Category: Civil Aviation

The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has issued type certification for the Sukhoi Superjet 100, the first ever Russian passenger jet to receive EASA CS-25 certification. The SSJ100 received type certification from the Russian Certification Authority in January 2011. Six of the 100-seat regional jets are currently in service with Armenia’s Armavia Airlines and Russia’s

Air Namibia has ordered a pair of Airbus A319s and plans to use the 112 passenger aircraft on regional routes connecting Windhoek to other major African cities. The Namibian national carrier currently operates two leased A319s on regional routes as well as a pair of A340-300 aircraft on its international route connecting Windhoek and Frankfurt.

Singapore Airlines has discovered wing cracks in all six of the Airbus A380s inspected under a safety directive issued by European regulators. The carrier insisted – as Airbus has stated repeatedly in the past month – that the cracks were discovered long before they posed any potential safety risks. The airline said four of the

South America’s AviancaTaca has finalised an order for 33 Airbus A320neo and 18 current generation A320 Family aircraft. The deal builds on a memorandum of understanding signed at the Paris Airshow in June. AviancaTaca was created in 2010 by the merger of Columbia’s Avianca Airlines and TACA Airlines of El Salvador. The company includes subsidiary