INCIDENT Frontier Airlines Airbus A320 suffered serious engine cowling damage
Frontier Airlines flight #F9260 from Vegas to Tampa suffered serious engine cowling damage. The Airbus A320 (N227FR) safely returned to Las Vegas shortly after takeoff.
ALERT Both nose wheels of recently delivered VietJet A321neo separated from the landing gear during hard landing
VietJet aircraft performing flight #VJ356 from Ho Chi Minh City to Buon Ma Thuot sustained substantial damage following a hard landing. The both wheels of the nose gear separated from the aircraft after a hard landing. The brand new Airbus A321neo (reg. VN-A653) was delivered 15 days earlier. After landing, passengers were evacuated via emergency slides after. Six…
Dutch King piloted scheduled KLM flight #KL1613 to Istanbul
King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands has surprised passengers on a scheduled flight to Turkey by turning up as the plane’s co-pilot. The Dutch monarch was the co-pilot on duty on KLM flight #KL1613 from Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport to Ataturk Airport in Istanbul on Saturday. Only the KLM crew were notified in advance of the king’s…
Drunk Japanese pilot at London Heathrow gets 10 months in prison
A Japanese pilot found to be more than nine times over the legal alcohol limit before a scheduled flight from London Heathrow in October has been sentenced to 10 months in prison, police said Thursday. Katsutoshi Jitsukawa, 42, an employee of flag carrier Japan Airlines, was scheduled to fly from Heathrow to Tokyo on October…
Wow Air rescued by Indigo Partners
Indigo Partners LLC and Wow air, the Icelandic airline based in Keflavik (Reykjavik), have agreed in principle for Indigo to invest in Wow. Following successful completion of due diligence, the parties would work to close as soon as practicable. Wow’s CEO and primary shareholder, Skuli Mogensen, would remain a principal investor in Wow upon completion of…
The Ins and Outs of Owning Your Own Private Aircraft
If you’re sick of your car, tired of catching the train and you don’t like hopping on and off commercial airliner flights, then perhaps it’s time you considered owning your own private aircraft. If you’ve got the money to pay for such a lavish form of transportation, why not? By investing in such a venture,…
