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A DRUNK MAN BITES ATTENDANT'S FINGER

A Turkish Airlines flight from Istanbul to Jakarta in Indonesia was forced to make an emergency diversion to Malaysia's Kuala Lumpur Medan airport after a drunken passenger attacked a cabin crew member.

DELTA PAID A DOCTOR TO DECLARE A PILOT MENTALLY ILL

Delta Air Lines just settled with one of its pilots for $500,000 plus legal fees but refused to acknowledge wrongdoing in an astonishing chain of events that might simply put you off Delta.

HondaJet gets a big boost

Fractional aircraft provider Volato has announced an order for the Honda Aircraft-manufactured twinjets to 40.

Falcon owners get together

The Independent The Independent Falcon Aircraft Operators Association (IFAOA) held its first annual meeting last month at the Frontiers of Flight Museum in Dallas, drawing more than 70 attendees who are owners and operators of the Dassault Falcon business jets.

Protests against private jets

Business aviation operations faced disruptive protests in locations across Europe in November with private jet terminals in the UK, Italy, Germany, and the Netherlands targeted.

MIAL's swanky new GA terminal

Mumbai International Airport (MIAL) has launched the all-new, renovated General Aviation terminal facility, exclusively for private jets from November.

IndiGo launches second MRO at Bengaluru

Indi IndiGo, India's leading carrier inaugurated its second maintenance repair and overhaul (MRO) facility at the Kempegowda International Airport on November 17.

P&W working to sort out India's engine woes

IndiGo and Go First's engine troubles will soon see a resolution as Pratt & Whitney is reportedly aiming to clear the backlog in the next three months.

P&W working to sort out India's engine woes

Boeing has temporarily paused 777-9 test flights due to an unspecified issue with the General Electric 9X engine. Both Boeing and GE Aerospace have launched a joint investigation into the problem.

Rolls Royce's low-emission combustion system takes off

Rolls-Royce has successfully entered the final phase of testing its ALECSys (Advanced Low Emissions Combustion System) demonstrator engine, this time at altitude.

FAA certifies P&W Falcon 6X powerplant

The FAA has certified the PW812D T turbofan engine that will power Dassault's Falcon 6X, Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) announced today. It's the third aviation regulator to approve the P&WC engine variant.

Air India+Vistara= Air India

What was evident the day the Tatas took over Air India has now become a reality - the merger of four brands into one Air India. It is the first step in a long-haul to recreate the magic of the country's national carrier and give India a world-class airline.

Air Power and India's Northeast

India's Northeast is being connected to the rest of India as never before. With the operationalisation of Hollongi Airport in Arunachal Pradesh state's capital of Itanagar, every state in the region is now connected with the rest of India. A report on the region and its aviation potential.

BLR: A 'Garden' Check-in

Phase one of Bengaluru Airport (BLR)'s Terminal 2 was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on November 11. Recognized as the best in India at the Skytrax World Airport Awards 2022, it was awarded the prestigious title of the Best Regional Airport in India and South Asia after a global survey that included air passengers, who said that it had the best service. Now with the addition of T2, it is looking to ramp up its act a notch higher. A special report.

Rolls-Royce Engine Model Reaches Landmark Flying Time

The he Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-84 engine, developed specifically for the Airbus A350-900, and the only engine to power that aircraft, had reached ten million flying hours. The A350-900 is a member of Airbus' next-generation A350 XWB family (the other member being the longer-fuselage A350-1000).

Elon Musk 'Building His Own Private Airport'

Elon Musk's use of his private jet has raised concern that he may want to build a private airport.

Air China and Rolls-Royce JV

Air China and Rolls-Royce have announced they are entering into a new joint venture in Beijing.

CR929 Programme faces pressure of engine delay, sanctions

Funding shortages will delay by up to three years the development of the engine that Russian industry hopes will power the prospective Sino-Russian widebody known as the CRAIC CR929.

TFE731 Milestone

Honeywell Aerospace is marking La purpose-built business jet engine, the TFE731, which turned 50 years old in August.

Pratt & Whitney's new turboprop engine certified

Commercial aviation is working hard to make itself greener. In this scenario, the engine makers have high sustainability goals.

Airbus-GMR to power aircraft maintenance

Nair Airbus has signed a contract with the GMR Group to provide aircraft maintenance training to young aviation engineers making a trending career choice.

Lufthansa Cargo grows A321 freighter fleet

Lufthansa Cargo will welcome a second A321 P2F in October, thus further expanding its pan-European network. The new destinations served by the airline will be Birmingham, London and Madrid. Two additional A321 freighter aircraft will be added to the fleet in the first half of 2023.

Qantas expanding freight fleet to meet shopping demand

In order to meet a surge in demand for online shopping, Qantas Airways will add six A321 converted freighters to its domestic fleet to replace five ageing Boeing 737s and expand capacity.

Etihad Cargo posts record mid-year revenue

Etihad Cargo announced record setting profits for the first half of 2022, achieving year-on-year revenue growth of six per cent compared to H1 2021 and contributing 35 per cent of Etihad Aviation Group's operating revenue.

Worldwide air cargo flown tonnages drops further

Worldwide air cargo flown tonnages continued to decline in August with a further minus five per cent drop in the last week alone and a minus ten per cent decline in the first three weeks of the month, the latest figures from WorldACD Market Data reveal.

Russian Bizav recovering

AINonline had an interesting piece on Russian Business Aviation: "The Russian business aviation industry is steadily recovering after the sharp drop in the first half of the year caused by sanctions and the ongoing military conflict in Ukraine, according to some leading local experts in the field of business aviation and Russian media reports.

Airbus Corporate Jets Eyes Growing U.S. Market

Airbus Corporate Jets has released Lan analysis of industry data finding that 14,632 private jets are based in the U.S., with heavy/long-range aircraft accounting for the largest share of those.

The Max is getting delayed

It also seems more and more apparent that Boeing will not be able to certify its MAX 10 aircraft by a year-end deadline, but it remains possible that U.S. lawmakers could give it more time.

Boeing resumes 787 deliveries after 14-month pause

A 14-month halt in Dreamliner 787 deliveries ended on August 10 with the handover of a 787-8 to American Airlines.

Tatas Plan To Beef Up Air India Fleet

Air India is in the final stages of closing orders for around 200 narrow body and widebody jets, it is planning to take aircraft from the secondary lease market to beef up capacity in the short term. Tata Group has chalked out an aggressive expansion plan for Air India and Air India Express, inducting six Boeing 777200 aircraft and 25 Airbus A320 Neos by the first quarter of next year. Currently, Tata Group's three airlines Air India, AirAsia India, and Vistara - hold a 24 per cent share of the Indian aviation market.