Virgin Atlantic has sold two of its 787-9 Dreamliners to Griffin Global Asset Management, which is backed by Bain Capital. Virgin Atlantic is expected to generate up to 70 million pounds ($92.8 million) in cash from the sale-and-leaseback of these two Boeing 787-9s. According to data from Planespotters.net, the following four Boeing 787s were owned…
Terminal 4 to remain closed at Heathrow as passenger numbers collapse. Heathrow chief executive John Holland-Kaye says one million people traveled through the airport in November compared to seven million last year.
Heathrow Airport staff are to go on strike again this month for three days. Baggage handlers, airside staff and security staff walked out earlier this month on December 1 for 24 hours. They are also planning to go on strike again on December 14 and on December 17 and December 18. As many as 4,000…
A woman is suing Spirit Airlines over a “noxious, burning odor” that caused a plane she was on to make an emergency landing. On Tuesday, Mary Vincent Randall filed a lawsuit against Spirit Airlines in Manhattan Supreme Court over the smell, saying it caused her “serious and permanent injuries.” Randall was one of 220 people…
Commercial flights with Boeing 737 Max jetliners resumed Wednesday for the first time since they were grounded worldwide nearly two years ago following two deadly accidents. Brazil’s Gol Airlines became the first in the world to return the planes to its active fleet, using a 737 Max 8 on a flight from Sao Paulo to…
Boeing on Tuesday said it logged more cancellations than orders for its 737 Max plane last month, just as carriers are preparing to return the jets to service following two deadly crashes. Boeing said customers including Virgin Australia and lessor Air Lease canceled orders for 88 Max planes. Virgin Australia, however, changed its order to…
Watch the reveal of Dassault Aviation’s newest business jet from Bordeaux-Merignac, France, hosted by noted aviation journalist, Miles O’Brien. It’s an exclusive look nose to tail, cockpit to cabin, of a game-changing aircraft, the most advanced of the Falcon line yet says Dassault Aviation.
Boeing CEO David Calhoun has ruled out removing the MAX name from its troubled 737 jet. “There is no rebranding going on,” affirms Boeing CEO Calhoun “There’s nothing cute going on.” Calhoun’s comments came as Irish carrier Ryanair, already a solid 737 MAX customer with 135 orders placed, announced on December 3 that it would…
Chuck Yeager, a former U.S. Air Force officer who became the first pilot to break the speed of sound, had Monday. He was 97. Yeager died Monday, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said in a statement, calling the death “a tremendous loss to our nation.” He was “the most righteous of all those with the right…
In light of the uncertainty linked to the current COVID-19 health crisis, the Paris Air Show organization has made the decision to cancel the 2021 edition of the show, which was scheduled to take place from 21 to 27 June 2021. Together with the Board of Directors of the GIFAS (French Aerospace Industries Association), the…
Emirates has welcomed MSN A6-EVL, its 116th A380 as the first of three A380s to join its fleet in 2020. The aircraft arrived in Dubai in the early hours of Saturday morning. Emirates is scheduled to receive two more A380 aircraft later this month, one of which will feature its long-awaited signature Premium Economy product.…
Australia’s second-largest city welcomed its first international passenger flight in five months on Monday, an arrival that will test the state of Victoria’s revamped hotel quarantine system. Australia has since March closed its borders to non-citizens, but airports serving Melbourne, Victoria’s capital, stopped accepting any arrivals in late June after an outbreak of COVID-19 that…