Amazon has agreed to a seven-year lease of five Boeing 737-800BCFs from Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. in order to diversify aircraft operations and go into markets that are too small for the 767s. The converted 737-800s will be subleased to and operated by Southern Air, a subsidiary of Atlas Air.
Air France is the first airline to offer a La Première service to Europe from Atlanta and the only airline to operate A380 from Atlanta Delta hub with four cabins. Air France, a joint venture partner of Delta Air Lines, starting March 31 will fly one of its two daily flights from Hartsfield-Jackson International to…
A complete ground stop was put in place at Sydney airport today after the control tower was evacuated. The Sydney Air Traffic Control Tower has been evacuated after smoke was detected. There is a full ground stop in place with no aircraft departing or arriving at this time @SydneyAirport. We will update you as soon…
Plane manufacturer Boeing has issued an update to the control systems on the 737MAX. Boeing has issued an upgrade to the MCAS (Manoeuvring Characteristics Augmentation System), a mechanism that has been linked to the crashes. Boeing has redesigned the software so that it will disable MCAS if it receives conflicting data from its sensors. As…
On website, WOW air has confirmed end of operations. Icelandic budget airline Wow Air has collapsed and gone out of business after failing to finalise an equity deal with investors. The Airline said ‘WOW AIR has ceased operation. All WOW AIR flights have been cancelled.’ Passengers are advised to check available flights with other airlines.…
On Tuesday, a passenger named Subbu Reddy shared a video of the Dhaka to Kolkata Indigo flight #6E1859. In the video, two flight attendants can be seen swatting mosquitoes with the help of a mosquito racket. The people on-board also seem to be irritated as they try to get rid of some flies. Last year,…
A naked male passenger was reportedly detained at Chicago O’Hare International Airport before boarding his flight. The unidentified man was filmed walking on the tarmac completely naked. Sources have shared that the man was attempting to board a flight departing from Chicago. The passenger was allegedly detained at Gate C10 at Chicago O’Hare’s Terminal 1.…
AirAsia has apologised and withdrawn an Australian ad campaign over complaints it was a “dog whistle” for sex tourism. The campaign involved ads on the sides of Brisbane buses with the wording “Get off in Thailand. Fly direct from Brisbane to Bangkok.” The ads were noticed by Collective Shout, “a grassroots movement against the objectification…
Customers across the U.S. reported airline computer issues at a number of airports. Passengers on the ground said the issues related to the flight check-in systems and were unable to issue boarding passes. A spokesperson for American Airlines confirmed the issue was with the Sabre flight reservation and booking system, used by several major airlines…
Airbus and China Aviation Supplies Holding Company (CAS) signed a General Terms Agreement (GTA) covering the purchase by Chinese airlines of a total of 300 Airbus aircraft. The GTA was signed in Paris, France by Guillaume Faury, President of Airbus Commercial Aircraft and future Airbus CEO, and Jia Baojun, Chairman of CAS, in the presence…
Teams from the three US airlines that own 737 MAX jets were heading to Boeing’s factory in Renton, Washington, to review a software upgrade. The factory visits indicate Boeing may be nearing completion of a planned software patch for its newest 737. Boeing and the Federal Aviation Administration, which must approve the software fix and…
On Saturday, Southwest Airlines began to send some Boeing 737 MAX 8 fleet to its long-term storage facility. Located at the Southern California Logistics Airport facility in Victorville, this is in the heart of the Mojave Desert. The Mojave Desert has always been a hotbed of aircraft graveyards and aircraft storage. The climate makes for perfect…