The largest airplane in the 737 MAX family begins comprehensive test program. Boeing’s 737-10, the largest airplane in the 737 MAX family, today completed a successful first flight. The airplane took off from Renton Field in Renton, Washington, at 10:07 a.m. and landed at 12:38 p.m. at Boeing Field in Seattle. “The airplane performed beautifully,”…
An Oklahoma pilot captured a tornado on camera midflight while flying between the cities of Minco and Tuttle last Saturday on June 13. David Evans, who caught the tornado, is a US pilot with about 30 years of experience took off from Wiley Post Airport and was flying his glider in the state of Oklahoma…
Russia will officially withdraw from the Open Skies Treaty on 18 December, the Foreign Ministry said on Friday, adding that Moscow has notified the signatories of the agreement about its withdrawal. “Russia has notified all participating states of its decision to withdraw from the Open Skies Treaty six months after the notification was sent. Thus,…
Lufthansa has planned to fly its Boeing 747-8 Jumbo Jets and Airbus A350s on short-haul Intra-EU routes to Palma De Mallorca this summer, in response to a huge surge in bookings. The airline said that bookings for the flights to Mallorca between April and the beginning of June 2021 increased by 25 times. The Boeing…
Air Force One with Joe Biden onboard landing at Brussels airport on June 13, 2021. Biden, together with many other leaders, visited Brussels to attend a NATO summit. VC 25 landed on runway 25L. A C32 (99-0003) arrived the day before on runway 25R.
The wreckage of a small airplane was found deep underwater in a California lake as workers were testing surveying equipment, CNN reported. The wreckage in California’s Folsom Lake could likely be the remains of a plane that crashed in 1965, possibly solving a 56-year-old mystery. Jeff Riley, an environmental technician at Seafloor Systems, a surveying…
A cross-country flight from California to Georgia had to be diverted to Oklahoma after a man became unruly and had to be detained by fellow passengers and the flight crew Friday night. Delta Flight 1730, going from Los Angeles to Atlanta, was forced to divert when a man became unruly mid-flight. The aircraft landed in…
A “welcome to Perth” sign painted on a building rooftop is scaring fliers descending to Sydney airport into thinking they have been flown to the wrong Australian city. The prank was spotted by a passenger coming into land at the country’s busiest airport and shared on Reddit. The building, in the Sydney suburb of Sydenham,…
Qatar Airways has reportedly halted the deliveries of its Airbus A350s due to a flaw on the surface below the paint on some of its Airbus A350s. The airline said that the surface below the paint was deteriorating faster than expected. It would not take any more deliveries of the widebody jet until the problem…
Aer Lingus has announced that a number of regional flights have been cancelled after operator Stobart Air ended its contract with the Irish airline. The announcement affects several flights from Dublin and Belfast City airports to UK cities. An Aer Lingus statement said: “Late on the evening of June 11, Stobart Air notified Aer Lingus…
United Airlines is in advanced talks with Airbus and Boeing to place an additional order for Airbus A321neos and Boeing 737 MAX jets in a move to revamp its narrow-body fleet. United could buy as many as 150 Boeing 737 MAX jets along with dozens of Airbus A321neos in a multibillion-dollar deal to upgrade its…
American Airlines is asking its non-union employees to volunteer at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport this summer. According to a company memo seen by the Dallas Morning News, the airline is asking non-union employees to help its staff during the month of June through August in international terminals scheduling, planning and communication. In a statement, a…