Investigators in Brussels have found no evidence of engine damage on the Kalitta Air Boeing 747-200 freighter destroyed in a take-off overrun on 25 May, but confirm that one engine suffered a loss of power at a critical speed threshold.
The Belgian inquiry has also determined that the correct aircraft parameters, runway selection and weather […]

Middle Eastern carrier Emirates is to take delivery of its first Airbus A380 from the airframer’s Hamburg facility on 28 July.
The Dubai-based carrier has confirmed the date in a statement today, adding that it will receive five by March 2009.
Emirates has 58 A380s on order and is by far the largest single customer […]

In an article quoting Pat Shanahan of Boeing Commerical Airplanes in our 27 May-2 June issue, we wrongly said that Sagem Defense Securite was responsible…

SkyTeam member Northwest Airlines has begun a review of its capacity plans to determine if additional changes should be made in light of unprecedented fuel prices.
Confirming the latest review Northwest VP of corporate communications Tammy Lee says: “With fuel at these prices every airline, including Northwest, needs to examine whether it has the right […]

The chief executive of Kansas-based aerostructures specialist Spirit AeroSystems told analysts yesterday that commercial aircraft sales could flatten or even decline in 2008.
At the same time, CEO Jeff Turner predicted that any downturn in the civil airliner market will be shallower than any previous episode in the industry’s history.
“In every cycle the trough […]