The test pilot Keith Hartley flew at 500 knots in a Tornado aircraft with the canopy off. In 1988, the test pilot Keith Hartley flew at 500 knots in a Tornado aircraft with the canopy off, testing the emergency escape procedures of the jet. The photo is featuring Pilot Keith Hartley conducting the ‘cockpit habitability…
About 40 environmental activists were arrested after entering the tarmac at Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport on Saturday, October 3. The militants “broke in” around 9 am through a fence and were “blocked by the police at Terminal 2A on the tarmac”, where several planes were parked. The airport said the activists didn’t reach the runways. The Action…
Ryanair in talks with Boeing for the biggest plane order in a 2020. Ryanair is reported to be in talks to purchase between 150 and 200 Boeing 737 Max aircraft, in a deal that would boost confidence in the grounded jet as it prepares for a return to service. Ryanair is discussing an of order…
Emirates is expanding its global network to 99 destinations including 31 cities in Europe. Emirates has announced it will resume flights to Budapest (from 21 October), Bologna (1st November), Dusseldorf (1st November), Hamburg (1st November) and Lyon (4th November), expanding its European network to 31 destinations. The addition of these five destinations takes Emirates’ global…
Donald Trump will spend a “few days” at a military hospital after contracting Covid-19, the White House said Friday. Trump departed the White House by helicopter late Friday for Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, a White House official said. The official said the visit was precautionary and that Trump would work from the hospital’s…
Two people were arrested at Miami International Airport on Sunday evening after they began fighting with a representative from American Airlines at the gate. A bystander’s cellphone video of the incident shows one of the suspects, 23-year-old Brittney Mohammadi, jumping over the ticket counter in an aggressive fashion. You see her straddle the desk and…
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Chief Steve Dickson conducted a nearly two-hour evaluation flight at the controls of a Boeing 737 MAX on Wednesday (September 30), a milestone for the jet to win approval to resume flying after two fatal crashes. Dickson, a former military and commercial pilot, and other FAA and Boeing pilots landed shortly…
The U.S. Transportation Department said Thursday it fined Emirates airline $400,000 for operating flights in parts of prohibited Iranian airspace in 2019. The flight was carrying the JetBlue Airways code and therefore subject to U.S. regulations. The department said for 19 days in July 2019, Emirates operated flights over parts of Iranian airspace, even though…
Qatar Airways is extending its Doha-Brisbane-Auckland flights through March 2021, before resuming the direct Doha-Auckland service. With 14,535km and almost 18 hours from gate to gate, the Doha-Auckland route is the world’s second-longest flight. Due to the broad impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on international travel, as well as various government and border restrictions, Qatar…
Two brand new aircrafts will be delivered to British Airways today. A Boeing 777-336ER (reg. G-STBM) from Paine Field. An Airbus A350-1000 (reg. G-XWBG) from Toulouse. The first is expected to arrive at around 11.00 as flight #BA9162 from Everett and the second at around 16.00 from Toulouse. The both aircraft are expected to enter…
Boeing has received one of three development contracts to build a satellite payload prototype and develop a new secure, resilient satellite communications architecture for the U.S. Space Force’s Evolved Strategic SATCOM (ESS) program. ESS will be a military satellite communications (MILSATCOM) system. It is a critical component of the U.S. Space Force’s strategy. The initial…
As the airline industry continues to address the impact of COVID-19, The Boeing Company said today it will consolidate production of 787 jets at its facility in North Charleston, S.C., starting in mid-2021, according to the company’s best estimate. The decision comes as the company is strategically taking action to preserve liquidity and reposition certain…
