Volocopter plans to start urban flight testing of its electric vertical take-off and landing air taxi in Singapore between January and July 2019. According to the German company, its electrically-powered 2X aircraft can fly two people up to 27km (17 miles) on a single charge with a cruise speed of 70km/h (43mph). It has been…
Airport officials in New York say an Air Canada flight that had just landed at the city’s LaGuardia Airport late Monday afternoon was damaged as it sat on the taxiway by another passing plane. Rudy King, spokesperson for the Port Authority New York and New Jersey, says the Air Canada jet was stationary on the…
The Perth to London nonstop route is proving a bonanza for Qantas and passengers alike, six months after its launch. Flights are full and reliable with only one major mechanical glitch that threw the schedule out for two days. The fastest crossing to London was 16 hours 23 minutes on July 20, when the flight…
Taiwan’s China Airlines (CAL) has taken delivery of its newest A350-900 aircraft, which features a unique joint livery that combines the airline’s distinctive plum blossom logo with Airbus’ exclusive A350 XWB carbon fibre pattern. Following this delivery, China Airlines today has 14 A350-900 aircraft in its fleet. The airline operates these aircraft on non-stop long…
The incident took place on June 25 over Central London, as a Virgin Atlantic jet doing 250mph and flying at 3,200ft approached Heathrow. The Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, which can carry up to 264 passengers, was passing over residential streets north of Clapham Common when itcame within 10ft of crashing into a drone, The Mail on Sunday can…
Announcing the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team’s historic nine-week programme, Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson said the Red Arrows would display across the Americas, reaching millions of people and showcasing the very best of British aviation. He said: “Our Red Arrows fly the flag for Britain across the globe, both in the skies and on the…
The company reported a 7% fall in profits for the first half of the year. It added average fares had dropped 3% over excess capacity in Europe and due to an earlier Easter in the first quarter. Bosses also blamed repeated strikes and staff shortages, which led to a surge in cancellations for higher fare,…
A Malaysian Airlines flight from Shanghai to Kuala Lumpur on Sunday morning was cancelled, due to a burst tyre during takeoff. Flight MH387 was set to leave the Pudong International Airport at 1.30am on Sunday (Oct 21) and arrive in Kuala Lumpur at 7.30am when the incident occurred. The aircraft was then towed to the…
A man from the UK hurled racist epithets and explicit derogatory language at an elderly black woman on a RyanAir flight Friday Oct. 19. UPDATE Man filmed racially abusing woman on Ryanair flight identified, say police: We have worked to identify both parties involved in this incident and passed the information to the Spanish authorities…
Severe turbulence caused Aerolineas Argentinas passengers to suffer injuries during a flight from Miami to Buenos Aires on Thursday. According to the airline’s spokesperson, the crew on flight AR1303 reported the passengers were injured after the plane reached cruising altitude and there were sudden movements due to atmospheric conditions. There were 192 passengers, who departed from Miami International Airport about 9:30 a.m.…
London’s Gatwick Airport has unveiled a growth strategy which includes a controversial plan to use an existing taxiway as a permanent second runway. Gatwick was recently overlooked for expansion by a U.K. government decision to back a third runway at rival airport, Heathrow. Campaigners have now accused Gatwick’s New York-based owners of expansion “by the…
Ryanair has released a video it claims is proof that a widely shared photo of crew sleeping on an airport floor was fake. The grainy footage apparently shows some uniformed crew members arranging themselves in sleeping positions in a corner of the room before the photo was taken. The SNPVAC union, which represents Portuguese airline…