On Wednesday November 18, Boeing received U.S. approval to resume flights of its grounded 737 MAX. The Boeing 737 Max is cleared to fly again after a 20-month ban prompted by two fatal crashes that sent the company into a crisis, but the planes are returning to a different problem. The FAA decision comes as…
While training in Dubai, Vince Reffet, member of the Soul Flyer duo, accidentally died. Enter a plane in mid-flight , soar from the tallest tower in the world, the Burj Khalifa (828 m) in Dubai, fly alongside an A380 or alongside the Patrouille de France. All these spectacular feats are the work of “the flying…
Two pilots are under investigation for allegedly manoeuvring their Boeing 737 through the air so that it drew the shape of a penis in the sky. The phallic-like turns were apparently a bizarre act of solidarity with the Russian football team’s captain. The unnamed crew of the Russian Pobeda airline are reported to have flown…
Here is the new FIFA World Cup livery. Thanks to Leah O’ Carroll, we are able to see the new FIFA World Cup livery. The Qatar Airways B777-300ER (reg. A7-BEB) rolled out of Shannon paint shop in Ireland on November 12, 2020. Qatar Airways will be the official airline of the World Cup, and will…
Qantas Airways Ltd. celebrated 100th birthday with a special flight over Sydney Harbour on Monday, making it the world’s third-oldest airline behind KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and Avianca Holdings. Around 200 passengers, including 100 Qantas staff, were on board the special 100-minute flight. The Harbour Bridge was lit up with more than 1,300 LED tubes,…
The first coronavirus-free transatlantic flight is scheduled to land at Heathrow on Tuesday morning amid pressure to reopen the busy business route. A new pilot scheme by US carrier United Airlines (UAL) has raised the hopes that ministers will give the go-ahead to a crucial travel corridor between London and New York. As part of…
Korean Air Lines Co., South Korea’s biggest carrier, said Monday that it will acquire Asiana Airlines Inc. in a deal valued at 1.8 trillion won ($1.6 billion) that would create the world’s 10th-biggest airline by fleets. Korean Air plans to raise 2.5 trillion won via rights offerings early next year. Of the proceeds, it will…
Virgin Australia has launched a new advertising campaign – it’s first since entering Administration in April of this year. The campaign involves 2020 America’s Got Talent finalist, Annie Jones, dancing in an empty airport. The sale of Virgin Australia to Bain Capital will be finalised on 17 November
Taiwan’s China Airlines has put its remaining Boeing 747-400 passenger jets up for sale. The airline has planned to retire the model from its fleet in the first quarter of 2021. These four remaining Boeing 747-400s have registration numbers B-18210, B-18211, B-18212, and B-18215. These 747s have an average age of 16 years. The Boeing…
The London boss of Russian airline Aeroflot has been arrested on suspicion of high treason after allegedly handing over state secrets to British intelligence. Dmitry Fedotkin, 39, who has run Aeroflot’s operations in the UK for the last five years, was arrested on Wednesday in Moscow, state media reported. He is accused of ‘betraying secret…
Two Czech nationals caught at London’s Heathrow airport bound for Dubai with 1.2 million pounds ($1.58 million) in their suitcases have been charged with money laundering. The men aged 37 and 26 were stopped by border officials at 0900 GMT on Nov. 8. The banknotes were found in three suitcase and two hand-luggage bags. “Clamping…
Speaking to aviation expert John Strickland at World Travel Market Virtual, Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary was characteristically outspoken, confidently asserting that the low-cost carrier “will be unchallenged in Europe for the next 20 years”. It is this high-volume, lost cost model that he asserts will enable Ryanair to bounce back more swiftly than its rivals…