U.S.-based Spirit Airlines has finalized a purchase agreement with Airbus for 100 A320neo Family aircraft. In October, the two parties had signed and announced a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the purchase of up to 100 of the aircraft – a mix of A319neo, A320neo, and A321neo – to meet the airline’s future fleet requirements.…
Qantas passengers have told ABC Australia of their experience flying through a fire induced weather system between Melbourne and Canberra. The flight went from daylight, to orange to pitch black in minutes. Passenger Matt McIntyre told ABC, “It just got greyer and greyer. All of a sudden just pitch black, and that’s when the plane…
Boeing and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) confirmed on Sunday they are reviewing a wiring issue that could potentially cause a short circuit on the 737 MAX. Boeing spokesman Gordon Johndroe said Sunday the U.S. planemaker “identified this issue as part of that rigorous process, and we are working with the FAA to perform the…
Air Canada Jazz #AC8684 to Saguenay lost the inside left main landing gear wheel on takeoff form Montreal yesterday. The Dash 8-300, with 49 passengers on board, returned to Montreal. Sparks were seen prior the incident.
2019 has been a rough a year for airlines with more than 20 airlines forced to shut down operations. Asian Express Airline (Tajikistan) – Ceased operations on January 13, 2019 Germania (Germany) – Ceased operations on February 5, 2019 Flybmi (United Kingdom) – Ceased operations on February 16, 2019 Insel Air (Curaçao) – Ceased operations…
The Australian Prime Minister and Defence Minister have today announced a proactive mobilisation and upscaling of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) response to the ongoing and unprecedented fire crisis across Australia. The move will also see 3000 Defence Reserves immediately called out for the first time in history. The governor-general has signed off on the…
That’s it for Air France F-HPJB. And this is only the first! On January 2nd, the aircraft has left Paris CDG to Dresden, Germany. This aircraft was on lease to Air France from the Dr. Peters group and will return to the lessor after a full repainting. It was delivered to Air France in 2010.…
Turkish private jet company MNG has filed a criminal complaint saying its aircraft were used illegally to transport fugitive businessman Carlos Ghosn to Lebanon as he fled prosecution in Japan, the firm said Friday. It said one employee had admitted to falsifying the records to keep Ghosn’s name off the flight manifest, and that he…
TARMAC Aerosave has completed the first A380 dismantling project, which was launched at the beginning of 2018 in Tarbes, France. This Airbus A380 belonged to Singapore Airlines. More infos.
Nearly 2,000 drones took the Tuesday night sky and illuminated the Huangpu River in east China’s Shanghai Municipality to welcome the new year.
These are the first pictures of the British Airways cabin crew killed in a lorry crash while on their way to a New Year’s Eve party. Dominic Fell, 23, was killed alongside 25-year-old Joe Finnis and a 20-year-old woman, who has been named as Rachel Clark, at the scene of the crash, close to Heathrow…
