The A350-1000completed successfully its first and unique “Early Long Flight” with 310 passengers on board, including 10 Airbus Flight Test crew members and 13 Virgin Atlantic cabin crew. Test aircraft MSN065 took off from and landed in Toulouse on May 11th after a 12 hour flight. During the long-haul flight the passengers, comprising Airbus employees…
U.S. and European officials will discuss airline security issues at a meeting in Brussels next week, including possibly expanding the number of airports that ban passengers from carrying electronic devices bigger than cellphones aboard flights, a European Commission spokeswoman said on Friday. U.S. Homeland Security Department Secretary John Kelly told European ministers by phone Friday…
US authorities are considering banning carry-on computers on European flights to the United States an official said on Tuesday. The Department of Homeland Security is close to making a decision on a wider ban as the busy summer transatlantic travel season looms, department spokesman David Lapan said. Airlines flying to the United States from European…
Nicole Harper, a nurse and mother of two from Kansas City, Missouri, said she was on a United flight returning home from Houston on April 10. Harper suffers from an overactive bladder and told flight attendants she had to use the restroom, she said. When they told her to return to her seat, she said…
Boeing said flights of its new 737 Max are temporarily suspended due to engine issues. Engine supplier CFM International, a venture of General Electric and Safran, notified Boeing of a an issue with low-pressure turbine discs inLeap-1B engine, according to a statement Wednesday by the planemaker.
The man who shoved a lemon meringue pie into Alan Joyce’s face isn’t a disgruntled frequent flyer but a devout Christian who objects to the CEO using Qantas to promote gay marriage. Tony Overheu read a statement on Perth radio station 6PR in which he criticised Qantas and other companies including Airbnb, Wesfarmers and Holden…
The Airbus U.S. Manufacturing Facility in Mobile, Alabama, has received the major component assemblies for the first A320 that will be produced in the U.S. The 27 aircraft delivered from the facility thus far have been A321s. This marks another important milestone for the manufacturing facility, which began production in July 2015 and is equipped…
The airlines have been forced to apologise after accidentally flying a passenger 3,000 miles in the wrong direction. Lucie Bahetoukilae, who speaks no English, was intending to catch a plane to Paris and was horrified when she landed in San Francisco. United Airlines have said sorry for the ‘horrible failure’ to correctly check Ms Bahetoukilae’s…
Airbus’ A350-1000 test aircraft MSN071 has completed fuel system and engine tests in Cardiff, Wales between 3 and 4 May as part of its type certification flight test campaign. Fuel test engineers from Airbus’ site at Filton, Bristol, were on hand to support testing of the fuel systems that were designed in the UK. The…
Departures were temporarily suspended from London’s Heathrow Terminal 3 over a security issue: Airport spokesperson confirms. A police spokesman confirmed they were called to reports of a suspicious package this morning at 7.59am. @HeathrowAirport Please tell us what is going on at Terminal 3. Security screening stopped and there’s a line of at least 1500…
The first large made-in-China passenger plane successfully completed its maiden test flight Friday, marking a key milestone on the country’s ambitious journey to compete with the world’s leading aircraft makers. The narrow-body C919 jet took off off from Pudong international airport in the commercial hub Shanghai. It successfully landed some 80 minutes later and the five-member…
