ILS is insecure and can be hacked
These instrument landing systems (ILS) are considered precision approach systems, because unlike GPS and other navigation systems, they provide crucial real-time guidance about both the plane’s horizontal alignment with a…
Brussels Airlines demands compensation of 4 million euros from Skeyes after surprise strike
The closure of the Belgian airspace from 09:30 to 13:00 today affected thousands of passengers. At the airports of Zaventem and Charleroi, a total of 100 flights were cancelled, in…
ALERT Transport Canada issued an airworthiness directive ordering Airbus A220 operators to inspect the fuel feed tubes
According to an Airbus A220 airworthiness directive issued by Transport Canada on May 13, the fuel flowing to engines could be blocked due to fuel tubes eroded by a clamp.…
US Department of Transportation orders the suspension of all commercial passenger and cargo flights between the United States and Venezuela
The U.S. Department of Transportation on Wednesday ordered the suspension of all commercial passenger and cargo flights between the United States and Venezuela, citing reports of unrest and violence around…
Qantas announces Points Plane
Qantas has announced a "points plane." The flight can only be booked with Qantas Frequent Flier Points. The first Qantas points plane will be an A380 flying Melbourne to Tokyo…
A woman has accidentally crashed a van into Chancellor Angela Merkel’s plane at Dortmund Airport, forcing her to delay her return to Berlin
A German airport worker accidentally crashed a van into Chancellor Angela Merkel's plane, forcing her to delay her return to Berlin. The woman was driving at Dortmund Airport when she…
INCIDENT A Delta flight to New York LGA was forced to make an emergency landing after a woman tried to open the plane’s door
A Delta flight, going from Raleigh to New York, was forced to make an emergency landing after a woman tried to open the plane's door. "5935, like to declare…
Two floatplanes carrying passengers from a cruise excursion collided mid-air in Alaska
Five people are dead and one person is unaccounted for after two floatplanes carrying passengers from a cruise excursion collided mid-air in Alaska. The two planes carried 14 passengers from…
Rapper Draker unveils new private ‘Air Drake’ Boeing 767
Drake revealed his very own "Air Drake" on Friday, a massive plane emblazoned with his own logos. Drake, whose real name is Aubrey Graham, created the personalized private plane…
INCIDENT Ryanair passenger detained after he tried to open a plane door midflight and threatened to “kill every one of you”
Passengers on a recent Ryanair flight had a scary time when a man allegedly tried to open a plane door midflight and threatened to "kill every one of you."…
French firm Vinci Airports takes control of London Gatwick
Today, VINCI Airports completed the acquisition of a majority shareholding (50.01%) in London Gatwick airport, a freehold property and the UK’s second-largest airport. With this transaction, VINCI Airports becomes the…
WestJet to be sold in $5B deal
WestJet says it has agreed to be acquired by Onex Corp. and will become a private company in a transaction valued at $5 billion including debt. The deal that came…
