Flight ‘Alitalia 4000’ (AZ4000) is the aircraft carrying Pope Francis on his tour of Mexico. The aircraft, Airbus A330 EI-EJK, is on final approach from a brief Papal visit to Havana. The pilot reports being targeted by a green laser. Flights following behind – United 821 (UAL821) and KLM685 – also report laser incidents from…
The United States and Cuba signed an agreement on Tuesday morning to resume commercial air traffic for the first time in five decades, starting the clock on dozens of new flights operating daily by next fall. U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx and Cuban Transportation Minister Adel Yzquierdo Rodriguez signed the deal in a ceremony at…
The latest airline-safety statistics show that for all of 2015, not a single passenger died from a jetliner accident anywhere in the world. Capping years of unprecedented improvements in overall commercial-aviation crash rates, data released Monday by the airline industry’s leading international trade association show what had been considered an unreachable goal: zero fatalities from…
A mid-air scare forced a Seattle-bound Alaska Airlines flight to return to Washington, D.C., for an emergency landing. Smoke began pouring into the cockpit of the Boeing 737 about five or 10 minutes after taking off from Reagan National Airport on Monday, forcing the pilots to put on gas masks. Recordings of radio communications captured…
Middle East carrier Oman Air has paid a record amount for a pair of take off and landing slots at Heathrow. The airline paid $75m for the two slots in a deal with Air France-KLM. The airline declined to confirm the price paid for the slots. Air France-KLM refused to comment. This price would make…
A radio jammer has been used to perform a complete act of selfishness. ATIS first reported that Melbourne Airport’s ground frequency 121.70 was down at about 4:50pm on Monday afternoon. Airservices Australia later confirmed that a unknown vehicle parked at the airport was to blame. “@S118869 @Melair A vehicle at airport had an open mic…
