BREAKING French authorities seize Ryanair Boeing 737 in Bordeaux over aids dispute
France's civil aviation authority said it had grounded a Ryanair plane yesterday at Bordeaux airport as part of a dispute over money which France says the airline owes. Passengers were…
Boeing’s Chinese plant in Zhoushan will be put into operation in December
The Boeing's 737 Completion and Delivery Center in Zhoushan, East China's Zhejiang Province, which is jointly built with its Chinese partner, the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, will be…
BREAKING Bombardier to cut 5,000 jobs over the next 12 to 18 months as part of a new restructuring plan
The cuts are expected to lead to about US$250 million in annualized savings by 2021. The company also announced the sale of what it called a number of non-core assets.…
According to Airbus’ 2018-2037 Global Market Forecast, China will need more than 7,400 new aircraft in the next 20 years
China will need over 7,400 new passenger aircraft and freighters from 2018 to 2037, with a total market value of US $1,060 billion, according to Airbus’ latest China Market Forecast.…
ALERT Ryanair fires 6 crew members for staging viral photo of staff sleeping on floor at Malaga Airport, Spain
Six Ryanair cabin crew members were fired after posing for a photo that showed them sleeping on the floor of an airport in Spain last month. Last month, a photo…
ALERT Lion Air Boeing 737-900ER flight #JT633 clipped a light pole during taxi at Bengkulu Airport (video)
Lion Air Boeing 737-900ERs clipped a light pole at Bengkulu Fatmawati Soekarno Airport. The pilots of flight #JT633 from Bengkulu (BKS) to Jakarta (CGK) were taxiing to the runway, but…
BREAKING FAA issues emergency airworthiness directive for Boeing 737 MAX aircraft
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued an airworthiness directive on Boeing 737 Max aircrafts on Wednesday in light of the October 29 crash of a Lion Air Boeing 737…
BREAKING A Boeing 747-400F cargo went off the end of runway 14 at Halifax Airport
Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) has been activated in response to an aircraft that went off the end of runway 14 in the morning. UPDATE 2 Halifax Stanfield International Airport now says…
ALERT Boeing to issue safety warning for 737 MAX operators about a potential instrument failure that could cause the jet to nose-dive
Boeing is preparing to send a safety warning to operators of its new 737 Max jets in response to the investigation of last week’s fatal crash off the coast of…
London Heathrow Airport’s runways were closed due to lighting fault
Heathrow Airport in London was shut down after runway light failures. London Heathrow runways were closed due to ground lighting control fault, no selectable taxiway routes were available. Guard bars…
ALERT British Airways #BA269 A380 to LAX returned to Heathrow after 5 hours into flight (video)
Flight BA269 made a U-turn off the West coast of Scotland due to a technical issue. The Airbus A380 (reg. G-XLEE) departed from London at 16.00 and was supposed to have…
First A330-800 becomes airborne for its maiden flight
The first A330-800 took off this morning at Blagnac in Toulouse, France at 10:31am local time, for its maiden flight taking place over south-western France. The aircraft, MSN1888, will perform the…