An Airbus A220-300 flight test aircraft will visit six Asian destinations as part of a demonstration tour across the region. After a stopover at Seoul’s Incheon Airport the aircraft heads to Yangon (Myanmar), the first location of the demonstration tour. The aircraft will then visit Hanoi (Vietnam), Bangkok (Thailand) and Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) before heading north…
Ten members of the American Airlines crew were taken to hospital after the jet made an unplanned landing at Boston’s Logan Airport on Sunday night. The busy plane had set off earlier off from Philadelphia bound for London Heathrow. Reports in the US say the concerned cockpit crew deployed their own oxygen masks during the…
The Air France–KLM Group, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for 60 A220-300 aircraft to modernise its fleet. These A220s are intended to be operated by Air France. “The acquisition of these brand new A220-300s aligns perfectly with Air France–KLM’s overall fleet modernization and harmonization strategy” said Benjamin Smith, CEO of the Air France-KLM…
Middle East Airlines – Air Liban ME435 Doha-Beirut on the 27th diverted to Kuwait after a passenger onboard gave birth to a baby girl slightly after entering the Iraqi Airspace. The professional and well trained crew delivered the women according to procedures and took good care of the baby until the plane landed. Hats off…
Air France will announce a firm order of about 60 aircraft type A220 with options. No major orders had been placed since 2011 by Air France. Some aircraft families, such as the A340 quadreactor or ATRs, are scheduled to be out of the fleet by 2020. Three leased A380s will also be returned to their…
A two-year-old boy has been injured and taken to hospital after climbing on to baggage conveyor belt at Hartsfield-Jackson airport in Atlanta. Surveillance cameras at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Airport – one of the world’s busiest – captured a 2-year-old boy dart away from his mom and climb onto a baggage conveyor belt. The boy was swept…
Southwest Airlines is ceasing operations at Newark Liberty International Airport because of the continued grounding of the Boeing 737 Max. The airline announced Thursday that Boeing’s (BA) “extensive delays” in getting its 737 Max plane back in service, Southwest has to stop flying in and out of the New Jersey airport starting November 3. Southwest…
Southwest Airlines, the first major US carrier to halt all 737 MAX flights for the rest of the year, has entered into negotiations with Boeing over compensation to cover the cost of innumerable canceled flights. The US carrier announced on Thursday that its fleet of 34 MAX planes would remain on the ground for the…
Boeing confirmed it has moved the target for first flight of the 777X to early next year following consultations with General Electric The new GE9X engines continues to suffer delays while the engine company redesigns a stator in the front part of the compressor that had shown more wear than anticipated during testing. Earlier this…
An Alphajet aircraft of the Patrouille de France crashed at the airport of Perpignan-Rivesaltes this Thursday. One of the Patrouille de France’s fighter jet, exited the runway at the Perpignan airport, this late morning. The aircraft ended on the D117 Peyrestortes Road, which borders the runway of the airport. A witness told that the accident…
A woman was handcuffed and restrained for six hours on a flight from Miami to London after attacking an eight-year-old boy and lashing out at others. The woman, 51, threw a full bottle of water that hit the boy on the side of the head with ‘some force’ on the Virgin Atlantic flight. Just 20…
Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg warned investors that the company might need to temporarily halt the 737MAX production. Boeing hopes to get approval for the plane to fly again sometime early in the fourth quarter. Dennis Muilenburg said any further delays in approval to resume 737MAX flights could force a temporary shutdown of 737MAX production. Boeing…