The U.S. government on Friday said it would increase tariffs on aircraft imported from the European Union to 15% from 10%, ratcheting up pressure on Brussels in a nearly 16-year transatlantic dispute over aircraft subsidies. European planemaker Airbus (AIR.PA) said the U.S. move would hit U.S. airlines already facing a shortage of aircraft and complicate…
The A330-800 has received joint Type Certification from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The aircraft’s certification flight-test campaign was successfully performed by aircraft MSN1888, which completed the programme in 370 flight test hours and 132 flights since its first flight in November 2018. The A330-800, part of a…
A woman who tried to open a passenger plane door mid-flight, prompting two fighter jets to be scrambled, has been jailed for two years. Chloe Haines, 26, from High Wycombe, scratched a crew member as she lunged at the door shouting “I’m going to kill you all,” the court heard. Two RAF fighter jets rushed…
The Turkish carrier AtlasGlobal filed for bankruptcy and halted all flight operations after two periods of flight suspensions in the last three months. The airline was facing financial difficulties since November 2019, when the airline had to stop its operations but resumed flights to Antalya, London, Baghdad, Tel-Aviv, Tehran and Amsterdam on December 2019. Atlasglobal…
Air Baltic A220-300 suffered an engine failure this morning over France on route from Riga to Malaga. Another A220 suffered an engine failure. Air Baltic #BT677 declared an emergency over France this morning after the left engine has shutdown. The aircraft (reg. YL-AAU) diverted to Bordeaux Airport 25 minutes later at 10.30 local time. The…
On Tuesday, Mr Johnson was making a statement on the government’s decision to proceed with the HS2 project when he was challenged about Heathrow. Munira Wilson, Liberal Democrat MP for the southwest London constituency of Twickenham, asked the PM if he would “prove his credential on climate change, make good on his promise of lying down in…
Shareholders’ meeting of Air Italy (Alisarda and Qatar Airways through AQA Holding spa) decided the “liquidazione in bonis” of the company. From 11 to 25 February 2020 inclusive, all Air Italy flights will be operated by other carriers at the times and on the days previously scheduled; all passengers who booked flights (outward or return)…
A Qatar Airways flight from Doha to Bangkok QR830 made an emergency landing at Kolkata, India around 3 am on February 4, 2020. A pregnant passenger, identified as Phromkasikorn Wassana from Thailand, went into labour mid-flight. Qatar Airways flight from Doha to Bangkok #QR830 made an emergency landing at Kolkata Airport. The pilot of Qatar…
Oman Air flight from Zurich made an emergency landing in Turkey on Sunday, Feb 9, following a fault in cabin pressure. The flight #WY154 was headed to Muscat when it made the landing. Several passengers posted pictures and videos of the emergency landing. The passengers said that they could hear the captain screaming for an…
A British Airways plane has set a new record for the fastest New York to London flight thanks to an extremely powerful jet stream. The plane touched down at London Heathrow 4 hours and 56 minutes after taking off from New York’s JFK Airport. A jet stream exceeding 250mph acted to accelerate the flight as…
According to emergency services, the Boeing 737-500 (reg. VQ-BPS) en route from Moscow hit the runway with its tail, the 94 people on board were unharmed. “During a hard landing at the Usinsk Airport due to landing gear problems, the plane hit the runway with its tail. According to preliminary data, there were no casualties…
Severe weather warnings have been issued for the weekend, with strong winds of up to 80mph and widespread heavy rain expected. Heathrow Airport announced it had taken the joint decision with its airline partners to “consolidate” Sunday’s flight schedule in a bid to minimise the number of flights cancelled. Watch London Heathrow Airport live: cam.airlive.net/lhr…