Iberia has taken delivery of its first A350-900 today at the Airbus factory in Toulouse. Taking part in the handover were Iberia’s Chairman and CEO Luis Gallego, members of the airline’s management committee, and some of the employees who have been working on the A350-900 project, among others. Also attending were Airbus CEO Thomas Enders, and…
The Vietnamese start-up airline has announced an order for 20 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner. Boeing and Bamboo Airways announced an order commitment worth around $5.6 billion US Dollars in Washington on Monday. Delivery of the 20 Dreamliners is scheduled to start in April 2020. Bamboo Airways singed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for 24 Airbus A321neo,…
Some Southwest Airlines passengers are suing the airline seeking unspecified damages following the emergency landing of Flight WN1380 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on April 17. In the suit filed Tuesday in New York State Supreme Court, a group of eight passengers claims they were faced with the “overwhelming horror of being trapped in a plane about…
A furious passenger branded an air hostess a “stupid f****** b****” after apparently mistaking turkey ham for pork. The passenger, who told flight crew he was Muslim, was flying from Luton airport to Skopje, Macedonia, on Sunday morning when he ordered the $5.21 sandwich and a bottle of water. However during the flight he claimed…
New restrictions on some powders in carry-on baggage on international flights have been announced by the Australian Government starting 30 June. The restrictions also apply on domestic flights departing from International Terminals. The new restrictions come after the TSA announced similar rules starting this week. The restrictions are in part a response to a failed…
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…