NEWS Awesome Blue Angels
Watch how these pilots endure multiple g’s.Amazing view from inside the cockpit as they do their acrobatics at a show. Link
NEWS WestJet Encore kicks off operations out of Québec City – New carrier to offer more flights to Toronto
QUÉBEC CITY, Feb. 25, 2015 /CNW Telbec/ – Starting March 15, travelers will have access to more WestJet flights to and from Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport. The airline’s regional subsidiary, WestJet Encore, will ramp up WestJet’s service by operating two daily flights to Toronto Pearson International Airport, WestJet’s hub in Eastern Canada. Link
NEWS Southwest announces new Dallas routes
Southwest Airlines announced eight new destinations from its headquarters at Love Field on Thursday, the second wave of destinations that were made possible by two gates the airline acquired. Link
NEWS Paris Solves Drone Mystery, Arrests 3
he Paris prosecutors’ office says three al-Jazeera journalists have been arrested for illegally flying a drone. It said the three foreign nationals aged 70, 54, and 36 were taken into custody this afternoon after police spotted the drone flying in the Bois de Boulogne woods in western Paris. Link
NEWS Why 40-Year-Old Tech Is Still Running America’s Air Traffic Control
On Friday, September 26, 2014, a telecommunications contractor named Brian Howard woke early and headed to Chicago Center, an air traffic control hub in Aurora, Illinois, where he had worked for eight years. He had decided to get stoned and kill himself, and as his final gesture he planned to take a chunk of the…
VIDEO Watch how work a take off of a Boeing 737 in snowy conditions with cockpit view and ATC audio
For our followers in the northern hemisphere, it is winter. We propose to look how work a take off of a Boeing 737 in snowy conditions with cockpit view and ATC audio by 737 channel.
NEWS Thunderbolt on a Ryanair flight, fear for 174 passengers!
Fear for 174 passengers on board of a Ryanair B737-800 flight FR8922 from Palermo to Treviso (Italy) on the morning of 23rd Feb 2015. Few minutes after the take off from Palermo during a rain storm the plane was hit by a thunderbolt. An emergency landing had to be undertaken at Orio al Serio airport…
NEWS Emirates A380 flight #EK201 from Dubai to JFK had to return because of medial emergency
“The aircraft has landed and the passenger is being assisted off the aircraft to receive medical attention. Emirates apologises for any inconvenience. The safety of our passengers and crew is always of paramount importance.” Flight EK 210 circled for around two hours to dump fuel to make a safe landing in Dubai. UPDATE Emirates A380…
NEWS Changi Airports-led consortium acquires Vladivostok airport
A consortium led by Changi Airports International has been announced as the winner of the tender to acquire shares in Vladivostok International Airport in Russia’s Far East. The consortium also includes Basic Element, one of Russia’s diversified industrial groups, and Russian Direct Investment Fund. Changi Airports International is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the world’s leading…
NEWS Qantas reveals strong results for six months to December
Qantas today reported a statutory profit after tax of $206 million for the six months ended December 31st. This is Qantas’ best first-half performance since 2010 and an improvement of $619 million compared with the same period last year. The main factors in the underlying improvement were the $374 million Qantas gained from its Transformation…