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…
The Hawaiian regional carrier Island Air has filed for bankruptcy, but continues to fly for now. Island Air – Hawaii’s second largest carrier – has filed for insolvency on Monday, October 16. The airline was close to grounding aircraft and letting down thousands of passengers just recently. Island Air’s fleet consists of 10 turboprop aircraft,…
Travel company Thomas Cook wants to start a new airline in Spain, with hub on Mallorca. The airline will be called Thomas Cook Airlines Balearics and – according to Thomas Cook Holdings – won’t be a ‘standard’ leisure carrier. Balearics will start operations with three A320s in early 2018. The airline will – in the…
Final Air Berlin A330 flight’s epic low pass on arrival at Düsseldorf Airport, now under investigation by the LBA The Luftfahrt Bundesamt (LBA) – Germany’s aviation administration – is investigating Air Berlin’s final wide-body landing at DUS airport, the airline has confirmed this on Tuesday afternoon. Air Berlin’s final long-haul flight, coming from Miami, performed…
Two Chicago airport security officers have been fired and a third resigned for their roles in dragging a doctor off an overbooked United Airlines flight for refusing to give up his seat. Dr David Dao 69, lost two front teeth, suffered a significant concussion and his nose was broken when he was forced off the…
EasyJet has confirmed a bid for parts of insolvent Italian flag-carrier Alitalia. The British low-cost carrier has not named any details about the offer. Six other airlines are reportedly bidding for Alitalia as well, including Lufthansa Group. The Italian carrier currently employs almost 12,000 people and had filed for Bankruptcy in May this year, after workers…
A new museum, which is home to the last Concorde aircraft to fly, has opened to the public. On display at Aerospace Bristol is Concorde Alpha Foxtrot. which made its final flight into Filton Airfield in November 2003. The aircraft is on show in a purpose-built hangar at the £19m attraction. Other items in the…
Airbus and Bombardier have announced a partnership for the CSeries program Airbus to acquire a 50.01% majority stake in Bombardier’s CSeries. The aircraft manufacturers plan to reduce production costs through Airbus’ supply chain expertise and boost sales. Assembly and headquarters of the CSeries will remain in Quebec, Canada. The Bombardier CSeries currently has 360 orders…
Lufthansa Group is planning an investment offer of 500 million euro for parts of the Italian airline in a deal with the Italian government, but wants to cut thousands of jobs. The German airline may take over a large part of Alitalia for 500 million euro (590 million USD). Lufthansa has confirmed this offer just…