Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Chief Steve Dickson is due to conduct a two-hour evaluation flight at the controls of a Boeing 737 MAX on Wednesday, a key milestone for the jet to win approval to resume flying after two fatal crashes. Dickson, a former military and commercial pilot, and other FAA and Boeing pilots are…
A major blast was heard in Paris that reverberated over the entire city after a fighter jet was scrambled. French Open tennis match between Wawrinka & Koepfer was momentarily paused after a loud bang was heard across Paris, French police said it’s caused by a fighter jet breaking the sound barrier. French authorities confirmed: The…
FAA Chief Steve Dickson is set to conduct an evaluation flight in command of a Boeing 737. It is not typical for an FAA administrator to fly an airplane before it returns to service. Dickson has repeatedly said he would not sign off until he flew it himself and was “satisfied that I would put…
Delta Airlines has planned to retire its entire fleet of Boeing 717s and 767-300ERs by the end of 2025. In addition, the airline has planned to retire its all CRJ-200 regional jets by December 2023. As a result, Delta is planning to record up to $2.5 billion in non-cash charges related to the jets. Currently…
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…
An airline union official says he believes that EasyJet is “hanging by a thread”. In a leaked recording obtained by BBC News, Martin Entwisle said the company was in a “really, really dire situation.” Mr Entwisle made the comment after a meeting with the airline’s chief financial officer, Andrew Findlay. EasyJet denies that Mr Entwisle’s…
Members of a British Airways cabin crew were taken from their Marriott Hotel rooms by officials in hazmat suits to a quarantine facility after a stewardess caught Covid-19. While the pilots were allowed home, 13 cabin crew members from the Monday flight were marched from their comfortable Marriott Hotel rooms by men in hazmat suits.…
Boeing’s grounded 737 MAX could receive regulatory approval to resume flying in November, Europe’s chief aviation safety regulator said on Friday. “For the first time in a year and a half I can say there’s an end in sight to work on the MAX,” said Patrick Ky, executive director of the European Union Aviation Safety…
Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment Simon Birmingham told Nine’s Today Show this morning that he hoped Australians would be able to travel freely and safely to New Zealand by the end of the year. “We’re working hard to make sure every safety precaution and measure is in place through our airports, our border protections,…
British Airways has retired two other of its Boeing 747 fleet. British Airways has retired the Boeing 747-400s G-CIVK and G-BYGE, the eleventh and tenth aircraft.
A Delta Airlines Airbus A319 suffered left-hand engine failure before becoming airborne out of runway 34L at Salt Lake City International Airport. The aircraft was operating flight DL-2913 from Salt Late City to Jackson Hole Airport. The aircraft took off at 5:23 pm from Salt Lake City International Airport. However, the aircraft returned back to…
Airline Avianca Holdings came under broad criticism in Colombia for paying its top two executives US$6 million in bonuses in May, at a time when the carrier had furloughed most of its employees without pay and was preparing a bankruptcy filing. According to bankruptcy court documents submitted by Avianca itself, the airline paid chief executive…