A Belgian-British teenage pilot hopes to join his sister in the record books after starting his attempt to become the youngest person to fly around the world solo in a small plane on Wednesday. With his parents looking on, 16-year-old Mack Rutherford took off from an airstrip west of Bulgaria’s capital, Sofia, in windy but…
New pictures from Russian forces at Gostomel Airport show the world’s biggest airplane destroyed beyond repair. The new pictures show the nosecone full of bullet holes as Gostomel airport has been the place of 3 battles. A video released from Russian MOD shows the Antonov An-225 intact in her hangar during the first assault by…
The airplane carrying Polish President Andrzej Duda to meet U.S. President Joe Biden in eastern Poland has made an emergency landing after returning to Warsaw. A Boeing 737-800 BBJ2 carrying Polish President Andrzej Duda was turned back on route to Rzeszow and made an emergency landing in Warsaw. Duda later boarded a different aircraft and…
Following the destruction of the world’s biggest aircraft, the Antonov company appeals for funds for the revival of the An-225. Yesterday, Antonov company posted on Facebook to remind the people that the An-225 plane is the largest by mass cargo transportation and unbeatable by its parameters. During 34 years of operation on all continents, the…
Flybe flights are set to relaunch next month with bases in Birmingham and Belfast City two years after the airline collapsed. The airline was pushed into administration in March 2020 as Covid wreaked havoc on parts of the travel market, but was saved last year when its business and assets were bought by Thyme Opco,…
The pilots of the China Eastern plane that crashed failed to respond to calls from air traffic controllers, according to the Chinese aviation regulator. Air traffic controllers launched multiple attempts to reach the pilots of flight MU5735 after it turned into a nosedive position, but received no response, head of aviation safety at the Civil…
Italian union protests against sending weapons to Ukraine in humanitarian cargo. “We don’t think sending weapons solves the situation [conflict between Russia and Ukraine] because we risk a third world war,” said a representative of an Italian workers union that blocked arms shipments to Ukraine under the guise of humanitarian aid. Nearly 2,000 people participated…
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has revoked several airworthiness certificates and approvals for the Russian aircraft types. This sanction will severely impact the development of aircraft which haven’t flown commercially yet, like the Irkut MC-21, the turboprop IL-114-300, and the Chinese-Russian jet, CR929. The existing certification for six aircraft types, including the Sukhoi…
Russia’s biggest cargo airline Volga-Dnepr Group has suspended all flights using Boeing aircraft due to Western sanctions, it said on Friday. Sanctions have cut off the supply of most aircraft and parts to Russia. The United States and Europe have closed their airspace to Russian airlines, and Moscow has responded by imposing the same measure…
On March 15, 2022, Lufthansa Cargo’s first Airbus 321 freighter entered into service for the first time. The flight took off at 16:21 (CET), under flight number LH8350. The flight took off from Frankfurt, Germany (FRA) to Dublin, Ireland (DUB), then continued to Manchester, UK (MAN). The aircraft, named “Hello Europe” was loaded with regular…
Facing restrictions, the busiest airport in Russia had to limit operations. Moscow Sheremetyevo airport stopped operations on runway launched in 2019. The airport also suspended investment projects and significantly reduced all non-production costs. In addition, the terminals E,D of “Sheremetyevo” airport are temporarily closed.
The UK’s busiest airport will abandon the requirement to wear a mask from Wednesday this week. Face coverings at Heathrow will no longer be mandatory, though the airport “strongly encourages those at the airport to continue wearing a face covering – particularly when coming into close contact with others”. A statement read: “Face coverings will…