NEWS Qatar Airways boss shames ‘drunk’ flight attendant in mass email to all her colleagues
It is quite possibly the most awkward email you could ever receive. A message from your boss to your colleagues appears in your inbox, showing you appearing to have passed out after a night out. Rossen Dimitrov, a vice president at Qatar Airways, sent such a photo of a senior flight attendant lying outside a…
NEWS Helicopter pilot dies in crash into Orlando home
A pilot was killed in a helicopter crash near downtown Orlando on Sunday. Orlando Fire Department Assistant Chief Hezedean Smith said the helicopter hit a two-story garage apartment at Alameda Drive near Edgewater Drive about 2:15 p.m. The Federal Aviation Administration said the helicopter that crashed was a Robinson R44. The origin and destination of…
NEWS Boeing, Hainan Airlines, Sinopec Celebrate China's First Commercial Flight with Sustainable Aviation Biofuel
BEIJING, March 21, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Boeing [NYSE:BA], Hainan Airlines and Sinopec today celebrated China’s first passenger flight with sustainable aviation biofuel, a key environmental milestone for China’s commercial aviation industry. The regularly scheduled Hainan Airlines flight – which carried more than 100 passengers from Shanghai to Beijing in a Next-Generation 737-800 – used biofuel…
NEWS From the 7th April, the US Airways callsign “Cactus” is to be retired – @USAirways
Instead all US Airways flight will use the American callsign of “American”.
NEWS Monarch Airlines father and son pilots take off from Birmingham for the first time together – @birminghammail
We reported back in February of the first Father and Daughter pilots flying their Thomas Cook aircraft together from Birmingham, but now the first Father and Son pilot duo also depart from Birmingham together. John and Luke Sharples, who both fly aircraft for Monarch Airlines, flew their first flight together from Birmingham to Turin on…
NEWS Japan Airlines resumes Osaka Kansai to Los Angeles
Japan Airlines last Friday (20th) resumed service between Osaka and Los Angeles, on a Boeing 787-8, earlier then planned (29th) 20th – 28th March, JL60 departs Osaka at 1520 and arrives LAX at 0920 the same day. JL69 departs LAX at 1120 and arrives back at Osaka at 1550 the next day. From 29th March,…