The influx of private jets is so great, the Swiss Armed Forces has been forced to open up a military air base for the first time ever to absorb all the super rich flying their private jets into the event, reports Newsweek. Link
In this five-minute video, Henry Reich of MinutePhysics visits France to see how the Airbus A350 is made. While it’s no surprise that designing and building an airplane is incredibly complex, there are plenty of surprising facts in this video—like the fact that when the factory is humming, it can turn out an entire plane…
A Qantas jet was forced to abort its landing at Brisbane Airport today after a departing Virgin Australia plane had remained on the runway. Airservices Australia had confirmed that the pilot of QF528 from Sydney were issued with instruction to perform a “go around” to prevent a collision in their landing attempt at Brisbane just…
Delta Air Lines’ Chief Executive Richard Anderson has said in a statement that lower fuel prices should save the company more than $2 billion in 2015. But travellers should not expect any cuts in fares soon. Wall Street are happy as following this news, the shares of Delta had rose more than 6.5% on this…
In the wake of its massive baggage-handling issues at Denver International Airport, United Airlines is reinstating 40 previously furloughed ramp employees. “These recalled full-time workers will help us meet operational needs for spring and summer,” said airline spokesman Charles Hobart. Link
It’s the white whale of the skies and one of aviation’s rarest and most loved planes currently in service. Link
The future of the long-haul narrowbody market is now slightly clearer. Airbus has officially launched a 4,000nm (7,400km)-range version of the A321neo that can match or exceed the Boeing 757-200, including the niche role of flying from the US East Coast to secondary cities in western Europe. At the moment Boeing prefers to laugh at…
Indonesia AirAsia flight 8501 went missing more than three weeks ago, and the mystery is now being uncovered — with the help of the black boxes. Link
Oneworld member airberlin is currently in the process of harmonizing its single-aisle/narrowbody fleet by exchanging its Boeing 737 fleet with an all Airbus A320 family fleet. The carrier currently operates a mix of 737-700/800s and A320 family aircraft. Link
The Izumo-class helicopter destroyer or 22DDH is a type of new helicopter carrier class being constructed for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). Link
Gogo has been caught issuing a fake digital certificate for YouTube, a practice that in theory could allow the inflight broadband provider to view passwords and other sensitive information exchanged between end users and the Google-owned video service. Link