FAA to start Boeing 737MAX test flights next month
The FAA's Flight Standardization Board (FSB), which sets the requirements for pilot training in the US, is preparing to make new recommendations in September for exactly what is needed before…
Air Canada has to pay $15,000 to a couple because the word ‘lift’ was not engraved on seatbelts in French
The Federal Court ordered Air Canada to pay more than $15,000 ($21,000 CAD) and send formal apology letters to a French-speaking couple in Ottawa for repeated language equality violations. The…
Passenger arrested for smuggling 100 tarantulas in his luggage before boarding flight to Paris at Cayenne Airport
Customs Officials at Cayenne Airport in French Guiana, caught a Polish man who was trying to smuggle nearly 100 tarantula spiders in his luggage on August 25. The man reportedly…
BREAKING British Airways biggest ever strike begins for 2 days
British Airways has told its passengers not to turn up at airports as the biggest strike action in the airline’s 100 year history begins on Monday. More than 1,500 flights…
Cathay Pacific suspects a sabotage possibility amid Hong Kong protests after Cathay flight found with empty oxygen tanks
The officials consider a sabotage possibility amid Hong Kong protests after Cathay flight found with empty oxygen tanks before take-off. As a precaution, dozens of flight attendants who were on…
Terminal 2 of Birmingham Airport evacuated after a ‘gun’ was discovered in luggage… which turned to be an antique replica
Passengers at Birmingham Airport was evacuated today after a 'gun' was discovered in a traveller's suitcase - but it turned out to be a replica antique. The scare unfolded at…
A cargo door ‘flew off’ fuselage during high pressurization test of the new Boeing 777X at Everett
A cargo door of the new Boeing 777X 'flew off' the fuselage in Boeing hangar during a test yesterday. The incident happened during “high blow” test, a standard procedure required…
INCIDENT A TUI Boeing 737-800 was damaged by a catering truck at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport
A catering truck has hit a TUI plane at Schiphol on Friday afternoon. The Boeing 737-800 (reg. PH-TFF) was supposed to takeoff to via the Greek Samos to Dalaman in…
ALERT An A-10C Thunderbolt on a training mission unintentionally launched a rocket that slammed into the desert near Tucson, Arizona
A routine training mission turned out to be anything but that aboard an Air Force plane in Arizona. The fighter jet unintentionally launched a rocket that slammed into the desert…
American woman arrested at Manila airport with six-day-old baby hidden inside a bag
A female US national has been charged with human trafficking and kidnapping after she was caught at the international airport in the Philippine capital of Manila with a six-day-old baby…
ALERT Norwegian is taking last measures to avoid bankruptcy
Norwegian Air Shuttle is once again facing a make-or-break financial moment. The low-cost airline's major cash shortage has it looking to bondholders to bail it out of dangerous financial waters.…
BREAZKING After filing for bankruptcy protection on Monday, Aigle Azur will suspend all operations tonight
France’s second-largest airline Aigle Azur, which went into receivership this week, plans to cancel all flights starting Friday night as it seeks a takeover bid to save the company, according…