A check by The Associated Press on Wednesday showed that some flights from the United States to Mexico had an unusually high number of empty seats. Flights heading north appeared to be fuller.

After a flap this week over comments by Vice President Joe Biden, who said he told family members to avoid airplanes, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood declared that air travel was safe and there was no reason to cancel flights.

Kelly, the CEO of Dallas-based Southwest, said air travel is safe but that his airline had instructed employees to be vigilant about washing hands, sanitizing aircraft and looking out for fellow workers or passengers who appeared ill.

Anyone who looks ill will be given a paper mask to wear during the flight, he said.

Alaska Airlines said it was removing pillows and blankets from all of its 114 planes, and would disinfect and sanitize all of its planes during overnight maintenance. It said crews were also doing an extra interior cleaning of planes arriving from Mexico in between flights.

Sabre, a major airline reservation and ticket-distribution company, said other than a decline in trips to Mexico, travel within the United States and to other parts of the world appeared to be holding steady

Beautiful Air Hostess of Kingfisher Airlines

2009-05-01T23:45:00.000+05:30

Continental Airlines Seasonal Service

2009-05-01T23:26:00.001+05:30

Continental Airlines is launching seasonal daily non-stop service between its Cleveland hub and London's Heathrow Airport, effective May 2, 2009 (eastbound). The new route replaces the previous seasonal service between Cleveland and London/Gatwick Airport.

"The new flights give Cleveland travelers convenient access to Europe's most popular gateway airport for U.S. travelers," said Jim Compton, Continental's executive vice president marketing. "In addition to serving London, Heathrow will provide both business and leisure travelers numerous connections to cities in Europe, the Middle East and Africa."

The new Heathrow service will operate from May 2 through Sept. 26 (eastbound). Flights will depart Cleveland daily at 8:25 p.m. and arrive in London at 9:15 a.m. the next morning. The return flights will depart London daily at 11:40 a.m. and arrive in Cleveland at 3:30 p.m. the same day.

The service will be operated by Boeing 757 aircraft, seating 16 passengers in the award-winning BusinessFirst cabin and 159 passengers in economy.

Continental will continue to operate two daily flights to Heathrow from its Houston hub at Bush Intercontinental Airport in addition to three daily flights to Heathrow from its New York hub at Newark Liberty International Airport.

In addition to its Heathrow flights, Continental also operates easy connecting service from Cleveland through Newark Liberty to Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Manchester, as well as Dublin and Shannon - offering trans-Atlantic service to more cities in the U.K. and Ireland than any other airline.

Continental Airlines is the world's fifth largest airline. Continental, together with Continental Express and Continental Connection, has more than 2,750 daily departures throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia, serving 133 domestic and 132 international destinations. More than 750 additional points are served via current alliance partners. With more than 43,000 employees, Continental has hubs serving New York, Houston, Cleveland and Guam, and together with its regional partners, carries approximately 67 million passengers per year.

Celebrating its 75th anniversary this year, Continental consistently earns awards and critical acclaim for both its operation and its corporate culture. For the sixth consecutive year, FORTUNE magazine named Continental the No. 1 World's Most Admired Airline on its 2009 list of World's Most Admired Companies. For more company information, go to continental.com.

US Airways Charges an Extra $5 Baggage Fee

2009-04-27T00:18:00.003+05:30

US Airways says it's going to begin charging passengers an extra $5 per bag to check luggage at the airport rather than online. The Tempe-based carrier currently charges $15 for the first checked bag and $25 for the second. But an extra $5 per bag now will be charged to passengers who pay those fees at the airport rather than prepay their baggage fees by checking in online.

The change applies with tickets booked today for flights beginning July 9th. US Airways says the new fee would encourage passengers to use self-service options.

The airline doesn't charge to check baggage for travelers with "preferred" status on its frequent-flier program, those flying across the Atlantic, and military personnel on active duty.

Man Ran towards the Cockpit in Delta Airlines Flight

2009-04-27T00:08:00.001+05:30

A Delta Air Lines flight from New York to Tel Aviv, Israel, has been diverted to Boston after an unruly passenger rushed the cockpit.

A 22-year-old Israeli man ran toward the cockpit and pounded on the door. The passengers are being held in Boston as investigators interview them and check their luggage. No other flights have been affected.

Flight 86 had 206 passengers and 11 crew members aboard when it landed Friday night at Logan Airport. The plane had left New York about two hours earlier.

American Airlines engine fire due to unapproved maintenance practices

2009-04-11T21:49:00.002+05:30

Safety investigators traced a 2007 American Airlines engine fire to unapproved maintenance practices that eluded the carrier's quality-assurance auditors, the National Transportation Safety Board disclosed now.

The September fire happened shortly after American Airlines Flight 1400 departed Lambert-St. Louis International Airport. The pilots returned to the airport without injuries or fatalities to any of the plane's crew or 138 passengers.

Yet the pilots also prolonged the fire by failing to follow a checklist that leads them through steps during such an emergency, the safety board said. Accident investigators said the crew became distracted and failed to quickly shut off fuel to the damaged engine, causing a loss of hydraulic pressure. That led to problems deploying the front landing gear.

"It was a series of people taking shortcuts that accumulated on this particular day into what could have been a much more catastrophic incident," said board member Kitty Higgins.

American has been under closer regulatory scrutiny since last year, when it grounded hundreds of McDonnell Douglas MD-80 jets following federal safety audits. The Federal Aviation Administration last month started a three-month audit of American's safety procedures.

Safety board members said their review was limited to the engine fire, which occurred on an MD-82.

"There was a host of serious problems that ... when you added them all together could have been extremely catastrophic to the point where life could have been lost," acting board Chairman Mark V. Rosenker said.

During the week before the accident, the jet's left engine failed to start on multiple occasions, the board said. Mechanics repeatedly used an unapproved tool, such as a screwdriver, to open a valve that manually starts the engine, the board found. Boeing warned carriers in 1997 that using the wrong tool could deform a pin on the start valve. The damaged pin triggered a malfunction that sent sparks into the metal cover that contains the engine, where there was probably some kind of fuel leak, the board said.

The safety board determined that American mechanics replaced the start valve six times but missed the cause of the failed engine starts: a worn-out, stainless steel air filter. American's audit team also failed to identify the cause of the problem, the NTSB said.

"Where they have found deficiencies in how our personnel performed, we are going to strengthen our training," said Tim Wagner, an American spokesman.

American has started to replace components of the start valve on all MD-80s and plans to complete the work in 2010, Wagner said. The carrier has also increased staffing on its audit team to monitor more mechanical work.

Mid-Air bathroom emergency on Delta Airlines

2009-04-11T21:44:00.000+05:30

A Passenger who allegedly twisted a flight attendant's arm in a bid to use an airline toilet is facing charges.

Joao Correa, 42, said he had “a bathroom emergency” onboard a Delta Airlines flight from Honduras to Atlanta. When attempting to access the bathroom, he found it was blocked by a beverage cart.

Mr Correa was then told he wasn’t allowed to use the business class toilet, due to Transportation Security Administration policy.

In his desperation Mr Correa ran to the business class bathroom but was blocked by a flight attendant’s arm, and said he was forced to grab it “to keep his balance”.

However the flight attendant alleges that Mr Correa grabbed her right arm and twisted it, authorities have reported.

Mr Correa was arrested when the plane landed in Atlanta and was charged with interference with a flight crew.

Sky Europe Air Hostess Photos

2009-04-05T14:24:00.002+05:30

American Airlines Landed Safely after Emergency

2009-04-01T00:13:00.000+05:30

An American Airlines flight landed safely at Eppley Airfield after a scare in the air near Omaha.

Around 9:45 on Monday night, emergency crews at Eppley scrambled into place, after getting an alert that the flight was on its way. Flight 1708 was en-route from Las Vegas to Chicago, when it lost cabin pressure near Omaha.

American Airlines told that the pilot dropped the plane's altitude from 25,000 feet to 14,000 feet and dropped the oxygen masks in the cabin as a precaution. There were 140 passengers and five crew members on board.

The plane landed safely in Omaha just before ten o'clock on Monday night.

American Airlines moved the passengers to another available airplane at Eppley, and they continued on to Chicago. The airline will move another aircraft to Omaha in the morning to replace the one that headed to Chicago. By luck no one was hurt.

Emergency Landing of MD-83

2009-03-14T00:23:00.001+05:30

The engine of an American Airlines jet broke apart in midair and showered a Queens neighborhood with shards of turbine blades as it made an emergency landing Wednesday. Luckily, no one was hurt on the Chicago-bound plane or on the ground, though pieces of the MD-83 hit a warehouse and cracked the windshields of two parked cars in College Point.

"We heard a very loud explosion followed by 30 seconds of debris raining down," said Bob Bellini, who owns Varsity Plumbing and Heating Corp. on 123rd St.

The twin-engine plane, carrying 88 passengers and five crew members, took off from LaGuardia around 8 a.m. The pilot reported trouble with the right engine minutes later, reversed course and made a beeline for Kennedy Airport.

"Captain got on and said we lost an engine and would be doing an emergency landing at Kennedy Airport," one passenger told WNBC's "News 4 New York." "[I] thought about my wife and children and just was praying that we would land safely."

The engine turbine failed but the blades did not pierce the cowling, the metal covering around the engine, or the plane's fuselage, officials said.

The aircraft was built to spit out pieces of the blades during a failure and it appears that's what it did, said National Transportation Safety Board spokesman Peter Knudson.

A repair history for the plane, built in 1999, was not immediately available. The Federal Aviation Administration had no record of accidents, but the model was grounded last April because of hydraulic problems.

MD-83s are a newer version of the MD-80s. Queens Borough President Helen Marshall said the series is outdated, bad for the environment and potentially dangerous.

"We are lucky no one was hurt here," she said in College Point. "They certainly need to be taken out of operation."

American spokesman Tim Smith, however, defended the model. "These aircraft are fully safe," he said.

SARAS Crash Claims the life of two IAF Pilots and one Flight Engineer

2009-03-06T20:29:00.004+05:30

India's national pride and the second prototype of Saras, India's first indigenously designed civilian plane, crashed during a test flight on Friday killing all the three crew members on board at Bidadi near here in a "setback" to the project.

The NAL-built small prototype aircraft crashlanded in an open area at Sheshagirihalli at 3.45 PM and burst into flames. Charred bodies of Wing Commander Praveen, Wing Commander Shah and Squadron Leader Ilayaraja were retrieved from the wreckage of the aircraft which was completely destroyed in the accident. All the three crew members were experienced persons drawn from Air Force.

Saras is a twin turboprop powered multi-role aircraft. It is designed to take-off and land on short semi-prepared runways. Saras is capable of flying upto a maximum speed of 550 Km/ hour at a cruise altitude of 7.5 km.

According to an eye witnesses, people around the spot, where the incident took place, heard a loud sound and saw the air craft coming down. It fell on a vacant plot and burst into flames. The pieces of the charred aircraft were strewn around the area.

The army, police and the fire brigade are at the spot with a rescue chopper from the HAL.

This aircraft was second prototype of Saras and was on its test flight schedule.
The aircraft crash-landed near Bidadi. It is too early to say the reason for the crash of saras. The aircraft, which is eight to 14-seater, was on its 49th test flight.

This will create a major impact on the saras project.

Turkish Airlines crash that killed nine people and injured more than 100

2009-03-04T23:07:00.000+05:30

Investigators are examining turbulence as one of the possible causes of the Turkish Airlines crash that killed nine people and injured more than 100 near Amsterdam's main airport, a spokesman said Saturday.

Fred Sanders, a spokesman for the Dutch Safety Authority investigation team, also said that the wreckage that has lain in a muddy field since it plunged out of the sky Wednesday one mile short of the runway could be moved Sunday evening.

A Turkish pilots' group claimed that turbulence from a large plane landing at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport shortly before the doomed flight, which was carrying 135 passengers and crew from Istanbul, may have caused the crash.

Turkey Airline Pilots' Association Secretary-General Savas Sen said late Friday that a large Boeing 757 had landed at Schiphol Airport two minutes earlier. Sen said that plane most likely created "wake turbulence" that hampered the Turkish aircraft's landing.

Wake turbulence forms behind an aircraft as it passes through the air. "All possible causes are (being) investigated and turbulence is known to have caused problems in the past, so you never know," Sanders said.

The investigators on Saturday continued to analyze flight data and cockpit recordings retrieved from the Boeing 737-800's "black boxes" and hope to be able to give a preliminary cause of the crash next week.

In Istanbul, the head of Turkish Airlines' board of directors paid tribute to pilots Hasan Tahsin Arisan, Olgay Ozgur and Murat Sezer and flight attendant Ulvi Murat Eskin at their funerals.

Candan Karlitekin said that, of the 135 people on board, 126 survived due to the pilots' skills. "It was a miracle but a sad miracle," Karlitekin said in a teary address. "They saved the lives of 126 people and made their families happy, but they died themselves."

Dozens of survivors remained hospitalized Saturday and one was still in critical condition, said Heske Pohlmann, a spokeswoman for Haarlemmermeer municipality.

Boeing Co. said late Friday that three of the American victims were its employees and a fourth Boeing worker remained hospitalized.

Boeing on Friday identified the dead men as Ronald A. Richey of Duvall, Wash.; John Salman of Kent, Wash., and Ricky E. Wilson of Clinton, Wash. A fourth Boeing employee on the flight, Michael T. Hemmer, of Federal Way, Wash., was injured and remained hospitalized, a Boeing statement said.

Boeing Saturday issued a statement on behalf of Hemmer's family that said Hemmer "continues to respond well to treatment in the hospital."

Authorities did not release the identity of the other American and Turk killed.

Pieter van Vollenhoven, head of the Dutch agency investigating the crash, has said that the plane fell almost vertically from the sky, which pointed toward its engines having stopped. He said a reason for that had not yet been established.

Other possible causes under investigation include weather-related factors, insufficient fuel, loss of fuel, navigational errors, pilot fatigue or bird strikes.

Witnesses on the ground said the plane dropped from about 300 feet. It smashed into three pieces as it skidded to a halt in the mud but there was no fire.

The airline also denied reports that the plane, which was built in 2002, had had technical problems in the days before the accident. The plane underwent routine maintenance Feb. 19, and had to delay a flight Feb. 23 - the day before the crash - to replace a faulty caution light.

Qantas Airlines Air Hostess Photos

2009-01-24T00:24:00.002+05:30

Sexy Asian Air - Air Hostess Photo

2009-01-23T00:19:00.000+05:30

Southwest Airlines Air Hostess Photos

2009-01-04T20:46:00.000+05:30

Kingfisher Airlines to announce the Fare reduction on New Year

2008-12-30T22:43:00.002+05:30

It is a happy news to the Indian air travellers that most of the airlines in india are going to reduce their airfares. Followed by Air India and Jet Airways the India's leading private air-carrier Kingfisher Airlines would cut fares across its network from January 1, 2009.

Vijay Mallya, chairman of Kingfisher Airlines, while making the announcement, did not specify the actual percentage of cut in fares. He said the current low prices of Air Turbine Fuel or ATF had made it possible to offer five-star flying at low fares.

Kingfisher had earlier demanded that the government classify ATF in the declared goods category before the airline reduced its fares. The classification would enable a uniform 4% sales tax on ATF across the country and the proposal is now before Parliament.

