The state aircraft-building enterprise “Antonov” has produced the airframe of the first serial transport aircraft An-178 without Russian parts. “This is the first aircraft that is built without a single Russian component. time was taken by import substitution and the search for new suppliers,” Oleksandr Los, President of Antonov State Enterprise said. He also said…
Boeing said during fabrication of the 787 horizontal stabilizer it learned some components were clamped with greater force than specified, which could result in improper gap verification and shimming. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said Tuesday it “is investigating manufacturing flaws affecting certain Boeing 787 jetliners. The agency continues to engage with Boeing.” The horizontal…
Flight DL679 ATL-LAX yesterday on sept 5th 2020. The aircraft will still be used on the international LAX-SYD flight for the time being as well as cargo and charter flights. A pretty full flight with lots of AV geeks/ vloggers/ bloggers. The last scheduled domestic 777 flight for Delta.
Two airline passengers each face fines of $1,000 for refusing to wear face masks on board a flight, the first time Transport Canada has imposed a financial penalty for violating rules meant to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. The first incident occurred on a WestJet flight from Calgary to Waterloo, Ont., in June…
Emirates airline will restore its employees full salaries starting from October. This comes as the company continues to ease travel restrictions and resume flights to over 80 destinations that had been halted due to the coronavirus pandemic. Since March the airline has made thousands of layoffs as it struggled to recover from the economic fallout…
The second-to-last Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747-400 will be retired. G-VROS ‘Forever Young’ will depart at 12:00 tomorrow, today.
A military chartered performed an emergency landing after an in-flight engine shut down, shortly after departing from Honolulu. An Atlas Air Boeing 767-300 with 212 people on board performing flight from Honolulu to Guam suffered a right hand engine failure during the initial climb out of Honolulu. As a consequence of repeated compressor stalls/surges, the…
British Airways #BA269 to Los Angeles LAX was forced to return to London Heathrow. The Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner (reg. G-ZBKO) dumped fuel over the North Sea at 11,000 feet before returning to London Heathrow. You can watch London Heathrow live 27/7 at cam.airlive.net/lhr
Ruby Moores age 9 from Stoke-On-Trent is a thrill seeker for sure she is a BMX Racer and loves standing underneath large or fast jets as they are on final approach, the difference being with fighter jets is you never know when one is going to perform a missed approach so as you can tell…
Virgin Atlantic has completed a £1.2 billion recapitalisation. Having taken the final steps in the legal process, the airline is hoping to emerge from the Covid-19 crisis as a sustainably profitable carrier. However, the devastating impact of Covid-19 on global aviation continues unabated, and the airline said it must take further steps to ensure survival.…
A Chinese Air force Su-35 has crashed. Reports claimed it has been shot by Taiwan air defence system. The CCP’s People’s Liberation Army Sukai 35 fighter plane crashed in Guangxi. Reports claimed that the fighter jet was flying over the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea. A video shows multiple flames and dark smoke…
Norwegian Air , which is attempting to secure a second round of financial restructuring, saw a 91% decline in August passenger volume from a year earlier. Norwegian flew 313,316 passengers in August compared to 3.5 million in August 2019. Only 62.1per cent of its seats were filled on average, down from 90per cent a year…