Indonesia will order 42 Rafale fighter jets, France’s defence minister said on Thursday. “It’s official: Indonesia orders 42 Rafales”, Defence Minister Florence Parly said in a Tweet during a visit to the Southeast Asian country. The order would make Indonesia the second state in the Indo-Pacific region after India to rely on the jet produced…
Airbus has cancelled an order for two A350-1000 wide-body jets for Qatar Airways, monthly data issued by the planemaker showed on Tuesday. The move comes days after Airbus said it had revoked orders from the same Gulf carrier for 50 A321neo jets, widening a contractual and safety dispute between the companies over surface flaws on…
A woman was allegedly raped on board a flight from the US to the UK, leading to the arrest of another passenger. The man allegedly sexually assaulted the woman in business class while other passengers were sleeping on the flight from Newark, New Jersey to Heathrow, London on January 31. They were seated in separate…
A French Navy military jet had to cut short a flight and land in Malta after it encountered problems with refuelling mid-air last night. A Malta International Airport spokesperson confirmed with The Malta Independent that a French Dassault Rafale military jet landed safely at the airport at 19:30 on Sunday as it did not have…
An Alliance Air ATR aircraft landed safely at Bhuj from Mumbai after a part of the engine cowling fell down during take-off this morning. The Alliance Air flight #9I625 performed by an ATR 72-600 (VT-RKJ), has lost a cowling of the no.2 engine during takeoff from Mumbai International Airport, India. “Alliance Air was scheduled to…
An Antonov plane has crashed in the disputed South Sudanese area of Abyei killing none of the passengers. According to a senior government official there, the Antonov An-26 (reg.SP-402) was coming from South Sudan’s capital Juba carrying primary leaving certificate’s examination paper when it missed the runway and landed on the road instead. “The plane…
The video of a Russian father with his son became viral on Instagram. Dima Kuznetsov, a Russian Captain of Boeing 737 NG published a video with his son on instagram. The pilot can be seen with his son on his lap while practicing landing in simulator. The young dad (29 yo) is helped by his…
The suicide bombing killed as many as 170 civilians and 13 U.S. troops in the final days of U.S. military involvement in Afghanistan. A single Islamic State suicide bomber carried out the attack at Kabul’s international airport in August that killed 13 U.S. troops and as many as 170 civilians, and was not joined by…
Eamonn Brennan, Director General of Eurocontrol reveals the top 10 busiest Airports for past week. The busiest airport in the Eurocontrol Network is currently Instanbul Airport with 893 flights/day, ahead of Amsterdam Schiphol with 826 flights/day and Madrid Airport with 778 flights/day.
A negative test will no longer be necessary on arrival in France. Whatever the country of origin, it will soon no longer be necessary to present a negative test on arrival in France if you are fully vaccinated against Covid-19. Within a week, the government will announce the end of tests to enter France for…
From Wednesday it will be possible to travel to Sweden from the rest of the EU without showing a Covid pass, as the country prepares to lift all border restrictions for the union. The Swedish government at an extraordinary meeting on Monday decided to remove all entry restrictions from the Nordic countries and other EU/EEA…
Just a week after Storm Malik and Storm Corrie battered the UK, Manchester experienced another weekend of exceptionally strong winds, heavy rain and plenty of disruption. Winds were between 290 and 310 degrees giving a near 90 degree crosswind component for Runway 23R at Manchester, and with reported winds gusting as high as 39 Knots.…