Aerospace Diary

Neelam Mathews Aug 22, 2012 Kazakhstan ’s Air Astana, has, increased frequencies between Almaty and Delhi starting Aug 21. Air Astana will be providing a daily service except Thursdays and Saturday on an Airbus A320 aircraft configured in 148 seats, two class configuration. The flight duration from Almaty to Delhi is 3 hours and 45 minutes. Air Astana   started services from Almaty to Delhi in September 2004. “Business and leisure traffic between Kazakhstan and India has continued to grow strongly in recent years and Air Astana is now delighted to respond by providing extra services to Delhi, one of the country’s most dynamic cities. The new flights offer passengers arriving in Almaty convenient connections to domestic services including to the capital Astana, as well as regional destinations in Central Asia, Caucasus, southern Russia and China,” said Ibrahim Canliel, Vice President Sales and Marketing, Air Astana. The cost of an economy return ticket from A...

Posted by- Neelam Mathews Jan26, 2012  SriLankan Engineering has been awarded its largest ever contract for aircraft maintenance by IndiGo.The expertise, experience and efficiency ofthe MRO provider was cited as a reason for the choice, Aerospace Diary learns. IndiGo has awarded SriLankan Engineering 26 C-checks on Airbus A320 aircraft forg the year 2012. This is the fourth consecutive year that IndiGo contracted SriLankan Engineering for the lion’s share of maintenance programs on its fleet. “IndiGo’s annual major maintenance contract for four consecutive years to us is a tribute to the extraordinary performance of our staff during the preceding years. We have achieved an excellent record of on-time completion of maintenance programs, as well as the highest quality of work. This has been the result of the efforts of aircraft engineers, technicians, managers, and all other staff in every department of SriLankan Engineering,” says Priyantha Rose, Head of Engineering. “We are...

Posted by- Neelam Mathews Nov 21, 2011 Airbus says it has completed installation of the first set of ‘Sharklet’ wing-tip devices on the A320 development aircraft (MSN 001 ), preparing for the flight-test campaign in the coming weeks. Sharklets, which have been specially designed for the Airbus A320 Family, will reduce fuel burn by up to 3.5 percent. These new wingtip devices are around 2.5 metres tall and will replace the aircraft’s current wingtip fence. Offered as an option on new-build aircraft, as well as being standard on the A320neo Family, Sharklets will also enhance the aircraft’s payload-range and take-off performance.