Boeing will buy a controlling stake in the commercial aircraft arm of Brazilian planemaker Embraer under a new $4.75-billion joint venture, the companies said on Thursday, cementing a global passenger jet duopoly. The new company, encompassing Embraer’s commercial aircraft and services businesses, should make Boeing the market leader for smaller passenger jets, creating stiffer competition…
Japanese airline ANA said it will cancel 113 domestic flights between July 6 through July 12 to inspect Rolls-Royce engines for compressor issues that have led to service interruptions for airlines globally. The affected Rolls Royce Trent 1000 engines are used on ANA’s Boeing 787 Dreamliner jets, the Japanese airline told reporters on Wednesday. A…
Virgin Atlantic has announced that it will withdraw flights between Dubai and London Heathrow from March 31, 2019. The airline said it has made the “difficult decision” after conducting a thorough review of its network. “Flying between Dubai and London is no longer economically viable due to a combination of external factors,” the airline said…
This November, NASA will reopen the booming debate as part of its partnership with Lockheed Martin to build a test aircraft that’ll fly with a quieter sonic boom. Though the Low-Boom Flight Demonstrator (its official designation will be the X-59 QueSST) won’t fly until 2022, November’s tests will use an existing F/A-18 to produce a…
Passengers on a Thomas Cook flight from Zante to London were forced to wait in a delayed aircraft for three hours in such bad conditions that some people vomited and passed out from the heat and lack of air conditioning. People on board included pregnant women and mothers with young children who began to ‘melt’…
An EasyJet passenger was pinned to the ground after headbutting an air steward while being removed from a delayed flight to Mallorca. Shocking footage shows the man lying on the ground at the plane entrance as several security guards pull on him in an attempt to remove him. It is believed the flight was delayed for two…
A critically ill passenger died during a Qantas flight from London to Sydney in the early hours of Friday morning. A Qantas spokesperson confirmed that the female passenger, who received treatment from medics and cabin crew including CPR, has died. The flight made an emergency landing in Adelaide at about 3:50am due to the incident,…
Korean Air Boeing 777-300 (reg. HL7573) flight #KE703 from Seoul Incheon suffered serious damage to the right main gear axle. The Boeing 777-300 landed on runway 16L and was stopped on taxiway. The passengers disembarked on the taxiway and were bussed to the terminal.
Police have started the investigation concerning fake bomb threat at the Domodedovo airport, the transport prosecutor’s office said. A man has claimed to have an explosive device at the Domodedovo airport, but his threats turn out to be false, airport’s spokesman Aleksandr Vlasov said. Part of Moscow’s Domodedovo airport was cordoned off by security guards on Friday and a…
