Category: Civil Aviation

After confirmation that an inflight battery fire caused the crew of an ANA 787 to declare an emergency landing during a domestic flight, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has grounded US-registered 787s. In issuing an emergency airworthiness directive (AD), the FAA said: “The FAA will work with the manufacturer and carriers to develop a corrective

Airbus continues its charge into the new year announcing firm orders for 75 A320 family aircraft. Garuda Indonesia’s low-cost subsidiary CitiLink has ordered 25 A320neo aircraft to add to the 25 already on order.  The airline currently has 12 leased A320s in service. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a

Embraer delivered 106 commercial aircraft and 99 executive jets in 2012, and retained an order backlog worth US$12.5 billion as it moved into 2013. The E190 was the most popular of the E-Jets, the company having delivered 62 during 2012.  The E195 was the second highest at 23, followed by the E175 at 20 and

After a wave of extensive  reporting on a string of incidents involving the 787, Boeing CEO Jim McNerney has defended the aircraft’s reliability while supporting investigations that he hopes will clear the aircraft of systemic or design flaws and restore the 787’s faltering reputation. In a statement issued after reports of more (unconnected) incidents involving