American Airlines on Wednesday warned some 13,000 U.S. employees of potential furlough in the next few weeks as the pandemic continues to suppress travel demand and the government’s Payroll Support Program (PSP) runs out. “We are nearly five weeks into 2021, and unfortunately, we find ourselves in a situation similar to much of 2020,” American…
Spirit Airlines hosted a virtual concert starring country artist Brett Young on Thursday to celebrate the recent launch of its new Free Spirit loyalty program and Free Spirit Mastercard. The one-hour live-streamed concert was performed in front of an Airbus A320neo from a Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport’s runway. The concert eas live-streamed on Spirit Airlines’…
China has begun using anal swabs to test those it considers at high risk of contracting Covid-19, state TV reported. According to media: “Passengers arriving from abroad in China must undergo a new screening test for Covid-19, carried out no longer in the nose or throat, but in the rectum”. The Chinese authorities impose this…
Norwegian flew an average of just eight aircraft in January, mainly on domestic routes in Norway due to strict travel restrictions. In January, Norwegian only flew 74,224 passengers. The passenger traffic was down by 99 per cent, and the load factor was just 35.9 per cent compared to 81 per cent the same period last…
A stay-at-home dad is turning a Boeing 737 plane into a camper trailer for family vacations. A former aircraft technician turned stay-at-home dad, Jones has found a creative way to combine his love of planes with his duties at home. Last year, he transformed a 13-foot-long nacelle of a VC10 jet engine into a camper…
A federal judge sentenced on Thursday a former Federal Aviation Administration employee to two years’ probation and fined her $5,000 for willfully and maliciously interfering with the working and use of a communication system operated and controlled by the United States. Joelyn DeCosta, 48, of Honolulu was an Airway Transportation Systems Specialist for the FAA…
Airline pilots are making mistakes because they have become rusty because of the lack of flying time during the coronavirus pandemic. Dozens of pilots have told NASA’s Aviation Safety Reporting System that they have made errors since getting back into the cockpit. On one occasion a pilot forgot to disengage the parking brake when pulling…
A female passenger on a Southwest Airlines flight who was being asked to deplane and seemingly harbored some objection to leaving the aircraft at the end of her flight. During the pandemic, airlines have adopted row-by-row boarding and deplaning protocols to minimize the number of people that customers must pass by on the way to/from…
Police in Berlin arrested a 32-year-old man who is accused of making multiple dangerous radio contact with police helicopters, along with both passenger and cargo aircraft. The Federal Police and the Federal Network Agency tracked him down after he made illegal radio contact with a police helicopter that was sent out in the hope of…
Boeing says 118 orders for 777X no longer firm under accounting rules. Boeing Co said on Monday that 118 orders for its 777X widebody plane under development are no longer seen as firm under accounting rules that require it to regularly assess their viability, leaving it with 191 solid orders for the model. Boeing last…
Four passenger had to eat 66 pounds of the citrus fruit at a Chinese airport to avoid paying extra airline fees. The four men recently gobbled 66 pounds of oranges in about 30 minutes at a Kunming airport after attempting to bring a giant box of fruit back home from a business trip in the…
Qantas has planned to launch its Project Sunrise flights from the three major cities on the east coast of Australia to London, Paris, and New York in 2024. Speaking at EuroControl’s Aviation “Straight Talk” interview, Qantas CEO Alan Joyce said the airline had just been ready to place an order for the Airbus A350-1000 before…