New York’s Hometown Airline® Set to Further Expand at JFK, Adding Gates with Seamless Connection to Existing Home at Terminal 5. New York City-based JetBlue (NASDAQ: JBLU), joined by New York Governor Kathy Hochul and other partners and leaders, celebrated a key milestone in the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s transformation of…
Boeing pauses delivery of 787 Dreamliners over fuselage issue. Boeing has temporarily halted deliveries of its 787 Dreamliners so it can do additional analysis on a fuselage component, the company and the Federal Aviation Administration said Thursday. “In reviewing certification records, Boeing discovered an analysis error by our supplier related to the 787 forward pressure…
An American Airlines plane suffered a lightning strike during flight. Aviation Maintenance shared a picture of the top fuselage of an American Airlines Dreamliner. The Boeing 787 experienced extensive damage to its composite fuselage crown when it was hit by lightning during flight. Summer is the season for thunderstorms, and sometimes lightning can strike an…
A helicopter carrying Iranian Sports Minister Hamid Sajjad and his entourage crashed on Thursday while landing at a stadium in Baft, Kerman province of southeastern Iran. A helicopter carrying Iran’s sports minister Hamid Sajjadi and 11 others crashed in south-central Iran on Thursday, killing one person and causing Sajjadi to suffer from a brain bleed,…
Mriya lovers keep visiting the hangar at Kyiv Gostomel Airport where the wreckage of An-225 lies on the floor. An Ukrainian journalist visited Gostomel airport few days ago, sharing current visual of the remains of An-225 Mriya. Some parts will be saved but employees of DP Antonov will remove the wings in a few weeks.…
Qantas has unveiled prototypes of the First and Business cabins on the aircraft that will fly passengers non-stop from Australia to New York and London from late 2025. Key to the cabin design has been giving passengers more space, made possible by Qantas’ decision to configure its 12 Airbus A350s to seat 238 passengers compared…
More than 1,400 flights were canceled in the United States on Wednesday as a winter storm hit the country. About 2,200 flights were delayed and canceled at airports across the U.S. on Wednesday morning as a coast-to-coast winter storm affecting most of the northern half of the country continued to track east from Washington toward…
All flights at Dublin Airport were temporarily suspended on Tuesday evening following drone activity in the area. A post on the airport’s Twitter feed shortly before 9pm said: “Due to illegal drone activity in the vicinity of Dublin Airport, all flight operations are currently suspended.” A message sent out some minutes later said: “Flight operations…
President Joe Biden fell on the stairs of Air Force One departing Warsaw. President Joe Biden arrives at Warsaw Chopin International Airport as he heads to Joint Base Andrews after his 2 day trip to Poland comes to an end. President Biden appeared to trip and fall Wednesday while he was climbing the steps to…
According to the Prime Minister of Moldova, Russia is planning to seize the airport in Chisinau and transfer its military there. The Moldovan authorities are aware of Russia’s plans to destabilize the situation in the country. The newly minted Moldovan Prime Minister Dorin Recean said there are several such scenarios, TV8 reports. “There were and…
Another large balloon has been spotted near the Island of Hawai’i. The U.S. military has heard about reports of a large white balloon traveling at about 40,000 to 50,000 feet over the Pacific, that would now be just several hundred miles east of Honolulu. U.S. Indo-Pacific Command confirmed the reports, according to American Military News,…
Schiphol continues to face staff shortages for baggage handling and security. The airport’s problems first emerged in May 2022 and the cap is scheduled to remain until the end of March. De Telegraaf reports that these limitations are likely to persist throughout the summer months unless a solution can be found within the next few…