All Nippon Airways will introduce a Star Wars livery, with the iconic R2-D2, on its newest aircraft 787-9 Dreamliner to mark the beginning of a five-year agreement with Walt Disney. This marks the first time a Star Wars character will appear on the exterior of a commercial aircraft.
The Israel Ministry of Tourism has announced a new tourism directive to encourage airline operators to fly to Israel’s Red Sea resort, Eilat. From October 6th the ministry will reimburse airline operators €45 for every passenger flying to Eilat’s Ovda Airport, up to a total of €1 million per annum per airline. The incentive will…
The Solar Impulse 2, the experimental plane attempting to fly around the world without using a drop of fuel, has been grounded by the weather in China. What was supposed to be an overnight pit stop in the southwestern city of Chongqing has now stretched into a two-and-a-half week stay.
The plane disappeared without a trace in March last year but is believed to have crashed in the Indian Ocean off Australia’s west coast. Four vessels owned by Dutch engineering firm Fugro, equipped with sophisticated underwater drones, have searched more than 60 per cent of the previously unmapped 60,000-square-kilometre expanse of sea floor that has…
A Southwest Airlines plane preparing to fly to Manchester, N.H. was forced to return to a Midway Airport terminal on Thursday afternoon after a passenger reportedly “stabbed” the traveller sitting next to her with a pen. The victim, Lenny Mordarski, says he was conked out in his seat and awoke shouting in pain. He had…
Flightman today announced that Oman Air, the national carrier of the Sultanate of Oman, has signed a contract to install their EFB (Electronic Flight Bag) software across their entire fleet of Airbus, Boeing and Embraer aircraft.
A Ryanair steward who found a passenger’s camera on a flight has been fined and given 100 hours of community service after he was tracked down by his victim on eBay. Fernando Miguel Andrade Viseu. Pic: SWNS Ryanair have also sacked Fernando Miguel Andrade Viseu, 34, who had pinched a £499 Nikon camera after it…
Air Europa, Spain’s largest privately-owned airline, this week inaugurated its first scheduled flight with a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, which will now operate its Madrid-Miami route. This route is currently operating five times a week, although it will become a daily flight as of this July.
Delta Air Lines has reported financial results for the March 2015 quarter, with the airline recording adjusted pre-tax income of $594 million, an increase of $150 million over the same period last year. The airline’s adjusted net income for the March 2015 quarter was $372 million, or $0.45 per diluted share, and its adjusted operating…
A new study has shown that any expansion of Heathrow could be delayed for decades to due air quality issues. The Gatwick-supported report by a global environmental consulting firm had discovered that Heathrow’s expansion plan could lead to breaches in EU and UK air quality laws. Should the government approve the expansion of Heathrow rather…
Transaero during the summer season will provide a nonstop service to Ibiza from Moscow Domodedovo airport. Service, which will operate on Sundays, will fly on a Boeing 737-400 from 7th June to 27th September. UN321 departs Domodedovo at 12:50pm and arrive to Ibiza at 4:50pm. UN322 departs Ibiza at 5:35pm and arrive back to Domodedovo…
China Airlines, the Taiwan-based carrier, will relocate its regional base to Al Maktoum International at Dubai World Central with effect from today. The first flight, which arrived at 10:00 from Taipei, was welcomed by a traditional water salute by executives from the airline and Dubai Airports.