In order to meet the high market demand for cadet pilot training in Europe – 94,000 new pilots over the next 20 years* – Airbus has decided to open its own flight academy and extend its training services offering by adding ‘ab-initio’ to its portfolio. Leveraging cross-divisional synergies, the Airbus Flight Academy Europe, based in…
Flybe flight #BE4321 from Exeter to Alicante was preparing for take-off on the runway at around 8am when the pilot detected a problem and the cabin began to fill with smoke. More than 100 passengers were evacuated from a Flybe flight at Exeter Airport today after the engine made a loud banging noise and the…
Boeing and IAG (the parent company of British Airways), announced the airline has committed to purchasing up to 42 777X airplanes, including 18 orders and 24 options. London-based IAG also took options on an additional 24 aircraft, it said Thursday in its annual earnings release. British Airways will use the wide-body jets to replace its…
Boeing said on Tuesday it has nominated Nikki Haley, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and a close ally of President Donald Trump, to join its board of directors at the company’s annual shareholders meeting on April 29. If elected by Boeing shareholders, she would help guide the future of America’s largest exporter, with…
Debris looks to consist mostly of small pieces of the Boeing 767-300ER Freighter, though some larger pieces, including sections of the aircraft’s fuselage, are visible in the video.
After a new search of the Piper Malibu wreckage this morning, David Mearns says there was absolutely no sign of the pilot David Ibbotson. Two highly experienced technical divers spent 20 mins searching & filming the plane this morning, looking for the pilot David Ibbotson.
The Dutch state has bought a large minority shareholding in the holding company of Air France-KLM in order to exercise more influence on the company. In total, the Netherlands has bought 12.68% of the company for €680m on the open market, but plans to raise this to 14% – in line with the stake held…
Pakistan’s army has announced that its Air Force had downed two Indian warplanes in the Pakistani airspace, adding that one Indian pilot had been captured. An army spokesman said one plane had fallen inside Pakistani territory and a pilot had been arrested. There is no confirmation from India, which claimed to have shot down a Pakistani…
US reconnaissance aircraft have made an increased number of flights in international airspace off the coast of Venezuela in a bid to obtain classified information, the unnamed defence sources told CNN on Tuesday. The sources did not detail which US spy planes were being used for the mission, but unconfirmed social media reports identified one…
“The aircraft is in the video at a steep descent” NTSB chair Robert Sumwalt said during a press conference on 24 February. “I saw no evidence of the aircraft trying to turn or pull up at the last moments.” The security video was taken from a county jail at a distance of slightly more than…
The plane that crashed in the Channel carrying the Cardiff City footballer Emiliano Sala fell thousands of feet in the space of 20 seconds after making a 180-degree turn, minutes after the pilot requested a descent, air accident investigators have found. The wreckage of the Piper Malibu light aircraft was found on the seabed 30 metres from where final…
Videos of British Airways flight #BA492 emerged showing the Airbus A320 performing a go around due to supposed strong tailwind. The Airbus A320 (reg. G-EUUY) looks to be uncontrollable and rocking its wings while performing a go around at Gibraltar. The Airbus A320 attempted to land at 10:58 UTC then performed a go around and diverted…