[Ref Flight International Magazine 11-17 Feb 2020] Experts doubt the 737 Max crisis will significantly impact 777X certification, although it may lead regulators to look more closely at safety analyses and pilot response assumptions. Boeing intends to certificate the 777X as a 777 variant, not an entirely new aircraft. But various changes could be found […]

[Ref Flight International Magazine 11-17 Feb 2020] The first flight of the 777-9 is expected to clear the way for deliveries to launch customer Emirates in 2021. The 777-9 is bigger than the A350-1000 and has more firm orders – 267 versus 176, according to Cirium fleets data. Boeing seems to has bragging rights over Airbus […]

[Ref Flight International Magazine 11-17 Feb 2020] A Pegasus Airlines Boeing 737-800 involved in an overrun accident during its landing roll at Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen airport on 5 February 2020. The aircraft was carrying 177 passengers and six crew. Turkey’s civil aviation authority says 139 injured occupants were transferred to different hospitals. Unfortunately, three fatalities […]

[Ref AVIA4022 handout] Two major reasons of needing the Third Runway System (3RS) in Hong Kong: existing runways capacity reached future demand (both flight movements and passenger & cargo throughput is expected to increase)    

[Ref AVIA4022 handout] Why standardization of signs and information inside the passenger terminal building is important? easier to be comprehended by the passengers able to create a sense of openness since all (both overhead and floor level) signage have specific restriction on the dimension (feature text-style and color) is a method to establish and maintain […]

[Ref AVIA4022 handout] The ultimate goal of apron management is to ensure safe and efficient operations, they are including but not limited to: aircraft ground activities (飛機地面活動) transfer of passengers (乘客的運送) movements of baggage, cargo and mail (行李、貨物、郵件的運送) related airfield activities (其他一切的地面作業)  

[Ref Flight International Magazine 4-10 Feb 2020] With all-new carbonfibre wing, incorporating folding wingtip, the Boeing 777X is slightly different from previous iterations of the twin jet. The Boeing 777X remains full airport compatibility as the wingspan reduces to 64.8m when folded, but once it is extended, the span is increased by 7m (23ft) over […]

[Ref Flight International Magazine 4-10 Feb 2020] Boeing’s flight-test 777X, a GE Aviation GE9X-powered twinjet, designated WH001, eventually took off from Everett’s Paine Field at 10:09 local time on 25 January. The successful completion of the 777-9’s 3h 51min maiden flight. The aircraft spent much of the first sortie operating at around 15,000ft just west […]

[Ref Flight International Magazine 4-10 Feb 2020] Airbus and Rolls-Royce are investigating two incidents in which A350s experienced uncommanded in-flight engine shutdowns after drinks were spilled on cockpit controls. According to Flight International Magazine, one case involved a Delta Air Lines A350-900 en route to Seoul on 21 January. Some 15min before the Delta shutdown, a […]

[Ref Flight International Magazine 28Jan-3Feb 2020] Swiss aviation pioneer and climate advocate Bertrand Piccard has a powerful and urgent message for the aviation and aerospace industries: innovate quickly, or risk losing your business to the realities of climate change. After finishing the 21,600nm (40,000km) journey in 2016 – the first by a fixed-wing aircraft powered […]