Tornado rain storms Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (footage)
Two possible funnel clouds have in South Florida – one over downtown Fort Lauderdale and another at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.
SAS signs firm order for 35 Airbus A320neo Family aircraft
SAS Group, has signed a firm order for 35 A320neo aircraft. SAS will also lease 15 additional A320neos from leasing companies. This important new strategic commitment will result in SAS becoming an all Airbus operator with the fuel-efficient A320 family for its mainline European operations, as well as for its extensive domestic services in Scandinavia.…
Boeing considers turning used Boeing 777s into cargo planes
Boeing is considering whether to convert used 777 passenger jets into freighters, seeking to capitalize as booming e-commerce sales spur new demand for air freight worldwide, according to Bloomberg. While Boeing has studied retrofitting the used wide-bodies for more than a decade, the effort has taken on new life in recent months as air cargo…
London Heathrow third runway noise may affect more than 2 million people
More than 2 million people would be exposed to additional aircraft noise if Heathrow builds a third runway, according to a government analysis. Department for Transport documents, released by the Civil Aviation Authority after a freedom of information request, show the government expects 973,000 households around Heathrow to experience increased daytime noise by 2050 after a third runway…
BREAKING Major airport strike in Germany forces airlines to cancel hundreds of flights
Major airport strike action across Germany forces airlines to cancel almost 1000 flights on Tuesday. Verdi (German United Services Trade Union) has called for a 24-hour strike at four German airports, Frankfurt, Munich, Cologne and Bremen, which will take place on Tuesday, April 10th. Reason for this ‘warning strike’ are pay disputes. Frankfurt Airport issued…
ALERT London Gatwick Airport was forced to close runway during the night due to sick air traffic controllers
London Gatwick Airport was forced to close its runway when only one air traffic controller was available, the airport has confirmed. According to BBC, several inbound flights were diverted or delayed when only one controller out of the scheduled three was able to work, reportedly due to sickness. The runway was closed 4 times during…
ALERT FBI offers $10,000 reward for arrest in ValuJet 592 crash case
The FBI has announced a $US10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of Mauro Ociel Valenzuela-Reyes in relation to the crash of ValuJet flight 592 in 1996. Valenzuela-Reyes worked for SabreTech, a maintenance contractor for ValuJet. It is alleged he mishandled oxygen generators that were found to responsible for the crash of the DC-9…
BREAKING American Airlines to order 47 Boeing 787 Dreamliners
American Airlines has confirmed an order for 47 Boeing 787 Dreamliners. The announced order for 47 Boeing Dreamliners (plus another 28 options) consists of 22 787-8 and 25 787-9 (powered by General Electric GEnx-1B engines), which the airline will use to replace its aging Boeing 767-300 and Airbus A330 fleet, as well as older 777-200.…
ALERT Delta hit by data breach
Delta has released a statement saying they have been affected by a data breach. Delta was advised of the breach by [24]7.ai, a company that provides online chat services to Delta. The breach was between 26 September and 12 October last year. The breach allowed unauthorised access to customers names, addresses, credit card information, CCV…
New NASA supersonic plane construction begins now
NASA announced its latest X-plane experimental aircraft called the Low-Boom Flight Demonstrator (LBFD). The agency signed a contract to design the plane back in 2016; now it’s ready to proceed with development and construction. If the LBFD is successful, it will be a testbed for quiet supersonic technology, and possibly allow for supersonic flights over land, getting…
Portuguese Hi Fly acquires two used Airbus A380
The Portuguese charter airline Hi Fly will acquire two used Airbus A380s. Both superjumbos are currently stored at Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrenees Airport in southern France, after Singapore Airlines had decided not to extend the leasing contract with DS Aviation. At the moment, the planes are registered as 9V-SKA (MSN003) and 9V-SKB (MSN005) and painted in white.…
Para-athlete told to wait an hour to use the bathroom on Emirates flight
A British para-athlete has detailed how she was stopped from going to the toilet on an Emirates flight. Nikki Emerson was flying to the Australian state of Queensland to compete in the Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast. Ms Emerson is competing for England in the T54 1500m and T54 marathon events at the Games.…