Chinese airlines post strong results for 2017
Last week Air China, China Eastern and China Southern have revealed their profits for 2017 and are determined to grow in the next years. For its part, Air China posted a…
VIDEO RAF C-17 Globemaster & Chinook at Eshott Airfield (Northumberland)
A very rare movement to see up here in Northumberland was this RAF C-17 ZZ177 performing a couple of orbits over Eshott Airfield as part of exercise Rising Panther. As…
BREAKING Due to the earlier incident, all departing flights from London Stansted Airport are cancelled
Stansted Airport's terminal was partially evacuated after a bus caught fire close to the main building. At least one fire engine rushed to the scene and police diverted traffic away…
Photo essay shows what it’s like inside an abandoned airport
Buzzfeed News has published a pictorial news article of what an abandoned airport looks like. The images are of the Nicosia International Airport in the UN Buffer Zone on Cyprus.…
‘Something just passed over us’ – American Airlines pilots report ‘UFO’ over southeastern Arizona
Cockpit recordings show two separate airline pilots reported sightings of an unidentified flying object to the Albuquerque Air Traffic Center when flying over southeastern Arizona. On February 24, a Learjet…
BREAKING Tiangong-1 now expected to re-enter 1 April
UPDATE: The latest prediction from the ESA is that Tiangong-1 will now return to earth between the night of 31 March and the evening of 1 April. The forecast is…
Airservices Australia took months to plan inaugural flight of #QF9 to London
Airserves Australia has provided a news article on how a dedicated team of air traffic controllers co-ordinated with Qantas over the inaugural 14,498km (9.009mi) flight of #QF9 from Perth to…
ALERT Ground collision between Mexican Aeromar ATR-42 & ATR-72 at Mexico City Airport
Two Mexican Aeromar ATR aircraft collided on ground at the Mexico City International Airport in Mexico on Thursday early morning. The Aeromar ATR 72-600 with registration XA-UYY collided with the…
Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon agree to uniform changes
Cathay Pacific has come to an agreement with unions to allow female employees to wear trousers. The agreement covers all uniformed staff. Cathay Pacific completes two-leg journey, letting women wear…
ALERT Boeing factory hit by ransomware virus WannaCry on Wednesday
Boeing was hit Wednesday by the WannaCry computer virus. Mike VanderWel, chief engineer at Boeing Commercial Airplane production engineering, sent out an alarming alert about the virus :…
ALERT IndiGo #6E7117 suffered tire burst damaging the wheel on landing at Hyderabad Airport
The tyre of an IndiGo ATR-72 from Tirupati burst during landing at the Hyderabad airport on Wednesday night, forcing the airline to evacuate the 77 people on board. The IndiGo…