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A light aircraft has killed 2 sunbathers near Lisbon in Portugal. Portuguese officials have said the victims are a 56 year old man and an 8 year old girl. There were no other injuries. The aircraft got into difficulties and was forced to !ke an emergency landing on Caparica beach which is around 20 miles […]
Thursday last week an Atlas Global A320 took off from Istanbul Airport in Turkey into a thunderstorm. The aircraft became damaged immediately after take off with the radome (nose of the aircraft that contains some aircraft systems including the weather radar) and windscreens damaged and some aircraft systems including the autopilot disabled. The windscreen was […]
A heated dispute between a pilot and cabin crew member delayed the departure of a flight from New York by two hours. The male pilot and female flight attendant were hauled off the plane by armed Port Authority officers after the row developed. Both crew members accused the other of grabbing their arm. One onlooker accused the […]
Airbus has delivered the 100th Airbus A350 to China Airlines. The delivery comes 30 months after Airbus delivered their first A350 in December of 2014 to Qatar Airways. “The 100th A350 XWB milestone comes as we reach our fastest widebody production ramp-up, on track to meet the target of 10 A350 deliveries per month by […]
The Conservative MP for Lichfield in Staffordshire in the UK, Michael Fabricant is calling for airlines to reduce their fuel surcharges. He argues that they were introduced to combat high oil prices, and are now a relic of an energy market that no longer exists. He says two years ago the price of oil plummeted under $50 a barrel and has remained there ever […]
Sir Richard Branson is to sell his majority stake in Virgin Atlantic, the airline has announced. Air France-KLM will acquire a 31 per cent ownership in the airline, currently held by the billionaire entrepreneur’s Virgin Group for £220 million. Delta will retain its 49 per cent share of the company, leaving Virgin Group with 20 […]
The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has fined Frontier Airlines, American Airlines and Delta Air Lines for violating several rules aimed at protecting consumer rights. Frontier Airlines has been charged a $400,000 penalty for violating DOT’s oversales and disability rules. According to DOT, Frontier failed to seek volunteers before involuntarily removing passengers from the aircraft and was unable […]
International Airlines Group is converting three Airbus A330-200 long-haul aircraft options into firm orders for LEVEL, its new low cost long-haul airline brand which started operations in early June. The aircraft will be delivered in summer 2018 and will facilitate LEVEL’s expansion. Willie Walsh, IAG chief executive, said: “LEVEL has already been incredibly successful and these aircraft […]
Air Zimbabwe has laid off around half of its workforce, a few months after it was banned from using EU airspace amid safety concerns. The state-owned airline said the 200 job losses are part of its efforts to return to profitability from a £230 million debt.
Budget airline easyJet is creating a new airline so it can continue flying in the European Union after Brexit. The company said it had applied for a new air operator certificate in Austria and that the application process was ‘well advanced’ and that it hoped to receive the accreditation ‘in the near future’. […]
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