Η πτήση UA125 της United επέστρεψε πίσω στο Ελ. Βενιζέλος

Στο αεροδρόμιο της Αθήνας «Ελευθέριος Βενιζέλος» επέστρεψε η πτήση UA125 της United Airlines με προορισμό τo Νιούαρκ του Νιου Τζέρσει.

Ο πιλότος του αεροσκάφους Β767 που εκτελούσε την πτήση UA125 Αθήνα-Νιούαρκ, λίγα λεπτά μετά την απογείωση και πετώντας νότια της Κέρκυρας, ανέφερε πρόβλημα στον πύργο ελέγχου του «Ελευθέριος Βενιζέλος» και ζήτησε να επιστρέψει και να προσγειωθεί. Μέχρι τώρα δεν έχει γίνει γνωστό τι πρόβλημα παρουσίασε το αεροσκάφος, με τις πρώτες αναφορές να κάνουν λόγο για τεχνικό πρόβλημα.

Στο αεροσκάφος επέβαιναν 209 επιβάτες και 11μελές πλήρωμα.

Κανονικά οι πτήσεις στις 29 και 30 Σεπτεμβρίου

Λίγες ώρες διήρκησε η εξαγγελία της απεργίας της ΟΣΥΠΑ για τις 29 και 30 Σεπτεμβρίου.

Έτσι, αργά το βράδυ, η ΟΣΥΠΑ ανακοίνωσε ότι, ύστερα από τον γόνιμο διάλογο του προεδρείου με τον υπουργό Μεταφορών Χρήστο Σπίρτζη, αναστέλλει την εξαγγελθείσα απεργία, που ήταν προγραμματισμένη από 10.00΄ τοπική ώρα της Πέμπτης 29-9-2016 έως 23.59΄ τοπική ώρα της Παρασκευής 30-9-2016. 

Αυτό σημαίνει ότι οι πτήσεις των αεροπορικών εταιρειών θα πραγματοποιηθούν κανονικά. 

Υπενθυμίζεται ότι, τις επόμενες ημέρες, θα κατατεθεί σχέδιο νόμου στη Βουλή για την αναδιοργάνωση της ΥΠΑ, το οποίο έχει προκαλέσει εντάσεις στους εργαζομένους. 

Metafores Press

ANA NH823 B763 returned to Tokyo, engine #1 shut down in flight

An ANA All Nippon Airways Boeing 767-300, registration JA616A performing flight NH-823 from Tokyo Narita (Japan) to Taipei (Taiwan) with 191 people on board, was climbing through about FL200 when the left hand engine (CF6) failed prompting the crew to level off at FL220, shut the engine down and return to Tokyo for a safe landing on Narita's runway 16R about 40 minutes after departure.

A replacement Boeing 767-300 registration JA618A is estimated to reach Taipei with a delay of 3:45 hours.

The Aviation Herald

Jetstar JQ956 A320 near Brisbane, haze in cabin, engine #2 shut down in flight

A Jetstar Airbus A320-200, registration VH-VFY performing flight JQ-956 from Sydney,NS to Cairns,QL (Australia), was enroute at FL340 about 240 southwest of Brisbane,QL (Australia) when haze began to invade the cabin, the cabin lights began to flicker and scraping sounds occurred. The crew shut the right hand engine (V2527) down and diverted to Brisbane for a safe landing on runway 19 about 40 minutes later.

The airline reported there was a technical issue with one of the engines, the engine was shut down as a precaution. The cause of the smoke, that entered the cabin through the air conditioning system, is being investigated. 

On Sep 23rd 2016 Australia's TSB reported the right hand engine failed while enroute, the crew decided to divert to Brisbane. The occurrence was rated an incident and is being investigated by the ATSB.

The Aviation Herald

Indigo 6E54 A320 near Chennai, Galaxy 2 smoke

An Indigo Airbus A320-200, registration VT-IAQ performing flight 6E-54 from Singapore (Singapore) to Chennai (India), was descending towards Chennai when a passenger noticed smoke coming from the overhead locker near seat row 23. Cabin crew identified a Galaxy Note 2 smartphone had overheated, extinguished the flames with a fire extinguisher and doused the phone with water before securing it into a container. The aircraft continued for a safe landing on Chennai's runway 25.

India's DGCA confirmed a smartphone Lithium Battery had suffered a thermal runaway. The occurrence is being investigated.

