Monday, March 18, 2019

Porpoising ATR lost nose-wheels in high-speed landing

Pilots of a White Airways ATR 72-600 failed to follow sterile cockpit procedures and allowed the aircraft to gain excessive energy before the turboprop porpoised on touchdown at Lisbon, suffering serious damage. As the aircraft, operating a TAP Portugal service, descended towards runway 21 it encountered rain and winds gusting up to 20kt, although the […]

source http://www.ncairways.co/aviation/porpoising-atr-lost-nose-wheels-in-high-speed-landing-2/

Porpoising ATR lost nose-wheels in high-speed landing

Pilots of a White Airways ATR 72-600 failed to follow sterile cockpit procedures and allowed the aircraft to gain excessive energy before the turboprop porpoised on touchdown at Lisbon, suffering serious damage. As the aircraft, operating a TAP Portugal service, descended towards runway 21 it encountered rain and winds gusting up to 20kt, although the […]

source http://www.ncairways.co/aviation/porpoising-atr-lost-nose-wheels-in-high-speed-landing/

Chowkidar game round one: BJP wins, Cong way behind

BJP wins Chowkidar game on Twitter handsomely with over 1.5 million tweets The Prime Minister Narendra Modi had posted a tweet where he asked every Indian to be a ‘Chowkidar’ against corruption, social evils, and dirt on Saturday. A day later, he added the ‘Chowkidar’ prefix to his name. Soon after, the BJP leaders and […]

source http://www.ncairways.co/india-news/chowkidar-game/

EasyJet pulls out of Alitalia privatisation process

EasyJet has given up its interest in Alitalia. The UK low-cost airline had been discussions with Italian rail operator Ferrovie and US carrier Delta Air Lines about potentially forming a consortium to take over the Italian flag carrier, but has now decided to “withdraw from the process”, it says. EasyJet has not given a reason […]

source http://www.ncairways.co/aviation/easyjet-pulls-out-of-alitalia-privatisation-process-2/

EasyJet pulls out of Alitalia privatisation process

EasyJet has given up its interest in Alitalia. The UK low-cost airline had been discussions with Italian rail operator Ferrovie and US carrier Delta Air Lines about potentially forming a consortium to take over the Italian flag carrier, but has now decided to “withdraw from the process”, it says. EasyJet has not given a reason […]

source http://www.ncairways.co/aviation/easyjet-pulls-out-of-alitalia-privatisation-process/

TUI confirms sale of majority stake in Corsair to Intro

TUI has sold its majority stake in French leisure carrier Corsair to German investment firm Intro Aviation, following through on the agreement-in-principle struck in October 2018. Intro has acquired a 53% in Corsair, says TUI, which will “initially” retain a 27% stake, while Corsair employees hold 20%. Financial details of the transaction have not been […]

source http://www.ncairways.co/aviation/tui-confirms-sale-of-majority-stake-in-corsair-to-intro-2/

TUI confirms sale of majority stake in Corsair to Intro

TUI has sold its majority stake in French leisure carrier Corsair to German investment firm Intro Aviation, following through on the agreement-in-principle struck in October 2018. Intro has acquired a 53% in Corsair, says TUI, which will “initially” retain a 27% stake, while Corsair employees hold 20%. Financial details of the transaction have not been […]

source http://www.ncairways.co/aviation/tui-confirms-sale-of-majority-stake-in-corsair-to-intro/