Sofema Aviation Services shares the latest events in the Aviation business from around the world in our
Aviation Weekly News Roundup:
> SriLankan Airlines parks planes due to lack of engines
SriLankan Airlines (UL, Colombo International) has grounded three aircraft because they do not have the available funds to pay for engine repairs according to Aviation Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva. He told Sri Lanka’s parliament on February 10, 2023, that the aircraft have been grounded for several months for this reason. Read more
>> Lufthansa cancels more than 1,300 flights on Friday due to strikes
Lufthansa’s aircrafts are seen on the tarmac the day before the VERDI union called airport workers at Frankfurt, Munich, Stuttgart, Hamburg, Dortmund, Hanover and Bremen airports to go on a 24-hour strike on Friday, at the Munich International Airport, Germany, February 16, 2023. REUTERS/Leonhard Simon. Read more
> Air India: How the record plane deal is a game-changer
Air India’s record deal for 470 planes from Airbus and Boeing has happened at a time when the carrier plans to become “a world-class proposition”, in the words of N Chandrasekaran, chairman of Tata group, which owns the airline. Read more
> Hobby Club’s Missing Balloon Feared Shot Down By USAF
A small, globe-trotting balloon declared “missing in action” by an Illinois-based hobbyist club on Feb. 15 has emerged as a candidate to explain one of the three mystery objects shot down by four heat-seeking missiles launched by U.S. Air Force fighters since Feb. 10. Read more
>> A United Airlines flight took a steep dive to just 800 feet above the Pacific Ocean
A United Airlines flight that took off from the Hawaiian island of Maui late last year made a steep dive shortly after takeoff and came within 800 feet of the Pacific Ocean before regaining altitude. Read more
> Netflix Announces Documentary on Disappearance of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370
Titled “MH370: The Plane That Disappeared”, the docu-series will be released on March 8, 2023, on the ninth anniversary of the plane’s disappearance. Read more
>> UK’s flybe. to be liquidated as rescue efforts fail
flybe. (Birmingham, GB) will be wound down after its administrators announced they could not find a suitable buyer in time. Read more
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