Air Mauritus A350 was damaged this morning at Paris CDG airport. The winglet of the Airbus A350 (reg. 3B-NBP) clipped the horizontal stabilizer of an Air France Boeing 777-300. The incident happened after flight MK#34 landed at Paris CDG this morning. Investigation is in progress. Weather was very foggy. Flight #MK45 to Port Louis is cancelled…
Capt. Zoe Kotnik, the first female pilot to head the F-16 Viper demonstration team, was relieved of command. “Col. Derek O’Malley, 20th Fighter Wing commander, relieved Capt. Zoe Kotnik from command Feb. 11 due to a loss of confidence in her ability to lead and command the Air Combat Command F-16 Viper demonstration team,” said…
Lufthansa has taken a passenger, who didn’t show up for the last leg of his ticketed journey, to court in an apparent bid to clamp down on “hidden city” ticketing. The practice involves passengers leaving their journey at a layover point, instead of making a final connection. According to a court document, an unnamed male…
Airbus is nearing a decision to stop production of the world’s largest airliner and may give an update with full-year earnings on Feb. 14, sources said. Australian carrier Qantas announced the cancellation of an order for eight Airbus A380. Also, the negotiations between Airbus and Emirates leaked to the press about the possibility to cancel…
A KLM Boeing 747-400 clipped its winglet to the horizontal stabilizer of a KLM Dreamliner. During taxi, the KLM Boeing 747-400 performing flight #KL601 to Los Angeles came in contact with KLM Dreamliner performing flight #KL623 to Atlanta. The winglet of the Boeing 747-400 (reg. PH-BFV) clipped the horizontal stabilizer of the Dreamliner (reg. PH-BHA). Flight #KL623…