Many state governments are against this as it could decrease their revenues. Currently, the sales tax varies from 4% to 32% and accounts for over 35% of airlines' operational cost

B/E Aerospace gives new life to the old A300-600 Aircrafts

2008-12-30T22:37:00.003+05:30

B/E Aerospace announced last week it has received a supplemental type certificate (STC) from the FAA which authorizes the company to convert Airbus A300-600 passenger aircraft to freighters. The STC was awarded to B/E Aerospace's Flight Structures unit (FSI). The company previously announced it had been awarded a contract by China Southern Airlines to convert six of its A300-600 passenger aircraft to freighters. B/E Aerospace expects the six aircraft program for China Southern Airlines to have a value of approximately $45 million.

B/E Aerospace has been responsible for the engineering design and STC certification of the Airbus A300-600 passenger-to-freighter conversion and will be responsible for manufacturing the required passenger-to-freighter conversion kits. B/E Aerospace's MRO partner, Guangzhou Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Company (GAMECO), a Guangzhou-based joint venture of China Southern Airlines and Hutchinson Whampoa (China) Ltd., will provide the touch labor and kit installation.

"The A300-600 STC marks a significant milestone in our passenger-to-freighter conversion business. We look forward to working with our launch customer China Southern Airlines," stated Mr. Amin J. Khoury, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of B/E Aerospace, Inc.

"The A300-600 aircraft is an excellent candidate for passenger-to-freighter conversion due to its superior operating economics. According to Air Cargo Management Group, 'the medium wide-body freighter segment, (the A300 and the B767), has been the fastest growing segment of the freighter market over the past decade." The A300-600 takes standard size containers and can carry almost double the LD3 containers that the competing B767 can carry. There are more than 100 A300-600 passenger aircraft in service, most of which are nearing the end of their useful lives as passenger aircraft," concluded Mr. Khoury.

Mr. Dong Su Guang, Vice President of China Southern Airlines Co., Ltd. and Chairman of GAMECO commented, "China Southern Airlines, GAMECO and B/E Aerospace working together have demonstrated a world class capability in achieving this milestone. We look forward to continuing our partnership as we convert our A300-600 passenger aircraft to freighters."

De-Icer Fumes in the Cabin of Alaska Airlines

2008-12-25T21:32:00.003+05:30

Twenty-Five Passengers And Crew Treated For Minor Discomfort. Seven crewmembers onboard an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-800 were taken to the hospital Wednesday, when fumes from the de-icing liquid being sprayed on the snow-covered airliner entered the cabin.

Seven were treated for relatively minor issues including eye irritation, dizziness and nausea. Eighteen passengers were also treated at the scene, according to officials with Sea-Tac International Airport.

Flight 528 to Burbank, CA was being sprayed down with propylene glycol de-icing fluid when passengers started complaining of eye irritation, and difficulties breathing due to the fumes. A number of emergency vehicles responded to the scene, though some passengers complained of being held onboard the plane for as long as 45 minutes until they were finally allowed off.

Propylene glycol has largely replaced ethylene glycol as the base for aircraft de-icing solution, due to the toxic properties of the latter. Generally consider safe in small doses -- propylene glycol is used in a variety of products, including food, cosmetics, and medicines -- large concentrations of the agent may still cause discomfort.

As a rule, flight crews typically shut off the aircraft's auxiliary power unit and the heating and cooling packs to prevent fumes from entering the cabin during deice operations. Ground crews avoid spraying de-icer fluid near air inlet vents.

Initial reports of two people being in critical condition after being overcome by the fumes were erroneous, said Alaska Airlines spokeswoman Caroline Boren. All 143 passengers ticketed on Flight 528 were later flown to Burbank on another plane.

American Airlines Flight slips off taxiway at O'Hare

2008-12-25T21:15:00.000+05:30

A plane taxiing to take off at O'Hare International Airport this evening hit an icy patch and slid sideways onto a grassy surface at the airport, airline and city officials said.

American Airlines Flight 1544 was scheduled to leave for Washington, D.C., and slid off the taxiway after departing the gate at 6:42 p.m.

Airline spokeswoman Mary Frances Fagan said the jet was not going very fast as it was trying to turn to get to the runway, and only the left main nose tire went off the pavement.

There were no injuries to the 54 passengers and crew of five aboard, said Fagan.

A city Department of Aviation representative confirmed there were no injuries, and said Chicago Fire Department and Police responded to the scene.

Passengers were removed and taken to the terminal by bus, where they would be placed aboard other flights, Fagan said.

Runway 22L was temporarily closed due to the incident, but flight operations were not impacted because other runways remained open, according to the Department of Aviation.

The cause of the incident has not been determined and is under investigation.

Great Escape of Continental Airlines Flight 1404 at Denver

2008-12-25T20:58:00.000+05:30

It was a miracle that no one was killed when an airliner veered sharply off a runway during takeoff, burst into flames and nearly broke apart, firefighters said Sunday.

There was no official word on the possible cause of the crash of Continental Flight 1404 at Denver International Airport, which injured 38 people. Flight data and cockpit voice recorders were recovered and appeared to be in good condition, the National Transportation Safety Board said Sunday.

The weather was clear but cold when the plane attempted to take off for Houston around 6:20 p.m. Saturday. Winds at the airport were 31 mph, said Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor.

"No other aircraft opted against taking off due to wind" before Flight 1404 tried to lift off, Gregor said.

The entire right side of the Boeing 737-500 was burned in the Saturday evening accident, and melted plastic from overhead compartments dripped onto the seats. Investigators said the plane's left engine was ripped away along with all the landing gear.

Wizz Air - Air Hostess Photos

2008-12-20T22:23:00.001+05:30

Vietnam Airlines placed an Order for the purchase of 6 new ATR 72-500s

2008-12-20T21:45:00.001+05:30

Vietnam Airlines placed an order for the purchase of 6 new ATR 72-500s, valued at over US$ 112 million. With these additional aircraft, and including the aircraft already on order, Vietnam’s flag carrier will expand its fleet of ATR 72-500s up to 14 aircraft by 2010.

Vietnam Airlines started operating ATR aircraft in 1992, and booked previous orders for ‘-500 series’ in 2001 and 2007. Once all the 72-500s are delivered, the modernization of its current ATR fleet, which today counts 7 ATR 72-200s and 3 ATR 72-500s, will be complete.

The airline will take delivery of their 11 ATR 72-500s currently on order between 2009 and 2010, thus standardizing its ATR fleet with the ‘-500 series’. The aircraft will be powered by PW 127M engines and will feature the latest navigation aid and communication tools. The aircraft will also be equipped with the “Elegance” cabin.

Commenting on the deal, Pham Ngoc Minh, President and CEO of Vietnam Airlines, said, “Thanks to the substantial growth of Vietnam’s domestic and within-Indochina aviation markets, the demand for aviation transport services from big cities Hanoi, Danang and Ho Chi Minh city to such tourist destinations as Nha Trang, Dalat, Phu Quoc, Siem Reap, Phnom Penh and Luang Prabang is accelerating rapidly. We strongly believe that with this purchase deal of 6 further ATR 72-500s, we will satisfy the increasing demand for services on short-haul routes, thus contribute to the promotion of tourism – investment – trade relations among regions and between Vietnam and its neighbouring Indochina countries.”

Since the beginning of the programme, ATR has sold 974 aircraft (419 ATR 42s and 555 ATR 72s) and has delivered 802 (401 ATR 42s and 401 ATR 72s), thus posting a current backlog of 172 aircraft

Labor Pains - Get in Southwest Airlines Flight

2008-12-13T16:40:00.001+05:30

If you're having labor pains, hurry up and go to Amarillo. You may get four free tickets on Southwest Airlines.

Southwest is celebrating its 30th anniversary in Amarillo on Friday, and said it would give the four free tickets to anywhere it flies to the first baby born Friday at Amarillo's North West Texas Health Care System or Baptist -- St. Anthony's Health System hospitals.

Southwest says anyone wearing yellow at the airport gets a free complimentary adult beverage, although 7-year-old in a Spongebob T-shirt probably isn't going to talk them out of a beer.

Vietnam Airlines resumed flights to Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi International Airport

2008-12-08T21:52:00.001+05:30

Vietnam Airlines resumed flights to Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi International Airport after 10 days during which protesters had blocked the airport. According to the carrier’s representative office in Bangkok, the first flight carrying more than 20 Vietnamese passengers who had been stranded in Thailand during that nation’s recent political unrest had left the airport for Viet Nam.

Flights from Ha Noi and HCM City were to land in Bangkok, reported the office. The head of the office, Nguyen Khoi Nguyen, said Vietnam Airlines would continue to operate two flights per day between Ha Noi, HCM City and Bangkok.

Suvarnabhumi International Airport, one of the leading hubs in Southeast Asia, opened its doors again last Friday after 10 days of being brought to a standstill by Thailand’s political crisis.

Another Wide Body Aircraft in North American Airlines Fleet

2008-11-30T12:43:00.001+05:30

North American Airlines, a subsidiary of Global Aero Logistics Inc., is growing its fleet of charter jets just in time for this season's college football bowl games. North American has entered into an agreement with aircraft lessor AerCap Group to take delivery of its sixth Boeing 767-300ER in December 2008.

"This additional B-767 will be used to grow our commercial and military charter business," said Jeff Sanborn, Global's Chief Marketing Officer. "We know there is an annual scramble for air travel by the 68 bowl teams, bands and their fans. Not only are we making sure we have enough aircraft available to fly them to their end zones, but we've enhanced our website to make requesting a charter quote easy to tackle."

In addition to North American's fleet of B-757 and B-767 aircraft, Global is offering DC-10 and MD-11 aircraft for bowl charters from its other airline subsidiary, World Airways.

"From 197 seats to 355; from sports drinks and peanuts to beer and brats; from Honolulu to Miami; North American Airlines and World Airways can provide the right planes and the right service for a winning combination," said Sanborn.

North American Airlines and World Airways operated charter flights to 11 bowl and conference championship games in the 2007-2008 college football season.

Based in Peachtree, GA, Global Aero Logistics is the parent company of North American Airlines and World Airways. North American Airlines, founded in 1989, operates passenger charter flights using B-757 and B-767 aircraft. World Airways, founded in 1948, operates cargo and passenger charter flights using DC-10, MD-11 and B-747-400 aircraft.

Vietnam Airlines Air Hostess Photos

2008-11-25T12:16:00.000+05:30

Paramount Airways Started Chennai Pune Operations

2008-11-24T22:47:00.002+05:30

Paramount Airways started its third sector in Western India by launching its daily flights from Chennai to Pune. The flight took off from Chennai on 12th Nov at 8.40 pm and landed in Pune Airport at 10.10pm.

Commenting on the Pune launch Mr Thiagarajan, MD, Paramount Airways said, “As part of our expansion strategy we have launched the Chennai - Pune sector today. This we believe will help our foray into the western region and we hope to replicate the success that we have acheived in the Southern market. Being a premium airline, we are certain that Paramount would receive a huge franchise from these key market. This flight would be a convenient and comfortable option for Chennai flyers to Pune.”

The airline has recently launched the Ahmedabad, Goa sectors through the Chennai hub providing connectivity to the Southern markets. The airline has also launched its frequent flyer programe “Paramount Royale”.

Boeing 747 Held at Los Angeles International Airport

2008-11-24T22:23:00.004+05:30

An United Airlines flight was temporarily held at Los Angeles International Airport after a passenger fell ill and had to be diagnosed for a possible infectious disease.

City Fire Department spokesman Cecil Manresa said the Boeing 747 jet was held at the gate after arriving from Tokyo around 8 a.m. Sunday. Crew members and 334 passengers were ordered to stay on board while investigators from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention evaluate the 28-year-old male passenger.

Manresa said health officials determined that he suffered from food poisoning or some type of stomach illness.

United Airlines spokesman Jeff Kovick said passengers have been allowed to deplane.

Jet Airways Proposes 5-25 % Salary Cut

2008-11-23T23:44:00.003+05:30

Nov. 23 Jet Airways proposes to cut salaries of its staff by 5-25 per cent, airline sources said on Sunday. The pay-cut will not be be applicable to all employees drawing less than Rs 25,000 a month and the details will be announced in a week.

The reduction will be according to salary grades; five per cent for those in the Rs 75,000- Rs 2,00,000 bracket, 10 per cent for Rs 2-Rs 5 lakh bracket and 20 per cent for those drawing up to 10 lakh.

For the top management, the pay cut will be 25 per cent.

For pilots, the cut will be up to 20 per cent and the management is working out a separate proposal, sources said.

However, pilots of Indian origin are understood to have told the management that they would not accept the 20 per cent pay cut so long as the airline employs foreign pilots.

At a meeting with Mr Naresh Goyal, the airline’s Chairman, here on Sunday, Indian pilots are understood to have told him to ask expatriate pilots to go before slapping the pay cut, said another source.

Mr Goyal also is said to have rejected a VRS proposal for senior management saying that the airline has no money to offer.

An airline official said the airline management had asked all senior staff to accept a wage cut in view of the current slowdown in the industry and the likely loss of revenue. The high operating cost, coupled with the drop in traffic, has been affecting the profitability of airlines.

Wage cost accounts for 15-20 per cent of the operating costs. The company reported a net loss of Rs 384.53 crore in the second quarter this fiscal.

The airline had sacked around 1,000 employees in October but was forced to reinstate them after two days.

US Air Force Aircraft Photos

2008-11-22T17:38:00.001+05:30

Midwest Airlines Flight Diverted due to Mechanical Problem

2008-11-18T00:31:00.001+05:30

Mechanical problems forced a Midwest Airlines flight from Milwaukee to Washington to divert to a different landing site, and passengers had to wait two hours to get off the plane.

Washington's WTOP Radio reports the flight, headed from Mitchell International to Washington National Airport, had to be diverted to Dulles International Airport.

The plane landed at 1:00 a.m. Monday morning, but passengers had to wait until 3:00 a.m. to leave the jet.

Midwest Airlines typically doesn't fly into Dulles, and spokesman for that airport explained that crews there had to scramble to find enough staff to allow the passengers to depart from the plane.

Seven Killded and One Survived in BC Plane Crash

2008-11-18T00:14:00.001+05:30

A remarkable story of survival is emerging from a plane crash that killed seven people Sunday off British Columbia's Sunshine Coast.

The sole survivor scrambled out of the wreckage just before it burst into flames and, enduring burns to his body, hiked for several hours down a hillside to the waterfront, according to reports. There, wrapped in a yellow sheet, he was able to flag down a coast-guard boat.

The chartered plane, a Grumman Goose flown by Pacific Coastal Airlines, crashed around 10:30 a.m. on remote South Thormanby Island, 35 miles northwest of Vancouver in the Strait of Georgia, said Wayne Bamford, a Canadian coast-guard officer. It had been taking a construction crew from Vancouver International Airport to Powell River, B.C.

It was the second deadly crash for Pacific Coastal since August, when another Grumman Goose went down on Vancouver Island, killing five people. There were two survivors. Pacific Coastal has now decided to temporarily suspend its floatplane operation.

The plane that crashed Sunday was chartered to take construction workers to Plutonic Power's hydroelectric-power plant being built in the area. The main contractor for the project is Peter Kiewit Sons, which is based in Omaha, Neb., and has offices throughout North America, including Seattle.

A Plutonic spokeswoman said her understanding is that all of the victims were Canadian. Families of the victims were being contacted Sunday night.

The rescue crew saw the survivor wave to them, said crew spokesman Drew McKee. The man looked like he was enduring terrible pain.

"His face was burned, his chest was burned, his hands were burned and he had some gashes on his body," McKee said Sunday night.

