Qatar Airways to resume the world’s second longest flight using a Boeing 777-200LR

Qatar Airways is extending its Doha-Brisbane-Auckland flights through March 2021, before resuming the direct Doha-Auckland service. With 14,535km and almost 18 hours from gate to gate, the Doha-Auckland route is the world’s second-longest flight. Due to the broad impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on international travel, as well as various government and border restrictions, Qatar…

FAA warns airlines operating Boeing 787 about ILS issue

The FAA is advising operators of the three 787 variants to notify crews about potential failure by the autopilot flight-director system to capture the localiser. Several incidents have occurred involving 787s flying approaches to Hong Kong from the east. The system guidance partially reduced the intercept angle to the localiser, with the aircraft initially turning…