Heathrow Airport staff are to go on strike again this month for three days. Baggage handlers, airside staff and security staff walked out earlier this month on December 1 for 24 hours. They are also planning to go on strike again on December 14 and on December 17 and December 18. As many as 4,000…
A woman is suing Spirit Airlines over a “noxious, burning odor” that caused a plane she was on to make an emergency landing. On Tuesday, Mary Vincent Randall filed a lawsuit against Spirit Airlines in Manhattan Supreme Court over the smell, saying it caused her “serious and permanent injuries.” Randall was one of 220 people…
SpaceX’s Starship prototype exploded while attempting to land on Wednesday after an otherwise successful test launch from the company’s rocket facility in Boca Chica, Texas. The Starship rocket destroyed in the accident was a 16-story-tall prototype for the heavy-lift launch vehicle being developed by billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s private space company to carry humans and…
Terminal D has been evacuated at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport. On December 9th, a part of Terminal D at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol has been closed temporarily after a false bomb threat. Due to the false threat, the passengers of one KLM aircraft, which had a EU destination, have been evacuated.
Commercial flights with Boeing 737 Max jetliners resumed Wednesday for the first time since they were grounded worldwide nearly two years ago following two deadly accidents. Brazil’s Gol Airlines became the first in the world to return the planes to its active fleet, using a 737 Max 8 on a flight from Sao Paulo to…
Police in Russia is searching for radio parts stolen from a top-secret military aircraft ‘Doomsday Plane’ designed for use during a nuclear war. The robbery, which raises questions about the security of sensitive military-related installations, took place as maintenance work was being carried out on the Ilyushin Il-80 plane. The aircraft was modified from a…
Boeing on Tuesday said it logged more cancellations than orders for its 737 Max plane last month, just as carriers are preparing to return the jets to service following two deadly crashes. Boeing said customers including Virgin Australia and lessor Air Lease canceled orders for 88 Max planes. Virgin Australia, however, changed its order to…
Watch the reveal of Dassault Aviation’s newest business jet from Bordeaux-Merignac, France, hosted by noted aviation journalist, Miles O’Brien. It’s an exclusive look nose to tail, cockpit to cabin, of a game-changing aircraft, the most advanced of the Falcon line yet says Dassault Aviation.
France to build a new nuclear-powered aircraft carrier by 2038. France will build a new nuclear-powered aircraft carrier by 2038, a 300-meter ship moving 75,000 tonnes, one and a half times larger than the current Charles-de-Gaulle which it will succeed. This announcement, postponed several times since the summer for reasons related to current events or…
Boeing CEO David Calhoun has ruled out removing the MAX name from its troubled 737 jet. “There is no rebranding going on,” affirms Boeing CEO Calhoun “There’s nothing cute going on.” Calhoun’s comments came as Irish carrier Ryanair, already a solid 737 MAX customer with 135 orders placed, announced on December 3 that it would…
Chuck Yeager, a former U.S. Air Force officer who became the first pilot to break the speed of sound, had Monday. He was 97. Yeager died Monday, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said in a statement, calling the death “a tremendous loss to our nation.” He was “the most righteous of all those with the right…
In light of the uncertainty linked to the current COVID-19 health crisis, the Paris Air Show organization has made the decision to cancel the 2021 edition of the show, which was scheduled to take place from 21 to 27 June 2021. Together with the Board of Directors of the GIFAS (French Aerospace Industries Association), the…