"He didn't have to fight his way out of the plane, because it was in pieces," McKee said. "He got out, and pretty close to after he got out, the plane went up with a whoomph."

The survivor was "in remarkable shape," given the disaster, said Bamford, the coast-guard officer. He was lucky to make it to the beach to be rescued before fog set in.

The man was taken to a small community hospital at Sechelt and later transferred to Vancouver General Hospital.

There had been no communication from the pilot to indicate anything was amiss, said Spencer Smith, a Pacific Coastal spokesman. The amphibious World War II-era plane was perhaps 60 years old, he said, but had been overhauled last year. According to some reports, conditions for flying were marginal Sunday morning, with thick fog in places.

Plutonic CEO Donald McInnes said 297 people are working at the plant, and crews are rotated in and out three times a day on Grumman Goose planes. He hadn't had concerns about the planes in the past.

Because Pacific Coastal Goose planes have been grounded, McInnes said, workers would be transported for now with boats, helicopters or other types of aircraft.

Piedmont Airlines Dash-8 Lands with Nose Gear Up

2008-11-17T23:47:00.001+05:30

A US Airways Express plane, operated by Piedmont Airlines, made a successful emergency landing at Philadelphia International Airport Sunday morning.Originating in Allentown, PA, Piedmont Flight 4551 had 35 passengers and 3 crewmembers on board. On approach to PHL, the pilots extended the landing gear, but did not get a down and locked indication for the nose gear.

An airport flyover confirmed the Dash-8's nose gear was not down, airport spokeswoman Victoria Lupica said. Airport fire crews then foamed the runway in preparation for the plane's touchdown. As the plane skidded down the runway on its nose, there was no fire, and no injuries were reported, Fox News said.

After landing, passengers were deplaned and shuttled to the terminal by bus. The airport was closed for about 25 minutes, Lupica said. Although the runway was closed until early afternoon, PHL's three other runways remained open. The disruption of activity caused up to three-hour delays of some incoming flights, according to airport officials.

US Airways spokesman Morgan Durant said the cause of the problem is under investigation. The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board are also investigating, Lupica said.

Piedmont Airlines, Inc. operates as a US Airways Express carrier and is a wholly owned subsidiary of US Airways, with 440 daily departures to 55 cities throughout the eastern United States and Canada. Their fleet consists of 55 deHavilland DHC-8 turbo prop aircraft.

Beautiful Thai Airways Air Hostess Photos

2008-11-15T23:56:00.001+05:30

Southwest Airlines Fare Sale

2008-11-15T16:54:00.000+05:30

Southwest Airlines announced a nationwide fare sale Tuesday, with a Thursday deadline to purchase.

It appears from Southwest Airlines' Web site that you can travel from Dallas to the far ends of its system for no more than $109, plus taxes and such, depending on the day. Don't expect the cheap fares to still be available around Christmas to Orlando, for example.

The sale is good for travel between Dec. 2 and Feb. 11.

As Tom Parsons of Bestfares.com notes, we haven't seen many fare sales from Southwest lately. It has been nearly six months, he said.

"I have been monitoring Southwest Airlines airfares for over 27 years and have seen Southwest avoid a nationwide airfare sale for about six weeks, usually between Memorial Day through the 4th of July," Mr. Parsons says, "but to hold out on a system-wide airfare sale for almost six months is historical."

No to Onboard Service Cuttings in the Airlines in India

2008-11-15T11:47:00.002+05:30

If there is one area that airlines are refusing to touch even when they are flying low, it is their service offerings.

Some like Vijay Mallya-owned full-services carrier Kingfisher Airlines Ltd and Jeh Wadia’s budget airline GoAir are even introducing new services to boost demand and earnings.

Kingfisher, which is buried under the crushing dues owed to the Airports Authority of India (AAI), aircraft leasing firm GE Commercial Aviation Services (GECAS) and others, is revisiting its plans of serving free meals onboard its value service class Kingfisher Red. After a delay of about a month, Kingfisher will be going ahead with its plans to offer free meals on Kingfisher Red from November 20.

GoAir has also added business class on all its flights, where some rows will have two seats occupied on either side of the aisle even though there will be three seats per row.

This goes against the true low-cost airline model, which permits only economy seats on all flights. The fares for the business class seats, which will be branded as GoComfort, will be higher than for the other seats.

Others like Jet Airways, JetLite, SpiceJet and IndiGo may not be adding new frills but they are not even trimming them. A spokeswoman for full-services airline Jet Airways said, “Our services will continue to be what they were, whenever they were introduced.”

Kingfisher’s plan to serve snacks on its aircraft was deferred “due to logistics issues on the ground with external stakeholders,” said the full-services carrier’s spokesperson. In September, Kingfisher Airlines had announced that it would start serving free meals on Kingfisher Red (erstwhile Air Deccan and Simplify Deccan) from October. “We had some issue with the packers,” said a Kingfisher Airlines executive, who did not wish to be named. He said that the airline would not charge anything for the meals that would be served on the flight.

Jet Airways Introduced Special Fares to Europe

2008-11-15T11:33:00.000+05:30

Jet Airways has introduced special fares to several destinations across Europe, via its European hub in Brussels, and London, over the Winter holiday season. The special fares, in association with Jet Airways’ interline partner carriers, is valid for sale and travel with immediate effect.

Jet Airways operates daily services to Brussels and London using its Airbus 330-200 and Boeing 777-300ER aircraft.

The airline flies daily to Brussels from four gateway points in India: Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Bengaluru. These fares may also be availed of by Jet Airways’ Delhi/Mumbai passengers travelling to London Heathrow.

NOK Air Sexy Air Hostess Photos

2008-11-09T17:01:00.001+05:30

Jet Airways Airhostess Fell Down on the Tarmac

2008-11-08T23:52:00.002+05:30

An airhostess fell down on the tarmac from the Jet Airways aircraft while she was closing its door but escaped with minor injuries.

After the passengers were seated and instruction from the pilot,the airhostess was closing the door of the Mumbai-bound plane on Friday morning when she slipped and fell down from the plane, an airlines official said on Saturday.

She has been taken to the Indian Spinal Injuries Centre at Vasant Kunj, from where she was released after treatment, she said, adding since it was a Boeing aircraft, which are not very high from the ground, she did not receive serious injuries.

The best treatment has been given toher and the expense was borne by the airlines, the official said. The airlines fraternity does not term this incident as uncommon. Since we have to perform our duties wearing high heels, there are chances that we trip, said an airhostess.

Inauguration of Mumbai International Airport New Taxiway

2008-11-08T23:32:00.004+05:30

The new taxiway N9, Mumbai International Airport has been inaugurated on 01-Nov-08. The location of this taxiway has been designed (located at 2614m from the threshold of runway 09-27) to facilitate all wide-body aircraft to vacate the runway after landing.

N9 would be the first compliant taxiway for Code-F aircraft (such as A-380 and others alike) at CSIA that requires the width of the taxiway to be 25 mtrs and shoulders 17.5 m on each side. Its length is 180m.

The first flight to utilise this taxiway was a British Airways 119 flight from London, a Boeing 777-200 aircraft with Rgn No.GV-IIF at 11.40 hours on 01-Nov-08. With the two rapid exit taxiways, the extended parallel taxiway A4 and taxiway N9 in place, runway occupancy time for aircraft landing and taking off, is likely to be reduced.

Introduction of New Russian-made TU-204 Cargo Plane.

2008-11-08T23:27:00.000+05:30

Nov 7 (acn) Cubana de Aviacion airline made the commercial introduction of its new Russian-made TU-204 cargo plane.

Cubana Vice-president Barbara Barrios, along Cuba Cargo’s director, explained that the presentation is part of activities related to the 2008 Havana International Trade Fair (FIHAV), which allows Cuban companies learn more about the export-import capabilities of the airline.

Several representatives from local companies observed the TU-204 cargo plane in Terminal 5 of Jose Marti International Airport. The plane can carry up to 27 tons in its hold, and will service Caribbean and Central American routes.

In statements to the ACN news agency, Barrios announced the purchase of another similar plane that will allow the country to save on the chartering and leasing of planes.

Barrios pointed out that Cuba’s main airline has recently added to its fleet three Russian IL-96 passenger planes, mainly for flights to and from Europe, and two TU-204 planes for shorter flights to Latin America and the Caribbea

Mallya with Kingfisher Airlines Air Hostess Photos

2008-11-04T18:57:00.000+05:30

Air Asia Gorgious Air Hostess Photos

2008-11-01T13:26:00.001+05:30

Air Arabia started daily service to Hyderabad

2008-11-01T00:51:00.001+05:30

From 27-Oct-08 Air Arabia started daily service to Hyderabad, India from the carrier’s main hub in Sharjah, UAE. The launch of this new destination coincides with the carrier’s fifth anniversary celebrations.

The carrier announced that Hyderabad will be its 44th global destination and its 12th in India. As part of the five-year festivities, Air Arabia announced earlier this month, a promotional scheme by offering its passengers free flights on the carrier’s fifth anniversary day, 28-Oct-08, to any destination on the airlines’ network. The carrier made over 12,500 free seats available to its passengers, all of which sold out prior to 28-Oct-08. The anniversary period will culminate on 31-Oct-08.

Air Arabia will fly to Hyderabad daily, departing Sharjah at 12:20AM and arriving at Hyderabad at 5:30AM. Return flights will depart Hyderabad at 6:15AM and arrive in Sharjah at 8:40AM.

Merging of Delta, Northwest Airlines

2008-11-01T00:03:00.000+05:30

Having received approval from both the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Atlanta-based Delta Airlines announced yesterday that it has merged with Eagan, Minn.-based Northwest Airlines. Long expected, the merger between the nation's third and fifth largest airlines will create a "premier global airline" under the Delta moniker, according to Delta, which said it will integrate Northwest and its customers into the Delta system gradually over the course of the next 12 to 24 months.

"The airline industry faces a very difficult economic environment around the world and this merger gives Delta increased flexibility to adapt to the economic challenges ahead," Delta CEO Richard Anderson said in a statement. "With much of the work to bring our airlines together well under way, the new Delta will be at the front of the pack in achieving the benefits of consolidation and is well positioned to navigate the tough waters ahead in a difficult economy."

News of a rumored merger between Delta and Northwest broke as early as summer 2007, when Anderson took the helm at Delta. It became official, however, in April of this year, when the companies formally announced the massive amalgamation.

Stakeholders in both airlines approved the merger last month, as did the FAA. The transaction's final regulatory hurdle was the DOJ, which announced yesterday that its Antitrust Division had completed a six-month investigation into the companies and their intentions.

In the statement, the division concluded that the merger would help—not hurt—U.S. air travel: "After a thorough, six-month investigation, during which the division obtained extensive information from a wide range of market participants—including the companies, other airlines, corporate customers and travel agents—the division has determined that the proposed merger between Delta and Northwest is likely to produce substantial and credible efficiencies that will benefit U.S. consumers and is not likely to substantially lessen competition."

Although Northwest is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Delta, Delta plans to maintain the airlines' separate Web sites, operations and customer loyalty programs for the immediate future. In 2009, however, it will launch a fully consolidated worldwide flight schedule, integrate the Delta and Northwest brands, consolidate the airlines' loyalty programs and fully integrate their Web sites, kiosks and other customer-facing technology.

"This is a different type of merger for the industry thanks to the complementary nature of the two airlines and the caliber of the people who will make this the most successful merger in airline history," said Delta President and Chief Financial Officer Edward Bastian, who is now also president and CEO of Northwest Airlines.

For more information about the new Delta, which will serve customers in 66 countries and more than 375 cities.

Kingfisher Airlines Air Hostess Photos

2008-10-30T18:53:00.001+05:30

Jet Airways Selected as one of the Top Three Airlines in the World

2008-10-29T13:01:00.002+05:30

At a ceremony at New York’s Public Library, Conde Nast Traveler announced that Jet Airways has been selected as one of the top three airlines in the world in its 2008 Readers Choice Awards survey.

Jet Airways launched North American service last summer from Mumbai/Delhi to New York’s JFK and Newark airports adding Toronto Pearson International and San Francisco International airports within the past year.

Upon hearing of the Condé Nast Traveler selection, Naresh Goyal - Chairman and Founder of Jet Airways said: “When we started transatlantic service, one of my goals was to be recognized as one of the world’s top airlines within 5 years. Within 18 months, readers of Condé Nast Traveler – one of the world’s most prestigious magazines -- have reached that conclusion. It is extremely gratifying that our dedication to quality and excellence has been recognized so quickly in the North American market. We will continue to devote all our energies to exceeding expectations and ensuring the best travel experience for all passengers.”

American Airlines Drops Long-Held Policy for "Non-Elite Status Member"

2008-10-28T22:04:00.001+05:30

American Airlines announced Monday that for "non-elite status members," it will drop its long-held policy to give fliers a minimum of 500 miles. Starting Jan. 1, those customers will get only the miles they actually fly.

So if you fly 357 miles in the future on an American Airlines flight and you're not AAdvantage Gold, Platinum or Executive Platinum, you're only going to get 357 miles added to your AAdvantage account.

In addition, "any applicable bonuses" will be based on actual mileage as well. If you're participating in a promotion that gives you a 50 percent bonus on miles, it'll be 50 percent of 357 miles, not 50 percent of 500 miles.

"Similarly, elite status qualifying miles and points earned for travel on eligible flights will also be based on the actual miles earned,"" AAdvantage members were told. "AAdvantage Executive Platinum, AAdvantage Platinum and AAdvantage Gold members are exempt from this change."

That seems to mean that if you're an elite member, it won't be any harder to pile up enough miles to become an elite member. But if you're non-elite, it'll be harder to get into that exclusive club if you fly a lot of trips under 500 miles.

Other airlines this year have implemented an actual-miles policy, replacing the industry standard of 500-mile minimums. Among them have been US Airways (March 1) and United Airlines (July 1).

Continental Airlines will do away with the 500-mile minimum Jan. 1, 2009, for tickets purchased Nov. 15 and afterward.

Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines appear at present to be keeping the 500-mile minimum.

Autstrian Airlines Sale Postponded

2008-10-28T21:50:00.003+05:30

Austrian media are reporting the sale of Austrian Airlines is being postponed.
The Austria Press Agency cites a Finance Ministry spokesman as saying Monday that a privatization mandate given to the state holding company OeIAG will be extended until Dec. 31.

Austria's government decided in August to privatize its roughly 42 percent share in the ailing flagship carrier, which is steeped in 900 million euros ($1.1 billion) debt and recently announced it expects a net loss of up to 125 million euros ($156 million) for the 2008 fiscal year.

Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Germany's biggest airline, is reported to be the only potential buyer in the running.

Air Asia Air Hostess Photos

2008-10-27T17:41:00.000+05:30

Gulf Air Gorgious Air Hostess Photos

2008-10-26T22:04:00.002+05:30

Continental Airlines Reduces the Size of the Bag Allowed On-Board

2008-10-25T21:45:00.001+05:30

Beginning Nov. 1, Continental Airlines Inc. will reduce the maximum size allowed for carry-ons to 45 linear inches — the sum of the bag's length, width and height — down from 51 inches.

Continental spokeswoman Julie King said the change is being made to align policies of the Houston-based airline with those of its alliance partner airlines, including Delta, Northwest and Air France-KLM.

Passengers sometimes book a single ticket that involves travel on Continental and one of its partner airlines, which means currently customers could carry the bag on one leg of a trip but be forced to check it on the next.

King said there was no link between the change in carry-on policy and Continental's recent decision to charge customers $15 for checking a first bag.

