Viral video captured an American Airlines passenger being booted off a Texas-to-Florida flight after she allegedly refused to properly mask up. The action unfolded Saturday at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport as passengers boarded Flight 2823 to Miami, which was running four hours late due to a maintenance issue. An agent spotted the female passenger wearing…
Parts of the false ceiling collapsed at Islamabad Airport, Pakistan, after heavy rainfall in twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi on Monday. The ceiling can be seen collapsed with water pouring out of it like an indoor artificial waterfall. The ceiling falling caused damage to many counters. The immigration centre was also damaged and the…
Airbus has delivered the first A350 from its widebody completion & delivery centre in Tianjin (C&DC), China, taking additional steps in the expansion of its global footprint and long-term strategic partnership with China. The A350-900 aircraft was delivered to China Eastern Airlines, the largest Airbus operator in Asia and second largest in the world. At…
American Airlines will cancel the leave for about 3300 flight attendants and call them back for the holiday season. According to Brady Byrnes, vice president of flight service, “Increasing customer demand and new routes starting later this year mean we need more flight attendants to operate this airline.” Byrnes also said that the returning crew…
On Thursday, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a directive instructing all Boeing 737 operators to conduct inspections to address possible failures of their cabin altitude pressure switches. According to the US aviation watchdog, the directive applies to all 737 series planes, including the MAX jets. This directive could affect around 2,500 Boeing 737 planes…
United Airlines and American regional airline MESA announced that each airline would buy up to 100 electric aircraft. They intend on buying the ES-19, a new electric aircraft by Swedish startup Heart Aerospace. As of now, it’s an agreement rather than a firm order. This is a major step taken by United as it aims…
JetBlue Airbus A321LR arrived in London for the first time earlier today. This was a proving flight as the airline is looking forward to starting daily flights between New York-JFK and Heathrow airports starting August 11th. The Airbus A321LR, with registration N4022J, departed New York JFK at 20:24 local time as flight B69400 on July…
French bee has announced that it will launch direct flights between Paris and New York starting July 14th. The low-cost long-haul airline will operate four weekly flights between Newark Liberty International Airport and Paris-Orly Airport. Flight BF720 will be departing Paris on Mondays, Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays, whereas the return flight will arrive on the…
London Heathrow has announced that it will reopen Terminal 3 on July 15 as more people get vaccinated and demand for air travel rises. Heathrow closed its terminal 3 back in 2020 to get along with the pandemic hit situation and prevent expenses. Compulsory Quarantine and less movement reduced the demand for air travel worldwide.…
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said late on Monday that some undelivered Boeing 787 Dreamliners have a new manufacturing quality issue that the largest U.S. planemaker will fix before the planes will be delivered. The FAA said the issue is “near the nose on certain 787 Dreamliners in the company’s inventory of undelivered airplanes. This…
Winners of #EURO2020 boarded Alitalia A319 during the night. This morning, Alitalia Airbus A319-112 (reg. EI-IMC) flew home the Italian football team for the UEFA Euro 2020 championship (played in 2021). Italy defeated England for the championship. Alitalia flight AZ9001 took off from Luton Airport at 3:02 am and landed at Rome’s Fiumicino Airport at…
FedEx Grand Caravan at Eppley, the plane tipped over due to 95 mph winds which is almost this plane’s rotation speed. Severe thunderstorms in Nebraska left nearly 200,000 customers in the Omaha area without power overnight Friday, according to reports. Wind gusts as strong as 90 mph downed trees and power lines, sometimes onto cars,…