Virgin Atlantic Airways has filed for bankruptcy protection for its United States business, as it tries to nail down a $1.6 billion rescue plan announced last month. It’s the second of Richard Branson’s airlines to do so during the COVID-19 pandemic, after Virgin Australia filed for “administration” — a form of bankruptcy in countries like…
KLM said both men were restrained with the help of other passengers and were later arrested by Spanish police on arrival in Ibiza. “Two unruly passengers refused to wear their face masks, and they were bothering their fellow passengers physically and verbally,” a spokesperson for the airline said. “The pilot informed the local authorities and…
Today, the outbreak of a global pandemic has brought with it a great deal of concern. We might see changes in the way we will travel for the foreseeable future. Our world may not be the same as it was half a century ago, but aviation will continue to play a key role. During the…
An Emirates Boeing 777-300ER suffered a teachnical issue. The L1 slide deployed at Sydney Airport. The flight #EK2608 was operating as cargo only from Sydney to Dubai Airport. The engineers have removed the slide and the flight departed 18 minutes late. No further damages were reported. Twitter user ‘Mike’ posted a photo of the Boeing…
On August 2nd, 2020 the world’s largest plane, the Antonov AN225 Mriya, touched down in Scotland for the first time in 8 years. The last visit was back in March 2012. It touched down from Gander Bay in the US at 14:45 local time, then departed a few hours later to Châteauroux in France, around…
British Airways plan to dispose of its Airbus 318s, which operated the London City to New York route. British Airways started the route from London City in 2009. BA1 was a business class only service with just 32 seats. It attracted mainly business people who worked in the city. The closeness of the airport to…
Two pilots were killed Thursday when their air tankers collided in midair as they were helping to fight a large wildfire in southern Nevada, federal officials said. A National Transportation Safety Board spokesman said that neither aircraft was able to land. The cause of the 12:55 p.m. incident wasn’t immediately clear, the Federal Aviation Administration…
After jettisoning its trunk and re-entering Earth’s atmosphere, Dragon will splash down at one of seven targeted water landing sites off the coast of Florida at 2:42 p.m. EDT (18:42 UTC) on Sunday, August 2. The Demo-2 mission is the final major milestone for SpaceX’s human spaceflight system to be certified by NASA for operational…
At Sheremetyevo airport, a fuel truck collided with an Aeroflot Airbus A321. According to the press service of the airport, the A321 (VP-BAX) was in a remote parking lot without a crew and passengers on board. The truck driver was injured. The incident at the airport occurred at 5.49 am on August 1. The plane…
SpaceX and NASA are now targeting 7:34 p.m. EDT on Saturday, August 1 for Crew Dragon to autonomously undock from the Space Station, with the two astronauts aboard the spacecraft, and return to Earth. Approximately 19 hours later, after jettisoning its trunk and re-entering Earth’s atmosphere, Dragon will splash down at one of seven targeted…
Delta has already placed more than 100 people on a no-fly list for refusing to wear a mask, the carrier’s CEO Ed Bastian said. “We’ve been… steadily and rather aggressively stepping up our enforcement of the mask policy,” Bastian said. “You cannot board a Delta plane unless you have a mask on. If you board…
Microsoft Flight Simulator will be available August 18, 2020.