Besides Continental's partners, many other so-called legacy airlines have a 45-inch limit on carry-ons, including American Airlines.

But AirTran lets 55-inch bags aboard, US Airways and Alaska Airlines allow 51-inch bags, Southwest sets the limit at 50 inches, and Frontier Airlines allows 49 inches.

British Airways' Final Service from the North West of England to New York

2008-10-25T21:28:00.002+05:30

British Airways' final service from the north west of England to New York's JFK airport left at 1018 BST. A spokeswoman said a decline in business travellers and increased competition had forced the move.

New York was British Airways' only remaining international route from Manchester Airport, future passengers will have to travel via London.

The British Airways (BA) flight from Manchester to JFK airport in New York used to fly on a daily basis, seven days a week.

Travellers can still fly with BA from Manchester, but only via Heathrow and Gatwick.
Other firms, including Delta and Continental, offer transatlantic services from Manchester.

American Airlines Announced an Order for 42 Boeing 787-9

2008-10-25T21:25:00.001+05:30

Even though most global carriers tighten their belts for the bumpy economic times ahead, at least one US carrier is planning for the next upturn. American Airlines announced an order for 42 787-9s on 15 October, with an option on 58 more. Delivery is due from 2012 onwards.

The deal was hailed by the carrier’s president cargo, Dave Brooks, as “great news” for cargo. “These aircraft are the long-range, intercontinental 787s, and since they are extremely fuel-efficient, we will be able to carry a lot of cargo on them,” he says.

Indeed, Brooks says the new aircraft will be even better cargo performers than the 777, which currently form the backbone of American’s fleet. It has 47 of the aircraft, and they are often regarded as mini-freighters because of their enormous belly capacity. But Brooks says the 787-9 will have four more LD-3 positions than the 777s, and the fuel efficiency to allow them to be filled.

Boeing says that with 20 per cent more fuel efficiency, the aircraft could provide up to 45 per cent more cargo revenue capacity than comparable aircraft today. The 787-9’s range of 8,500 miles also comfortably tops the 777’s 5,500-6,000nm maximum.

Where the 787-9s will be deployed has not yet been decided – 2012 is after all a long time in the future and the economic outlook uncertain – but replacement of the carrier’s 72 767s is likely to be a priority.

However, AMR chairman and chief executive officer, Gerard Arpey, also hopes that the 787-9s will be used to expand into new international markets, particularly if American, Iberia and British Airways succeed in their current application to the US DOT for antitrust immunity.

American will be getting the aircraft at a rate of six a year. The fact that it has got such early slots on the much-delayed 787 programme has raised eyebrows – even Air New Zealand, launch customer for the 787-9, is not getting its first aircraft until around the same time.

The maiden flight of the 787 is supposed to take place in the fourth quarter of this year, though the current machinists strike, which started in early September, must cast some doubt on that, as well as on the timing of the first delivery to All Nippon Airways, due for next August.

At the same time as American unveiled its new order, it announced a US$360m net loss for the third quarter, following a $284m fall in the second quarter ($1.4bn including exceptional items) and $328m in the first. Brooks says the results were “in line with expectations”, however, and the airline ended the quarter with $5.1bn in cash.

Cargo traffic, measured in ton miles, fell one per cent in the quarter to 509 million, while revenues rose 17.3 per cent to $230m. Altogether, cargo traffic is down 1.7 per cent for the year-to-date, while revenue is up 13.6 per cent.

New CEO of SpiceJet

2008-10-25T13:21:00.000+05:30

SpiceJet today announced the appointment of Sanjay Aggarwal, as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) with immediate effect. Aggarwal takes over the position from Siddhanth Sharma. Prior to his current responsibilities in SpiceJet Aggarwal held the position of Chief Operating Officer and Chief Strategy Officer for Flight Options.Previously Aggarwal had worked as senior director of Marriott International and had also been Manager of Financial Planning for the maintenance, reservations and internal consulting areas of US Airways.

Commenting on his appointment, Sanjay Aggarwal said, "I believe that SpiceJet is well positioned to grow rapidly as a low cost carrier, and I am delighted to have the opportunity to help the company achieve its potential."

Wilbur Ross, who led the recent $100 million cash infusion program into SpiceJet, added, "Of the many candidates, Sanjay was by far the most impressive. He is precisely the right person to lead the existing highly capable management team in turning SpiceJet around."

Emirates Airbus A380 Shower Photos

2008-10-22T13:56:00.000+05:30

Passenger Aircraft Just missed Colliding with UFO

2008-10-20T23:25:00.003+05:30

A passenger jet coming in to land at Heathrow Airport had a near miss with a UFO, according to newly-released Ministry of Defence files.

The captain of the Alitalia airliner was so concerned he shouted "look out" to his co-pilot after seeing the brown missile-shaped object shoot past them overhead.

The mysterious incident near Lydd in Kent in 1991 was thoroughly investigated by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and the military.

But having ruled out the object being a missile, weather balloon or space rocket, the MoD closed the inquiry and left the matter unsolved.

The unexplained close encounter is one of many recounted in military UFO documents now made available online by the National Archives.

Documents show the McDonnell Douglas MD80 aircraft was en route from Milan to Heathrow at 22,000ft with 57 people on board when pilot Achille Zaghetti saw the strange object 1,000ft above him.

He recounted: "At once I said, 'look out, look out,' to my co-pilot, who looked out and saw what I had seen.

"As soon as the object crossed us I asked to the ACC (area control centre) operator if he saw something on his screen and he answered 'I see an unknown target 10nm (nautical miles) behind you'."

The files show that Southern TV broadcast a story about a 14-year-old boy who reported seeing a missile flying at low level before climbing through the cloud and disappearing on the same evening.

An unnamed Whitehall official wrote: "It is our intention to treat this sighting like that of any other Unidentified Flying Object and therefore we will not be undertaking any further investigation."

There were a number of other similar incidents recorded in the same year.

On June 17, 1991 four passengers onboard a Dan Air Boeing 737 saw a "wingless projectile" pass beneath the aircraft as it climbed from Gatwick Airport headed for Hamburg.

And on July 15 the pilot of a Britannia Airways 737 reported seeing a "small black lozenge-shaped object" travelling at speed as they approached Gatwick.

Kingfisher Airlines Promise to the Young Pilots Gone with Winds

2008-10-20T22:50:00.001+05:30

Young pilots, who received letters of intent from Kingfisher Airlines promising them co-pilot positions once they completed Type Rating training in institutes abroad say, several of them have successfully completed their course and have got Indian licences, but have not heard from the airline regarding the promised job.

''They have been told that they (the airline) do not require crew. The communication was given to students as and when they completed course and contacted the airline for the promised job,'' says a source.

A young pilot who had been issued this letter says, ''The letter was issued to me in April and it clearly stated that I had to bear the course fee at the institute recognized by the airline. Since a job at the end of the course was guaranteed I coughed up Rs 35 lakh for this training programme. But after I came back, I contacted them (the airline) but I was asked to stay put and that they would get back to me, which has not happened so far.''

When contacted, a Kingfisher spokesperson - appearing hassled - said the airline would comment on the matter after a day. He referred to the statement issued by the airline on Saturday on the salary cut issue that spoke of the turbulence in the aviation industry meriting reduction in the capacity deployed.

'All these letters say that the airline would absorb us once foreign flight licence is converted into Indian and we are found 'skilled enough','' avers a pilot, who too holds an LoI. He says this ''skilled enough'' criteria that airlines could use against them.

The present job crisis seems routed in the massive recruitments that several airlines undertook in the year 2006 when many pilots undertaking training in India were called for placements. However, no airline is undertaking such placement exercises now. The placements in 2006 included a psychometric test and a personal interview following which letters of intent promising a job in the airline were offered. ''Of 107 people who had appeared for these interviews, 45 were selected and I was one of them,'' says a pilot who had appeared for Kingfisher interview.

Qantas Airlines Airbus A380 from Melbourne to Los Angels

2008-10-20T22:37:00.003+05:30

QANTAS'S Airbus A380 superjumbo is finally in business as the airline's debut commercial flight to Los Angeles takes off from Melbourne. It has become the third operator of Airbus A380.

The inaugural A380 service left Melbourne at 11.15 AEDT, and is scheduled to land in Los Angeles at 7.30am local time (1.30am Tuesday AEDT), where it will receive a star-studded welcome from Qantas Ambassador John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.

United Airlines Pilot Arrested After Failing Breath Test

2008-10-20T22:20:00.001+05:30

The 44-year-old, who works for the US carrier United Airlines, was arrested after giving a breath test to police at Terminal 1.

He was held on suspicion of "performing an aviation function whilst exceeding the alcohol limit", said police.

The man was "removed from duty", the airline said and bailed to return to Heathrow police station.

A statement released by United Airlines said the company's alcohol policy was "among the strictest in the industry". "We have no tolerance for abuse or violations of this well-established policy," it said.

"Safety is our number one priority and the pilot has been removed from service while we are co-operating with the authorities and conducting a full investigation."

A spokeswoman for the airline would give no details of the timing and flight involved in the incident which happened on Sunday but it is understood the flight was bound for San Francisco.

The legal limit for pilots is nine micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath.

This is more than three times stricter than the drink-drive limit, which is 35 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath.

Jet Airways Reinstate nearly 2000 Workers Sacked 24 Hours Earlier

2008-10-19T22:36:00.000+05:30

The extraordinary about-face -- symptomatic of the way business is done in India -- came amid reports that the Government, faced by a looming general election and fearing a voter backlash, had come down "like a ton of bricks" on Jet management over the sackings.

This was denied, however, by the chairman, Naresh Goyal, who told a late-night media conference that he had been moved to revoke the decision after watching tearful employees staging street demonstrations to get their jobs back. "This morning, when I saw tears in their eyes I could not sleep," he said. "All of you are my family. I've always said that from day one. Each employee is part of my family. "My management took this decision on the basis of certain economic conditions. As the head of the family, my conscience does not allow me to look at just the economics."

Mr Goyal denied that he came under intense pressure over the sackings, which involved the largest number of employees laid off in a single displacement by any company in Indian corporate history.

Few, however, doubt that it was, indeed, political pressure that forced the backdown, especially after a spokesman for the dominant Congress party, which is seeking re-election in the coming poll, railed against the mass sackings, saying: "This is India, not America. We are against the hire-and-fire policy of the aviation industry. You cannot have such a policy in a democracy."

Where the enforced backdown leaves the airline and the executives -- some highly paid foreigners hold key positions -- who ordered the mass sackings remains to be seen. Analysts point out that all the dire indicators that led to the sackings remain in place.

"The airline, on its own admission, is in deep trouble. Now they have 2000 employees on their payroll that they have said they do not need and do not want -- all because the chairman says he was moved by their tears. All this says a lot about doing business in India," one industry analyst said.

The depth of the crisis in the airline industry was reinforced last night when the national carrier, Air India, said it was seeking "a creative way of shedding flab".

Insisting it was not sacking anyone, the airline said it was offering voluntary leave without pay to 15,000 employees that would allow them to "go away" -- and off the payroll -- for between three and five years.

FAA to Fund Three more Airlines for Electronic Flight Bags EFBs

2008-10-19T22:12:00.003+05:30

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced Friday it has reached agreements with three additional US airlines to fund in-cockpit runway safety systems in exchange for critical operational data. The data will help the FAA evaluate the safety impact of this technology and is expected to accelerate key safety capabilities necessary for the transition to the Next Generation Air Transportation System.

Atlas Air Inc. received $510,000 to equip 17 aircraft with electronic flight bags (EFBs), CommutAir received $544,000 to equip 16 aircraft with EFBs and Aural Alerting Systems, and Shuttle America received $680,000 to equip 20 aircraft with EFBs and Aural Alerting Systems.

The surface moving maps with own-ship position and aural alert systems will be used on flights to or from 21 testbed airports, as well as other airports. The safety technology provides greater situational awareness for pilots to help them avoid unsafe operations on the airport surface.

In September, the FAA provided $600,000 each to SkyWest, Piedmont, US Airways and Southwest Airlines to install the cockpit safety equipment.

"This technology is on every pilot’s wish list," said Robert A. Sturgell, the FAA's acting administrator. "It's going to be a big boost for runway safety. As a former airline pilot myself, I can tell you putting these systems in the cockpit will raise situational awareness considerably."

The technology will be installed in aircraft at each airline by September 2009. By that time the agency also expects initial results from the data analysis. Each agreement will remain in effect through September 2011.

The FAA continues to review other proposals to deploy the surface moving map or an approved aural runway safety alerting system and expects to announce other awards. Twenty-two airlines responded to the FAA's request for proposals to invest in the two runway safety technologies.

Record Growth of Gulf Air

2008-10-19T21:27:00.001+05:30

GULF Air is scheduling new flights as it celebrates what it calls its best performance in its 58-year history. "We had the highest revenue and load factors on record and attained a 12 per cent year on year increase in yield during the summer, as well as a 16pc increase on revenue per available seat kilometre," said chief executive officer Bjšrn NŠf.

"We have also achieved the highest aircraft utilisation in the region and expect to carry six million passengers in 2008, with 27 aircraft. "This will make Gulf Air the third largest airline in the region measured in passenger numbers." Mr NŠf said the airline also now had the busiest network in the Gulf and Middle East region.

He said the airline was almost 12 months into an ambitious alignment strategy which will see it emerge as a premium, network carrier with selective global reach and the airline of choice when travelling to the Middle East and beyond.

"This performance signals that our strategy is working and our revamped network with a customer-friendly schedule, improved punctuality and strategic business alignments have all contributed to these achievements," said Mr NŠf.

He said these were exciting times for Gulf Air as it continued its momentum towards sustainable growth and introducing even higher standards in its products and services.

"As we gear up for our new, expanded winter schedule with new flights and new partners, I am confident that we can continue to achieve even greater success and customer satisfaction," said Mr NŠf

He said the airline, encouraged by the high seat load factors in Europe, which reached 93pc in August, would introduce two additional frequencies on its Frankfurt and Paris operations and had set its sights on opening four new destinations next year.

Gulf Air chief strategy officer Tero Taskila said the airline's strategy towards fleet optimisation and right-sizing of aircraft had contributed to this summer success.

"Our network strategy is based on providing our customers greater choice and seamless connectivity," he said. "We aim to deliver a minimum double daily service on all our routes across our entire network. We will also continue to expand our network to strategic destinations."

Demand for the Indian Cabin Crews

2008-10-19T21:21:00.000+05:30

The largescale retrenchment of Jet Airways employees might have scared those looking for a career as cabin crew. But the manner in which international airlines continue to hire crew from India is something that might give them hope. Training institutes say that soft skills and the language advantage makes Indians good candidates for international airlines, especially those operating from the Middle East.

According to the different cabin crew training institutes in India, various international airlines are hiring crew from India in spite of the turbulence in the aviation sector globally. “The day when Jet employees were sacked, NAS airlines from Gulf advertised for vacancies in India. And Bahrain Air was interviewing people for 19 crew positions in Kochi,” says Rakesh Agarwal, managing director, Frankfinn Training Institute.

The tough times for the aviation industry in India started from June 2008 with the fuel price hike, the brunt of which had to be eventually borne by passengers. Even then, airlines like Emirates were looking for people. “Gulf carriers prefer Hindi speaking staff because a section of their target audience does not speak English,” says Sapna Gupta, founder and director of Air Hostess Academy.

