Alaska Airlines will be chasing the first coast-to-coast total solar eclipse in United States history since 1918. On August 21, a special charter flight for select astronomy enthusiasts and eclipse chasers will allow passengers to see the eclipse from more than 35,000 feet above the earth. The flight will depart Portland at 7:30 a.m. and…
Norwegian has announced a new route from London Gatwick to Buenos Aires, marking the airline’s first ever South American route as its UK expansion plans gather pace. The new route will start in February 2018, with fares from £299 breaking the current monopoly on direct London to Buenos Aires flights, offering passengers more choice and…
Airbus will fit deployable flight data and cockpit voice recorders on new A350 XWB aircraft beginning in 2019 and on the rest of its long-range fleet soon thereafter. A deployable flight data recorder is designed to separate itself from the aircraft in a crash. They are particularly useful for crashes over water where accessing or…
easyJet has on June 26 become the first European airline to launch an Amazon Alexa skill that enables passengers to easily and quickly check their flight status. Skills are Alexa’s in-built capabilities that enable users to interact with devices, like Amazon Echo and Amazon Echo Dot, using just their voice. easyJet customers can now start…
A Spirit Airlines passenger who booked two seats on a flight due to his size says he felt humiliated when the airline gave away one of the seats without asking on an overbooked flight. Jose Cordova of Westminster, CO, says he purchased two neighboring seats on each of his flights to and from Las Vegas…
Boeing announced its plan to fly commercial planes via artificial intelligence algorithms without human intervention. The US giant aircraft manufacturer gave some insight about its bold plans at Paris Air Show. “In order to be able to fly all these new aircraft, you need 617,000 new pilots in the coming years, but the problem…
British Airways has applied to use Qatar Airways planes and crew to help the airline to fly all passengers to their destinations during planned strikes by some of its cabin staff next month. British Airways’ mixed fleet cabin crew are set to go on strike for two weeks from July 1 over sanctions on union…
The 2017 Paris Air Show (PAS) is in the books for global aircraft manufacturing giants Boeing and Airbus, and transaction volume at the show exceeded even that of the most optimistic pre-show prognostications. Airbus and Boeing together announced 937 new orders and commitments (including memoranda of understanding [MoU] but excluding purchase options) for aircraft during…
An easyJet flight full of holidaymakers was forced into an emergency landing in London after two women had a mid-air bust-up. Sam Tinsly, 22, from Bootle, witnessed the moment the “disruptive” pair started “shouting and swearing” on a easyjet flight from Manchester to Antalya, Turkey yesterday. Two women were met by police officers on the…
Officials have confirmed a man attacked a police officer with a knife today at Bishop Airport. The airport was evacuated at about 9:40 a.m. today, June 21, after the stabbing of an on-duty officer. A witness at the airport said he saw a police officer bleeding from the neck and a knife laying nearby before the…
A tropical storm warning has been issued for a section of Louisiana’s coast as a weather system approaches from the Gulf of Mexico. The system’s maximum sustained winds early Tuesday are near 40 mph (64 kph). The U.S. National Hurricane Center says some slight strengthening is possible before the system reaches the coast, either late…
The extreme heat forecast for Phoenix on Tuesday now has caused the cancellation of nearly 50 American Airlines regional airline flights out of Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. According to a statement from American Airlines, the American Eagle regional flights use the Bombardier CRJ aircraft, which has a maximum operating temperature of 118 °F (48 °C). Tuesday’s forecast…