Ryanair will fly 5 million fewer passengers than planned next year owing to delayed deliveries of Boeing’s grounded 737 Max aircraft, and warned that jobs would be affected and airport bases closed as a result. Europe’s biggest low-cost carrier was expecting to bring the first five of 135 planes on order into service this year,…
An Emergency Airworthiness Directive released by EASA says that cracks have been detected on the rear wing spars of the early A380s. The cracks are between ribs 33 and 49, on both side and could affect the structural integrity of the wings. The European Aviation Safety Agency, therefore, recommends operators repeated checks for the affected…
Police at Heathrow Airport are investigating how a 12-year-old boy slipped through security and managed to board a British Airways flight to Los Angeles without a ticket or boarding pass. The unaccompanied child, who had no travel documents, mingled with passengers getting on the flight and was only spotted when cabin crew asked to see…
United Airlines expects to cancel more than 8,000 flights through October because of the grounding of its Boeing 737 Max planes. United said Friday that it is dropping its 14 Max jets from the schedule until Nov. 3 — a month longer than previously planned. The airline has used spare planes to cover flights that…
Magnicharters flight 801 was forced to return to Puerto Vallarta after incident on takeoff this 14 July 2019. The Boeing 737-300 (reg. XA-UUI, built 1995) to Mexico City safely returned to land at Puerto Vallarta (MMPR), Mexico following a birdstrike in engine #2 after take-off.
One of the Alphajet from the French Aerobatic team Patrouille de France suffered a bird strike yesterday. The incident occurred yesterday night after the aerobatic team performed in south of France at Port-Barcarès. The left wing was fixed during the night at Salon de Provence air base.
Ryanair has dropped the word ‘MAX’ on of one of its Boeing 737 MAX 200. A photo posted by a Renton-based aviation spotter (@AeroimagesChris) shows a Ryanair Boeing 737 MAX 200 without the MAX branding. The word ‘MAX’ on the exterior of the aircraft, which is now simply designated as a Boeing 737-8200. Ryanair has…
The GippsAero GA8 Airvan, a single engine plane popular with skydivers, crashed shortly after 14:00 (12:00 GMT), having left Umea airport. The plane crashed on an island on the Ume river, a police spokesman said. All those on board were Swedish, police added. The cause of the crash was not immediately clear. Swedish media quoted…
British Airways #BA2201 from London to Cancun diverted to Shannon after crew reported they had detected fumes in the cockpit and passenger cabin. The flight landed safely at 3.18pm and was pursued along the runway by airport fire and rescue crews who also accompanied the jet to the terminal. Five ambulances, two advanced paramedic rapid…
A series of planned strikes at Heathrow Airport in a dispute over pay is threatening to cause summer travel chaos. More than 4,000 workers, including security guards, engineers, passenger service operatives and drivers, are set to walk out on 26 July and 27 July, 5 August and 6 August, and 23 August and 24 August,…
A Singapore Airlines plane was delayed after it met with a rather feathery and bloody welcome when it landed in Paris on Thursday morning (July 11). Flight SQ336, an Airbus A380 (reg. 9V-SKN) carrying 311 passengers, struck a number of birds when it arrived at Charles de Gaulle Airport. Photos of the incident show the…
