Airbus has published a risk assessment outlining the “urgent risks” to its business arising from the UK exiting the European Union without a withdrawal agreement. It states that the UK exiting the EU next year without a deal – therefore leaving both the single market and customs union immediately and without any agreed transition –…
A 1962 Lockheed JetStar, one of three planes previously owned by Elvis Presley, has been listed for sale on online auction site IronPlanet. The sale includes FAA documents and invoices showing previous ownership by Presley. The plane is being sold on an “as-is” basis. The aircraft is missing an engine, and needs a new paint…
British MPs are set Monday (Jun 25) to approve plans to build a third runway at London Heathrow, Europe’s busiest airport, after decades of acrimonious debate. UPDATE MPs have voted 415-119 in favour of building a £14bn third runway at Heathrow Airport. Prime Minister Theresa May’s government agreed to the £14 billion (US$18.5 billion) plan earlier…
easyJet welcomed its 300th aircraft, an Airbus A320-214, into the fleet on the new route between Berlin-Tegel and Cologne/Bonn airport. This is also the 111th aircraft with an Austrian AOC. The aircraft is a former airberlin-aircraft that has been converted and transferred into the easyJet fleet and marks a milestone in the airline´s recent expansion…
Actor and comedian, Michael Rapaport, who currently stars in the Netflix show Atypical, prevented a passenger from opening an airplane emergency exit mid-flight Saturday morning. Director of Fox Sports, Ted Kenny tweeted about the incident. They were on a flight from Houston to LA when Kenny heard a commotion and heard someone say, “What the…
A passenger from AirAsia flight #I50582 say the captain tried to “choke” passengers by turning the air conditioning to full blast in order to try to get them to deplane. Passenger Dipankar Ray, who is the Indian Oil Corporation executive director (West Bengal), and onboard the aircraft told New Indian Express (NIE), “The flight was…
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s aircraft on Thursday made the first ever landing at Istanbul’s new colossal airport, which is expected to formally open to air traffic on Oct. 29. The Turkish presidential aircraft TC-ANK took off after Erdogan’s election rally in Gaziantep to make its historic landing on the 3,750-meter-long and 60-meter-wide runway. The Istanbul’s…
More than 2,000 British Airways passengers have had their tickets cancelled because the prices were too cheap, a travel agent said. Travel Up chief Ali Shah said he believes another five agencies also sold tickets through the airline’s mistake. BA has apologised for the error on flights to Tel Aviv and Dubai but refused to…
Nippon Cargo Airlines, also known as NCA, has announced that it will be suspending all departures from Tokyo as of June 16 and will be suspending all operations from June 17. The decision comes after inconsistencies were found regarding the application of lubricating oil to one of their Boeing 747-8Fs in early April. In an…
Cathay Pacific Airways has become the second airline to operate the A350-1000, the world’s newest long range widebody airliner. The airline took delivery of the aircraft at a special event in Toulouse, France. The aircraft is the first of 20 A350-1000s ordered by Cathay Pacific and will join the carrier’s growing fleet of A350 XWB aircraft, which…
Lufthansa Group is in talks for a takeover of low-cost carrier Norwegian. Carsten Spohr, CEO of the German flag-carrier, confirmed the news on Monday morning in an interview with German newspaper ‘Süddeutsche Zeitung’. But says that there is no firm plan or even deal to buy the Norway-based airline at the moment: “It’s a question…
Hindered by strikes and outdated equipment, French air traffic control is responsible for a third of aviation delays in Europe, Le Parisien said on Monday (Jun 18), citing a senate finance committee report. Between 2004 and 2016, French air traffic controllers were on strike 254 days, while second-placed Greece only had 46 days of stoppages,…