Boeing is preparing for a new delay in the 777X program that would push first deliveries by at least a year into early 2025, a source briefed on the matter told Reuters. The delay is in line with an estimate given by the plane’s biggest customer – Emirates Airlines – whose president, Tim Clark, told…
Britain’s biggest warship sailed within 900 miles of the North Pole as the Royal Navy pushed the boundaries of aircraft carrier operations into the Arctic. HMS Prince of Wales led a task group to 77 Degrees North in the North Atlantic to demonstrate the ability of the UK’s two 65,000-tonne Queen Elizabeth-class carriers to operate…
The recent challenges around safety concerns and the impact of the coronavirus pandemic have resulted in American aircraft manufacturer Boeing losing ground to European rival Airbus. By the end of 2021, Airbus had delivered 1,376 aircraft under all categories from the start of the pandemic in January 2020, according to data compiled by Finbold. The…
Low-cost airline Wizz Air has allowed customers to book flights from the United Kingdom to Ukraine in July after suspending them at the start of Russia’s invasion. On February 24 the carrier, whose routes cover much of eastern Europe, suspended its flights to Ukraine following the invasion by Russian forces. At the time it said…
A large fire broke out early on Monday at an oil storage facility in the Russian city of Bryansk, the emergencies ministry said, adding that no one was injured. Two locations in the western Russian city of Bryansk where oil is stored were seen ablaze overnight on April 25, according to numerous open-source intelligence reports…
Two cousins, Luke Aikins and Andy Farrington, were unsuccessful in completing the first “plane swap” Sunday night over the Arizona skies, as one plane spiraled out of control as the two pilots were thousands of feet in the air. The Red Bull-sponsored flight, which took place at an undisclosed location in Arizona, began as the…