A routine flight bound for Los Angeles was grounded for 8 hours after the engines sustained damage. Qantas flight QFA93 from Melbourne, Australia to Los Angeles was grounded on Tuesday morning after the one of the Airbus A380’s engine ingested birds. QF93 MEL-LAX delayed for 8 hours due to birds getting into engine. Damn birds.…
Hamad International Airport has seen the launch of Google’s 360-degree street view imagery of Qatar’s airport as part of its digital strategy. You can also do shopping 😉
Etihad Flight College, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has taken delivery of the first of four Embraer Phenom 100E. Etihad Flight College will be the first flight school in the world to use the Phenom 100E in the initial phase of flying training. The aircraft arrived…
Ryanair has called again on the European Commission to take action to prevent the skies over Europe being closed once more by French air traffic controllers’ union strikes, targeting the European Championships. Ryanair has been forced to cancel 44 flights on Tuesday, to/from and over France, in what will be the 50th French strike since…
Air Canada’s inaugural flight AC1940, from Vancouver departed Friday afternoon (June 10th), marking the only non-stop service linking Vancouver and Ireland. Air Canada Rouge brings their hallmark customer service excellence to these seasonal flights between Vancouver and the Irish capital city, which operate three times weekly until October 8 with Boeing 767-300ER aircraft. “We are…
Scandinavian airlines says its flights operated by swedish pilots are being canceled due to a strike. Nearly 160 flights and 20000 passengers are affected this Saturday. The Stockholm based subsidiary says that routes with pilots from other nationalities than Sweden are not affected. The Swedish Pilots’ Union demand a 3.5 percent increase in salary while…
BA9238 and BA9239 – Airbus A320 G-EUUM operated from Heathrow to Bastia, France BA9136 and BA9137 – Airbus A320 G-EUUV operated from Heathrow to Izmir, Turkey BA9232 and BA9233 – Airbus A321 G-EUXF operated from Heathrow to Rhodes, Greece BA9216 and BA9217 – Airbus A320 G-EUYH operated from Heathrow to Cagliari, Italy BA9218 and BA9219 –…
On June 10th, Chinese Carrier Hainan Airlines launched their brand new Manchester route from Beijing. B-8287, their Airbus A330-300 in the Hai Manchester Livery arrived at around 6am and departed at 12:25pm. This is a significant route in terms of UK Aviation History as well as Manchester’s history as this is the first direct Chinese…
Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has marked the first anniversary of its service to Edinburgh Airport, which was launched on 8 June 2015. Over the past year, the top five destinations for the airline from Edinburgh Airport have been Abu Dhabi, Sydney, Bangkok, Melbourne and Perth. In March 2016, Etihad…
Head of the Russian Air Force, Colonel-General Viktor Bondarev has ordered the grounding of the country’s entire Su-27 fleet, until the reasons behind the crash that led to a pilot’s death on Thursday are clear, the TASS news agency reported. The Defense Ministry confirmed that the jet crashed while returning to the airbase after a…
UK Regional Airline Flybe has returned to profit after a tough period. The airline had a loss of £35.6m the previous year but have miraculously brought the airline back into profit with a pre-tax annual profit of £2.7m. Over the past year, the airline have launched 52 new routes, which helped the airline increase passenger…