SriLankan Airlines flight UL422 returned to Colombo yesterday after it incurred a (yet to be reported) technical difficulty in-flight. The Bangkok and Hong Kong bound flight left Colombo at 0727L (ETD 0720) and returned to Colombo at 0831L for a safe landing. The actual issue that the aircraft incurred...
SriLankan Airlines has gone through many significant changes in the last few years. It switched its management from an Emirates led one to a local one in 2008, and became a state-owned entity in 2010. SriLankan’s present CEO, Mr. Manoj Gunewardena is due to step down from his post...
The BEA today released a special report containing the final moments of Air France flight 447. The report can be found here. The aircraft apparently entered a stall and never recovered due to continuous nose ups and a very high AoA. As once guessed by this author, the aircraft...
ABC News correspondents, Lisa Stark and Ben Forer, recently published a news report about the Air France flight 447 crash. You can read the article, titled “Air France Flight 447: Black Boxes Indicate Pilot Error Caused Accident” here. The report tries to make the point that pilot error alone...
UPDATE: The BEA has issued a press release stating that the Le Figaro article is too sensationalist and that no conclusions can be drawn from the investigation’s current state. UNCONFIRMED NEWS REPORT Reputed French newspaper, La Figero, has posted an extraordinary report that the French investigation agency BEA has...
AIRLINEINDUSTRYREVIEW.COM – The French BEA has reported that it has been able to locate previously not-found wreckage of Air France Flight 447 with its fourth search attempt which was launched in March 2011. The investigators have verified the wreckage as belonging to AF447 ( operated by Airbus A330-200 F-GZCP...
An impressive shot of an impressive moment. An Airbus A330 passes through a cloud showing the beauty of a mother nature’s phenomenon. Photo info Airline: KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Aircraft: Airbus A330-200 Registration: PH-AOK Photographer: Tim De Groot
TransAsia Airways of Taiwan has placed a firm order with Airbus for two A330-300s and six A321s. The airline plans to use these aircraft on routes to Mainland China as well as on regional routes. The airline currently operates a fleet of five A321s, two A320s and nine ATR72-500s....
SriLankan Airlines has formally announced that it will be refurbishing its widebody fleet with new flat bed seats in Business Class. The airline has selected Avio Interiors’ Biz seat offering as its seat of choice. The seat offers a general pitch of 78″ and also presents a ‘buddy seat’...
First Airbus A330-200F for Turkish Airlines Cargo was seen at Tolouse yesterday. The aircraft wears the new Turkish livery and is only the second aircraft to wear it ( the other being a 777-300ER currently pending delivery ). Photo copyright David Barrie/ Aeroweb-fr.net This aircraft, MSN 1004, was the...