London City Airport has published a draft master plan, detailing how it could respond to continued demand for business and leisure air travel, in a sustainable and responsible way, over the next 15 years. It follows a 42% increase in passengers at London’s most central airport over the past five years and the continued shift…
Operators of the Airbus A330-900neo recently have been reporting toxic fume leakages in the aircraft’s cabin, potentially coming from the engines, sources tell AirlineGeeks. TAP Air Portugal, the first A330neo operator having taken delivery of the aircraft in November 2018, has been affected by air leakages infiltrating the cabin through the air conditioning system. The…
The man fell from a Kenya Airways plane at the end of a nine-hour flight #KQ100 from Nairobi. The gruesome discovery was made at a property in Offerton Road, Clapham, at around 3.40pm on Sunday and police have now launched an investigation. It is believed the man fell from from the landing gear compartment of…
Emergency services have rushed to Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv, Israel, as a plane prepares for an emergency landing with damaged landing gear. The aircraft has more than 150 people on board. More than 100 ambulances were scrambled to the scene on Monday afternoon, as the airport announced its highest emergency level. The…
Air France-KLM said its separate Air France and KLM airline units would be swapping over some remaining orders from Boeing and Airbus, in a move which Air France KLM said would help its fleet run more efficiently. The swap means that in the 2021-2023 timeframe, the six remaining Boeing 787 ordered for Air France will…
A window of a Turkish Airlines Boeing 787-9 delivered few days ago has melted during a photo shoot. During a photo shoot of an aircraft, one window from the Business Class section of Turkish Airlines new aircraft melted from extreme heat. The Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner (reg. TC-LLA) was delivered only a few days ago. According…
Air France A380 parts of engine has been found in Greenland. The parts will be sent to the USA to be examined by Engine Alliance. On September 30, 2017, Air France A380 (reg. F-HPJE) suffered a serious engine failure over Greenland and had to divert to Goose Bay. During the flight, engine #4 (right hand…
An Air India Express plane suffered ‘tail tip’ during landing at Kerala’s Kozhikode Airport. The Air India Express flight #IX382 from Dammam to Kozhikode suffered ‘tail strike’ at Kozhikode Airport after its tail touched down the runway during landing. All 180 passengers on board are safe and no srrious damage to aircraft has been reported.
Britain has recorded its hottest day of the year so far, with temperatures soaring as high as 34C (93F) in London. Shortly before 5pm on Saturday the Met Office said a temperature of 34.0C had been recorded at Heathrow airport, approaching the all-time record for June of 35.6C, reached in Southampton in 1976. The UK…
Yemenia Airways #IY609 suffered blown tires after returning to land at Cairo, Egypt. The Airbus A310-324 suffered blown tires after returning to land at Cairo, Egypt due to a medical emergency on Sunday.
All 10 people aboard a plane that crashed into a hangar at Addison Airport Sunday morning have died, a town official says. A twin-engine Beechcraft BE350 King Air crashed at 9:11 a.m. Sunday, according to an Addison Fire Department spokesperson. The FAA said the plane had just taken off before it crashed into the hangar.…
Syrian air defenses have responded to apparent missiles attacks in the vicinity of Damascus and Homs, Sana reports, with its military source claiming that a number of ‘hostile targets’ have been intercepted. Israel F-16Ds fighter jets from 109sq launched cruise missiles. #IAF jets involved in the airstrikes over #Syria pic.twitter.com/HVllyHW4ve — Intel Sky & Air…