Moreover, aviation academies believe that besides crew jobs, there are a host of other jobs available for candidates in hospitality, travel and tourism. And, as most of them are HSC-qualified, they can experiment with these options till they are hired by airlines. For instance, the minimum age for crew in international airlines is 21 years. A 19-year-old HSC graduate can work with a hotel or travel agency till he lands a job with an airlines.

Korean Air Gorgeous Air Hostess Photos

2008-10-19T15:30:00.000+05:30

EADS and NACIL Joint Ventrue for MRO

2008-10-17T19:29:00.000+05:30

National Aviation Company of India Limited (NACIL) and European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS), signed (16-Oct-08) a Joint Venture Agreement for creation of an Aircraft Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) Centre in Hyderabad. This new MRO Centre after it receives the approval of the Government, will start its operations with effect from early 2009 at Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi.

It would become a Member of the Airbus MRO Network. As per the Agreement, the Joint Venture will undertake airframe maintenance and repair of Airbus aircraft of NACIL to begin with. Later, it will extend the facility to other types of aircraft (e.g. ATR) and aircraft of other airlines as also to aircraft other than the Airbus family and to component maintenance business. NACIL is a major operator of Airbus aircraft and is currently inducting 43 new A320 family aircraft into its fleet. The induction programme started with effect from mid 2007 and would continue till early 2010. Currently, it operates 43 A320s, 11 A319s, 10 A321s, eight A310s and two A330s of Airbus family aircraft.

EADS said, “This is a new milestone in the long history of cooperation between India and EADS. For the last three years, we have continued to expand our industrial relationship by launching several initiatives between different EADS’ divisions and the Indian Industry. EADS is keen to support the fast-developing aeronautic al sector in India.”

The facility would also cater to the markets in South Asia Region and neighbouring countries. By 2013, over one hundred single aisle aircraft and around ten wide body aircraft per year would be maintained and the centre would employ 250 to 300 Indian technical personnel.

NACIL said, “This first of a kind Joint Venture Airframe MRO in the country is of immense importance in today’s growing aviation market. With the setting up of this facility in Delhi, NACIL will see an increased availability of aircraft following reduction in major maintenance check times through enhanced productivity. Besides catering to our Airbus family aircraft, the facility will also be able to attract other airline’s jobs, thus not only leading to savings but also generate earnings for the Company.”

EADS added, “We are excited about this public-private partnership which is a milestone, being the first of its kind in the MRO field in India. The growth in the aviation sector is creating the need for world-class providers of services and we think our partnership will deliver the same to NACIL.”

In addition to the DGCA approvals, the MRO will also obtain approvals from FAA / EASA which will help it undertake outside party work. Both NACIL and EADS are initially 50-50 equity partners in the Joint Venture. A third Airbus network partner and local affiliate EADS Company would be inducted soon. The total project cost has been estimated at USD 40 million spread over five years which includes new wide body aircraft hangars, equipment, etc.

India's First Civilian Air Show

2008-10-17T19:24:00.001+05:30

India Aviation 2008, India’s first civilian air show started with the arrival of Air India’s Airbus 319 aircraft at Begumpet Airport, Hyderabad. This is the seventh owned A319 aircraft to be added into the Air India fleet.

The A319 aircraft has a total capacity of 122 seats in a two-class configuration of eight Executive and 114 Economy Class seats.
The A319s have been deployed for scheduled operations on key routes: Mumbai-Nagpur, Mumbai-Mangalore, Mumbai-Goa, Mumbai-Indore-Bhopal-Delhi, Delhi-Bhubaneshwar, Mumbai-Bangalore, Mumbai-Udaipur-Jodhpur-Delhi, Delhi-Bangalore, Kolkata Port Blair, Kolkata-Imphal-Aizawl-Kolkata, Kolkata-Ahmedabad-Jaipur-Kolkata, Mumbai-Kolkata, Mumbai-Hyderabad-Vizag, Delhi-Mumbai-Aurangabad, Delhi-Mumbai-Coimbatore-Kozhikode, Delhi-Ahmedabad, Delhi-Guwahati-Imphal, Delhi-Guwahati-Bagdogra-Delhi, Delhi-Patna, Delhi-Jammu-Srinagar, Delhi-Vadodara and Delhi-Raipur-Nagpur-Delhi.

Also on display is Air India’s Boeing 777-300ER aircraft. Air India offers a three class configuration - First, Executive and Economy Class.

Airlines Looking for Advertising On-board flights

2008-10-17T19:07:00.000+05:30

As airlines and air passengers, from different points of view, grow weary of increased airfares and new and higher fees, some carriers in the U.S. are beginning to look at advertising on board as a means of bringing in new revenue in a way that doesn’t further burden their customers.

There are already advertisements placed on boarding passes, on the bottoms of security bins and on in-flight TV screens, and for years, beverages, magazines and napkins used in flight have carried ads as well.

Harlan Platt, a Northeastern University finance professor, has suggested that the kinds and numbers of on board advertisements could increase exponentially as airlines seek new ways of raise cash. The professor added that the ads are likely to show up on the bathroom door, the overhead bin, and on any other available space viewed by passengers.

Some carriers in other parts of the world are already using their on board space for ads. The Irish no-frills airline, Ryanair, solicits ads for placement on the exterior of its aircraft, and on overhead bins and tray tables, in the interior.

The space and type of ad considered ‘fair game’ for ad placement is a decision each carrier needs to make, but Platt is predicting that an increasing number of airlines will decide that this type of advertising is an appealing – and largely untapped – means of raising revenue without alienating customers.

Arizona-based US Airways has been the most aggressive in embracing on board advertising, and was the first major carrier in America to have ads placed on tray tables. It is now seeking advertisers to place ads on its airsickness bags

Airlines in India Cancelling Their Orders with Airbus and Boeing

2008-10-16T23:54:00.003+05:30

Air India, Jet, Kingfisher Airlines and other carriers from the country have placed orders with Airbus and Boeing totaling more than $30 billion in the past three years as economic growth spurred optimism about travel demand.

Carriers are now struggling to raise funds because overcapacity, higher fuel prices and slowing demand will likely cause the industry to post $2 billion of losses this year, CAPA said. Local banks have cut lending to airlines, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel said yesterday.

Lenders worldwide have also curbed loans across all industries on concerns about getting their money back amid bank failures and an economic slowdown.

Boeing is confident it will keep its orders in India, even though carriers are struggling to find funds.

``It's a little bit harder for Indian aviation because of the overcapacity,'' said Boeing's Senior Vice President Dinesh Keskar. ``Who will give you money if they know that you will finish it in a certain amount of time?''

Toulouse, France-based Airbus in May said India was the weakest airliner market and predicted that carriers may delay or cancel plane orders in the next 12 months.

India's government will ask local banks not to put ``undue pressure'' on airlines, minister Patel said: ``We are finding airlines complaining that banks and institutions are not very happy to lend to them,'' Patel said. ``Airlines should be given breathing space to tide over this bad patch.''

Indian airline losses, which the International Air Transport Association says will be the biggest in the world this year after the U.S., are also spurring consolidation. Jet Airways and Kingfisher each bought a discount airline last year and this week they said they will cooperate on routes and share facilities.

The two airlines aim to save as much as 15 billion rupees ($307 million) with their alliance.

Kingfisher has also scaled backed growth plans. Airbus said in September it won an order from Arik Air of Nigeria for three A340-500 aircraft that were originally built for Kingfisher. The planemaker has also agreed to postpone deliveries of 32 single- aisle planes, the Financial Times reported Aug. 25, citing an interview with Kingfisher Chief Executive Officer Vijay Mallya.

Jet is considering delaying the delivery of two Boeing 777 aircraft by a year, Saroj K. Datta, executive director, said in July. The airline said that, it cut 800 jobs and may increase this to as many as 1,900 positions.

Ryanair has been voted as the World's Least Favourite Airline

2008-10-16T23:44:00.001+05:30

It's not a big surprise, really, but guess who has been voted the world's least favourite airline? Yes, it's the airline we love to hate. It's Ryanair. Trip advisor's annual poll of over 8,000 passengers has revealed the low-cost airline as passengers' least favourite. It's scored a hat-trick - that's three years in a row that the airline has come bottom of the Tripadvisor league.

Those asked cited lack of legroom, unfriendly staff and delays as the airline's main problems. And yet, and yet...Guess how many people Ryanair says will fly with it this year? 42 million. That's 42 million passengers who are willing to put up with the lack of legroom, unfriendly staff and delays. Anything for a cheap flight, especially in our credit crunched times.

There was one surprise in the poll, though. No matter how much passengers moan about British Airways, it has, along with Singapore Airlines and Air France, been voted top of the favourite airlines. No matter delays, lost luggage and price hikes - it seems BA is the world's favourite airline after all.

Indonesia has Grounded Four Airlines for Safety Standards

2008-10-16T23:38:00.002+05:30

Indonesia has grounded four airlines and given them three months to improve safety standards or face a ban. A safety audit found airlines Pura Wisata Baruna, Sampoerna Air Nusantara, Dabi Air Nusantara and Atlas Deltasatya failed to meet minimum standards in several safety categories, spokesman Bambang Ervan told AFP.

The airlines have been moved into the transport ministry's bottom safety ranking and have had their Air Operator's Certificates (AOC) suspended with effect from October 7, Ervan said. "They could not comply with the requirements and safety standards," he said. Four out of five airlines that had their AOCs suspended in July have also been allowed to return to the skies after improving their safety standards, Ervan said. "But we are still closely monitoring them to ensure they continue to comply," Ervan said.

The fifth airline suspended from flying in July, Helizona, failed to meet its three-month deadline and has had its AOC revoked. The airline now has six months to fix standards before being deregistered as a business. Indonesia, an archipelago nation which relies on air routes, has one of the world's worst air safety records.

New Routes of Kingfisher Airlines

2008-10-15T18:37:00.000+05:30

Kingfisher Airlines has launched three new routes connecting Nanded and Latur with Mumbai. The services are operated using a ATR aircraft. The flights on these new routes commenced from 06-Oct-08.

Commenting on the launch of these new routes Mr. Subhash Gupte, Vice Chairman, The UB Group and Director, Kingfisher Airlines Limited, said, “I am delighted to announce the launch of services connecting Nanded and Latur with the nation`s financial capital, Mumbai. The tri-weekly services connecting Nanded with Latur and Mumbai will cater to the unmet needs of pilgrims and the community of traders, entrepreneurs and industrialists who have been instrumental in bolstering trade and commerce in the region”.

American Airlines Says No to Inflight Pron

2008-10-15T18:33:00.000+05:30

The captain has turned on the "no-porn" sign, at least when it comes to using Wi-Fi on American Airlines.

The Dallas Morning News reports that American now plans to filter out pornographic content on its inflight Wi-Fi service, which it began offering on some cross-country flights Aug. 20. If the trial run works out, the service will be expanded to other flights.

American originally intended to have its flight attendants make sure that passengers did not go to pornographic sites, but, according to Gothamist, the flight attendants did not want to have to take on that responsibility.

Contactmusic.com reports that Corey Caldwell of the Association of Flight Attendants told Wired.com, "We're glad the airlines have responded to our concerns and to those of passengers."

The Morning News also reported that Delta Air Lines plans to filter out porn as well when it debuts its inflight Wi-Fi.

Hijack Attempt to Turkish Airlines Flight

2008-10-15T18:14:00.001+05:30

The man had threatened in note to have a bomb strapped to his body during the journey from Turkey to St Petersburg in Russia. The assailant was then detained by fellow ticketholders aboard the Airbus A-320, which safely landed at its destination at 1120 GMT.

"The passenger claimed to have a bomb and wanted to divert the plane to a destination of his choice... The person was subdued and put under control," Orhan Birdal, the head of Turkey's airports management authority, said. "There is nothing to worry about on board at the moment," he said, adding that the incident occurred around 1000 GMT in Belarussian airspace as the plane was approaching Minsk.

The man, who was said to be drunk, handed a flight attendant a note for the pilot reading, "I have a bomb. If you don't take me in (the cockpit) I will blow it up," Turkish Airlines director Temel Kotil a local news agency.

"The man then attempted to walk towards the cockpit... and was overpowered by passengers," he said, adding that the man had no explosives.

His nationality was not immediately clear, Birdal said, while a Turkish television network reported he was of Uzbek origin, without specifying his official citizenship.

The flight, with 167 passengers on board, has now safely landed at its destination. The plane had set off from the southern Mediterranean resort of Antalya, a popular destination for Russian tourists. It was briefly thought the plane would have to be grounded in Russia.

SriLankan Airlines Escaped from Great Disaster

2008-10-15T18:12:00.000+05:30

A major disaster was averted after a Colombo-Chennai SriLankan Airlines aircraft carrying 180 passengers missed the centre line of the runway, damaging 13 runway lights on Monday morning.

Four wheels on the left side of the aircraft were damaged. Though the wheels were damaged, the pilot corrected the course and made a safe landing and also brought the flight to the apron. Refusing to give details of the accident, a SriLankan airline's official said: "We had an incident of tyre burst."

An Airports Authority of India official said heavy rains could have affected visibility, leading to the aircraft landing away from the centre line. "The runway lights might have got damaged as the aircraft either ran over them or because of jet blast. The broken glass must have damaged the tyres," an official said.

The DGCA has ordered an investigation to ascertain the cause and nature of the accident. Airport officials said the lights were replaced by evening. A replacement aircraft was brought in from Colombo and the return flight was arranged at 3 pm

Airlines Says No to Inflight Pron

2008-10-15T18:08:00.002+05:30

Air travellers those who travel long flight will love in-flight Internet access to get some relief. It lets people check email, read Wired.com, watch the stock market collapse and enjoy their favorite scenes from On Golden Blonde and Forest Hump.

Airlines, worried the wi-fi services they're rolling out will turn planes into flying porn theaters, are installing filters to prevent passengers from surfing smut. The decision is hailed by flight attendants -- who've so far been responsible for preventing porn peeping -- and by activists concerned that children and other passengers might be subjected to objectionable material. They also worry unfettered onboard Internet access poses a security and safety risk.

American Airlines says it will "implement technology to filter pornographic content over it's Gogo in-flight Internet service." It's an about-face for the airline, which had said it would leave the nannying to flight attendants. The course correction was prompted in part by the vocal concerns of flight attendants who didn't want to be morality cops after the airline started offering in-flight wi-fi last month.

"Flight attendants are on board to provide security and safety for passengers, not to monitor their Internet usage," Corey Caldwell of the Association of Flight Attendants told Wired.com. "We're glad the airlines have responded to our concerns and to those of passengers."

But at least one privacy rights advocate opposes the idea and says blocking porn is the first step down a slippery slope. "I don't think it makes much sense," Marc Rotenberg, executive director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, told ITWorld.com. Filters do nothing to keep people from viewing inappropriate material stored on their laptops and open the door to blocking other content airlines -- or others -- might deem inappropriate, he says. "It's so easy, once that precedent is set, to broaden ... the kind of information blocks that might be imposed."

Airline cabin crews aren't the only ones worried about airborne porn. Girls Against Porn lobbied American to install filters, urging the airline to consider the harm inappropriate content might have on passengers and citing a particularly disgusting incident that has resulted in a $200,000 lawsuit against American. "The airlines risk having this happen repeatedly if the Internet isn't filtered," Girls Against Porn said in a statement.

Delta Airlines, which rolls out in-flight wi-fi later this year, told the Atlanta Journal Constitution it will filter inappropriate content. "Blocking will be limited in scope and will be for sites that few, if any, would question are inappropriate to be viewed on an aircraft," spokesman Kent Landers said, addressing concerns about filters known to block non-erotic sites such as Vanity Fair.

