The Federal Aviation Administration released two new airworthiness directives (AD) which require the airlines to modify their Boeing 747s and Boeing 767s fuel tank monitoring systems in order to prevent the risk of ignition within the tanks. The new directives apply for the following planes: 747-400 747-400D 747-400F 767-200 767-300 767-300F 767-400ER The FAA requires…
American Airlines has delayed plans to begin scheduling Boeing 737 MAX training for its pilots in November, the Allied Pilots Association said. Boeing is seeking approval from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on a series of changes to the 737 MAX following two fatal crashes in 2018 and 2019 that triggered the aircraft’s global…
A woman has been charged with money laundering after £1.9m in cash was found in suitcases at Heathrow Airport. A woman, 30, of Pelham Court, Leeds, was arrested at Terminal 2 as she waited to board a flight to Dubai on 3 October, UK Border Force announced. Tara Hanlon, a 30-year-old woman from Leeds, was…
A woman gave birth to a baby boy on board IndiGo flight from Delhi to Bengaluru on Wednesday evening. The airlines’ assistance and celebration of the birth have since gone viral on social media. In a statement, IndiGo confirmed that both the mother and the child were healthy and the flight landed at the Bengaluru…
On Saturday, 30 September 2017, the Airbus A380-861 operated by Air France, was carrying out scheduled flight AF066 from Paris (France) to Los Angeles (USA). It took off at 09:50. At 13:49, while the crew were changing en-route flight level, they heard an explosion and observed asymmetric thrust from the right side of the aeroplane,…
A 180-seater plane landed in Rennes from London to deport a single migrant. A plane from London landed in Rennes on October 1 with a single passenger on board, Ismail, a 27-year-old Sudanese migrant, deported for having illegally crossed the Channel. An operation “very costly in terms of carbon footprint and public money” denounced by…
British Airways is planning to to wave goodbye to its final two Heathrow based 747 aircraft. Earlier this year British Airways announced that it had brought forward the retirement of its fleet of 747-400’s as a result of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on our airline and the aviation sector. LIVESTREAM FROM LONDON HEATHROW…
Boom Supersonic will roll its XB-1 demonstrator aircraft out of its facilities in Centennial, Colorado, on Wednesday and reveal the vehicle publicly for the first time. The rollout marks the handoff from the design, development, and build phase to testing, said Blake Scholl, Boom founder and chief executive. After undergoing a series of ground tests,…
While advancing its Artemis program – which includes sending the first woman and next man to the lunar surface in 2024 – NASA wants to know what you would pack for a trip to the Moon. The agency kicked off a new social media campaign this week asking participants to share what would be in their lunar…
Ryanair posted disappointing traffic numbers for September, primarily due to weak air travel demand stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic. This Ireland-based carrier reported a 64% year-over-year plunge in September traffic to merely 5.1 million passengers. Ryanair operated approximately 53% of the normal September schedule with a load factor of 71%. On a rolling-annual basis, total…
September traffic figures at Norwegian Air have been heavily influenced by lower demand caused by new and stricter travel restrictions across Europe. A total of 319,370 customers chose to fly with the carrier last month, a decrease of 90 per cent compared to the same period last year. Capacity, measured in available seat kilometres, was…
On the occasion of World Teacher’s Day, Qatar Airways will give away 21,000 complimentary tickets to teachers to thank them for their vital work in educating young people worldwide during the challenges brought by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The giveaway will open at 04.00 AM on 5 October and close at 03:59 on 8 October…