In order to meet the high market demand for cadet pilot training in Europe – 94,000 new pilots over the next 20 years* – Airbus has decided to open its own flight academy and extend its training services offering by adding ‘ab-initio’ to its portfolio. Leveraging cross-divisional synergies, the Airbus Flight Academy Europe, based in…
Boeing and IAG (the parent company of British Airways), announced the airline has committed to purchasing up to 42 777X airplanes, including 18 orders and 24 options. London-based IAG also took options on an additional 24 aircraft, it said Thursday in its annual earnings release. British Airways will use the wide-body jets to replace its…
Boeing said on Tuesday it has nominated Nikki Haley, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and a close ally of President Donald Trump, to join its board of directors at the company’s annual shareholders meeting on April 29. If elected by Boeing shareholders, she would help guide the future of America’s largest exporter, with…
After a new search of the Piper Malibu wreckage this morning, David Mearns says there was absolutely no sign of the pilot David Ibbotson. Two highly experienced technical divers spent 20 mins searching & filming the plane this morning, looking for the pilot David Ibbotson.
The Dutch state has bought a large minority shareholding in the holding company of Air France-KLM in order to exercise more influence on the company. In total, the Netherlands has bought 12.68% of the company for €680m on the open market, but plans to raise this to 14% – in line with the stake held…
Pakistan’s army has announced that its Air Force had downed two Indian warplanes in the Pakistani airspace, adding that one Indian pilot had been captured. An army spokesman said one plane had fallen inside Pakistani territory and a pilot had been arrested. There is no confirmation from India, which claimed to have shot down a Pakistani…
On February 17, ground personnel working on Lucky Air flight #8L9960 from Anqing to Kunming in China, discovered two coins on the ground near the left engine of the Airbus A320neo. After questioning the passengers, a 28-year-old male passenger admitted to throwing the coins, hoping for a safe journey. The flight was cancelled as a…
British Airways has today revealed the second design in its series of heritage liveries to mark the airline’s centenary – an Airbus 319 will be painted in the colours of the airline’s short-haul predecessor, British European Airways (BEA). The announcement comes after huge crowds turned out to see the first heritage livery – a 747…
Video footage has emerged of a jumbo jet pilot taking a nap in the cockpit mid-flight. The pilot is believed to be a senior officer for China Airlines, the national carrier of Taiwan. He is understood to have been flying a Boeing 747. According to local media, he has been disciplined by China Airlines for breaching flight…
The Qantas Group anounced Thursday that it plans to reuse, recycle and compost at least three quarters of it’s waste by the end of 2021 – an airline first. According to a Qantas press release, Qantas and Jetstar create 30,000 tonnes of waste in Australia, will remove 100 million single-use plastic items every year from…
The drone attack that caused a major disruption to air traffic at London’s Gatwick Airport in late December might have been organised by a member of the airport’s current or former staff, The Times newspaper reported on Thursday, citing governmental sources. According to the media, the drone was flying in blind spot areas that were…
Flights to/from Dublin Airport were temporarily halted on Thursday afternoon after a drone was spotted in the skies over the airfield. The airport suspended all operations when the object was initially spotted saying that “the safety and security of customers is our key priority at all times”. However shortly after midday the airport issued a…