After ten years of operations, Singapore Airlines’ first A380 will be retired from service. The Super Jumbo will be stored next week at Tarbes Airport in France waiting to find a buyer or be dismantled. According to Bloomberg, the A380 registered 9V-SKA (MSN003) is in preparation for its ferry flight to Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées airport, France. Before…
The airline launched the program, which will run intermittently into 2018, to get a more accurate picture of the average weights of the men, women and children that fly with the airline. Their carry-on baggage is also being taken into consideration and passengers must carry it onto the scale with them. Paivyt Tallqvist, director for…
British Airways is aiming to withdraw its last Boeing 747-400 in February 2024 under its latest strategic fleet plan. The airline remains the largest operator of passenger 747-400s with 36 in service. But it has been undertaking a replacement of the type with long-haul twinjets – Boeing 777s and 787s, plus Airbus A380s and A350s.…
More than 1,000 gallons of jet fuel was spilled Thursday morning at Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport. According to Atlanta fire department officials, a plane at Gate E-33 was being refueled when a problem developed with a hose connection. Some other nearby gates were also cleared as a precaution. Atlanta live view
The company has booked an order for two 747 jumbo jets that will become the aircraft for the President of the United States. Seattle-based Boeing announced Thursday, Nov. 9, that it finalized the order for the jets, which will be modified with top of the line safety features. The 747-8 model sells for about $351…
Evacuation underway at the DHL sorting center. UPDATE 2350 UTC: Area is cleared. Officials said the facility was evacuated after a suspicious package was tracked to the building. A spokesman for DHL courier company said: “There has been an evacuation after tracking a shipment that was not trusted. A bomb disposal team has arrived at the…
SpiceJet DHC-8-400 (VT-SUL) #SG2642 suffered a tail strike upon landing in Delhi on Wednesday afternoon. A SpiceJet spokesperson confirmed the incident and said none of the passengers were injured. The airline representative identified the damaged aircraft as VT-SUL, a Bombardier Q400 turboprop. The official ruled out lack of visibility as a possible reason…
While it’s exceptionally rare for an aircraft’s slides to have to be deployed, every commercial aircraft is fitted with a number of them, to ensure that in the event of an emergency, customers can get off the aircraft quickly and safely. The huge inflatables which can be up to 14 metres (or 46 ft) long,…
Airlink Avro RJ-85 airliner operating flight #SA8103 from Harare to Johannesburg was involved in an event which resulted in it making an emergency landing at O.R. Tambo International Airport shortly after 20.40 local time on Wednesday 8 November. While en route one of the four engines suffered an uncontained failure which then caused damage to…
Priti Patel summoned back from Africa by Theresa May with minister set to be sacked over secret Israeli meetings. Number 10 confirmed Ms Patel has been requested to return to London by the Prime Minister, just hours after she set off for Uganda. The Boeing 787 Dreamliner landed runway 27R at 15:05 local time. Watch…
Tuesday evening, Hawaiian Airlines A330-200 (N375HA) #HAL8075 left engine caught fire after landing at Seattle Sea-Tac Airport, WA. Officials with Sea-Tac Airport said the flight was ferrying in from Everett with only the crew on board. The landed safely and the fire was extinguished. No one was injured. The plane was towed to a hanger…
United Airlines will fly passengers on its Boeing 747 for the last time today. The carrier is operating one last flight on the iconic jumbo jet, a specially scheduled “farewell” flight from San Francisco to Honolulu operating as United Flight 747. The flight will be United’s final passenger flight on the 747 before retiring the…
