A fire in the cockpit of a Jetstar Airbus A330 in 2009 was caused by a production fault with the electrical connection to the windshield heating system, which the Australian Transport Safety Bureau inquiry concluded it was related to the use of a polysulfide sealant...

A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) 737 aircraft bound for Karachi from Islamabad was forced to make an emergency landing at Multan Airport yesterday due to technical fault. Several government members were onboard, which have declared that PIA should improve its...

Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has been hit by flight delays due to bad weather and frequent bird-hit incidences. After news reports questioning the airline’s safety record, PIA spokesman was keen to emphasise that passenger safety is PIA’s foremost priority....

Boeing has announced that Japan Airlines will expand Airplane Health Management (AHM) coverage to its future Boeing 787 fleet. AHM is a software system that monitors, collects and analyzes airplane data to give airplane customers valuable, real-time maintenance...

Rumours that Qantas could cut engineering jobs have prompted the Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers Association to warn that this could lead to industrial action. Union secretary Steve Purvinas said that in talks, Qantas management had discussed moves to shift...

Fokker Services has won a three-year component management contract from Alliance Airlines to support its Fokker fleet, which comprises 18 100-seat F100s, two 75-seat F70LRs and five 50-seat F50 turboprops. The Australian-based charter and wet-lease airline operates...

Hamilton Sundstrand has been selected by Japan Airlines to provide a total supply chain maintenance solution for its systems on JAL’s fleet of 35 Boeing 787 aircraft on order. The maintenance support agreement, valued at approximately $350 million, is for 10 years...

Tiger Airways will not be able to meet the formal conditions set out by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority as conditions for it to resume services. The airline has begun refunding money to passengers booked to fly until next Thursday because it will not be able to...

Singapore Airlines has reported that the engine on one of its Airbus A380s shut down minutes after takeoff on Monday from Singapore bound for Hong Kong and had to return to the airport. The aircraft was fitted with Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines. The airline,...

Qantas is planning to speed up modifications of Rolls-Royce RB211 engines powering its Boeing 747-400 fleet to solve the problem caused by cracked high-pressure compressor blades, which Rolls-Royce acknowledged as a problem, several years ago. The Australian airline...

China Southern Airlines, the first Chinese operator to fly the Airbus A380 aircraft, has signed a contract with Airbus for customized Flight Hour Services (FHS) for its fleet of five A380s, scheduled to be in service from the second half of 2011. Airbus will deliver...

As part of its $4.5 million development project at Fort Worth Meacham International Airport (FTW), Texas Jet is nearing completion of a 30,000-sq-ft hangar it has leased to Trimec Aviation. “With our growing Astra/G100 customer base, we have outgrown the facility...