Air France is the first airline to offer a La Première service to Europe from Atlanta and the only airline to operate A380 from Atlanta Delta hub with four cabins. Air France, a joint venture partner of Delta Air Lines, starting March 31 will fly one of its two daily flights from Hartsfield-Jackson International to…
A Quick Alert Response (QRA) from Royal Air Force was launched today as Russian bombers flew off Norwegian and UK coasts. This morning NATO radars detected Russian Aircraft flying off Norwegian coasts. A Royal Air Force tanker took from from Brize Norton base as well as an E3-F Awacs for airborne radar detection. Two RAF Typhoons…
Plane manufacturer Boeing has issued an update to the control systems on the 737MAX. Boeing has issued an upgrade to the MCAS (Manoeuvring Characteristics Augmentation System), a mechanism that has been linked to the crashes. Boeing has redesigned the software so that it will disable MCAS if it receives conflicting data from its sensors. As…
On website, WOW air has confirmed end of operations. Icelandic budget airline Wow Air has collapsed and gone out of business after failing to finalise an equity deal with investors. The Airline said ‘WOW AIR has ceased operation. All WOW AIR flights have been cancelled.’ Passengers are advised to check available flights with other airlines.…
On Tuesday, a passenger named Subbu Reddy shared a video of the Dhaka to Kolkata Indigo flight #6E1859. In the video, two flight attendants can be seen swatting mosquitoes with the help of a mosquito racket. The people on-board also seem to be irritated as they try to get rid of some flies. Last year,…
A naked male passenger was reportedly detained at Chicago O’Hare International Airport before boarding his flight. The unidentified man was filmed walking on the tarmac completely naked. Sources have shared that the man was attempting to board a flight departing from Chicago. The passenger was allegedly detained at Gate C10 at Chicago O’Hare’s Terminal 1.…
NASA has just been given a huge challenge. US vice president Mike Pence announced that president Donald Trump will direct the space agency to send astronauts to the moon by 2024. “The first woman and the next man on the moon will both be American astronauts launched by American rockets from American soil,” he said…
A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737MAX made a safe emergency landing Tuesday in Orlando, Florida, after experiencing an engine problem. The crew declared an emergency after taking off from Orlando International Airport around 2:50 p.m., and landed the plane safely. No passengers were on board. The aircraft (reg. N8712L) was being ferried to Victorville, California, where…
Customers across the U.S. reported airline computer issues at a number of airports. Passengers on the ground said the issues related to the flight check-in systems and were unable to issue boarding passes. A spokesperson for American Airlines confirmed the issue was with the Sabre flight reservation and booking system, used by several major airlines…
Two planes left from a Russian military airport bound for Caracas on Friday, and another plane left Caracas on Sunday. Reporter Javier Mayorca wrote on Twitter on Saturday that the first plane carried Vasily Tonkoshkurov, chief of staff of the ground forces, adding the second was a cargo plane carrying 35 tonnes of material. An…
NASA has cancelled its planned all-women spacewalk at the International Space Station this week over limited spacesuit sizes for participating astronauts. The spacewalk, announced earlier this month, was set to mark a historic moment as the first-ever spacewalk conducted only by women. In a statement released on Monday, NASA said its decision was made due…
Airbus and China Aviation Supplies Holding Company (CAS) signed a General Terms Agreement (GTA) covering the purchase by Chinese airlines of a total of 300 Airbus aircraft. The GTA was signed in Paris, France by Guillaume Faury, President of Airbus Commercial Aircraft and future Airbus CEO, and Jia Baojun, Chairman of CAS, in the presence…