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…
Ryanair surpasses new safety standards regarding flight tracking
Ryanair announced the deployment of GlobalBeacon, a live flight monitoring platform that combines FlightAware’s data processing capabilities and web-interface with global flight tracking coverage from Aireon. The Aireon network tracks…
INCIDENT A Myanmar Embraer 190 landed without front wheels after the landing gear failed to deploy
The Myanmar National Airlines plane skidded down the runway at Mandalay airport before grinding to a stop. The pilot of the Embraer 190 was praised for the landing, in which…
Couple removed from Air New Zealand flight for not following safety briefing
A couple was removed from an Air New Zealand flight after they refused to listen to the safety briefing on Tuesday. NZ424 from Wellington to Auckland was forced to turn…
Qantas operates “world first zero waste” flight
Qantas performed the worlds first zero waste flight - QF 739 between Sydney and Adelaide - on Wednesday. Every product on board will either be re-used, recycled or composted -…
Trainee solo pilot falls “unconscious” during flight
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has released a report into a "serious accident" after a trainee solo pilot from Flight Training Adelaide became "unconscious" for 40 minutes while in…
Following the crash in Moscow, Yamal Airlines has cancelled its planned order of 10 Sukhol Superjet 100
Yamal Airlines has cancelled its planned order of 10 Sukhol Superjet 100s following the fiery crash at Moscow according to Reuters. The airline stated the servicing costs were too high…
INCIDENT Air France Joon A340-300 Paris-Mumbai flight made an emergency landing in Iran
A jetliner flown by a subsidiary of Air France that made an emergency landing in Iran stayed on the ground for several hours Wednesday before flying to Dubai. The Airbus…
ALERT A Biman Bangladesh Airlines Dash-8 Q400 has crash-landed at Yangon International Airport
A Biman Bangladesh Airlines Dash-8 Q400 (reg. S2-AGQ) has crash-landed during landing of flight #BG060. The aircraft arrears to have skidded off left of the runway. All passengers have been…
