You know you're having a bad day when a flight goes so bad that you feel you must resort to using a parachute to see you safely through the flight... but the day is TRULY bad when that chute fails and leaves you to battle the emergency that you thought you had escaped from. (www.aero-news.net) More...
They tend to look pretty miserable, and now perhaps we will understand why. A former member of Ryanair's cabin crew has blown the whistle on the conditions of work at Europe's largest budget airline. (www.independent.co.uk) More...
A Japanese operator of Boeing's 787 Dreamliners said it suffered a "minor" setback while conducting a test flight of an aircraft this month. (edition.cnn.com) More...
“Sometime in the dark, it came in on a closed runway,” Purdue Police Chief John Cox said, noting that the airport and its tower close at night. “The airport director found it this morning.” (www.jconline.com) More...
Cecelia Crocker Was Four Years Old When The Airplane She Was Aboard Went Down The only survivor of an airliner accident in 1987 has finally talked publicly about the crash, though she does not remember the actual incident. Cecilia Crocker was four years old when the airplane on which she was a passenger went down near Detroit Metropolitan Airport. (www.aero-news.net) More...
The airline said Thursday that people carrying just a personal item that fits under the seat — no rolling suitcases — will be allowed to board before most other passengers. (news.yahoo.com) More...
A shipment of gold with a declared value of $625,000 has gone missing in a suspected heist at Miami International Airport, authorities said on Thursday. A theft incident report from the Miami-Dade Police Department said the gold, packed in a box, arrived at Miami International early Tuesday morning on an American Airlines flight from Guayaquil, Ecuador. Miami International serves as a major trans-shipment point for large quantities of gold produced in South America and exported primarily to… (www.reuters.com) More...
Our airports are terrible, and our airlines find it harder and harder to compete. We've done it to ourselves through shortsightedness, underfunding, and flyer-unfriendly policies. (www.boston.com) More...
Washington (CNN) -- After several weeks of indecision, the Obama administration has decided against closing 149 contractor-run air traffic control towers due to sweeping budget cuts. The decision by the Transportation Department brought a "sigh of relief" from small- and medium-sized airports nationwide that would have been impacted by the closures. Those towers employ some 900 controllers and the airports employ a range of other workers. (www.cnn.com) More...
Cecelia Crocker's body provides her with a constant reminder of the most traumatic event of her life — one that she doesn't otherwise remember. (news.yahoo.com) More...
"A search lasting more than two hours produced nothing incriminating. Silverstein was free to go, but he and his husband of nine years, Angel, were on their own to re-pack luggage, the contents of which had been emptied along with the rest of what could be removed from inside the aircraft. Though more needs to be learned to understand the true legality, or constitutionality, of that search, agents told Silverstein he had no choice." The further "erosion" of our Fourth… (www.aopa.org) More...
General Electric is warning airlines using its jet engines on their Boeing 777s that they need to make a fix, following two incidents in which engines shutdown in flight. (money.cnn.com) More...
The U.S. Navy posted the final rules for a long-delayed, multibillion dollar competition for a new fleet of presidential helicopters, saying it planned to award a contract about a year from now despite looming U.S. defense budget cuts (www.reuters.com) More...
A de Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter operated by Nepal Airlines has crashed while attempting to land at the town of Jomsom, located northwest of Kathmandu. (www.flightglobal.com) More...
These images may appear to show toy aeroplanes for children, but in fact they are commercial aircraft caught mid-flight. A photographer braved the roar of jet engines to capture the underside of planes as they came in to land. The stunning pictures show the vehicles' fuselage in pinsharp detail, revealing the extraordinary diversity of the aircraft populating our skies. Read more:… (www.dailymail.co.uk) More...
t is understood that all 5 of the B787’s presently in service with Qatar Airways have been put back into service and that the airline will, as initially planned, deploy the new birds on the routes to Frankfurt, Munich and Zurich over the coming weeks. (wolfganghthome.wordpress.com) More...
To fly on an Ilyushin IL-62 in 2012 is not something many people would think of doing, let alone going to the lengths I did to enjoy the privilege. On October 20, 2012 after months of planning, amounts of Euro cash that had bank-tellers convinced I was a spy; a lovely jaunt to Beijing on Air Macau and a visit to Datangshan, I was standing at the check in counter for Air Koryo in Terminal 2 at Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK). Oddly, and unfortunately for collectors of rare boarding… (www.airlinereporter.com) More...
A group of airlines operating mostly brand new Boeing 777-300ERs powered by General Electric GE90-115Bs are either replacing entire engines or transfer gearboxes on individual units after GE alerted them to the potential for a gear separation. (www.aviationweek.com) More...
Brisbane Airport Corporation (BAC) has welcomed airline Emirates’ announcement that it will commence Airbus A380 services on the Dubai-Brisbane-Auckland route from October 2, 2013. The introduction of the superjumbo will boost capacity by almost 3,700 seats per week. The route is currently serviced by the Boeing 777-300ER. BAC’s CEO Julieanne Alroe commented: “BAC has worked closely with Emirates to bring a regular A380 service to Brisbane to meet both the demand and expectations of Queensland… (www.airportsinternational.com) More...
Qatar Airways' chief executive said the Middle-Eastern carrier wants to be a launch customer for Boeing's 777X mini-jumbo jet, and that the airline plans to open at least three new routes to the US in the next 12 to 18 months (news.airwise.com) More...
Turkey's flagship airline is facing the threat of a strike after negotiations with the country's main aviation workers union collapsed. (www.eturbonews.com) More...
n a ceremony at Embraer Executive Jets’ Melbourne Campus, the FAA presented Embraer a Production Certificate to assemble Phenom 300s in the United States. (www.aero-news.net) More...
(CNN) -- A preliminary investigation report into last month's Lion Air crash into the sea off Bali has called on the budget carrier to implement several safety and pilot training recommendations. (www.cnn.com) More...
An All Nippon Airways Boeing 787 experienced a minor electrical fault during a recent proving flight, but the cause was traced to an insufficiently turned nut in an electrical panel. (www.flightglobal.com) More...
Turkish Airlines said there had been little impact on Wednesday from a strike in protest over pay and previous sackings, saying the low turnout was a "scandal" for the company's main union. (www.reuters.com) More...
A group of airlines operating mostly brand new Boeing 777-300ERs powered by General Electric GE90-115Bs are either replacing entire engines or transfer gearboxes on individual units after GE alerted them to the potential for a gear separation. (www.flightglobal.com) More...
Air Astana, the flag carrier of Kazakhstan, marked the eleventh anniversary of its first flight from Almaty to Astana this week. (www.eturbonews.com) More...
When the Somali federal government announced Monday that it was preparing to take control of its airspace by the end of the year, it was largely hailed as a positive move indicative of Somalia's continued progress in security and stability. (allafrica.com) More...
The Kenya Civil Aviation Authority recently re-certified Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in accordance with guidelines issued by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) (www.eturbonews.com) More...
In a meeting which took place in Pretoria last week, representatives of the Seychelles government, led by the Seychelles Civil Aviation Authority (SCAA) chief executive Gilbert Faure and the South African government, led by the department of transport's director Vuwani Ndwamato met and concluded a liberal and flexible air services arrangement which will improve connectivity in the region and beyond. (www.nation.sc) More...
