Jet Airways had to ground as many as 15 more planes due to lease rental defaults. With the latest move on Tuesday, its fleet has come down to just 20 from its peak of 123 through which it used to operate over 650 flights across the country and continents. “An additional 15 aircrafts have been grounded…
The incident occurred during a sea rescue operation at Fond Bellemare in French Island of Martinique, around 4 pm on Wednesday 3 April 2019. While the diver had recovered the victim, during the operation to bring the diver and the victim back to shore, the helicopter struck and damaged three high voltage cables. Despite the…
Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia, and Changi Airport in Singapore won the title of the busiest international flight route in the world. The route sees some 30,187 flights a year, which averages at 82 flights per day. With less than 300 km (184 miles) between the two journey ends, it is one of the…
Regional airline Flybe has cancelled several of Wednesday morning flights. The company blamed a combination of factors including pilots’ end of leave year, Easter holidays and base restructuring. Flights from Belfast City Airport and Birmingham are among those affected. Most of the flights are within the UK. The airline said it would like to “sincerely…
The best airlines in the world for 2019 have been revealed in TripAdvisor’s annual Travellers’ Choice Awards. Now in its third year, the awards celebrate the carriers which are loved by travellers for both value and service. The ranking is based on millions of reviews, ratings, and opinions from flyers, which are analyzed using an…
Flybe has announced plans for the first flights between the Isle of Man and London Heathrow since 2002. The airline is to operate a daily service from 21 April using a 78-seat Bombardier Q400 aircraft. Flybe will operate flights to five destinations from the island this summer from its newly re-opened base on the Isle…
Singapore Airlines has removed two SIA 787-10 Dreamliner planes from service after routine inspections revealed issues with the Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 TEN engines. During recent routine inspections of Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 TEN engines on Singapore Airlines’ Boeing 787-10 fleet, premature blade deterioration was found on some engines. SIA said that flights to destinations served by…
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.…