SunExpress is exercising options for 10 additional Boeing 737 MAX 8 airplanes, the airline and Boeing announced today at the Dubai Airshow. The purchase, valued at $1.2 billion according to list prices, adds to a previous SunExpress order for 32 MAX airplanes. The airline, which specializes in offering direct connections between Europe, Turkey and popular…
Airbus and Emirates Airline have signed a purchase agreement for 50 A350-900s widebody aircraft. The order was signed at Dubai Airshow 2019 by His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum and Guillaume Faury, Airbus Chief Executive Officer. HH Sheikh Ahmed said: “Today, we are pleased to sign a firm order for 50 A350 XWBs,…
Frankfurt Airport confirmed on Sunday morning that two passenger jets had collided on the taxiway “Mike” hours earlier. A Korean Air Boeing 777-300 (reg. HL7204) collided with an Air Namibia A330-200 (reg. V5-ANO) after landing on Saturday at 6:20 p.m. (1720 GMT). The horizontal stabilizer on the Korean jet and the wingtip of the Namibian…
A man has been charged with the preparation of terrorist acts following his arrest at Heathrow airport, the Metropolitan police said. Mamun Rashid, from east London, was charged on Sunday after a police investigation had concluded. He arrived back in the UK three days earlier from Turkey after the country said it had deported an…
A four-month-old girl died on board a SpiceJet Surat-Mumbai flight on Friday. A post-mortem investigation could not establish the cause of death and samples from body tissues have been sent to Sir JJ Hospital. Riya, who was with her mother and grandparents, could have lost consciousness on board without her family realising it, according to airline…