Readiness to start “Long Range” (LR) operations with launch customers of the most capable and flexible A321neo version to date – the A321LR – has moved a significant step closer with recent joint EASA and FAA approval of the aircraft to operate with up to three underfloor Additional Centre Tanks (ACTs), including for ETOPS operation.…
Primera Air is planning to file for bankruptcy and cease operations. The airline, which originally launched in 2009 as a tourism charter company, announced in 2017 that it would begin flights to North America for under $100 each way. The first routes, between London’s Stansted Airport and New York, Boston, Washington, DC, and Toronto, began…
Shares in low-cost carrier Ryanair were down almost 10 per cent today as it lowered its full-year adjusted profit forecast, blaming higher oil prices and lower traffic amid a series of strikes by its crews. The Ireland-based group on Monday cut its outlook from €1.25bn – €1.35bn to €1.1bn – €1.2bn. The group’s chief executive,…
Australian airport workers will take part in protests at five of Australia’s major airports on Tuesday 2 October 2018. On Tuesday airport workers are standing up to demand safe and secure jobs: direct, permanent full-time work and protections. #AusUnions #SafeAndSecureSkies #PovertyDoesntFly @GoodAirports pic.twitter.com/NenELHKgG2 — TWU Australia (@TWUAus) September 30, 2018 The Transport Workers Union (TWU)…
Kansai International Airport is planning to shut down its runways Sunday as a powerful typhoon is expected to pass through the western Japan region. The airport’s operator said it will close two runways from 11 a.m. local time on Sunday to 6 a.m. on Monday, halting all takeoffs and landings. Train services also are expected…
Anthonius Gunawan Agung was a young air traffic controller at Mutiara SIS Al-Jufri Airport in Palu, Central Sulawesi, who died on Friday evening (28/09) while jumping from a collapsing control tower shortly after ensuring that the last commercial flight cleared the runway just as a massive earthquake struck the area. Agung, who would have celebrated…
The Indigo Airline had to offload a passenger who was drunk as he tried to enter the cockpit of the plane to charge his mobile phone. Luckily, this incident took place when the plane was on the ground and so, the Low-cost Carrier Indigo reported the Business Standard that the man was immediately removed from…
Ryanair has cancelled 150 flights scheduled for Friday because of strikes by cabin crew in Spain, Belgium, the Netherlands, Portugal, Italy and Germany. The flights represent 8% of the 2,400 originally scheduled. The airline said in a statement that all affected customers have received emails or text messages informing them of the cancellation. About 30,000…
A passenger has been taken off an Indian domestic flight after trying to enter the cockpit to charge his phone. The man, who some Indian media reports said was intoxicated, tried to enter the cockpit while the plane prepared to take off for Kolkata from the western city of Mumbai. “While an IndiGo aircraft was…
A passenger’s mobile phone started smoking onboard a Qantas A380 today. QF94 was about 2 hours from landing in Melbourne when the incident occurred. Local media report that the incident almost caused the flight to divert to Sydney, but it continued to Melbourne after the crew consulted with the operations centre. The phone had became…