The two airlines are working with Aircell, which provides the wi-fi technology, to find a filter, though the company has yet come up with a solution. "We want to be good partners to the customers coming to us with these types of concerns," a company source told Wired.com. "We're working with them to come up with an effective solution."

When they do, passengers will have to find another way to occupy themselves on those long-haul flights.

Singapore Airlines Sexy Air Hostess Photos

2008-10-14T21:28:00.001+05:30

Jet Airways will Discontinue the Mumbai-Shanghai-San Francisco Route

2008-10-14T00:41:00.000+05:30

Jet Airways plans to optimise its network becuase of downturn in major economies worldwide, more specifically in the USA and UK. Focusing more on its established international gateways and routes, The airline’s Mumbai-Shanghai-San Francisco route will be discontinued effective 13-Jan-09.

Passenger traffic between India and San Francisco will be served via Jet Airways’ London gateway in cooperation with partner airlines. Jet Airways has already announced a code share partnership with United Airlines with connections between Mumbai and several US points via London in both directions. This will enable Jet Airways to continue to serve its San Francisco customers, under a 9W flight number, in a more economically viable manner.

50th Year Memorial of the Island Plane Crash

2008-10-14T00:26:00.003+05:30

A monument has been unveiled in memory of 45 people who died when a flying boat crashed on island 51 years ago. The Aquilla Airlines plane, carrying 50 passengers and eight crew, crashed into a disused chalk pit near Chessell on 15 November 1957.

Forty-three passengers and crew died at the scene and two died later. A permanent memorial was dedicated to St Mary's Church in Brook, close to the crash site, on Sunday afternoon.

The plane, en route from Southampton to Las Palmas and Madeira via Lisbon, developed engine problems shortly after take-off and crashed at about 2250 GMT. It was a rather nasty scene, what with the 2,358 gallons of 130-octane aviation fuel all going up in smoke

Three honeymooning couples were among those who died. Ivor Passmore, of Ringwood, was rostered to work on the flying boat on the night of the disaster, but was taken off at the last moment. The news was broken to him the next morning.

He said: "I swapped my trip with an engineer onboard because he wanted to take his driving test, and also his mother-in-law had died and he wanted to go to her funeral. "We were down there seeing it off at 10 o'clock at night."

Mr Passmore said the first he knew about the crash was when his landlady woke him in the morning to tell him the flying boat had crashed. He immediately went to the crash site. "It was a rather nasty scene, what with the 2,358 gallons of 130-octane aviation fuel all going up in smoke. "You can imagine that it was pretty horrific."

Last year, a special service attended by survivors and relatives of those who died was held at St Mary's Church to mark the 50th anniversary of the crash.

The Name of all the Civil Aircrafts

2008-10-11T16:53:00.003+05:30

A
AASI Jetcruzer Business and utility transport
ACAC ARJ21 70-100 seat Regional airliner
AEA Explorer Multirole utility transport
Aermacchi AL-60 light aircraft
Aermacchi SF.260 Two seat trainer and aerobatics light aircraft
Aerion SBJ Planned supersonic business jet
Aero A.10 biplane five passenger airliner
Aero A.22 biplane two passenger airliner
Aero A.23 biplane seven passenger airliner
Aero A.34 two seat light aircraft
Aero A.35 five passenger airliner
Aero A.38 eight passenger airliner
Aero A.200 light aircraft
Aero A.204 eight passenger airliner prototype
Aero Ae 45 & Ae 145 twin engine light aircraft
Aero Boero AB-95/115 light utility aircraft
Aero Boero AB-150 light utility aircraft
Aero Boero AB-180 light utility aircraft
Aero Boero AB-210 utility aircraft prototype
Aero Boero 260AG agricultural aircraft
Aero-Cam Slick 360 Single-seat aerobatics aircraft
Aero Commander 100 Four seat light aircraft
Aero Commander 500/600 series of twin engine piston & turboprop powered business & personal aircraft
Aero Commander Jet Commander mid size business jet
Aeronca 7 Champion Two seat light aircraft
Aeronca 11 Chief Two seat light aircraft
Aero Spacelines Guppy series very large propeller cargo aircraft
Aérospatiale Alouette II & Lama Light utility helicopters
Aérospatiale Alouette III Light utility helicopter
Aérospatiale N 262 & Mohawk 298 Short range turboprop airliner
Aerospatiale SA-330 Puma Twin engine medium lift helicopter
Aerospatiale SA-341/342 Gazelle Utility helicopter
Aérospatiale AS-350 Écureuil & AS-355 Écureuil 2 Light utility helicopters
Aérospatiale SA-360/361/365C Dauphin Mid size utility helicopters
Aérospatiale SN-601 Corvette Light corporate jet
Aérospatiale-British Aerospace Concorde Medium range supersonic airliner
Aerokopter AK1-3 "Sanka" Light two seats helicopter
Agusta A109 Twin engined utility & corporate helicopter
Agusta A119 Koala Light utility helicopter
Ahrens AR 404 four engine turboprop utility aircraft
Air Tractor series of piston & turboprop powered agricultural aircraft
Airbus A300B2/B4 Medium range widebody airliner
Airbus A300-600 Medium range widebody airliner
Airbus Beluga very large cargo aircraft
Airbus A310-200 Medium to long range widebody airliner
Airbus A310-300 Medium to long range widebody airliner
Airbus A318 100 seat regional airliner
Airbus A319 Medium range airliner
Airbus A319CJ Long range large corporate jet
Airbus A320 Short to medium range airliner
Airbus A321 Short to medium range narrowbody airliner
Airbus A330-200 Medium to long range widebody airliner
Airbus A330-300 Large capacity medium to long range airliner
Airbus A340-200 Long range widebody airliner
Airbus A340-300 Long range widebody airliner
Airbus A340-500 Ultra long range widebody airliner
Airbus A340-600 Long range widebody airliner
Airbus A350-800 Long range widebody airliner
Airbus A350-900 Long range widebody airliner
Airbus A350-1000 Long range widebody airliner
Airbus A380 Long range high capacity widebody airliner
Alpha 2000 The Robin R2000 now manufactured in New Zealand
American Aviation AA-1 Yankee two seat light aircraft
American Aviation AA-1A Trainer two seat light training aircraft
American Aviation AA-2 Patriot four seat light aircraft prototype
American Champion & Bellanca series Series of two seat utility and aerobatic light aircraft
Antonov/PZL Mielec An-2 Biplane utility transport
Antonov An-10 110 passenger turboprop
Antonov An-12 turboprop cargo aircraft
Antonov An-22 Antheus Large capacity turboprop cargo aircraft
Antonov An-24 44-50 passenger airliner and utility aircraft
Antonov/PZL Mielec An-28 Regional airliner and utility transport
Antonov An-30 aerial survey aircraft
Antonov An-38 Regional airliner and utility transport
Antonov An-70 Heavylift propfan cargo aircraft
Antonov An-72 & An-74 STOL capable utility transport
Antonov An-124 Ruslan Heavylift freighter
Antonov An-140 50 passenger short-range turboprop airliner
Antonov An-225 Mriya Extra-Large cargo aircraft
APM 20 Lionceau Very light utility aircraft
APM 30 Lion Light utility aircraft
Arado S I & S III two seat trainers
Arado SC I two seat trainer
Arado SC II two seat trainer
Arado L I two seat light aircraft
Arado L II two seat light aircraft
Arado V I prototype four passenger airliner and air mail carrier
Arado W 2 two seat seaplane trainer
Armstrong Whitworth Ape experimental aircraft
Armstrong Whitworth Argosy three engine biplane airliner
Armstrong Whitworth Atalanta nine passenger four engine airliner
Armstrong Whitworth Ensign 40 passenger four engine airliner
Armstrong Whitworth A.W.52 flying wing experimental aircraft
Armstrong Whitworth Argosy four engine turboprop cargo aircraft
Arrow Sport two seat light aircraft
Arrow Model F two seat light aircraft
ATR ATR-42 42 seat turboprop regional airliner
ATR ATR-72 70 seat turboprop regional airliner
Auster J-1 Autocrat three seat light aircraft
Auster J-1U Workmaster agricultural aircraft
Auster J-2 Arrow two seat light aircraft
Auster J-3 Atom two seat light aircraft
Auster J-4 two seat light aircraft
Auster Avis prototype light utility aircraft
Auster Autocar four seat light aircraft
Auster Aiglet Trainer aerobatic four seat light aircraft
Auster Alpine four seat light aircraft
Auster B.4 prototype light cargo aircraft
Auster Agricola agricultural aircraft
Auster D.4 two seat light aircraft
Avia BH-1 two seat light aircraft
Avia BH-5 two seat light aircraft
Avia BH-9 two seat light aircraft
Avia BH-10 single seat aerobatic aircraft
Avia BH-12 two seat light aircraft
Avia BH-16 single seat light aircraft
Avia BH-20 two seat trainer
Avia BH-25 biplane airliner
Avia 14 28 passenger airliner
Aviat Husky Two seat utility light aircraft
Aviat Pitts Special Single and two seat competition aerobatic biplanes
Aviation Traders ATL-90 Accountant prototype 28 passenger turboprop airliner
Aviation Traders ATL-98 Carvair Freighter/utility transport
Avro Baby single seat light aircraft
Avro Avian two seat light aircraft
Avro 618 Ten ten passenger airliner
Avro 652 four passenger airliner
Avro York four engine airliner & cargo aircraft
Avro Tudor four engine airliner
Avro 748 (a.k.a. HS 748 & BAe 748) 50 seat turboprop airliner
Avro RJ Series See British Aerospace BAe 146
Avro Canada Jetliner prototype jet airliner
Ayres Let L 610 40 seat regional airliner
Ayres Thrush & Rockwell Thrush Commander Agricultural aircraft

B
BAC One-Eleven Short haul airliner
Baade B-152 also known as Dresden 152 was the first German passenger jet airliner
Beagle Airedale Four seat light aircraft
Beagle D5 Husky Light aircraft
Beagle Pup Two, three and four place light aircraft
Beagle Terrier three seat light aircraft
Beagle B.206 Six/eight place cabin twin
Bede BD-1 two place prototype design
Bede BD-5 single seat sport aircraft
Beechcraft Model 17 Staggerwing high performance light aircraft
Beechcraft Model 18 Twin Beech Light utility transport
Beechcraft Model 19 Musketeer Four seat light aircraft
Beechcraft Model 23 Sundowner Four seat light aircraft
Beechcraft Model 24 Sierra Four seat light aircraft
Beechcraft Model 33, 35 & 36 Bonanza Four & six seat high performance light aircraft
Beechcraft Model 50 Twin Bonanza Six place light business twin
Beechcraft Model 55, 56 & 58 Baron Four or six place light business twin
Beechcraft Model 60 Duke Four or six place high performance twin
Beechcraft Model 65, 70, 80, 85 & 88 Queen Air Utility, light executive transport, commuter airliner, Air Ambulance
Beechcraft Model 76 Duchess Four place light twin
Beechcraft Model 77 Skipper Two seat pilot training aircraft
Beechcraft Model 90 King Air 6-10 seat Executive Transport, Commuter Airliner, Air Ambulance, Freight Transport
Beechcraft Model 95 Travel Air Four place light twin
Beechcraft Model 99 Airliner 19 seat Commuter Airliner
Beechcraft Model 100 King Air 8-12 seat Executive Transport, Commuter Airliner, Air Ambulance, Freight Transport
Beechcraft Model 200 (Super) King Air 8-12 seat Executive Transport, Commuter Airliner, Air Ambulance, Freight Transport, Aerial Survey Aircraft
Beechcraft Model 300 (Super) King Air 8-14 seat Executive Transport, Commuter Airliner, Air Ambulance, Freight Transport, Aerial Survey Aircraft
Beechcraft Model 1300 Airliner 13 seat Commuter Airliner
Beechcraft Model 1900 Airliner 19 seat Regional Airliner and Corporate Transport
Beechcraft Model 400 Beechjet light corporate jet
Beechcraft Starship 2000 Advanced technology corporate transport
Bell 47 Two or three seat light utility helicopter
Bell 204 & 205 Medium Lift Utility helicopter
Bell 206 JetRanger Light utility helicopter
Bell 206L LongRanger Light utility helicopter
Bell 212 Twin TwoTwelve Medium lift utility helicopter
Bell 214B and 214ST Medium transport helicopter
Bell 222 & 230 Twin engine light utility helicopters
Bell 407 Seven place utility helicopter
Bell 412 Medium lift utility helicopter
Bell 427 Light twin utility helicopters
Bell 429 Light/intermediate twin utility helicopters
Bell 430 Twin engine intermediate size helicopter
Bell BA 609 Six to nine seat corporate/utility tiltrotor
Bell 206LT TwinRanger & Tridair Gemini ST Twin engine light utility helicopters
Beriev Be-30/Be-32 Regional airliner and utility transport
Beriev Be-103 Firefighting and Multirole Maritime Amphibian
Beriev Be-112 Firefighting and Multirole Maritime Amphibian
Beriev Be-200 Firefighting and multirole amphibian
Beriev Be-2500 Proposed amphibian freighter
Boeing Model 40 biplane air mail carrier/airliner
Boeing Model 80 biplane airliner
Boeing Model 221 air mail carrier
Boeing 247 propeller airliner
Boeing 307 Stratoliner propeller airliner
Boeing 314 Clipper FLying boat airliner
Boeing 367-80 jet transport development aircraft
Boeing 377 Stratocruiser propeller airliner
Boeing 707-100 Medium to long range airliner and freighter
Boeing 717 Short to medium range airliner
Boeing 720 Medium range narrowbody airliner
Boeing 727-100 Short to medium range narrowbody airliner
Boeing 727-200 Short to medium range narrowbody airliner
Boeing 737-100/200 Short range narrowbody airliner
Boeing 737-300/400/500 Short to medium range narrowbody airliner
Boeing 737-600/700 Short to medium range airliners
Boeing 737-800/900 Short to medium range airliners
Boeing 747-100 Long range high capacity widebody airliner
Boeing 747-200 Long range high capacity widebody airliner
Boeing 747-300 Long range high capacity widebody airliner
Boeing 747-400 Long range high capacity widebody airliner
Boeing 747-8 Long range high capacity widebody airliner
Boeing 747SP Long range high capacity widebody airliner
Boeing 757-200 Medium range narrowbody airliner
Boeing 757-300 Medium range narrowbody airliner
Boeing 767-200 Medium to long range widebody airliner
Boeing 767-300 Medium to long range widebody airliner
Boeing 767-400 Medium to long range widebody airliner
Boeing 777-200 Long and ultra long range widebody airliners
Boeing 777-300 Long range high capacity widebody airliner
Boeing 787-3 Medium range high capacity widebody airliner
Boeing 787-8 Long to Ultra-Long range high capacity widebody airliner
Boeing 787-9 Long to Ultra-Long range high capacity widebody airliner
Boeing Business Jet Long range large capacity corporate jet
Boeing 2707 Supersonic transport project
Boeing Vertol (Kawasaki) KV 107 Medium to heavylift utility helicopter
Boeing Commercial Chinook Heavylift utility and airliner helicopter
Boeing/MDHS/Hughes 500 Light utility helicopters
Boeing MD 520N Light utility helicopter
Boeing MD 600N Eight place light utility helicopter
Boeing MD Explorer Light twin helicopter
Boeing Stearman Two seat sport, utility and agricultural biplane
Bombardier BD-100 Challenger 300 Super mid size corporate jet
Bombardier CL600 Challenger 600/601/604/605 long range corporate jets
Bombardier Challenger 850 large long range corporate jet
Bombardier Global 5000 long range high capacity corporate jet
Bombardier BD-700 Global Express Ultra long range, high speed, high capacity corporate jet
Bombardier Learjet 40 small corporate jet
Bombardier Learjet 45 Mid-size corporate jet
Bombardier Learjet 55 & 60 Mid-size corporate jets
Brantly B-2 & 305 Light piston powered utility helicopters
Bristol 167 Brabazon long range airliner
Bristol 170 Freighter Short range freighter/utility transport
Bristol 175 Britannia long range turboprop airliner
British Aerospace Jetstream 31 18 seat regional turboprop airliner
British Aerospace Jetstream 41 29 seat regional turboprop airliner
British Aerospace/Hawker Siddeley 748 Turboprop Regional airliner
British Aerospace ATP Turboprop powered regional airliner
British Aerospace BAe 125 Mid-size corporate jet
British Aerospace BAe 146 four engined regional jet airliner
Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander Commuter airliner and light utility transport
Britten-Norman BN-2A Mk III Trislander Commuter airliner

