Japanese carrier ANA said on Thursday it needs to replace damaged compressor blades in the Rolls-Royce engines powering its Boeing 787s, forcing it to cancel some Dreamliners flights over the coming weeks. The carrier said that under certain flying conditions the compressor blades in the engine’s interior showed corrosion. It said it will cancel nine…
Aeromexico has added live television to its Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft. This new service will initially offer two channels – Sport 24 for live sporting action from around the world, and CNN International. In partnership with Panasonic Avionics, the service will be available to passengers from both the seatback inflight entertainment and communications system and…
Pilot and stewardess of Air New Zealand suspended over photos, including a picture of a pilot posing with a blow-up doll in the cockpit. The photos, which were believed to have been taken about a year ago, were reportedly shared to Facebook and Instagram after staff sent them to Snapchat. A spokeswoman for Air New Zealand…
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Mariah Carey will appear in a series of concerts at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas this month but you probably won’t see any ads for her shows at Bob Hope Airport in Burbank. The Airport Authority, which runs the facility, decided last week that a proposed ad for the top-selling singer showed a little…
Low-cost airline Norwegian continues its UK expansion, by putting on sale two new routes from London Gatwick to Keflavik, Iceland and Rovaniemi, Finland. From October 30th, Norwegian will add its first UK service to the Icelandic capital of Reykjavik. Three weekly flights will operate direct to Keflavik throughout winter on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays –…
A young woman checking into a Virgin America flight arrived at chec-in with just a pair of underpants on her lower half. The blonde passenger shocked those queuing behind her at the check-in desk after brazenly speaking to a member of staff with her bottom exposed. The picture, which was uploaded to Reddit by user Deftones1 with…
Airlander 10 makes maiden voyage from Cardington Sheds in Bedfordshire. pic.twitter.com/Z4tN8Gnj5z — BBC Three Counties (@BBC3CR) August 17, 2016 The Airlander 10 – which is part plane and part airship – took off from Cardington Airfield in Bedfordshire. Its original test flight on Sunday was postponed, but it finally left the ground at 19:40 BST.…
By the end of July Ryanair had carried 110.7 million customers so far in 2016 – with 11.3 million people flying with the Irish airline during July alone. http://ift.tt/2bdqEDfhttp://ift.tt/2bdqEDf
Accident aircraft involved YV3051 (Photo: Skybird). A Cessna 550 Citation ll with 2 crew onboard has crashed immediately after takeoff from Charallave-Óscar Machado Zuloaga Airport, Venezuela at 15:40 local time yesterday. The aircraft impacted a rocky gully in a wooded area near the threshold of runway 28. Both pilots have been killed. Photos: @Coemiranda Source: AviationSafety,…
