Regional Express Holdings has recorded an 8.6 per cent fall in profit for the first half of the 2010 financial year as revenues fell across its operations. The airline group, which includes Pel-Air, Air Link and the Australian Airline Pilot Academy, recorded a net profit of $9.6 million for the six months ending December 31.
CASA has reportedly suspended the pilot’s licence of Dominic James, the Pel-Air pilot who successfully ditched an IAI Westwind into the ocean off Norfolk Island after the aircraft ran low on fuel whilst on an air ambulance flight late last year. According to The Australian newspaper, James’s licence has been suspended by CASA as part
Virgin Blue Holdings has today reported a net profit after tax of $62.5 million for the six months ending December 31 2009 (compared to a $101.4 million loss in the first half of the previous financial year), and further detailed plans to acquire up to 50 new Boeing 737s for extra domestic capacity. Highlights of
Skywest has recorded a net profit after tax of S$7m (A$5.8m) for the six months ending December 31 2009, marking a major turnaround from a loss of S$2.8m (A$2.2m) for the comparable half year. The profit came on the back of a 10 per cent increase in revenue to S$107m (A$87m), and was boosted by
Bell Helicopters has announced that it has received a STC (Supplemental Type Certificate) to increase the hot and high performance of the Bell 407. The STC draws on excess power available from the 407’s Rolls-Royce 250-C47B engine to support revisions of the 407’s performance charts for in-ground-effect and out-of-ground-effect hover. Specifically, it uses available power
The first Boeing 787, MSN ZA001, was forced to divert to Moses Lake, Washington State, on February 19 after it encountered an uncommanded loss of thrust in one of its Rolls Royce Trent 1000 engines. According to the blog of Boeing’s vice president of marketing Randy Tinseth, engineers from Rolls-Royce and Boeing identified that the
