Following an extensive two-year flight test programme, Airbus has successfully concluded its Autonomous Taxi, Take-Off and Landing (ATTOL) project. In completing this project, Airbus has achieved autonomous taxiing, take-off and landing of a commercial aircraft through fully automatic vision-based flight tests using on-board image recognition technology – a world-first in aviation. In total, over 500…
China’s three biggest state-owned airlines on Sunday took delivery of their first ARJ21 aircraft, a short haul 90-seater aircraft made by state-run Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC). COMAC said in a statement on Sunday that Air China, China Eastern Airlines and China Southern Airlines had received the aircraft, which has a 90-seat capacity, and…
After weeks of delay, the first Boeing 787-10 has arrived at London Heathrow this morning. The aircraft will to begin its commercial service in 3 days. British Airways has so far revealed a few of their 787-10 routes for 2020: Atlanta To Dallas Ft. Worth Seattle Nashville
US fighters intercepted four Russian military aircraft near Alaska Saturday, marking the sixth time this month Russian planes have been intercepted in the area this month. US Air Force F-22 Raptors were scrambled in response to the presence of four Russian Tu-142 reconnaissance aircraft inside the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) Saturday, North American…
A key step in the return to service of the grounded Boeing 737 MAX could take place as soon as Monday. Boeing’s best-selling plane has been grounded since March 2019 after two fatal crashes killed 346 people. A certification flight test, which is expected to last three days, is likely to take place starting as…
Travelers arriving from France, Italy, Spain, Germany and Greece are among those who will soon dodge UK quarantine. And vice versa. But the United States, Portugal and Croatia are not set to make it onto the list of countries with whom Britain is setting up quarantine-free “air bridges”, according to British media reports. Air bridges…
A Royal Air Force Airbus A400M military strategic transporter has been damaged following a bird strike while operating at Getafe Air Base, Spain on June 24th 2020. The bird struck the side of the aircraft mid-flight, causing a giant hole in the military plane just under the cockpit. Feathers from the bird could be seen…
Calling for a ban on domestic flights, which contribute to greenhouse gas emissions, around 20 environmental activists from Extinction Rebellion (XR) entered Friday morning, on June 20, on a runway in Orly. After deploying their banners on the tarmac, “briefly” interrupting airport activity according to ADP, the activists were arrested by the police. Paris-Orly Airport…
easyJet will be relaunching more flights from airports across Europe. EasyJet is to launch hundreds more international flights at airports across the UK from next week. The airline said it will restart the international and domestic flights from July 1, as it also secured a major cash injection to bolster its finances in the face…
Emirates has suspended flights from Pakistan after passengers who transited through Dubai tested positive for Covid-19. The decision was taken after 26 people on board a flight from Pakistan to Hong Kong via Dubai were found to have the virus. The airline said it was committed to serving its customers in Pakistan and is “working…
Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) will be grounding nearly 150 out of its 426 pilots, amid an inquiry that they hold “dubious” licences, a company spokesman said. The decision comes at a time when an initial inquiry into a PIA plane crash was presented before the parliament by the country’s aviation minister, who also highlighted irregularities…
The first flight took off from Orly airport south of Paris at 6:25am Friday, marking a reopening after shutting down on March 31 due to the coronavirus crisis, but with just a fraction of its normal flights. A Transavia plane bound for the Portuguese city of Porto was sprayed by water cannons from the airport…