Qantas is claiming that one of it’s B737-800s was held hostage by Canberra Airport after a diversion last year. Qantas Domestic chief, Andrew David, has gone as far as to say that the actions of the privately owned airport is threatening to derail it’s relationship with the airline. The Canberra Times says it is believed…
60 Minutes Australia has conducted a special investigation into the disappearance of MH370. The show brought together experts including John Dolan, the former Commissioner of the Australian Transport Safety Bureau, Boeing 777 pilot and instructor Simon Hardy, former Senior Investigator with the Transport Safety Board of Canada, Larry Vance, aviation safety expert Captain John Cox…
Fifty crocodiles have been seized at Heathrow airport after their transport conditions breached regulations. The year-old reptiles, which arrived on a flight from Malaysia, had fought each other during the journey due to their cramped circumstances. Each of the five transportation boxes used had room for four crocodiles – but 10 foot-long animals were in…
A naked man was arrested on Friday at Daytona Beach International Airport after he prompted an evacuation with statements about a bomb. A 25-year-old man had gone into an airport restroom that was under construction, placed a bag inside a hole in a wall and emerged from the restroom without wearing his clothes. He went…
Lufthansa has unveiled a modified version of its new livery on Thursday. The German flag carrier showed off its new brand design during an event at Frankfurt and Munich Airport in February this year. It removed the iconic yellow circle, known as the ‘fried egg’, from the horizontal stabilizer and changed the blue tone to a…
The Australian government has handed down it’s budget for the 2018-2019 financial year. The budget contains several aviation related items. As part of the budget, $293.6 million will be put aside over 4 years boost security at Australia’s 9 major airports plus 64 regional airports. There will also be an extra 140 counter-terrorism police officers…
A bride in Brazil has made a memorable entrance to her wedding. The bride was in a helicopter that was also carrying the wedding photographer, pilot and a child. As the helicopter was coming into land at the vineyard wedding venue, a rotor blade hit a castle tower causing the aircraft to crash. Wedding guests…
Lufthansa Group has placed orders for 16 additional aircraft. The order consists of four Boeing 777 and twelve Airbus A320 (neo & ceo). Subsidiary Swiss will receive two new Boeing 777-300ER in early 2020, which will be used to expand the airline’s route Network. Two freighter versions of the 777 are due to join Lufthansa…
In a statement, the Board of Norwegian Air Shuttle (NAS) confirms that it has received two separate conditional proposals from IAG Group in relation to an acquisition of 100 percent of the share capital of NAS. These proposals were reviewed in conjunction with NAS’ financial and legal advisers, and were unanimously rejected on the basis…
Dubai International Airport, the world largest airport, received 7.85 million passengers in March, a 4.5 per cent increase from the same period in 2017, boosted by the Easter holidays, operator Dubai Airports said. In total for the first quarter passenger arrivals climbed to just over 22.74 million, up 1.1 per cent, compared to the 22.49…
Nearly 80,000 square kilometres have been searched since January without finding any sign of the wreckage as the latest search enters its final days. The search enters its final phase this week, more than four years after the jet went down. This comes despite earlier hopes that a 25,000-square-kilometre area most likely to contain the…
Qantas CEO Alan Joyce announced in the airline’s quarterly update that it’s Boeing 747s will fly for the last time in 2020. The airline had previously planned to phase out all Jumbos out by 2022 or 2023. Currently Qantas has 10 747-400 aircraft left in it’s fleet, and is the only Australian airline that flys…