Asiana Airlines flies empty A380 to nowhere to keep its pilots certified
The empty Airbus A380 flew over South Korea for a few hours a day for three days in May to enable pilots to practice taking off and landing. Airlines are…
Air India says unlike other airlines, none of its employees will lose job
National carrier Air India on Thursday said unlike other airlines that had laid off workers, none of its employees would lose job. “The recent decisions of the Air India Board…
KLM resumed flights to China mainland
Tuesday 21 July, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines resumed passenger flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to China, Shanghai due to the relaxation of travel restrictions by the Chinese government. These flights…
The Russian MOD has released footage of incident involving the intercept of NATO spy plane
In a statement made late Wednesday, Russia’s National Defence Control Center indicated that naval radar systems had picked up the Poseidon and a US U-2S reconnaissance plane flying over the…
BREAKING A Mahan Air Airbus A310 has been intercepted by a U.S. F-15
Iranian state television reported on Thursday a Mahan Air passenger flight was approached by an unidentified fighter jet in Syrian skies, forcing the plane to take emergency measures that caused…
KLM to retire its last three Boeing 747-400s in October
KLM will retire its last three Boeing 747-400s in October. In March, KLM announced it would retire the seven total passenger airplanes that were in its fleet, a move prompted…
Ryanair to close German bases after pilots reject pay deal
Ryanair is to close its base at Frankfurt Hahn Airport, and bases at Berlin Tegel and Duesseldorf airports are likely to shut down at the end of the summer after…
INCIDENT An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 777F was severely damaged after it caught fire at Shanghai Podong Airport
An Ethiopian Airlines cargo plane caught fire at the Shanghai Pudong International Airport on Wednesday afternoon. Fire broke out from the tail of the Boeing 777-200 aircraft around 4pm and…
Qantas said goodbye to its Boeing 747-400 with an historic final flight
Australia's national airline has said goodbye to an era of aviation that lasted half a century and encapsulated many major moments in the nation's history. Qantas' final 747-400 plane has…
Headache to identify the stowaway who fell from plane to Heathrow more than a year on from the incident
A man that fell from around 3,500 feet and landed in a Clapham back garden is still yet to be identified more than a year on from the incident. The…
Ryanair is showing interest for Lufthansa slots at Munich and Frankfurt Airports
At the end of June, the EU Commission gave the green light for the federal government's nine billion euro support program for Lufthansa, which had been hard hit by the…
BREAKING FAA to give 45 days to comment on proposed software and procedures changes before the Boeing 737 MAX to resume operations
The FAA said the public will have 45 days to comment on “proposed design changes and crew procedures to mitigate the safety issues. The FAA said on Tuesday it plans…
