A Jetstar flight bound for Bali was forced to turn around and head to Melbourne after pilots noticed a crack appearing in the windshield. The Boeing 787-10 (reg. VH-VKE) took off from Sydney International Airport just before 5pm on Wednesday and was flying over the Northern Territory when the mid-air emergency unfolded. A spokeswoman said…
After Aigle Azur collapsed nearly 2 weeks ago, XL Airways was the other French airline facing financial difficulties. XL Airways has stopped selling. Takeover offers have to be sent until 27 September, as the airline can’t continue to fly later than 26 September 2019 in the evening with the current treasury. UPDATE All flights could…
The new head of the Federal Aviation Administration is planning to test out Boeing’s software changes to its beleaguered 737 Max planes in a simulator this week, he said Monday. The 737 Max has been grounded since mid-March after two fatal crashes within five months of one another. Investigators implicated flight-control software that repeatedly pushed…
According to the International Society of Women Airline Pilots, Just over 5% of airline pilots worldwide are female. However in India, that figure soars to 13%, a surprising leader when it comes to equality in aviation. Air travel in India has been growing at a torrid pace as of late. Over the first six months…
French authorities say a Belgian F-16 fighter jet has crashed in a populated area in western France and one of its pilots is caught on a high-voltage electricity line. A spokesman for the regional prefecture, or administration, told The Associated Press that the plane crashed Thursday in the town of Pluvigner in Brittany. The plane…
A Ukrainian court has released a potentially key witness to the downing of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 five years ago. Volodymyr Tsemakh was seized earlier this year from a separatist-held part of Ukraine. He is reported to have played a key role in the rebels’ air defences.
The world’s passenger and freighter aircraft fleet is set to more than double from today’s nearly 23,000 to almost 48,000 by 2038 with traffic growing at 4.3% annually, also resulting in a need for 550,000 new pilots and 640,000 new technicians. By 2038, of the forecast 47,680 fleet, 39,210 are new and 8,470 remain from…
The British Airline Pilots Association has called off the next strike scheduled for September 27th in the dispute between British Airways and its pilots. BALPA said the strikes on September 9-10 had demonstrated “the anger and resolve of pilots”. It was now time for a period of reflection before the dispute escalates further and irreparable…
A man used his position as a travel agent to cheat Delta Air Lines out of $1.75 million worth of loyalty points, according to an indictment. The U.S. Attorney’s office alleges Gennady Podolsky, a travel agent who was based in Chicago and catered to clients of Russian and Eastern European descent, fraudulently used Delta’s SkyBonus…
The US Federal Aviation Administration is temporarily closing airspace near Area 51 this week ahead of the viral Storm Area 51 event scheduled for Friday. The Federal Aviation Administration posted two temporary flight restrictions on Monday, closing airspace to news helicopters, drones, private pilots, and anyone else above two areas near the facility from Wednesday…
Cabin of Vueling flight VY2118 from Malaga to Barcelona was filled with smoke. Passengers told media that the cabin started to fill with smoke 20 minutes before landing – causing widespread panic on board. Rampa delantera inutilizada en la evacuación del avión de @vueling en el Prat.Si se solicita prioridad, y no se declara emergencia,…
An Etihad Airways flight to Washington DC made an emergency landing in Dublin after a smoke emitted by a passenger’s tablet triggered the flight diversion on Monday. The airline confirmed that Etihad Airways flight EY131 was diverted on September 16 to remove the device before making an onward flight to the US capital. Etihad Airways…
