Norse Atlantic Airways has begun hiring cabin and flight crew for the Boeing 787. Norse Atlantic is an upcoming low-cost transatlantic carrier. OSM Aviation is looking to hire cabin and flight crew members on behalf of Norse Atlantic Airways. Norse Atlantic Airways will be deploying Boeing 787 Dreamliners on flights between Europe and the USA.…
Authorities have arrested a man after he boarded an empty Mauritania Airlines plane sitting on the tarmac at the international airport in Nouakchott and threatened to set it on fire, the government news agency reported Thursday. There were no passengers on board at the time of the incident and it was not immediately clear how…
An ex-Qantas cabin team leader is currently on trial in Western Australia for “committing indecent acts” against a colleague. ABC Australia reports that 54 year old John Vatovec is accused of fondling the breast of a 21 year colleague and also exposing himself to her. The offences are alleged to of occurred while the…
A group of American Airlines Boeing 737 crew members have been robbed at gunpoint at San Jose International Airport in Costa Rica. The American flight AA1204 bound to Miami was delayed by seven and a half hours, as reported by View From The Wing. The crew had been travelling from their hotel for an early…
Lufthansa A380 (reg. D-AIMD) left Frankfurt Airport this morning to Teruel, SPain for long term storage.
Organisers of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games have confirmed that no international spectators will be permitted at the event. The organising committee said it had been prepared to welcome guests until recently, but an upsurge of Covid-19 cases around the world had now made this impossible. The event itself has been delayed by…
NASA Boeing 747SP took off from Cologne Bonn airport back to Palmdale, CA. NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, SOFIA, conducted a serie of science observations from Cologne, Germany in February and March, 2021. Many of the observations seek to answer fundamental questions in astronomy, including how stars can transform galaxies and what is the…
President Joe Biden stumbled twice then fell as he ascended the steps of Air Force One on Friday. Biden, 78, recovered quickly after falling to his knees and carried on up the steps before giving a salute at the top. He then disappeared into the aircraft. The President quickly got back on his feet and…
Airbus A380 MSN272 performed its first flight today at Toulouse. The last ever built A380 performed a rejected take-off test RTO early in the morning then its first flight over south of France then the aircraft weznt to north and landed in Hamburg. This MSN272 will return to Toulouse for delivery.
Dassault Aviation today announced that the company’s widebody Falcon 6X has successfully completed its first flight as planned in the first quarter of 2021, demonstrating the maturity of the program and opening the test campaign for certification. “Today’s flight is another milestone in Dassault history, made all the more satisfying by the remarkable efforts of…
A man faces a steep penalty from the FAA for not wearing a mask and other disruptive behaviour during a JetBlue flight from New York last year. A JetBlue Airways passenger could face fines up to $14,500 from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for refusing to wear a mask, drinking his own alcoholhol, and causing…
A maskless man accused of urinating in his seat aboard an Alaska Airlines flight to Denver is facing up to 20 years behind bars and a maximum fine of $250,000. The FBI arrested Landon Grier from Canon City after the flight landed March 9, according to an affidavit filed in U.S. District Court in Denver.…