ALERT Queensland Police jet in early morning mid-air drama
A Cessna 560 Citation Ultra, registration VH-PSU, carrying senior Queensland emergency services personnel was forced to turn back approximately half an hour into a flight between the Queensland state capital…
Airbus A350-1000 begins Demonstration Tour in the Middle-East and Asia-Pacific
The A350-1000, the newest member of Airbus’ leading Widebody family, has embarked on a three-week Demonstration Tour to the Middle-East and Asia-Pacific region. During the tour, the A350-1000 flight test…
Upgraded supersonic variable shape wing Tu-160 performed a flight test (video)
The flight was part of the trials of the aircraft, which lasted for about seven minutes and was witnessed by a delegation of senior Russian officials, headed by the president.…
Norwegian flight #DY7042 to Copenhagen diverted to Shannon Airport after pilot suffers seizures
A Norwegian flight from Fort Lauderdale to Copenhagen was diverted to Shannon Airport on Wednesday after the pilot became incapacitated following a number of seizures. Norwegian flight #DY7042 was west…
AirAsia staff died onboard flight #AK416 outbound Kuala Lumpur
An AirAsia employee on duty travel died during a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Bandung on Wednesday. In a statement on Wednesday night, AirAsia Malaysia said that Flight AK416 was…
Damaged Pegasus Airlines Boeing 737-800 (reg. TC-CPF) will never fly again
The Boeing 737-800 belonging to Pegasus Airlines involved in accident at Trabzon Airport is declared out of service. After the plane was lifted by with cranes few days ago and moved…
Niki Lauda wins bid for Niki assets, new airline to be named ‘Laudamotion’
Racing star Niki Lauda wins bid for Niki assets against British Airways holding IAG. The previously agreed sale of Niki to IAG fell through after German courts ruled that Austria…
British Airways in talks with Airbus to buy 6 or 7 new A380s
Airbus is in talks to sell new A380 superjumbo planes to British Airways this year. The U.K. carrier, which currently has 12 A380s in its fleet, had said in the…
BREAKING Four killed in Mid-Air collision over southern Germany, involving rescue helicopter and small propeller aircraft
A small propeller aircraft has collided with a rescue helicopter near Philippsburg, Germany at around 1 PM local time. The small sport aircraft was flying from Basel to Speyer when it…
Pope Francisco marries LATAM flight attendant couple mid-flight (video)
Pope Francis has married a couple of LATAM flight attendants on board a flight from Santiago, Chile, to the northern city of Iquique. Two LATAM Airlines flight attendants were on…
Norwegian Boeing 787-9 sets new transatlantic flight time record from New York to London by a subsonic aircraft
Low-cost airline Norwegian has set a new record time for the fastest ever transatlantic flight by a subsonic passenger aircraft this week using the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner (reg. G-CKHL). Norwegian…
