Boeing have announced on August 28th, that they have signed a $1.49 Billion contract with the US Navy and the RAAF (Royal Australian Air Force) for 13 aircraft. The US Navy are due to receive 9 Poseidon Aircraft and the RAAF are due to receive 4 aircraft. “By working together since the early stages of P-8A…
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has dropped a recording from it’s inflight playlist by a controversial Ukrainian-born pianist. The Pianist, Valentina Lisitsa has gained a reputation for her comments on social media as she is a supporter of pro-Russian separatists in Eastern Ukraine. She has also labeled the Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko as a Nazi. More…
Abu Dhabi based Etihad Airways have announced a recent appointment in their executive staff. They have appointed Lindsay White as the new Vice President of Operations in the Asia and Pacific market. In this role, White will assume responsibility for the entire Asia Pacific region, adding China, Japan, Korea and Thailand to his current portfolio of…
British heavy metal band Iron Maiden have announced that they will be chartering a Boeing B747-400 from Air Atlanta icelandic for their upcoming tour The Book of Souls World Tour next year. They will be using TF-AMI which will not require extensive reconfiguration. “The greatest benefit of travelling in a 747 is that because of…
James Field takes a look at Icelandair’s 70th Anniversary of their Glasgow-Reykjavik route! On August 27th, Icelandair celebrated their 70th anniversary of their iconic route between Glasgow and Reykjavik. To celebrate this, Icelandair have announced that they will be increasing their frequencies out of Glasgow from 5 weekly to 6 weekly. This is going to…
flydubai has announced plans to launch flights to Astana, Kazakhstan’s capital, extending their network to three destinations in Kazakhstan. The airline will operate four flights a week, starting from October 26th. The other two destinations that flydubai operate to is Almaty and Shymkent. Click here to find out more information!
IATA’s CEO and director general, Tony Tyler, will step down from the post next June after serving five years in the position. Details
A recent transatlantic trip descended into madness when air hosts announced there was 103 people on board and only 40 meals. Peter took to Facebook to explain what happened next….
Qatar Airways will be reinstating its non-stop flights to Nagpur, India, from Doha, starting 1st December 2015. The re-instated service will take the airline’s total weekly passenger flights from 95 to 102 across 13 key cities in India. Qatar Airways had previously served Nagpur from September 2007 to May 2009. Details
A anz spokesman for the airline sales and disposals of aircraft have confirmed that the last remaining Boeing 747-475 ZK-SUH which was stored at Victorville KVCV and was destine to be scrapped has being brought or sold to GE (General Electric) as a suitable replacement fuel test bed jet. The deal was sealed for a…
Vietnam Airlines has formally dropped the A380-800 from its five-year operational plans due to not signing their MOU renewal after it expired in 2013. As a result of this, Vietnam’s fleet will have 122 aircraft by 2020 instead of the 150 it stated they were going to have by 2020. Vietnam said that they have…
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has announced that it’s CEO, Tony Tyler, will retire in June of next year. “After five years as Director General and CEO of IATA, I believe it will be time for me to retire and leave the organization. It is a great privilege and responsibility to lead IATA, and…