In a rare bright spot for the beleaguered aircraft, European plane maker Airbus has won a deal to sell three A380 superjumbo jets to ANA Holdings. Japan’s biggest carrier will pay roughly $1.25 billion for the planes. Details
Etihad Airways today launched fresh legal action in a bid to overturn a German court’s decision to revoke the approval for 29 of its codeshare flights with airberlin. Last week, the Administrative Court of Braunschweig decided that the German ministry of transport was entitled to reject the 29 Etihad Airways-airberlin codeshares, which had been approved…
The annual UK train price change has come into effect and sees fares increase by an average of 1.1 per cent, while easyJet’s flight prices are lower than they were 20 years ago. The airline famously launched air fares for the price of a pair of jeans back in 1995 with starting fares between Luton…
A KLM plane flying from Amsterdam to Singapore made an emergency landing in Bucharest on Sunday night after a child on board had heart problems. The child apparently had a cardiac arrest and although a doctor on board tried to resuscitate him, his condition didn’t improve, according to a witness. The captain decided to land…
airberlin is installing 3G connectivity across its entire long-haul fleet, becoming the first airline to offer the AeroMobile 3G eXPhone service. The first aircraft to be equipped with the new service is an Airbus A330-200 with the registration D-ABXC. Details
Hong Kong International Airport’s HK$10-billion Midfield Concourse, as well as its auxiliary facilities including the aviation fuel supply system and the Automated People Mover connecting Terminal 1 and the MFC, has been completed on schedule. Construction of the 105,000-square-metre five-storey new concourse began in 2011. Details
ANA Holdings will order three Airbus A380s as it seeks to expand international service amid a peaking market for domestic flights. The deal, worth around 150 billion yen ($1.23 billion) based on the market price, would make ANA the first Japanese airline to add the superjumbos to its fleet. The planes are to be introduced…
airberlin is installing 3G connectivity across its entire longhaul fleet. airberlin is the first airline to offer the AeroMobile 3G eXPhone service. Details
DXB airport experienced 2 hour delays and 15 flights were diverted. Arrivals were disrupted by 2 hours and departures delayed by one hour but still departing. Arrivals were on hold for a moment due to due runway closed (now reopened). A Saudia flight had a bird strike. Emily
A study of government-sourced near misses shows 241 close encounters between pilots and “drones” (UAS). These are defined as aircraft within 500ft of each other. Most incidents occurred at higher than 500AGL and within 5nm of an airport.http://ift.tt/1YLPwoW
The Sharm el Sheikh resort shows no sign of recovery after a Metrojet crash in October killing all on board. Tourism numbers has reduced by 85% since the suspension of UK tourists and flights into the county. Hotels and businesses in Sharm suffer and struggle to remain open following to fall in tourists visiting the…
The Brookes family was flying to Durban from Manchester on Christmas Eve with a stop in Dubai. Son, Joshua, who is 12 was stopped from flying because of a missing travel document. Apparently, new laws now require child visitors to have a full birth certificate which caused Joshua and his Mum to fly out six…