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Alitalia has filed for bankruptcy in the US, faced with the imminent threat of losing access to New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport over unpaid bills. The airline sought chapter 15 protection, the section of the bankruptcy code that deals with international insolvencies, at the US Bankruptcy Court in New York. The airline is seeking Chapter 15 bankruptcy […]
Most airlines cabin crew managers or senior crew members are given an iPad that contains as much information about the airlines customers as possible to enhance the service the crew can provide onboard. Emirates, hoping to shake off budget airlines coveting its long-distance customers, has set its sights on goggles to enable their crew to […]
The Guardian has reported that easyJet passengers can now travel like billionaires – at least to as far as the steps of the plane – following the launch of a new venture to allow the airline’s customers to use the private jet terminal and facilities at Luton Airport. Passengers can pay £475 to be checked in and clear […]
The CAA and UK Government Transport Secretary have approved British Airways request to wet lease 9 Qatar Airways A320 and A321 aircraft to cover part of their flying programme during cabin crew industrial action that begins tomorrow. Mixed fleet cabin crew at Heathrow (cabin crew joining since 2010) have been in a long running dispute […]
Norwegian Group has applied to Argentina’s National Civil Aviation Administration for permission to operate routes from cities including Copenhagen, Paris CDG, Rome, Barcelona, Madrid, Malaga, New York JFK, Los Angeles, Fort Lauderdale, Tel Aviv, Cape Town, San Jose in Costa Rica, Montevideo, Santiago and Papeete to Buenos Aires Ezeiza International Airport. The international services are […]
KLM are retiring their fleet of Fokker 70 aircraft by the end of the year and they have unveiled a special farewell livery to commemorate the phasing out of its last remaining Fokker 70 aircraft. The Fokker 70 and previously Fokker 100 has been the backbone of the airlines short haul fleet over the 2 decades […]
Singapore Airlines has announced it will become the second Asian legacy carrier to re-structure in a bid to restore increased profitability. Last month Cathay Pacific announced 600 job losses and SIA have said the will perform ‘a radical review of their business’. Singapore Airline’s chief executive Goh Choon Phong said he would be ‘leaving no stones unturned’ in […]
IAG new low cost long haul airline LEVEL which launched operations on 1st June continues to attract strong forward bookings. Willie Walsh, head of IAG has said the airline’s performance so far in terms of revenue has been well ahead of expectations. The airline began selling tickets in March and sold 100,000 in the first […]
Africa is a vast continent and although their aviation infrastructure has improved over the last 10 years they are still way behind North America and Europe. Weather: Weather forecasting particularly en-route can be poor and unreliable. Often we rely on other aircraft ahead to report CB’s and turbulence. Weather can become extremely developed especially close […]
Checklists are so important in flight operations. If done correctly and methodically they are a vital check to ensure the aircraft is correctly configured for the next phase of flight. This is one regulatory bodies definition of an aircraft checklist: A checklist system is to be used by crew members for all phases of operation of the […]