Qatar Airways plans to ground the Airbus A380 again
Qatar Airways says it will retire its fleet of Airbus A380 superjumbos. Speaking at a media roundtable at Paris Air Show, Qatar Airways CEO Al Baker confirmed the fate of…
ALERT IndiGo flight #6E2134 just returned to New Delhi with engine fire
IndiGo flight from New Delhi to Dehradun just returned due to an engine problem. The Airbus A320 (reg. VT-IZH) took off from New Delhi for a one-hour flight to Dehradun.…
Air New Zealand Boeing 787 #NZ99 to Tokyo returned to Auckland due to windscreen damage
Air New Zealand flight to Tokyo Narita returned to Auckland due to an incident. On June 19, 2023, an Air New Zealand flight with to Tokyo Narita was forced to…
Air India firms up order for 290 Boeing and 250 Airbus aircraft
Air India orders 540 aircraft at Paris Air Show. Boeing and Air India today announced they have finalized an order for up to 290 new Boeing jets and expanded services.…
INCIDENT A Boeing 787 Dreamliner loses its nose landing gear wheel in flight
A Scoot Boeing 787-9 landed at Taipei with a missing Nose landing gear left wheel. The aircraft (reg. 9V-OJF) was operating flight from Seoul (ICN) to Taipei (TPE). According to…
Avolon Announce order for 40 Boeing 737 MAX Jets
Boeing and Avolon, the international aircraft leasing company, today announced an order for 40 737 MAX airplanes at the Paris Air Show. "Today's announcement reaffirms our long-standing partnership with Boeing…
INCIDENT The FAA is investigating a new near miss at Minnesota airport
An American Airlines flight was recently forced to abort its landing because a Delta plane was still on the runway of a Minnesota airport. It's the latest in a recent…
INCIDENT KLM #KL588 declared an emergency and immediately diverted to Barcelona
A KLM Boeing 777 from Lagos to Amsterdam declared an emergency and immediately diverted to Barcelona. A KLM B777-200 operating as flight #KL588 departed from Lagos, Nigeria to Amsterdam ,…
Condor Flight #DE2208 from Frankfurt made an emergency in middle of Atlantic
Flight #DE2208 from Frankfurt to Punta Cana was was forced to divert. The Boeing 767-300ER took off from Frankfurt, Germany on Sunday 18 June 2023 at the begining of the…
BREAKING Airbus wins a giant 500 aircraft order, the biggest in aviation history
IndiGo, India’s largest airline by market share, has placed a firm order for 500 A320 Family aircraft, setting the record for the biggest single purchase agreement in the history of…
Two men were caught while trying to smuggle 369 star tortoises in their luggage
Two men were caught while trying to smuggle 369 star tortoises in their luggage by customs' air intelligence unit at Chennai airport. They were identified as Mohammed Shaffiudeen and Shanavaz…
A late passenger jumped from an air bridge to catch his flight
This is the moment a passenger who arrived late for his flight falls to the ground after losing his balance as he tries to jump onto the runway and reach…