Aviation

Malaysia Airlines To End Scheduled A380 Service In March 2018

All 6 Of Malaysia Airlines' Airbus A380s Are Now In Storage In France

Malaysia Airways is set to end all scheduled Airbus A380 solutions in early 2018 less than 6 years following having supply of these plane. The carrier’s sole remaining scheduled A380 assistance is among Kuala Lumpur Sepang and London Heathrow, exactly where it presently operates 2 times day-to-day non-stop flights. Successful 15 January 2018, A380 assistance will decrease to once day-to-day, with the MH4/five day-to-day flight becoming replaced by the recently shipped 3-course Airbus A350-900. In accordance to Malaysia Airlines’ reservation technique, all scheduled A380 solutions will stop on 04 March 2018 with the flagship flights MH1/two also becoming replaced by the Airbus A350-900.

Malaysia Airlines’ A380s, of which it has 6 in its fleet, are configured with 8 Initially Class seats (key deck), 66 Small business Class (higher deck) and 420 Overall economy Class (higher and key deck). The airline principally operated the A380 to London Heathrow and Paris Charles de Gaulle (a location it has because terminated). Delivery of the initially plane took spot in July 2015. The A380s had also been earmarked for flights to Sydney but this hardly ever eventuated, apart from a really quick interval in 2015 for a total of 9 times.

There have been makes an attempt by the Malaysian carrier to promote or lease the A380s to other airlines however nothing has eventuated from that. The carrier’s A380 functions in accordance to several analysts have not been worthwhile for the airline. As an alternative Malaysia Airways sees a long term for its A380s in the Hajj and Umrah constitution marketplace giving solutions to pilgrim vacationers. A new subsidiary enterprise, presently code-named “Project Hope” will run these pilgrim flights.

Services would run from ASEAN international locations, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Africa to Medina in Saudi Arabia. The A380s will be reconfigured in a superior density Overall economy Class layout with perhaps a small Small business or Quality cabin. The new enterprise is anticipated to be operational sometime in 2019.

Courtesy : Airline Hub Buzz 2017

Aviation

Boeing, Antonov to Collaborate on Defense Projects

– MOU represents Boeing’s commitment to work with Ukrainian industry

– Includes exploring opportunities for collaborating on in-country support of Unmanned Aerial Systems

A Memorandum of Understanding was signed today by Boeing and Antonov Company to investigate potential collaboration on defense-related projects.

“We’re happy to keep collaborating with the Antonov Company to help Ukraine’s economic development and expansion,” stated Ted Colbert, CEO and president of Boeing Defence, Space, & Security.

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“This agreement demonstrates our ongoing efforts to find more opportunities to work with Ukrainian industry, which was underscored by our signing of the Ukrainian Defence Industry Compact earlier this year.”

The areas of potential collaboration identified in the agreement consist of training, logistical support and overhaul services for tactical Unmanned Aerial Systems utilized by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, which includes the ScanEagle. In addition, the companies will also explore opportunities for Antonov to provide engineering support to Boeing.

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“A strong, innovative, and efficient defense industry is key to sustainable economic development and national security, and we are extremely excited to collaborate with Boeing,” said Ievhen Gavrylov, CEO of Antonov Company.

This agreement brings a whole new level of opportunity to implement the latest and most effective solutions – in addition to the possibility of future projects with Boeing in the aerospace and defense industry.”