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Sunrise Airways President Philippe Bayard says the Haiti-based carrier is set to expand its regional Caribbean network coverage through partnerships with other regional operators in the Caribbean

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SEE:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomas-chlumecky-3200a021/   CH-Aviation – June 18, 2018     Sunrise Airways A320-200 wet leased from Global Aviation Operations (South Africa)   Sunrise Airways President Philippe Bayard says the Haiti-based carrier is set to expand its regional Caribbean network coverage through partnerships with other regional operators.   In an interview with The Curacao Chronicle, Bayard … Continue reading →

Air Arabia reveals $336m exposure to embattled equity firm Abraaj, which has filed for provisional liquidation in the Cayman Islands and Air Arabia’s stock price drops by a third since March

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SEE:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomas-chlumecky-3200a021/   Air Arabia Drops After Flagging $336 Million Exposure to Abraaj By Archana Narayanan and Filipe Pacheco – Bloomberg – June 21, 2018   Air Arabia PJSC fell in Dubai after the airline disclosed exposure of $336 million to funds managed by Abraaj Group, the private equity firm that’s being restructured. The shares … Continue reading →

SUMMARY: The Etihad Airways “Equity Alliance Strategy” was a disaster just like the 1990’s Swissair “Hunter Strategy” which bankrupted Swissair in 2001, now Etihad has to dig itself out of a mess and right size its business, which means less aircraft, which is bad news for Boeing’s B777X order book, but with just 25 orders out of a total of 326 its a small hit, the big hit will be on Etihad which now has to be thinking of joining Emirates and flyDubai under one Group ownership, that will take some soul searching and loss of pride in Abu Dhabi, but it makes sense for the future of Etihad.

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SEE:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomas-chlumecky-3200a021/   Etihad B777-300ER     $6 Billion Order Loss For Boeing? Jun.18.2018 – Seeking Alpha -Dhierin Bechai         Tomas’s Comment: Etihad Airways has 8 x $394.8 million B777-8’s on order and 17 x $425.8m B777-9’s on order since November, 2013 when life was good for Etihad Airways, and ordering 25 … Continue reading →

SUMMARY: Canada’s PAL Aerospace, owned by Winnipeg based Exchange Income Corporation (EIC), is waiting for Guyana’s government approval to work with local operator Roraima Airways to provide aerial surveillance/patrol flights to the emerging oil and gas industry off shore.

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SEE:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomas-chlumecky-3200a021/     PAL Aerospace not yet in operation in Guyana-will not be working without gov’t approval, Gouveia says Guyana New – June 20, 2018     PAL Aerospace King Air 200 MPA (maritime patrol aircraft), the aircraft that put Provincial/PAL on the map for MPA ————————————————————————————————————————     Tomas’s Comment:   PAL Aerospace … Continue reading →

How the British Rolls Royce Nene Turbojet Engine Allowed Russia’s MiG-15 (NATO code named ‘Fagot”) to Fight the USAF in the Korean War, and 65+ years later it is still in service with the Korean People’s Army Air Force (KPAAF), whose most formidable offensive aircraft are the +300 AN-2 (Chinese Y-5) low and slow flying fabric biplanes with wooden props that are “stealthy” to US and South Korean radars?

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SEE:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomas-chlumecky-3200a021/   North Korean, Chinese built F-5 (aka Mig-15)       Tomas’s Comment: This is a true story about how the British gave the Russians their RR Nene engine, which the Russian reversed engineered and developed their VK-1 turbojet engine which powered their first ‘real’ jet fighter the Mig-15 (aka “engine with a … Continue reading →

After 8+ years, the Sukhoi SSJ100 program still struggles with just 125 in service, now launching their new 75 seat SSJ75 to take on the E175-E2, MRJ90 and CRJ900, while a SSJ130 is in the works with 115 seats to take on the E190-E2 and the CS100? just can’t compete as latest orders from small & weak, sanctioned or Russian airlines shows (Aero Mongolia, S7, Iran Air Tours and Aseman Airlines)

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SEE:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomas-chlumecky-3200a021/ READ: Several previous articles on this site on the Sukhoi SuperJet Sukhoi SuperJet from Russia, with hope CAPA- June 19, 2018   Tomas’s Comment: Since now 86 months since the 1st SSJ100 was delivered to launch customer Armavia (Armenia) which took 1 of 2 on order on April 21, 2011 and went bust … Continue reading →

Airbus threatens to leave UK in case of hard Brexit

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You can read more of my Articles and Posts on LinkedIN at:   https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomas-chlumecky-3200a021/  Aerotime Hub News – June 22, 2018 – CLÉMENT CHARPENTREAU   Airbus threatens to leave UK in case of a hard Brexit, a clear warning for Conservative Prime Minister Theresa May and her government, whose negotiations with Brussels are stagnating nine months … Continue reading →

Nepal’s aviation sector removed from ICAO’s SSC (significant safety concern) list

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You can read more of my Articles and Posts on LinkedIN at:   https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomas-chlumecky-3200a021/    The Himalayan Times – June 22, 2018 – RASTRIYA SAMACHAR SAMITI Nepal’s aviation sector removed from ICAO’s SSC list Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil aviation, Rabindra Prasad Adhikari, has said that International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) has removed Nepal’s aviation … Continue reading →

Goshawk acquires SKY Leasing’s Irish subsidiary 

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You can read more of my Articles and Posts on LinkedIN at:   https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomas-chlumecky-3200a021/      Airline Economics Daily – June 22, 2018   Goshawk acquires SKY Leasing’s Irish subsidiary  Goshawk Aviation has confirmed that it will acquire all of the outstanding shares of SKY Leasing’s (SKY) Irish subsidiary, Sky Aviation Leasing International (SALI), from the … Continue reading →

Bombardier signs agreement with DAIR to spur innovation in Ontario’s aerospace sector, but referring to Bombardier’s innovation and aerospace is a self contradiction (oxymoron) given its massive reliance on developing its product line by stretching the 1970’s CL-600 Challenger (ALL CRJ’s and ALL Globals) or stretching the DHC-8-100 into the Q400, stretching an aircraft for decades is not innovation in my book.

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You can read more of my Articles and Posts on LinkedIN at:   https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomas-chlumecky-3200a021/  Bombardier signs agreement with DAIR to spur innovation in Ontario’s aerospace sector AviTrader-June 22, 2018     Tomas’s Comment: It’s interesting and good for aerospace education, but let’s be real, Bombardier is not a big innovator in aerospace, outside the miserably failed … Continue reading →

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