Frankfurt Airport Terminal 1 was evacuated due to a security mistake on Tuesday, which left thousands of passengers stranded. Reason for the evacuation of area A and Z in Terminal 1 was the mistake by a single airport security worker. A passenger’s bag had a positive explosives test, but instead of carefully checking the potential…
Parts of Schönefeld Airport in Berlin were closed off for one hour due to a “pleasure device” found in a bag. A Terminal was partly evacuated at Berlin Schönefeld (SXF), after security alerted police over a device found during a routine X-ray check of a passenger’s bag. Writing in a post on social media, the…
A Ju-Air Junkers Ju-52 (“Tante Ju”), built in 1939, has crashed into a mountainside in Switzerland. The location of the wreck is reported to be at Piz Segnas, a mountain range in eastern Switzerland, at an altitude of more than 2,500 meters. Emergency crews are on scene using five helicopters and numerous ground vehicles. There…
More than 1400 aircraft were ordered during Farnborough Airshow 2018 in England last week. Farnborough International says all orders combined are worth US $154 billion, plus $22 billion for engines. The airshow went from Monday (16 July) to Sunday (22 July). Aircraft orders were announced from Monday to Thursday. Airbus booked a total of 431…
Portuguese charter airline Hi Fly to show off its very first Airbus A380 at Farnborough Airshow 2018 next week. The jet, which is currently being painted in Malta ahead of being introduced to Hi Fly’s operations, will be on display Thursday to Sunday in the static park at the airshow. Hi Fly is leasing two…
New York based jetBlue has signed a MoU for 60 Airbus A220-300. The memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed on Tuesday evening will also include 60 more purchase options for the aircraft type, which would bring the total number of A220s ordered by the airline to up to 120. JetBlue will use the new Airbus aircraft…
The Vietnamese start-up airline has announced an order for 20 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner. Boeing and Bamboo Airways announced an order commitment worth around $5.6 billion US Dollars in Washington on Monday. Delivery of the 20 Dreamliners is scheduled to start in April 2020. Bamboo Airways singed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for 24 Airbus A321neo,…
Lufthansa Group is in talks for a takeover of low-cost carrier Norwegian. Carsten Spohr, CEO of the German flag-carrier, confirmed the news on Monday morning in an interview with German newspaper ‘Süddeutsche Zeitung’. But says that there is no firm plan or even deal to buy the Norway-based airline at the moment: “It’s a question…
A Lufthansa Airbus A340-300 in Star Alliance livery (operated by Lufthansa CityLine) was damaged by a towing truck fire at Frankfurt Airport on Monday morning. The Lufthansa LEOS towing truck caught fire while bringing the aircraft from maintenance facilities at the airport to a gate, where it was scheduled to fly to Philadelphia. Emergency crews…
Hamburg Airport is closed due to a major power failure. All passengers have been evacuated from both terminals at the German airport. Few flights were able to take off, however the Airport is closed for all arrivals since around 10 am local time. Ground handling was stopped immediately. An earlier statement said: “We are currently…
Air Baltic orders 30 additional Bombardier CS300 aircraft, plus 30 options. The Latvian carrier Air Baltic (brand name airBaltic) and Bombardier announced that the two parties have reached an agreement for the purchase of 30 Bombardier CS300 with options for another 30 aircraft of this type. It adds to the existing order of 20 CS300…
South African authorities have banned South African Express Airways from flying due to serious safety violations. The airline was operating regional flights for the country’s flag carrier, South African Airways (SAA). Its operating permits were suspended by the South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) on Thursday‚ stating: “This effectively means that as of today, SA…