Atlas Air Worldwide Purchases Four Boeing 747-8 Freighters
Boeing and Atlas Air Worldwide today announced an agreement to purchase four 747-8 Freighters. “The 747-8F is the best and most versatile widebody freighter in the market, and we are…
London Heathrow dropped out of the top 30 of busiest airports for first time
Heathrow has fallen out of the top 30 busiest airports globally for the first time in its history. Last year just 91,400 passenger flights touched down at the west London…
Emirates to resume flights to to Seattle, Dallas, San Francisco and boost flights to New York, Los Angeles and Sao Paul
Emirates has announced it will resume non-stop services to Seattle (from 1st February), Dallas and San Francisco (from 2nd March). The addition of these three destinations will take Emirates’ North…
Air India flight #AI176 all-women cockpit crew flew over the North Pole to SFO
With four women pilots, Air India's longest direct route flight landed at Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru from San Francisco, flying over the North Pole and covering a distance of…
A new study shows how Covid-19 spread on an 18-hour flight from Dubai
A new study shows how Covid-19 spread on an 18-hour flight from Dubai to Auckland, eventually infecting four people on-board. On September 28, Emirates Airlines flight 448 departed Dubai for…
SpaceX Dragon capsule to make first of its kind science splashdown
On Jan. 11, the SpaceX cargo Dragon spacecraft carrying out the company’s 21st commercial resupply services (CRS-21) mission for NASA undocks from the International Space Station, heading for splashdown off…
INCIDENT Shandong Airlines Boeing 737 collided with a de-icing vehicle at Yantai Airport
Shandong Airlines Boeing 737-800 collided with a deicing truck at Yantai Airport on Friday, January 8. The aircraft sustained damage in its left wing. The incident took place after the…
BREAKING Sriwijaya Air #SJ182 Boeing 737 disappeared from radars after takeoff
A Boeing 737-500 disappeared from radars shortly after takeoff from Jakarta. The aircraft reg (PK-CLC) was operating flight #SJ182 from Jakarta (CGK) to Pontianak (PNK) when it disappeared from radars…
Australia cuts repatriation flights, mandates masks on flights
Australia's National Cabinet - consisting of the Prime Minister and all State and Territory leaders - today announced some changes to coronavirus restrictions and flights. From next week all passengers…
Amsterdam Schiphol Airport to close runway for major maintenance
Amsterdam Airport Schipol's Polderbaan Runway (18R-36L) and its surrounding taxiways will undergo major maintenance from 25 January to 26 April. An area of 600,000 square metres is being renovated, and…
BREAKING Boeing to pay $2.5 billion to settle US criminal charges over 737 MAX, says Department of Justice
DOJ fines Boeing over $2.5 billion, charges it with fraud conspiracy over 737 Max crashes. The Department of Justice on Thursday said Boeing agreed to pay more than $2.5 billion…
