Air New Zealand’s Chief Executive Officer, Christopher Luxton, today announced that Lilik Abdul Hamid, an aircraft maintenance engineer, died in the Christchurch terror attack last Friday. Lilik had been with the airline for 16 years, but was known to the airline before that while working with the airline’s engineers overseas. Mr Luxton said Lilik, his…
The New Zealand government has intervened to lower Air New Zealand fares to Christchurch after Friday’s terrorist attack. The move comes after Twitter user Guled Mire posted a screenshot showing return fares for almost $NZ800. .@FlyAirNZ this is ridiculous! People are literally trying to fly in to #Christchurch to be loved ones and for funerals…
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British Airways has unveiled the final design in a series of retro liveries forming part of its centenary celebrations. A Boeing 747 will be painted in the Negus design at Dublin Airport and will return to London Heathrow later this month. The repainted 747 will operate British Airways’ long-haul routes and will keep the design…
Yesterday, the FAA suddenly decided to ground all Boeing 737MAX. The FAA said the decision after viewing “refined” flight data provided by the company Aireon, which uses a network of satellites to provide real-time monitoring of aircraft around the world. At the request of the FAA and NTSB, Aireon provided the data transmitted from Flight…
A Saudia flight was forced to return to gate at Jeddah airport after a woman realised that she had left her baby behind. Dubai-based Gulf News reported on Monday that the flight to Malaysia had to turn around over the weekend when the Saudi passenger realised she had left her baby at the airport’s terminal. Flight SV832, from Jeddah to Kuala Lampur, turned back…
Lucky Air flight 8L9616 (Mar 10, 2019) delayed because two passengers tossed coins to aircraft engine for good luck. The passengers, reported to be two women in their mid-20s, were removed from the Lucky Air flight after they each admitted to tossing a 1 yuan coin as they were boarding the plane at Jinan Yaoqiang…
The Federal Aviation Administration says on March 13, 2019, the investigation of the #ET302 crash developed new information from the wreckage concerning the aircraft’s configuration just after takeoff. And with newly refined data from satellite-based tracking of the aircraft’s flight path, indicates some similarities between the #ET302 and #JT610 accidents that warrant further investigation of…
Norwegian Air says it will seek compensation from Boeing for cost and lost revenue that results from grounding its 737 MAX 8 planes following the Ethiopian Airlines crash. The company has 18 of the planes in its fleet. Norwegian is the first airline to say publicly it will demand that Boeing pay for lost flight…
At least two US flights have reported that an automated system seemed to cause their Boeing 737 MAX 8 planes to tilt down suddenly. In reports filed last year in a database compiled by NASA, the pilots said that soon after engaging the autopilot on their planes, the nose tilted down sharply. In both cases…
Lufthansa board has announced it will sell six of its 14 Airbus A380 amid a new mega order. Lufthansa has ordered 20 Boeing 787-9 and 20 additional Airbus A350-900 long-haul aircraft to replace its older four-engine planes as it seeks to boost the fuel efficiency of its fleet, the German airlines group said on Wednesday.…
