Watch live as ULA’s Atlas V rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral with the USSF-7 mission for the U.S. Space Force and U.S. Air Force. USSF-7 mission’s primary payload is a mystery robotic X-37B Space Plane, also known as the Orbital Test Vehicle. The launch is planned for May 17 at 13:14 UTC. The U.S.…
Emirates to permanently decommission 40% of its Airbus A380 fleet. Emirates is said to be drawing up plans to permanently decommission 40 per cent of its Airbus A380 superjumbo fleet. The airline is by far the world’s largest operator of the superjumbo and still awaiting for several deliveries. Emirates grounded its A380 fleet on March…
An F-22 Raptor participating in a series of Florida flyovers this morning has crashed near Eglin AFB. Shortly after a flyover finished in Bay County a F-22 assigned to Eglin Air Force Base crashed. The pilot ejected safely before the plane crashed, Eglin officials said Friday. They added that the jet was part of a…
TARMAC Aerosave specialises in the storage and maintenance of aircraft, and business at its Teruel Airport facility. Demand has boomed since coronavirus lockdowns globally forced airlines across Europe to ground fleets for several weeks. No end is in sight for many. Planes showing the markings of commercial airlines including British Airways, Lufthansa and Air France…
The Calgary Zoo is shipping two giant pandas back to China years ahead of schedule due to difficulty obtaining bamboo amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Zoo staff have struggled to import enough bamboo to feed giant pandas Er Shun and Da Mao — who are on loan to Canada from China until 2023 — due to…
British Airways pilots could be seconded to the Royal Air Force under plans being considered by the military. Initial discussions between the RAF and British Airways & the British Airline Pilots Association (BALPA) have begun about the possibility of personnel being seconded to the RAF. Those with previous military service will be able to request…
Passengers travelling with Ryanair will have to ask permission to use the toilet under new rules laid out by the airline. Ryanair prepares to restart 40% of flights in July in the hope that government restrictions on travel in Europe will be lifted. Europe’s biggest airline intends to run almost 1,000 flights a day from…
Video has surfaced showing a drone flying dangerously and illegally close to military jets over a major American city. The video was shot during the recent America Strong flyover by the United States Navy’s Blue Angels on May 12. The drone flies dangerously near six F/A-18 jets in formation as they are over downtown Detroit…
Delta Air Lines said Thursday it may have 7,000 too many pilots this fall and announced it will retire its fleet of Boeing 777s, a sign the airline expects a lengthy downturn in long-haul international travel as the coronavirus batters demand. The Atlanta-based airline said it has halved its daily cash burn to $50 million a day this month, as…
Qatar Airways to retire around 50 aircraft and almost a fifth of its staff in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. “Unfortunately, we will have to cut nearly 20% of our workforce – nearly equal to the amount of aeroplanes we will never fly again, over the next three years,” Qatar Airways group chief executive…
Lufthansa Group airlines are expanding June flight schedule significantly. More than 1,800 weekly connections to over 106 German and European destinations and over 20 long-haul destinations will soon be back on offer. With the June flight schedule, the airlines of the Lufthansa Group are significantly expanding their services compared with the previous weeks operation. Lufthansa,…
Delta plans to retire its 18 widebody Boeing 777s by the end of 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The retirement will accelerate the airline’s strategy to simplify and modernize its fleet, while continuing to operate newer, more cost-efficient aircraft. The Boeing 777-200 first entered the fleet in 1999 and grew to 18…