The airline reported a number of passengers noticed the smell of smoke and alerted cabin crew, cabin crew identified the source of minor smoke in the overhead locker above seat 23C, alerted the flight crew, used a fire extinguisher to put the fire out and transferred the phone into a water filled container located in a lavatory. The phone was identified to be a Galaxy Note 2.

Galaxy Note 7 smartphones have been called back by Samsung due to several thermal runaways of their batteries and high probability of further such events, several civil aviation authorities have banned the use or charging of such phones on board of aircraft.

The Aviation Herald

Finnair launches new routes to San Francisco and Alicante from 2017

In line with its growth strategy, Finnair has today announced that it will open a new seasonal route from Helsinki to San Francisco in June 2017.

The airline will operate three weekly flights between both cities from June 1 to September 30. The flights will be operated on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays.

Thanks to Helsinki’s geographical location, Finnair’s new northern route to San Francisco will offer competitive travel times for customers from Scandinavia, the Baltics, Russia as well as from many European cities. San Francisco will be Finnair’s fourth US destination, along with New York, Chicago and Miami. The new San Francisco flight will be operated within the Atlantic joint business between Finnair, American Airlines, British Airways and Iberia. The joint business offers customers additional flight choices, better connections and better pricing on transatlantic routes. Currently, the four airlines operate over 100 daily return flights between Europe and North America.

“We are very pleased to be taking another step forward in the growth of our airline as San Francisco is an exciting new destination for all of our customers,” says Juha Järvinen, Chief Commercial Officer at Finnair. “In the same way as when Finnair flies to Asia, the northern position of our Helsinki hub will also present a quick alternative for our connecting European customers flying to North America’s West Coast.”

Finnair will also add capacity to Spain, by opening a new route to Alicante with up to four weekly flights between March 26 and October 27. In addition, Finnair will also increase its flights to Malaga with two additional weekly flights between June and July, increasing frequencies to a total of eleven weekly flights. Last month, Finnair also announced new routes to Ibiza and Menorca for the summer 2017 season.

Aviation Tribune

Aeromexico outlines new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner operational plans

AeroMéxico has outlined its B787-9 operational schedule, set to launch on November 18. 

According to Airline Route, XA-ADL (msn 43859) will enter commercial service between México City and Paris CDG. It will operate selected flights on the route between November 18 and December 17, after which it will be utilised daily. The aircraft will also be deployed on the domestic Mexico City – Tijuana service on selected days between November 26 and January 4, 2017. Effective December 4 the Dreamliner will be used on a number of flights to New York JFK through to March 25, 2017, while the aircraft will start daily operations on the flagship Mexico City-Madrid Barajas service from January 6, 2017.

The Mexican carrier has a further five B787-9s on order from Boeing and already operates nine B787-8s.

ch-aviation.com

Asiana plans A380 to Frankfurt from 26Feb17

Asiana Airlines in recent schedule update has moved forward planned Airbus A380 operation on Seoul Incheon – Frankfurt. The Super Jumbo aircraft is now scheduled to enter service on this route from 26FEB17, 3 days earlier than planned. 

Previously reported on Airlineroute, this route is currently served by Boeing 747-400 until 25DEC16, its last scheduled 747-400 long-haul service. Boeing 777-200ER will operate this route from 26DEC16 to 25FEB17.

OZ541 ICN1250 – 1630FRA 388 D
OZ542 FRA1830 – 1240+1ICN 388 D

Routesonline

Air India launches Delhi-Madrid from 01Dec16

Air India in this week’s schedule update has filed operational schedule for Delhi – Madrid route, as the airline plans 3 weekly operation. Using Boeing 787-8 aircraft, this route will commence on 01DEC16.

AI135 DEL1425 – 2020MAD 788 246
AI136 MAD2150 – 1110+1DEL 788 246

Routesonline

Thai A350 damaged the left tire at Phuket's Airport

Thai Airways Airbus A350-900 (reg. HS-THB) suffered an incident when landing at Phuket International Airport.

Thai Airways flight #TG221 took off from Bangkok International Airport/Suvarnabhumi with 138 passengers and 14 crew on board.

According to information disclosed by the Director of the Airport, the crew of#TG221 from Bangkok International Airport/Suvarnabhumi encountered adverse weather conditions with strong wind and intensive rain. The plane was “pushed” to the left side of the runway, which caused the left side of the gear off the asphalt dmagaing the Michelin tires.

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