On January 15, 2009, US Airways Flight 1549 (AWE1549), an Airbus A320 piloted by Captain Chesley B. “Sully” Sullenberger and First Officer Jeffrey Skiles, made an unpowered emergency water landing in the Hudson River after multiple bird strikes caused both jet engines to fail. All 155 occupants, the passengers and crew, successfully evacuated from the…
In a demonstration of the steadfast commitment to the Republic of Korea’s defense, a United States Air Force B-52 Stratofortess from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, conducted a low-level flight Jan 10 in the vicinity of Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, in response to recent nuclear weapons activity and testing by North Korea. The…
Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance offer a fully-certified Maintenance Repair & Overhaul Organisation for B787 GEnx engines. Xiamen Airlines will be the launch customer for Air France-KLM’s expertise in GEnx engine maintenance in Amsterdam. AFI KLM E&M is a frontrunner in providing professional, high-quality maintenance services to airlines worldwide. “ This intensified cooperation…
Singapore Airlines says commercial Airbus A350 flights will begin in “March/April” following delays to delivery of the first A350-900, previously due this month but now pushed back to “Q1”.http://ift.tt/1RETCva
Emirates is planning to upgrade its Dubai – Washington D.C. service, with the introduction of its flagship Airbus A380 on the route beginning 1st February. Details
Aeromexico and WestJet have signed a codeshare agreement. The new codeshare will give Aeromexico’s customers enhanced connecting service via Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver to more than 10 Canadian destinations. Details
Flybe is launching two new French routes from Southampton this summer. From July 3 to September 25 it will fly three times a week to Biarritz. It will also fly three times a week to Toulon Hyeres from July 2 to September 12. Details
Malaysia Airlines will codeshare on Emirates’s four times daily service to Dubai from Kuala Lumpur from February 15th, 2016 as part of the partnership between Malaysia Airlines and Emirates which was signed early December 2015. Details
Gatwick has set a new global passenger record for a single runway airport, serving 40.3 million passengers in 2015. Details
All things being equal, it should take Ryanair about another five to seven years to become the biggest global airline by passenger numbers. Yesterday, the carrier headed by Michael O’Leary said that it had become the first airline to ever carry more than 100 million international passengers in a year.http://ift.tt/1SEEWLp
Emirates is planning to boost capacity to Athens with the addition of a second daily flight to the Greek capital from 1 March 2016. The addition of a second daily service will take the total weekly Emirates flights serving Athens to 14. Details