The nosecone of an Azul A320 was damaged on approach to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. On November 15th 2020, the Airbus A320-200neo (reg. PR-YRQ) was performing Azul flight #AD4194 from Curitiba to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The plane encountered hail during the approach to Janeiro Santos Dumont/SDU, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. There was 135 PAX…
Following recertification of the 737 MAX by the FAA, airlines in the US plan to resume flight operations. American Airlines said on Wednesday it would make good on its plan to return Boeing’s 737 MAX jets to passenger flights by the end of 2020. The No.1 U.S. airline said it will begin with non-commercial flights…
When Pfizer and BioNTech announced their promising COVID-19 vaccine trial results last week Monday, said EasyJet CEO Johan Lundgren, the carrier’s bookings surged by 50%. According to Reuters, he added that the momentum continued this week Monday, when Moderna also announced a very high efficacy for its candidate vaccine. Similar indications came last week from…
First A330-200 Available for Passenger and Freight Service. AELF FlightService has entered the wide-body wet leasing and ACMI charter market, with its first Airbus A330-200 aircraft, MSN 700, now available for work in passenger and auxiliary cargo configuration. This is the first of four A330-200 aircraft that the company plans to introduce into service by…
The low-cost airline becomes the aviation industry’s largest casualty of the pandemic. Norwegian said late on Wednesday that two of its main subsidiaries would file for examinership in Ireland, a reorganisation process akin to filing for Chapter 11 in the US. The airline said it would use the reorganisation to cut its vast debt pile,…
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today rescinded the order that halted commercial operations of Boeing (NYSE: BA) 737-8s and 737-9s. The move will allow airlines that are under the FAA’s jurisdiction, including those in the U.S., to take the steps necessary to resume service and Boeing to begin making deliveries. “We will never forget…
On Wednesday November 18, Boeing received U.S. approval to resume flights of its grounded 737 MAX. The Boeing 737 Max is cleared to fly again after a 20-month ban prompted by two fatal crashes that sent the company into a crisis, but the planes are returning to a different problem. The FAA decision comes as…
The Qantas Boeing 787-9 suffered a tailstrike during take off from London Heathrow. The Boeing 787-9 Qantas plane, which had 237 people on the flight at the time, was shaken by strong winds causing it to smack into the runway. The pilot was forced to make an emergency landing at Heathrow due to the incident after the…
Taiwan has grounded all of its F16 fighter jets for safety checks as rescuers continue to search for one that went missing during a training exercise, authorities said Wednesday. The decision removes around 150 planes from Taiwan’s skies, leaving the democratic island relying on an even more limited fleet to warn off Chinese jets that…
While training in Dubai, Vince Reffet, member of the Soul Flyer duo, accidentally died. Enter a plane in mid-flight , soar from the tallest tower in the world, the Burj Khalifa (828 m) in Dubai, fly alongside an A380 or alongside the Patrouille de France. All these spectacular feats are the work of “the flying…
Two pilots are under investigation for allegedly manoeuvring their Boeing 737 through the air so that it drew the shape of a penis in the sky. The phallic-like turns were apparently a bizarre act of solidarity with the Russian football team’s captain. The unnamed crew of the Russian Pobeda airline are reported to have flown…
Here is the new FIFA World Cup livery. Thanks to Leah O’ Carroll, we are able to see the new FIFA World Cup livery. The Qatar Airways B777-300ER (reg. A7-BEB) rolled out of Shannon paint shop in Ireland on November 12, 2020. Qatar Airways will be the official airline of the World Cup, and will…