Today Transaero Airlines, Russia’s second largest carrier, and China Airlines have concluded a code-share agreement on joint operation of flights on the Moscow-Bangkok-Taipei route. The first flight, which arrived at 10:00 from Taipei, was welcomed by a traditional water salute by executives from the airline and Dubai Airports.Air New Zealand has signed a licensing agreement with China Airlines for its Economy Skycouch seat. Of the number, 110 passengers were from The plane landed normally at 10:26 a.m. local time and taxied to the gate area by 10:34. The delay was in part because the tower controller could not hear the fire crews' radioed requests for permission to use the taxiways to reach the fire - with no response, the fire crews decided to use the taxiways anyway without permission.The taxiways of Naha Airport were closed until 11:03 a.m. because of the incident. A codeshare is an aviation business partnership whereby a flight operated by one airline, is jointly marketed by one or more other airlines. CAL’s A350-900 is configured with a premium three class layout with a total of 306 seats, comprising 32 in Premium Business class, convertible to fully lie-flat beds, 31 in Premium Economy and 243 in the main cabin.Korean Air has announced an extended codeshare agreement with China Airlines, increasing the flights offered by Korean Air between South Korea and Taiwan. In the stock trading after the accident, China Airlines stock fell along with Taiwan Fire & Marine Insurance Co. China Airlines, the Taiwan-based carrier, will relocate its regional base to Al Maktoum International at Dubai World Central with effect from today. There were 157 passengers on board the aircraft, including 2 infants. China Airlines stated they would compensate passengers NT$1000 for every kilogram of luggage lost, for a maximum of NT$20,000 for checked-in pieces of luggage and another NT$20,000 maximum for carry-on luggage. The investigating team confirmed that the aircraft caught fire in the gate area and there was no sign of fuel leakage during taxiing to the gate. Under the terms of the agreement, China Airlines will commence the introduction of the Skycouch to its fleet of new 777-300ERs from September this year.
At 1512:12, CM-3 contacted China Airlines Operations with the time off-blocks, time airborne, and estimated time of arrival at Chek Lap Kok airport. With regard to the cause of the detachment of the downstop assembly, it is considered highly probable that during the maintenance works for preventing the nut from loosening, which the company carried out on the downstop assembly about one and a half months prior to the accident based on the service letter from the manufacturer of the aircraft, the washer on the nut side of the assembly was omitted, following which the downstop on the nut side of the assembly fell off and then the downstop assembly eventually fell off the track.With regard to the detachment of the washer, it is considered probable that the following factors contributed to this: Despite the fact that the nut was in a location difficult to access during the maintenance works, neither the manufacturer of the aircraft nor the company had paid sufficient attention to this when preparing the service letter and engineering order job card, respectively. Accident Bulletin on China Airlines ***** In accordance with the Hong Kong Civil Aviation (Investigation of Accidents) Regulations, an Inspector's investigation is in progress to determine the circumstances and causes that relate to the accident on the MD-11 aeroplane of China airlines flight CI 642 at Hong Kong International Airport on August 22, 1999. The aircraft delivered is an A350-900 for China Airlines. Informed about the situation by air traffic controllers, the captain ordered an emergency evacuation. Accident China Airlines Flight 204 B-180 - Aviation website for aircraft and airline information (flight, photo, travel, fleet listing, production list of Airbus Boeing Douglas Embraer Dash, ATR, Sukhoi, Saab...), plane photos, flightlog database, aviation news, civil aviation forum, aviation store. The takeoff and initial climb of China Airlines flight CI611 were normal. China Airlines and Japan Airlines today signed a memorandum of understanding to expand their strategic cooperation on cargo and passenger transportation.China Airlines has taken delivery of its first A350-900, becoming the ninth airline to operate the world’s newest and most efficient twin engine wide-body airliner. The pilots attempted to use the cockpit escape rope to climb to the ground, but the first officer was knocked off the rope when the number 2 engine and right wing fuel tanks exploded, triggering a large fireball that consumed much of the fuselage. All passengers and flight attendants managed to leave the aircraft safely through the four hatches using slides. With regard to the cause of the puncture in the track can, it is certain that the downstop assembly having detached from the aft end of the above-mentioned inboard main track fell off into the track can, and when the slat was retracted, the assembly was pressed by the track against the track can and punctured it. Both pilots were uninjured and managed to run away from the plane. The captain subsequently leapt from the window without using the rope.
Japanese regulations require a response time of three minutes or less. At a news conference on August 24, investigators revealed that a bolt, which had come loose from the China Airlines stated they would compensate passengers In the stock trading after the accident, China Airlines stock fell along with Taiwan Fire & Marine Insurance Co. After the last flight attendant had fled from the right aft hatch, Captain You and First Officer Tseng Ta-wei, the last two people onboard, exited the aircraft through the cockpit window. Also, neither the maintenance operator nor the job supervisor reported the difficulty of the job to the one who had ordered the job. The flight contacted Taipei Approach at 1508:53, and at 1510:34, Taipei Approach instructed CI611 to fly direct to CHALI3.