EasyJet is to cut up to 30% of its workforce as it struggles to cope with the collapse in demand for air travel caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Up to 4,500 of its 15,000-member workforce could lose their jobs and the airline will start a consultation process with employees in the coming days. EasyJet expects…
The Cockpit Voice Recorder has been found under wreckage pieces. The Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) of crashed PIA Airbus A320 (reg. AP-BLD) has been found today. The CVR was found under wreckage/rubble at the crash site when wreckage pieces were being removed from the crash site. The CVR was handed over to AAIB team. This…
Boeing resumed 737 MAX production in Renton. “Today, teams in Renton started to warm up the factory’s central production line,” said Boeing Commercial Airplanes CEO Stan Deal in a message to employees Wednesday afternoon. The MAX has been grounded since soon after the deadly crash of an Ethiopian Airlines MAX in March 2019, following the…
Lufthansa’s supervisory board was unable to approve a 9-billion euro (US$9.90 billion) bailout in light of conditions imposed by the European Union, the airline group said on Wednesday. Lufthansa’s supervisory board postponed approval of a 9 billion euro (US$9.90 billion) bailout in light of conditions imposed by the European Union, the German airline group said…
French investigators confirm the cockpit voice recorder of PIA #PK8303 had not been found. The French BEA confirmed that investigators are still in Karachi for initial investigation into the #PIA8303 A320 crash. French investigators also said that the cockpit voice recorder has not been found at this time. However, the flight data recorder has been…
Anchorage was briefly the world’s busiest title on Saturday, April 25. The coronavirus pandemic means that passenger traffic is currently down by more than 90% but the cargo demand is pretty high. On Saturday, May 2, Anchorage had 744 flight operations when Chicago had only 579 and Atlanta 529. Anchorage is positioned to perfect geographical…
An Air Asia flight made an emergency landing at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad on Tuesday afternoon. The Air Asia flight I51543 which was flying from Jaipur to Hyderabad had to make an emergency landing at the Hyderabad airport. 76 passengers were aboard the Air Asia flight. The plane landed safely at the…
LATAM Airlines Group, the largest air carrier in Latin America, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Tuesday, according to a statement released on its website. South America’s biggest airline sought Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Tuesday as it grapples with the sharp downturn in air travel sparked by the coronavirus pandemic. Latam Airlines said that it and several…
Singapore Airlines is investigating an incident after a pilot was unable to provide a clearance number requested by air traffic controllers while flying into Bangladesh airspace. SQ326 was heading from Singapore to Frankurt when it transited Bangladesh airspace at 3.15pm Singapore time last Tuesday (May 19), SIA said on Monday. The flight was routed via…
An Airbus and Safran experts arrived in Karachi on Monday to investigate the crash of PIA A320. The 11-member investigating team of Airbus reached Pakistan from France on Tuesday to probe into the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane crash. The probe team inspected the runway of the Jinnah International Airport. They also visited the air…
Virgin Orbit company has tried unsuccessfully to launch a rocket over the Pacific Ocean. The booster was released from under the wing of the 747 which had been specially converted for the task. The Launcher One should have ignited its engine seconds later but engineers had to terminate the flight. It’s not clear at this…
This Sunday morning (24th), two LATAM Boeing were involved in an incident at Sao Paulo Airport, Brazil. The incident occurred in the remote parking lot of Guarulhos International Airport, where several aircraft are stored due to the Coronavirus crisis. A LATAM Boeing 777-300ER (reg. PT-MUB) collided its wing with a Boeing 767-300ER (reg. PT-MSS). Important…