*IRAQI AIRWAYS has put up for sale 5 Boeing passenger jets that have been stranded in Jordan for 19 years, the state-owned carrier said in a newspaper advert published yesterday in the kingdom. "Iraqi Airways wants to sell 3 Boeing 727-200s and 2 Boeing 707s which are currently located at the Queen Alia International Airport" south of Amman, said the ad in the government-owned Al-Rai Arabic daily. It added bidders should submit their offers by October 20. 6 Iraqi Airways planes have been grounded in Jordan since UN sanctions were slapped on Iraq following the invasion of Kuwait in August 1990 by the forces of late dictator Saddam Hussein. The ad gave no indication of the status of the 6th aircraft. Jordan has said the aircraft were part of Iraqi assets frozen in the kingdom, adding it is owed about 4 million dollars in fees for harboring the planes. Iraq said in May it will be forced to close down the Airline over $US1.2 billion that KUWAIT AIRWAYS claims it is owed in a dispute dating back to Saddam's invasion of the emirate. Kuwait says 10 of its planes as well as aircraft parts were plundered after its Airport was seized during the invasion.
*Indonesia's SRIWIJAYA AIR plans to sign a purchase agreement next week for 10 Boeing 737-800s, as it seeks to launch more international services. The Jakarta-based carrier will sign the deal with Boeing in Seattle and the aircraft will be delivered from 2015, said an Airline spokeswoman. "But we are in negotiations with Boeing to see if the deliveries can be brought forward to 2013 as we really need them to begin more flights," she added. Sriwijaya serves mostly domestic destinations and operates flights to Singapore and Malaysia's Penang island, and wants to expand its international network. "We are looking at Australian cities, and will likely begin flights to Perth," said the spokeswoman. The carrier is also considering flying to Vietnam and Cambodia and Chinese cities like Hangzhou. Sriwijaya has a fleet of 27 737s, but the upcoming deal with add its 1st 737-800, It is also looking to add 60 smaller aircraft, such as Embraer or ATR, to its fleet for domestic operations.
*QANTAS will cut the number of cabin crew on its flagship A380 aircraft despite unions raising fears about an ''inferior service'' due to a heavier workload for staff. The Airline plans to reduce Flight Attendants on the aircraft from 22 to 21 late next month; it has cut cabin crew levels on its A330-300 planes from 10 to 9. The union said the reductions are likely to increase stress among cabin crew faced with ''already challenging service requirements''. It said they raised ''potential safety implications'' and could lead to an ''inferior service on board''. A desire to obtain costs savings in the face of a difficult international flying environment was said to be the key reason for Qantas's decision.
*The NTSB issued a brief update on an incident involving a JETBLUE ERJ190 at Nassau, The Bahamas, on September 3, 2009. On that date, Flight 1781 was on Scheduled International Service from Orlando, Florida, to Nassau, with 89 passengers and 4 crew members onboard. The crew declared an emergency while on approach to Nassau, reporting an indication of a left hand engine fire, and requested an accelerated approach and landing. Emergency Services were deployed and in place as the ERJ approached. The Tower confirmed that there were visible flames on the left hand side of the aircraft. The ERJ touched down without incident, and taxied quickly off the active runway. As Emergency Services worked to extinguish the flames, passengers and crew were evacuated via the slides. No one onboard was injured in the incident. According to the NTSB update, the investigation has been delegated to the Bahamian Government. The Bahamian Flight Standards agency will lead the investigation. The NTSB also reported that the left hand engine had been sent to Orlando for additional examination, with multiple findings related to various engine componets. A heavy fuel leak was also identified. The investigation continues.
*AUSTRAL Flight 2874, on Domestic MD83 Service on behalf of AEROLINEAS ARGENTINAS from Buenos Aires to El Calafate, Argentina, with 118 passengers and crew onboard, had to make an emergency diversion, on Monday, October 4. The crew declared an emergency moments after taking off from Newberry Airport, reporting an engine failure. Due to longer runways, the MD83 was diverted to Ezeiza Airport, where it landed without incident, about 30 minutes after its initial departure. The aircraft was removed from service for repairs.
*YAMAL AIRLINES Flight 15, on Domestic Tupolev TU134 Service from Salekhard to Novyj Urengoj, Russia, with 33 passengers and 6 crew members onboard, had to make an emergency return, on Monday, October 4. Shortly after departure, the crew reported that they could not retract the right hand main gear. The Tupolev landed back at Salekhard without incident and was removed from service for repairs.
*AIR CANADA Flight 630, on Domestic ERJ175 Service from Montreal to St Johns, Canada, with 38 passengers and crew onboard, had to make an emergency return, on Friday, October 1. While climbing thru 15000 feet, the right engine failed. The ERJ landed back at Montreal about 20 minutes and the aircraft was later removed from service. Following the incident, the right hand engine needed to be replaced on the aircraft.
*AIR CANADA Flight 100, on Domestic A321 Service from Vancouver to Toronto, Canada, with 181 passengers and crew onboard, had to reject takeoff, on Thursday, September 30. The crew rejected takeoff from runway 26L after a hawk impacted the Captain's windshield. The crew declared PAN PAN PAN and the tower dispatched Emergency Services after seeing smoke from an engine. The crew was able to stop the aircraft on the runway and taxi to the Apron, where Emergency Services checked the aircraft. According to the Canadian TSB, the aircraft has since returned to service.
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