C
Canadair CL-215 & Canadair CL-415 Firebomber and utility amphibian
Canadair CL-44 & Yukon Medium to long range airliner and freighter
Canadair CL-600 Challenger 600 Medium to long range widebody corporate jet
Canadair CL-600 Challenger 601 & 604 Long range widebody corporate jets
Canadair CL-600 Regional Jet CRJ-100 & 200 Regional jet airliner
Canadair CL-600 Regional Jet CRJ-700 70 seat regional jet airliner
CAP Aviation CAP-10/20/21/230/231/232 Single and two seat aerobatic light aircraft
CASA C212 Aviocar STOL turboprop regional airliner and utility transport
CASA/IPTN CN235 Utility transport and 45 seat regional airliner
Cessna 120
Cessna 140
Cessna 150 & Cessna 152 Two seat primary and aerobatic capable trainers
Cessna 170 Four seat light aircraft
Cessna 172 Skyhawk
Cessna 175 Skylark Four seat light aircraft
Cessna 177 Cardinal and Cardinal RG Four seat light aircraft
Cessna 180 & 185 Skywagon Four to six seat utility light aircraft
Cessna 182 High performance four seat light aircraft
Cessna 188 AGwagon, AGpickup, AGtruck, and AGhusky series of agricultural aircraft
Cessna 205, 206 & 207 Six seat utility light aircraft
Cessna 208 Caravan I, Grand Caravan & Cargomaster Single turboprop utility transport
Cessna 210 Centurion High performance four to six seat light aircraft
Cessna 310 & 320 Skynight Four to six seat light piston twins
Cessna 336 & 337 Skymaster Six seat light piston twins
Cessna 340 & 335 Six seat business twins
Cessna 404 Titan Ten place corporate, commuter and freighter transport
Cessna 411, 401 & 402 Freighter, 10 seat commuter, or six to eight seat business twins
Cessna 421 & 414 Pressurised six to eight seat cabin twins
Cessna 500 & 501 Citation, Citation I & Citation I/SP Light corporate jets
Cessna 550 Citation II & 551 Citation II & Bravo Light corporate jets
Cessna 560 Citation V, Ultra & Ultra Encore Small to midsize corporate jet
Cessna 560XL Citation Excel Small to mid size corporate jet
Cessna 650 Citation III, VI & VII Medium size corporate jets
Cessna 680 Citation Sovereign Mid size corporate jet
Cessna Citation X Long range, high speed, mid size corporate jet
Cessna CitationJet, CJ1 & CJ2 Light corporate jets
Cessna Corsair, Caravan II Turboprop powered executive transports
Cessna Conquest, Conquest I & II Turboprop powered executive transports
Cessna T303 Crusader Six seat corporate and utility transport
Chichester-Miles Leopard High performance jet powered four seat light aircraft
Cirrus SR20/22 Four seat high performance light aircraft
Citabria series of tandem 2 seat high wing, aerobatic, utility and STOL aircraft
Christen Eagle, aerobatic kit aircraft, based on Pitts Special
Columbia 400 Four seat high performance light aircraft
Commander 114B Four seat high performance light aircraft
Concorde
Conroy CL-44-0 Skymonster Large freighter
Convair 240/340/440 Short haul commercial transports
Convair CV-540/580/600/640/5800 Short haul turboprop converted commercial ransports
Curtiss C46 Commando Freighter

D
Dassault Falcon 2000 Transcontinental range mid to large size corporate jet
Dassault Falcon 50 Long range mid size corporate jet
Dassault Falcon 900 Large transcontinental range corporate jet
Dassault Falcon 7X Large transcontinental range corporate jet
Dassault Mercure Short to medium range narrowbody jet
Dassault Mystère/Falcon 10 & 100 Light corporate jet
Dassault Mystère/Falcon 20 & 200 Mid size corporate jet and multirole utility transport
De Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk Two seat light aircraft
De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver STOL utility transport
De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter STOL utility transport
De Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou STOL utility transport
De Havilland Canada DHC-5 Buffalo STOL utility transport
De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter STOL turboprop regional airliner and utility transport
De Havilland Canada Dash 7 STOL Four turboprop regional airliner
De Havilland Canada DHC-8-100/200 Dash 8 Twin turboprop regional airliner
De Havilland Canada DHC-8-300 Dash 8 Twin turboprop regional airliner
De Havilland Canada DHC-8-400 Dash 8 70 seat Twin turboprop regional airliner
De Havilland Comet the world's first commercial jet airliner
De Havilland DH.86 1930's biplane airliner
De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide 1930's biplane airliner
De Havilland DH.104 Dove Eight seat commuter airliner and executive transport
De Havilland DH.114 Heron 14 seat commuter airliner
De Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth Two seat biplane light aircraft
Diamond DA20 Two seat light aircraft and basic trainer
Dornier Do 27 Four to six seat STOL utility light aircraft
Dornier Do 28 & 128 STOL utility transports
Dornier Do 228 turboprop utility aircraft
Dornier Do 328 turboprop and turbojet aircraft
Douglas DC-3 Short range airliner and utility transport
Douglas DC-4 Piston engined airliner and freighter
Douglas DC-6 Piston engined airliner and freighter
Douglas DC-7 Piston engine airliner and freighter
Douglas DC-8 Series 10 to 50 Medium to long range airliner and freighter
Douglas DC-8 Super 60 & 70 Series Long range medium capacity airliner and freighter

E
Edgley Optica British light aircraft
EH Industries EH 101 Commuter, offshore oil rig support & utility helicopter
Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante 15-18 seat turboprop multi-purpose aircraft
Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia 30 seat turboprop regional airliner
Embraer EMB 121 Xingu 8-9 seat turboprop multi-purpose aircraft
Embraer/FMA CBA 123 Vector 19 seat turboprop regional airliner
Embraer ERJ 135 37 seat regional jet airliner
Embraer ERJ 140 45 seat regional jet airliner
Embraer ERJ 145 50 seat regional jet airliner
Embraer 170 70 seat medium range jet airliner
Embraer 175 78 seat medium range jet airliner
Embraer 190 98 seat medium range jet airliner
Embraer 195 108 seat medium range jet airliner
Embraer Lineage 1000 corporate jet based on the Embraer 190 platform
Embraer Legacy 600 corporate jet based on the Embraer ERJ 145 platform
Embraer Phenom 100 very light corporate jet
Embraer Phenom 300 light corporate jet
Enstrom F-28/280/480 Three and five seat light helicopters
ERCO Ercoupe and derivatives Two-seat light aircraft
Eurocopter Super Puma Medium lift utility helicopter
Eurocopter Ecureuil Light utility helicopter
Eurocopter AS-355 Ecureuil 2 Twin engined light utility helicopter
Eurocopter AS-365N Dauphin 2 & EC-155 Twin engine mid sized utility helicopter
Eurocopter BO 105 & EC Super Five Five place multi purpose light utility helicopter
Eurocopter Colibri Five place light utility helicopter
Eurocopter EC-135/635 Seven place light twin turbine utility helicopter
MBB/Kawasaki BK117 Twin engine utility helicopter
Exec 162F Two-seat kit helicopter, manufactured by RotorWay International
Extra 230, 300 & 200 Unlimited competition aerobatic aircraft

F
Fairchild (Swearingen) Merlin Turboprop corporate transport
Fairchild Aerospace 228 15-19 seat regional airliner and STOL utility transport
Fairchild Aerospace 328 30 seat regional turboprop airliner
Fairchild Aerospace 328JET & 428JET 32 seat regional jet airliner
Fairchild Aerospace Metro II, III & 23 19 seat regional airliner
FFA AS-202 Bravo Two seat basic trainer and aerobatic light aircraft
Fokker 50 Turboprop regional airliner
Fokker 70 70 seat regional jetliner
Fokker F100 100 seat regional jet
Fokker F27 & Fairchild F-27 & FH-227 Regional airliners
Fokker F-28 Fellowship Regional jet airliner
Fokker F-VII
Ford Trimotor
Fuji FA200 Aero Subaru Four seat light aircraft

G
GAF N22 & N24 Nomad STOL utility transport
Gippsland GA200 "Fatman" Two seat agricultural aircraft
Gippsland GA8 "Airvan" Eight seat utility light aircraft
Grob G 115 Two seat basic and aerobatic trainer
Grob GF 200 Four seat high performance light aircraft
Grumman American AA-1B Trainer Two seat light aircraft
Grumman American AA-5 Traveler, Tiger & Cheetah Four seat light aircraft
Grumman G-111 Modified HU-16 used as an airliner
Grumman G-1159 Gulfstream II/III Long range large corporate jet
Grumman G-159 Gulfstream I Corporate transport and regional airliner
Grumman G-164 Ag-Cat Biplane agricultural aircraft
Grumman G-21 "Goose" Eight seat utility amphibian
Grumman G-44 "Widgeon" Light utility amphibian
Grumman G-73 "Mallard" Ten seat utility amphibious transport
Grumman HU-16 "Albatross" Amphibious airliner and light utility transport
Gulfstream American GA-7 Cougar four place light twin-engined aircraft
Gulfstream Aerospace Gulfstream IV G-IV Long range large corporate transport
Gulfstream Aerospace Gulfstream V G-V Ultra long range large corporate transport
Gulfstream Aerospace Jetprop & Turbo Commander Twin turboprop utility and corporate transports

H
Handley Page Herald Turboprop airliner and freighter
Handley Page Jetstream 12 seat regional turboprop airliner
Harbin Y-11/12 Commuter airliners and utility transports
Hawker Siddeley H.S.125-1/2/3/400/600 Mid-size corporate jet
Hawker Siddeley HS 748 (a.k.a. Avro 748)
Hawker Siddeley Trident-1/1E/2C/3B Short/Medium range airliner.
Helio Courier Four/six place STOL utility light aircraft
Hiller UH-12 Light utility helicopter
Hindustan Advanced Light Helicopter Medium utility helicopter
Honda HA-420 HondaJet Light corporate jet

I
IAI Arava STOL utility transport
IAI Westwind Small to mid size corporate jet
Ilyushin Il-14 Short range airliner and utility transport
Ilyushin Il-18 Medium range turboprop airliner
Ilyushin Il-62 Medium to long range medium capacity airliner
Ilyushin Il-76 Medium to long range passenger
Ilyushin Il-76TF Medium to long range freighter
Ilyushin Il-76MD
Ilyushin Il-76MF
Ilyushin Il-76MK
Ilyushin Il-76TF
Ilyushin Il-86 Medium range widebody airliner
Ilyushin Il-96 Long range widebody airliner
Ilyushin Il-96-300 Medium range widebody airliner
Ilyushin Il-96-400 Medium range widebody airliner
Ilyushin Il-96T Medium to long range freighter
Ilyushin Il-96-400T Medium to long range freighter
Ilyushin Il-112B
Ilyushin Il-103 Two and five seat light aircraft
Ilyushin Il-114 Turboprop regional airliner
Ilyushin Il-114-100 Medium to long range passenger
Ilyushin MC-21
Ilyushin Il-MTC
IPTN N-250 64/68 seat turboprop regional airliner
Israel IAI-1125 Astra/Gulfstream G100 Small to mid size corporate jet
Israel IAI-1126 Galaxy/Gulfstream G200 Super mid size corporate transport

J
Junkers Ju 52

K
Kamov Ka-226 Medium size utility helicopter
Kaman K-1200 K-Max Aerial crane and utility helicopter
Kamov Ka-26 & Ka-226 Light twin engine utility and training helicopter
Kamov Ka-32 Medium size utility helicopter
Kamov Ka-50 Attack helicopter
Kamov Ka-52 Attack helicopter
Kestrel K250 Four to six place light aircraft

L
Lake LA4, Buccaneer & Renegade Four/six place amphibious light aircraft
Lancair LC-40 Columbia 300/350/400 High performance four seat light aircraft
Lear Jet 23, 24, 25, 28 & 29 Light corporate jets
Learjet 35, 36 and Learjet 31 Light corporate jets
Let L-40 MetaSokol Three/four seat light aircraft
Let L-410 & L-420 19 seat turboprop regional airliners
Let L-610 40 seat turboprop regional airliners
Let L-200 Morava Four/five seat light twin
Lockheed C-130 Hercules Medium range freighter
Lockheed JetStar Large size corporate jet
Lockheed L-100 Hercules Medium range freighter
Lockheed Constellation Long range piston engine airliner
Lockheed L-1011 TriStar 1/50/100/150/200/250 Medium to long range widebody airliner
Lockheed L-1011 TriStar 500 Long range widebody airliner
Lockheed L-188 Electra Turboprop airliner and freighter
Luscombe Model 8 Silvaire Two seat light aircraft
Luscombe Spartan Four seat light aircraft

M
MA60 Turboprop regional aircraft, from China
Martin 2-0-2 35- to 43-seat twin piston engined regional airliner
Martin 4-0-4 40-seat twin piston engined regional airliner
Maule M-4 to M-7 4-5 seat STOL capable light aircraft
McDonnell Douglas DC-10 & Boeing MD-10 Medium to long range widebody airliner
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-10/20/30 Short range airliners
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-40/50 Short to medium range airliners
McDonnell Douglas MD-11 Long range widebody airliner
McDonnell Douglas MD-81/82/83/88 Short to medium range airliner
McDonnell Douglas MD-87 Short to medium range airliner
McDonnell Douglas MD-90 Short to medium range airliner
MDM-1 Fox Two-seat aerobatic glider
Mil Mi-8/17 Medium lift utility helicopters
Mil Mi-26 Ultra heavy lift utility helicopter
Mil Mi-34 Two/four place light helicopter
Millicer M10 AirTourer Two seat aerobatic capable light aircraft
Mitsubishi MU-2 Twin turboprop utility transport
Mooney M-20 to M-20G Four seat high performance light aircraft
Mooney M-20J to M-20S High performance four seat light aircraft
Mudry CAP10B (aka CAP-10) Two-seat side-by-side aerobatic trainer/competitor

N
NAL Saras Regional turboprop airliner (India) built by Hindustan aeronautics and NAL
NAMC YS-11 Twin turboprop regional airliner
Noorduyn Norseman 10 place utility transport
North American Rockwell 100 Darter/Lark Commander Four seat light aircraft
North American/Ryan Navion High performance four/five seat light aircraft

