After D-AIMK last week, another Lufthansa A380 is leaving long term storage. The Lufthansa A380 (reg. D-AIMM) has left Teruel Airport in Spain to Frankfurt’s airline hub. The airline is reactivating 6 of its 14 A380s to be ready for summer program. From the airline’s hub in Munich, initial destinations will New York-JFK, Boston and…
The Antonov company and Microsoft signed a license agreement on the right to use the trademark An-225 “Mriya”. The Antonov company and Microsoft corporation signed a license agreement for the right to use the brand An-225 “Mriya” in a new version of the Microsoft Flight Simulator product. Each of its users will be able to…
Air India said a full emergency was declared on the flight, following which it made a safe emergency landing. After flames were detected in one of its engines, a Calicut-bound Air India Express B737-800 aircraft from Abu Dhabi had to make an emergency landing back at Abu Dhabi airport, the country’s aviation regulatory body said…
A power outage caused disruption in most terminals at LAX airport Wednesday afternoon, according to officials. As a result, TSA has temporarily suspended passenger screening at affected terminals. Although the airfield is functioning normally, some terminals, traffic lights, and other systems were impacted. “[We are] assessing a power issue impacting some LAX facilities at this…
The couple reportedly refused to pay for a ticket for the baby while they were trying to fly from Israel to Brussels. A couple who did not purchase a ticket for their baby boy left the infant at the check-in counter in Ben Gurion Airport and tried to board a plane out of the country,…
Norwegian airline Flyr files for bankruptcy. Norwegian airline Flyr said it would file for bankruptcy after failing to raise the cash it needed for its operations. “There is no longer a realistic opportunity to achieve a solution for the short-term liquidity situation,” the company said in a statement, adding the board’s decision was unanimous. “All…
British Airways flight #BA216 from Washington to London Heathrow was forced to make an emergency landing in Halifax, Canada. The British Airways Boeing 787-9 performing flight #BA216 from Washington to London Heathrow made an emergency in Halifax due to smoke in the cabin. The aircraft (reg. G-ZBKL) declared a Pan Pan and landed at 9.30pm…
Flight #DL265 from Paris CDG to New York JFK suffered a damage. The Boeing 767-400ER took off on Monday January 30, 2023 from Paris to New York JFK and reached cruise altitude when pilots decided to turn around 30 minutes into flight. The aircraft (reg. N836MH) suffered damage on its right wing flap area. The…
A new, fourth line for the 737 MAX is coming to Boeing’s Everett plant. Boeing told employees that it will add a new 737 MAX production line in Everett, Washington, in mid-2024. The move fills free space in the plant as 747 production finished in December, but especially helps Boeing rein in a hovering backlog…
Qatar Airways and Airbus are pleased to have reached an amicable and mutually agreeable settlement in relation to their legal dispute over A350 surface degradation and the grounding of A350 aircraft. The Gulf carrier issued the legal proceedings in the Technology and Construction division of the High Court in London in a move to solve…
A very special flight plan for the last ever built Boeing 747. As Atlas Air is taking delivery of the last Boeing 747 (reg. 5Y747), the aircraft pays tribute to the Queen of the skies. Yesterday, during the final Boeing 747 delivery ceremony, it has been announced that the delivery flight will be a special “747”…
The Latvian airline airBaltic announces that today 1 it successfully concluded the redelivery process of its Bombardier Q400 to the lessor Nordic Aviation Capital. Today, the final redelivery flight marks an end of an era filled with 11 million passengers and 222 000 flights worth of memories. airBaltic made a decision to introduce an all-Airbus…