Reading Time: < 1 minute The first officer had difficulty maintaining localizer and glideslope as well as maintaining speed, the captain provided instructions to correct, the corrections made by the first officer were insufficient however.Vietnam Airlines Airbus A321, performing flight from Pleiku to Hanoi (Vietnam), was on final approach to Hanoi with a low time first officer flying the aircraft […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Aeroflot has taken delivery of new A321 aircraft equipped with aerodynamic wing-tips known as Sharklets. The VP-BTH aircraft is named in honour of Robert Rozhdestvensky, a prominent Russian poet of the second half of the XXth century. The airliner is designed in a new enhanced two class composition with 16 seats in business and 167 […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute AviaAM Leasing, a Warsaw Stock Exchange listed global aviation holding company engaged in the business of commercial aircraft acquisition, leasing and sales, has announced the delivery of Airbus A321-211 to its long-standing partner Yamal Airlines. The aircraft was leased to the carrier under an operating lease agreement for the term of 6 years. Prior to […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute A Wizz Air Airbus A321-200 performing flight from Bucharest Otopeni (Romania) to Billund (Denmark), was accelerating for takeoff from Otopeni’s runway when the crew rejected takeoff at low speed (about 45 knots over ground) due to a right hand engine failure. The aircraft slowed safely, vacated the runway and stopped on the adjacent taxiway where […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Turkish Airlines Airbus A321 performing flight TK-1045 from Istanbul to Bucharest Otopeni with 176 people on board, landed on Otopeni’s runway 26R but overran the displaced end of the runway by about 50 meters before coming to a stop. There were no injuries, the aircraft sustained minor if any damage, one temporary runway end/threshold light […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Flights to and from Hong Kong International Airport were disrupted for almost two hours on Wednesday morning after a China Eastern Airlines plane skidded off the runway while landing during heavy rain. Flight MU765 from Nanjing landed at 10:51am and airport officials said the Airbus A321 slid off the runway as it was making its […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes In simultaneous events in Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver, Air Canada revealed its new livery and branding, in an even described as “the future of Canada’s flag carrier.” Air Canada also introduced new uniforms, menu items, and wine choices at the events. The new livery was designed in conjunction with branding agency Winkreative and features a […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes Wizz Air, the largest low-cost carrier of Central and Eastern Europe, is extending its successful partnership with Lufthansa Technik and expanding it with additional services. The ultra-low-cost airline has extended two existing contracts for technical support of its Airbus A320 family and its future A321neo fleet by Lufthansa Technik. Apart from the integrated component supply as […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute A flight travelling to Mallorca has diverted to Manchester Airport after a bird was sucked into one of its engines. The Thomas Cook Airlines flight TCX47MG departed from Glasgow at 6.17am and was due to arrive in Spain. But the plane made an unscheduled landing at around 6.45am at Manchester Airport. The Thomas Cook flight […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes New York-based JetBlue Airways has amended its purchase agreement with Airbus to include an additional 15 Airbus A321ceo (current engine option) and 15 A321neo (new engine option) aircraft. The airline, which already operates A321s, has not yet announced its engine selection for the newly ordered aircraft. Beginning in 2019, JetBlue has the flexibility to configure […]