Lufthansa plans to dissolve the brand name of Austrian based Niki The German flag-carrier wants to fully integrate Air Berlin’s subsidiary Niki into its low-cost airline Eurowings. On September 26th, Lufthansa’s Supervisory Board approved a one billion Euro investment for the acquisition of up to 61 aircraft for Eurowings. Niki operates short and medium haul flights from…
Boeing began production on Monday of it’s first 777X wide-body plane at it’s factory in Everett. Wings for the new plane will be produced at the Composite Wing Center at the Boeing Everett factory. A traditional airplane wing is aluminum. The new 777X wing is much larger and lighter and it made of a carbon fiber composite. The…
The FAA conducted 10 tests of laptops inside of suitcases. A heater was set against the lithium ion cell to force the battery to overheat. In one of the tests, a can of aerosol dry shampoo was in the suitcase. The currently permitted shampoo ignited from the overheating battery and caused a fire that could…
Super Typhoon Lan is threatening Japan with winds of up to 155mph (250km/h) on Sunday and Monday. Please reload the page for updates… UPDATE 16:22 UTC Tokyo Haneda Airport is reporting winds of 46kts+, flights to HND are diverting/returning. UPDATE 15:55 UTC Tokyo Haneda Airport is reporting winds of 31kts+, flights to HND are diverting/returning.…
Air Berlin to fire around 4000 employees in the coming weeks, if no additional buyers can be found. In an interview with Rheinische Post, Air Berlin liquidator Frank Kebekus said the airline may will have to fire around 4000 employees in late October/early November. “I expect that in the end of October/beginning of November, we will…
Gusts of over 70mph were recorded on Saturday morning, with forecasters warning of the potential for flooding, power cuts and transport disruption. Please reaload the page for updates… UPDATE 14:50 UTC Flights to Shannon and Cork are holding and diverting UPDATE 14:02 UTC Several flights to Bristol Airport are performing go-arounds due to high winds…
Lufthansa Group will use long-haul aircraft on flights from its main hubs to Berlin due to very high demand – starting October 23rd. Flag-carrier Lufthansa (LH) will use the Airbus A330-300, A340-300 and A340-600 on selected flights from Frankfurt and Munich to Berlin Tegel starting 23OCT and the Boeing 747-400 from 01NOV. UPDATE: Lufthansa to extend…
Coins were tossed at the engine of a Lucky Air A319 (reg. B-6198) during boarding. Ground crew later found coins lying on the tarmac next to the plane, according to various statements by the airline, airport authorities, and transport police. A 76-year-old woman was subsequently taken into custody, transport police said. It was not clear…
An Air Berlin Airbus A320 is grounded at Reykjavik Keflavik Airport due to unpaid charges The A320 (registration D-ABDX) on flight #AB3928 from Düsseldorf arrived in Reykjavik at 10:55pm yesterday, but the return flight earlier this morning was cancelled. Isavia, Iceland’s airport operator issued a statement saying “Air Berlin filed a petition of the opening…
Embraer plans to deliver the first E190-E2 jet to its launch customer Widerøe in April 2018. The regional airline from Norway has 3 E190-E2 (+12 purchase rights) on order. According to Embraer, this contract is worth almost 880 million USD. Widerøe currently operates an all-Bombardier turboprop fleet of 40 aircraft. It is the largest regional airline…
The first A330neo took off this morning at Blagnac in Toulouse, France at 09.57 hrs local time, for its maiden flight taking place over south-western France. The aircraft, MSN1795, is a A330-900 and the first of three certification flight-test aircraft to fly, powered by the latest technology Rolls-Royce Trent 7000 turbofans. The crew in the…
The Malaysian government has chosen US-based seabed exploration firm Ocean Infinity to resume the search for missing Malaysia Airlines plane MH370. The company earlier offered to take up the $200 million search for free, amid claims experts have pinpointed the crash site. Family members of the 239 passengers who disappeared along with the plane were…