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EMERGENCY Air Berlin flight makes emergency landing after hole found in one of the wings on Tuesday
The incident happened on Tuesday aboard a tourist flight between Dusseldorf and the Greek island of Kos, with 171 passengers and seven staff on board the aircraft. A spokeswoman for Air Berlin told:”When the flight took off in Düsseldorf pieces of the tyres broke off and damaged the wing. A tyre bursting on takeoff punctures…
NEWS Chinese aircraft performed ‘unsafe’ manoeuvre near U.S. plane -Pentagon
A Chinese aircraft performed an unsafe manoeuvre during an air intercept of a U.S. spy plane last week, a Pentagon spokesman said on Tuesday, an incident revealed just as Chinese President Xi Jinping kicks off a week-long U.S. visit. The intercept occurred on Sept. 15, about 80 miles east of the Shandong peninsula in the…
NEWS China president Xi visits Boeing to confirm 300 plane purchase
Boeing has welcomed China president Xi Jinping to its wide-body commercial airplane factory and announced several agreements that will broaden and deepen mutually beneficial cooperation between Boeing and China. The agreements include orders and commitments for 300 Boeing narrow-body and wide-body aircraft and expanded collaboration between Boeing and China’s commercial aviation industry. Details
VIDEO This time you’re waiting at red light and a plane lands in front of you!
A plane land on Red Hill Avenue near John Wayne Airport during rush hour. As the plane’s wheels screech down the street, you can hear a man in the video say in disbelief, “You kidding me?” When he turns the corner, we can see the plane parked in a lane by that point, and hear…
NEWS Barrhead Travel launches flight connections with MSC Cruises
MSC Cruises and Barrhead Travel are giving Scottish guests the opportunity to fly straight to the Mediterranean sunshine in 2016, thanks to new regional departures from Glasgow. Scottish travel agency giant Barrhead Travel will operate its first dedicated Glasgow – Genoa service right through the summer next year, with flights perfectly timed for cruisers joining…
NEWS New sales leadership for Royal Brunei in UK
Royal Brunei Airlines has formally announced the appointment of Christina Vidos as UK country manager, joining as the airline celebrates its 25th year of flying from the destination. Vidos joins RB with a wealth of experience in the airline industry spanning over 30 years. As well as continuing to grow RB’s share of the UK’s…
NEWS Norwegian boosts sales team to target UK sales
Norwegian has appointed Dominic Tucker as head of sales, UK. He joins Mitchell Hawes, Norwegian sales manager UK&I, to bolster the fast-growing airline’s sales capacity and cement its growth in the UK. Tucker and Hawes bring over 30 years’ combined sales experience to strengthen the awareness of Norwegian’s expansive UK network which now serves 34…
NEWS Scandinavian Airlines welcomes latest A330-300 to fleet
Scandinavian Airlines has become the first European airline to receive the new 242-tonne Maximum Take-Off Weight variant of the A330-300. The aircraft was delivered to SAS during a ceremony held at Airbus in Toulouse, France. SAS has selected Rolls-Royce Trent 700 engines to power its new A330-300. Details
ALERT American Dreamliner #AA79 returned to stand at Heathrow due fuel leak
American flight #AA79 Boeing 787 Dreamliner registration N808AN had to return to stand at Heathrow on wednesday due to fuel leak on right wing.
NEWS Ryanair raises full year financial guidance
Ryanair has raised its full year traffic forecast from 103 million to 104 million customers for 2015, and also increased its profit guidance by 25 per cent to €1.2 billion. The news came during the airline’s annual general meeting in Dublin this morning. At the same event, the airline briefed shareholders on the continuing success…
NEWS China president Xi visits Boeing to confirm 300 plane purchase
Boeing has welcomed China president Xi Jinping to its wide-body commercial airplane factory and announced several agreements that will broaden and deepen mutually beneficial cooperation between Boeing and China. The agreements include orders and commitments for 300 Boeing narrow-body and wide-body aircraft and expanded collaboration between Boeing and China’s commercial aviation industry. Details