American Airlines will acquire 50 Airbus A321XLR aircraft, the new longer-range version of Airbus A321neo. The purchase agreement includes the conversion of 30 of American’s existing A321neo slots to A321XLRs and incremental orders for an additional 20 A321XLRs. The A321XLR will have the longest range of any single-aisle commercial jetliner. The added range of up…
Dutch investigators have named four people they say are responsible for the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur in 2014. Three Russians and a Ukrainian have been charged with bringing a missile into the area in eastern Ukraine and with murdering 298 passengers and crew. International arrest warrants have…
Nearly 40 flights were affected after drones were spotted flying in the vicinity of Changi Airport, forcing the closure of one runway. The drones were sighted on Jun 18 and 19, said the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS). the operations of one runway were suspended for short periods of time between 11pm on 18…
The B-52, an American bomber, was spotted by several people on social media flying in circles around the base as it tried to burn off fuel before landing on Monday. There were two B-52s, one was in a holding pattern waiting for a tanker from RAF Mildenhall. It then developed an engine issue and landed.…
All transatlantic flights of the long-haul low-cost departing from Cork and Shannon airports will be halted. Norwegian has confirmed the suspension for the rest of the summer season. “Due to the continued grounding of the Boeing 737 MAX by the European aviation authorities, our flights to and from Cork and Shannon will be re-routed via…