O
Omega AircraftNew all metal Microlight LSA VLA Two Seater Low wing

P
Pacific Aerospace CT-4 Airtrainer Two/three seat basic trainer
Pacific Aerospace Fletcher FU-24 Agricultural aircraft
Pacific Aerospace Cresco Agricultural & Utility Aircraft
Pacific Aerospace 750XL Utility Aircraft
Partenavia P.68 Six/seven place light twin
Piaggio P-166 Commuter airliner and utility transport
Piaggio P.180 Avanti Twin turboprop executive transport
Pilatus PC-12 Utility, regional airliner and corporate turboprop
Pilatus PC-6 Porter & Turbo Porter STOL utility transport
Piper Aerostar Six seat high performance light twin
Piper Cub Two seat light aircraft
Piper PA-18 Super Cub Two seat utility light aircraft
Piper PA-20 Pacer & PA-22 Tri-Pacer, Caribbean & Colt Two and four seat light aircraft
Piper PA-23 Apache & Aztec Four seat light twins
Piper PA-24 Comanche Four seat high performance light aircraft
Piper PA-25 Pawnee Agricultural aircraft
Piper PA-28 Cherokee Series Two and four seat light aircraft
Piper PA-28R Cherokee Arrow Four seat light aircraft
Piper PA-30/39 Twin Comanche Six seat light twin
Piper PA-31 Chieftain/Mojave/T-1020/T-1040 Eight/ten seat corporate transport and commuter airliner
Piper PA-31 Navajo/Pressurized Navajo Six/eight seat corporate transport and commuter airliner
Piper PA-31T Cheyenne Twin turboprop corporate transports
Piper PA-32 Cherokee Six, Lance & Saratoga. Six seat high performance light aircraft
Piper PA-34 Seneca Six place light twin
Piper PA-36 Pawnee Brave Agricultural aircraft
Piper PA-38 Tomahawk Two seat light aircraft and basic trainer
Piper PA-42 Cheyenne III, IIIA & 400LS Twin turboprop corporate transports
Piper PA-44 Seminole Four seat light twin
Piper PA-46 Malibu & Malibu Mirage. Six seat high performance light aircraft
Piper PA-46 Malibu Meridian Six seat corporate turboprop
PZL-Mielec M-18 Dromader Ag spraying and firefighter aircraft
PZL Mielec M-20 Mewa License-built Piper PA-34 Seneca
PZL Mielec M-28 Skytruck Light utility aircraft
PZL Swidnik (Mil) Mi-2 Light twin turboshaft utility helicopter
PZL Swidnik Kania Light twin turboshaft utility helicopter
PZL Swidnik W-3 Sokól Mid size twin engine utility helicopter
PZL Swidnik SW-4 Puszczyk Light utility helicopter
PZL Warszawa-Okecie PZL-104 Wilga Four seat light utility aircraft
PZL Warszawa-Okecie PZL-110/111 Koliber Four seat light aircraft

R
Raytheon 390 Premier I Light corporate jet
Beechcraft 1900 Regional airliner and corporate transport
Raytheon Beechcraft Baron Four or six place business, utility & advanced pilot training twin
Raytheon Beechcraft Bonanza Four to six seat high performance light aircraft
Raytheon Beechcraft King Air 200 Twin turboprop corporate, passenger & utility transport
Raytheon Beechcraft King Air 300 & 350 Turboprop powered corporate and utility aircraft
Raytheon Beechcraft King Air 90 & 100 Twin turboprop corporate and utility transport
Raytheon Hawker 400XP (formerly Beechjet 400) Light corporate jet
Raytheon Hawker 800 (formerly BAe 125) Mid-size corporate jet
Raytheon Hawker 1000 Mid-size corporate jet
Raytheon Hawker 4000 Super mid-size corporate jet
Rearwin Ken-Royce A bi-plane built in 1929 by Rearwin Airplanes
Rearwin Junior Small high wing monoplane
Rearwin Speedster A narrow, streamlined airplane powered by Cirrus 90 or Menasco 125 HP
Rearwin Cloudster A popular enclosed cabin monoplane
Rearwin Sportster Another popular Rearwin design from the early 1940s
Rearwin Skyranger A small high-wing airplane somewhat similar to a Cessna
Republic RC-3 Seabee Four seat amphibious light aircraft
Robin DR400 & DR500 Four/five seat light aircraft
Robin R2000 & Robin HR200 Two seat training and aerobatic light aircraft
Robin R3000 Two/four seat light aircraft
Robin Aiglon Four seat light aircraft
Robinson R44 Four place piston engined light helicopter
Robinson R22 Two seat piston engined light helicopter
Rockwell 500/520/560/680/685/720 Commander Utility and corporate transports
Rockwell Commander 112 & 114 Four seat high performance light aircraft
Rockwell Sabreliner Mid-size corporate jet
Ruschmeyer R 90 Four seat high performance light aircraft

S
Saab 2000 50 seat twin turboprop regional airliner
Saab 340 Twin turboprop regional airliner
Schweizer 269/300 Light utility helicopter
Schweizer 330 Light turbine powered utility helicopter
Scorpion Homebuilt one (and later two) seater helicopter, manufactured by RotorWay International.
Scottish Aviation Jetstream 12 seat regional turboprop airliner
Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer Utility transport
Shanghai Y-10 Four-engine medium airliner
Shorts 330 Regional airliner and utility freighter
Shorts 360 36 seat regional airliner
Shorts Belfast Heavy lift turboprop freighter
Shorts Skyvan & Skyliner STOL utility transport and regional airliner
SIAI-Marchetti S-205/208 Four seat light aircraft
Sikorsky S-55 & Westland Whirlwind Mid size utility helicopter
Sikorsky S-92 Helibus Medium to heavy lift airliner and utility helicopter
Sikorsky S-58 Mid size utility helicopter
Sikorsky S-61L & S61N Medium lift utility helicopter
Sikorsky S-62 Mid size utility helicopter
Sikorsky S-76 Mid size utility helicopter
Sino Swearingen SJ30-2 Light corporate jet
Slingsby T-67 Firefly Two seat basic trainer
Socata GY-80 Horizon & ST-10 Diplomate Four seat light aircraft
Socata MS 180 & MS 250 Morane Four/five seat light aircraft
Socata Rallye Series of two/four seat light aircraft
Socata Tangara & Gulfstream GA7 Four place light twin
Socata TB-9/10/20/21/200 Tampico/Tobago/Trinidad Four/five seat light aircraft
Socata TBM-700 Single engine corporate turboprop
SpaceShipOne Experimental, rocket powered & glider, high altitude, suborbital
Spartan Executive 7W Single-engine radial luxury business aircraft of the 1930s-1940s
Sud SE-210 Caravelle Short range airliner
Sukhoi Su-26 Single and two seat aerobatic light aircraft
Su-29 Single and two seat aerobatic light aircraft
Su-31 Single and two seat aerobatic light aircraft
Sukhoi Superjet-75 Medium range airliner
Sukhoi Superjet-85 Medium range airliner
Sukhoi Superjet-100 Medium range airliner

T
Taylorcraft series Two seat light aircraft
Technoavia SM92 Finist STOL utility transport
Toyota TA-1 Prototype single engine, 4-place aircraft
Transavia Airtruk & Skyfarmer Agricultural aircraft
Tupolev ANT-20 "Maxim Gorky" - Largest aircraft during the 1930s
Tupolev Tu-22
Tupolev Tu-104 Medium range airliner
Tupolev Tu-114 Long range airliner
Tupolev Tu-124 Short range airliner
Tupolev Tu-134 Short range airliner
Tupolev Tu-144 Supersonic airliner - service withdrawn
Tupolev Tu-154 Medium range airliner
Tupolev Tu-204-100 Medium / Long range airliner
Tupolev Tu-204-120 Medium / Long range airliner
Tupolev Tu-204-300 Medium / Long range airliner
Tupolev Tu-214 Medium / Long range airliner
Tupolev Tu-334 Medium / Long range airliner
Tupolev Tu-324 Medium / Long range airliner
Tupolev Tu-414 Medium range airliner
Tupolev Tu-444 supersonic business jets (proposed)

V
Vickers VC10 Medium to long range airliner
Vickers Viscount Turboprop airliner and freighter
Vickers Vanguard turboprop airliner
Victa Aircruiser Four seat light aircraft
Victa Airtourer Two seat light aircraft
VisionAire Vantage Entry level single engine corporate jet

W
Weatherly 201/620 Agricultural aircraft
White Knight Experimental jet; high altitude; carry & launch smaller craft

Y
Yakovlev Yak-18T Four seat light aircraft
Yakovlev Yak-40 Regional jet airliner
Yakovlev Yak-42 Short range airliner
Yakovlev Yak-52 Two seat light training aircraft
Yunshuji 5 Chinese variation of Antonov An-2
Yunshuji 7 Chinese variation of Antonov An-24
Yunshuji 8 Chinese variation of Antonov An-12
Yunshuji 10 Chinese variation of Boeing 707 - Development program aborted.
Yunshuji 12 Chinese variation of De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter

Z
Zivko Edge 540 Unlimited competition aerobatics aircraft
Zlin Trener & Akrobat One and two seat aerobatic and training light aircraft
Zlin Z 42, Z 43, Z 142, Z 242 & Z 143 Two/four seat light aircraft

Second Airbus A380 for Emirates

2008-10-11T15:31:00.004+05:30

Emirates Airline will receive its second Airbus A380 on Oct. 24, around two months later than originally planned, the company's president said on Thursday. Speaking during a tour of Dubai International Airport's new Terminal 3, Tim Clark said Emirates would receive its second superjumbo at the end of this month, followed by three more in late January and February.

Airbus A380 Photos of Singapore Airlines Passenger Seats

2008-10-11T15:17:00.002+05:30

Singapore Airlines Airbus A380 Photos of the Cabin

2008-10-11T14:21:00.000+05:30

Indian Airlines Air Hostess Photos

2008-10-11T13:23:00.003+05:30

American Airlines Flight Attendants Handed out Pillow to Passengers

2008-10-11T12:36:00.002+05:30

The Association of Professional Flight Attendants members handed out inflatable pillows to passengers at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport and three other major airports to try to win customer backing in the union's contract talks with American.

"As negotiations progress, we want passengers to be behind the flight attendants, let the company know that we do a hard job, that they know we're professionals, that they're glad we show up for work every day," union negotiator Diana Dunn said. The union wants passengers to help push American to give flight attendants a good contract with no concessions, Ms. Dunn said. The two sides began contract talks this summer.

The pillows, and the accompanying literature, carried the union's "PAX for PAX," or "Peace for Passengers," message, with PAX representing both the Latin word for peace and airline lingo for passenger. The company has complained that its labor costs are higher than those of many other U.S. airlines, the union is trying to win back major concessions in pay, benefits and work rules that employee groups gave American in 2003 to stay out of bankruptcy.

American expressed no unhappiness about Friday's demonstrations outside the airport terminals at D/FW, Miami, Los Angeles and New York LaGuardia. "We respect the rights of organized labor to conduct public demonstrations and to distribute information to customers and the public," American spokeswoman Tami McLallen said.

"We have great flight attendants who take excellent care of our customers, and we look forward to continuing to work collaboratively with the APFA to construct a contract that addresses flight attendants' needs and positions the company for long-term success," she said. American is currently in talks with its three major unions – APFA, the Allied Pilots Association and Transport Workers Union.

American Airlines Flight Undergone Turbulence

2008-10-11T12:22:00.002+05:30

At least six passengers who complained of bumps and bruises from turbulence Friday on an American Airlines flight from Argentina, authorities said. One passenger was transferred on a stretcher, said Miami-Dade County Fire Rescue spokesman Arnold Piedrahita.

Flight 908 was making a descent into the airport before 7 a.m. when it hit severe turbulence at 30,000 feet, said Tim Smith, a spokesman for Fort Worth, Texas-based American Airlines spokesman. The "fasten seat belt" light was on.

Six people — two flight attendants and four passengers — were taken to the hospital with back and neck injuries. Their conditions were not immediately available.

"Flight attendants, at that altitude, would still be up for duty," Smith said. He could not say if the passengers were walking around the cabin or in their seats.

The Boeing 777 carrying 246 passengers and 14 crew members from Buenos Aires landed safely, Smith said. American flight attendants were scheduled to picket at the airport Friday morning to protest poor working conditions. That protest was planned before the incident.

Bombardier Aerospace in Indian Aviation Business

2008-10-10T14:26:00.001+05:30

Bombardier Aerospace will attend the inaugural International Exhibition and Conference on Civil Aviation, India Aviation 2008. With the nation's booming economy and rapid growth in air travel, Bombardier recognises India's increasingly important role in the aviation industry.

David Dixon, Regional Vice-President, Sales, Asia-Pacific, Bombardier Business Aircraft said, "Business aviation is growing at a dynamic pace in India. In fact, Bombardier has already established roots in the country with companies like Satyam and Capgemini, and we are committed to expand our presence even further." "Our comprehensive family of Learjet, Challenger and Global business jets offer operators in the region a complete range of travel solutions to meet the increasing business travel requirements of this market."

Trung Ngo, Bombardier Commercial Aircraft's Vice President, Sales, for the Asia-Pacific market said, "Bombardier Commercial Aircraft's product portfolio is ideally suited for the Indian market. "For short-haul operations, the Q400 NextGen airliner is a fast, fuel-efficient and lower-emission 70- to 80-seat large turboprop. In medium-haul applications, CRJ NextGen aircraft are the benchmarks for regional jet efficiency in the 60- to 100-seat segment. For longer routes, the recently launched CSeries airliners are the world's newest and most advanced single-aisle aircraft designed specifically for 110- to 130-seat comfort and setting new standards in technology, fuel efficiency and reduced environmental impact."

Lay Off of 414 Mechanics from United Airlines

2008-10-10T14:06:00.000+05:30

United Airlines said today it will lay off 414 mechanics at its San Francisco maintenance base. The layoffs are part of 7,000 job eliminations announced previously by the Chicago-based carrier as it reduces its flying and eliminates the Boeing 737 from its fleet.

United spokeswoman Megan McCarthy said the notices went to the workers on Sept. 29, and the layoffs will take effect on Dec. 7. Every major work group at United is shrinking. Enough flight attendants volunteered for furloughs that it avoided involuntary layoffs, allowing it to reduce the cabin staff by 1,550 positions. McCarthy said efforts to reduce 950 pilot positions will continue into next year, and cuts of as many as 1,600 managers are continuing, too, she said.

That leaves the Teamsters-represented mechanics, as well as baggage handlers and customer service agents represented by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. McCarthy said totals for those groups have not been announced.

A message left with the Teamsters in San Francisco was not immediately returned.
United shares rose 47 cents, or 9.4 percent, to $5.49 in afternoon trading

American Airlines Flight Attendants with Pillows

2008-10-10T14:02:00.000+05:30

American Airlines flight attendants, who are negotiating a new contract with American management, will be handing out pillows Friday at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, New York LaGuardia, Miami and Los Angeles to draw passenger attention to their efforts.

The pillows will have "PAXforPAX" printed on them, "pax" being Latin for "peace" and airline-speak for "passenger. Says the Association of Professional Flight Attendants. The campaign focuses on improving air travel for both passengers and flight attendants. APFA is in negotiations with the carrier to fix some of the most pressing issues facing flight attendants including improving working conditions, restoring pay and overhauling the flight attendant's scheduling systems.

Despite making sacrifices to stave off bankruptcy in 2003, American flight attendant's pay and benefits have been reduced by 33% while workload has increased 47%, resulting in less time with their families. Meanwhile, American Airlines executives have rewarded themselves with $366 million in bonuses over the last three years.