British holiday company Thomas Cook Group is looking to sell its airline section of the business as part of a cost-saving plan, the Sunday Times newspaper reported without naming its sources. The world’s oldest travel group has looked at a number of potential buyers over the last few months including rival carriers but yet no…
Toxic fumes in cabin air pose a health risk to frequent fliers and aircrew, a coroner has said in a landmark report. Stanhope Payne, the senior coroner for Dorset, said people regularly exposed to fumes circulating in planes faced “consequential damage to their health”. Link
An Airbus single-aisle hit a car from the aiport service on the intl King Abdulaziz of Djebba in Saoudi Arabia. The check-up is one lightweight injured ( the driver of the car ) and material damage to both the car and the plane. Thursday febuary 19 at 3:15 pm local time an Airbus 321-200 of…
Following an appearance by Emirates President and CEO Tim Clark yesterday on CNN’s Quest Means Business during which he said Delta Air Lines CEO Richard Anderson had “crossed the line” with his comment on 9/11 and the Gulf states, the Dubai-based airline has issued a statement rejecting an apology by Delta. Link
Back in February of 2012 many families who lost loved ones on the DC10-30 ZK-NZP TE901 accident in the Antarctica had revisited the sight of what remains the memorial and the wreckage of flight TE901 on the lower slopes of Mt Erebus. Air New Zealand put on a specail public charter using there own B744…
Iraqi Airways announced the commencement of two new services from the UK’s third biggest airport, Manchester. Starting on Sunday March 15th, the airline will begin services to Sulaymaniyah and Erbil, flying from Terminal One at the global gateway to the North. The flight to Erbil will depart Manchester on a Wednesday at 22:00 and the…
Aircraft are designed to operate in extremely low temperatures because cruising altitude is far below zero. So why are there so many flight delays when it gets cold? The answer is that the extreme cold effects the ground operations, which causes a ripple effect in delayed flights. Here is a look at some MRO ground…
It’s one of the world’s fastest growing airlines with a modern fleet, but Qatar airlines has been rocked by reports revealing its shockingly archaic set of rules for female flight attendants. Link
Routes into and out of Tunisia have been fiercely decided by its government in order to protect the state-owned Tunisair, and the country has been reluctant to allow any of Europe’s budget airlines to enter. However, it is though that a fall in tourists to the country has prompted a rethink and easyJet has been…