NEWS Southwest announces new Dallas routes
Southwest Airlines announced eight new destinations from its headquarters at Love Field on Thursday, the second wave of destinations that were made possible by two gates the airline acquired. Link
NEWS Paris Solves Drone Mystery, Arrests 3
he Paris prosecutors’ office says three al-Jazeera journalists have been arrested for illegally flying a drone. It said the three foreign nationals aged 70, 54, and 36 were taken into custody this afternoon after police spotted the drone flying in the Bois de Boulogne woods in western Paris. Link
NEWS Why 40-Year-Old Tech Is Still Running America’s Air Traffic Control
On Friday, September 26, 2014, a telecommunications contractor named Brian Howard woke early and headed to Chicago Center, an air traffic control hub in Aurora, Illinois, where he had worked for eight years. He had decided to get stoned and kill himself, and as his final gesture he planned to take a chunk of the…
NEWS Thunderbolt on a Ryanair flight, fear for 174 passengers!
Fear for 174 passengers on board of a Ryanair B737-800 flight FR8922 from Palermo to Treviso (Italy) on the morning of 23rd Feb 2015. Few minutes after the take off from Palermo during a rain storm the plane was hit by a thunderbolt. An emergency landing had to be undertaken at Orio al Serio airport…
NEWS Changi Airports-led consortium acquires Vladivostok airport
A consortium led by Changi Airports International has been announced as the winner of the tender to acquire shares in Vladivostok International Airport in Russia’s Far East. The consortium also includes Basic Element, one of Russia’s diversified industrial groups, and Russian Direct Investment Fund. Changi Airports International is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the world’s leading…
NEWS Qantas reveals strong results for six months to December
Qantas today reported a statutory profit after tax of $206 million for the six months ended December 31st. This is Qantas’ best first-half performance since 2010 and an improvement of $619 million compared with the same period last year. The main factors in the underlying improvement were the $374 million Qantas gained from its Transformation…
NEWS Changi Airports-led consortium acquires Vladivostok airport
A consortium led by Changi Airports International has been announced as the winner of the tender to acquire shares in Vladivostok International Airport in Russia’s Far East. The consortium also includes Basic Element, one of Russia’s diversified industrial groups, and Russian Direct Investment Fund. Changi Airports International is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the world’s leading…
NEWS First images of the world's largest airplane
Holy crap, it’s real! Behold the first glimpse of Paul Allen’s crazy space venture: The largest airplane in history, a 385-foot (117-meter) wingspan beast designed to carry and launch a giant rocket to space, with a combined weigh of 1,200,000 pounds (540,000 kg)! Check out the mind-blowing photos. Link
NEWS First images of the world's largest airplane
Holy crap, it’s real! Behold the first glimpse of Paul Allen’s crazy space venture: The largest airplane in history, a 385-foot (117-meter) wingspan beast designed to carry and launch a giant rocket to space, with a combined weigh of 1,200,000 pounds (540,000 kg)! Check out the mind-blowing photos. Link
NEWS Iceland’s WOW air prepares for new transatlantic routes
Icelandic low-cost carrier (LCC) WOW air has acquired two Airbus A321s on a finance lease to service its new Reykjavik to Boston and Washington DC routes. Flight to Boston are due to start March 27, while those to Washington DC will follow on May 8. Link