Budget airline Ryanair cancelled another 18,000 flights on Wednesday, deepening its woes over its mismanagement of pilots’ holiday schedules. The Irish carrier, Europe’s biggest by passengers carried, says 34 routes will be suspended from November to March 2018, affecting some 400,000 customers who have already booked flights. Under the airline’s slower growth plan, some 18,000…
A Mirage 2000N from the French military mission Barkhane which missed its takeoff from the airport Hassan Djamouss, this morning at 7:55 local time. The plane crashed into the airport wall next to the Ministry of Public Works before catching fire. The two pilots on board were able to eject from the aircraft in time, one…
Most easyJet flights are short enough that you can usually stave off boredom with a book and an expensive beer, but in-flight entertainment could soon be part and parcel of your airfare. Instead of retrofitting planes with seatback screens, easyJet is going down the increasingly popular route of launching a bring-your-own-device entertainment service. Connect your…
An Etihad Airways captain died after becoming “incapacitated” during a flight from Abu Dhabi to Amsterdam, forcing the plane to make an emergency landing in Kuwait. “Etihad Airways is saddened to report the death of one of its pilots onboard flight EY 927, a freighter service from Abu Dhabi to Amsterdam,” the airline said in a statement.…
In 2012 JustPlanes spent a week filming in the cockpit of PIA Pakistan International Airlines fleet. Highlights are the very special flights into the extreme airports of GILGIT and SKARDU. Of Historic value are the flights on aircraft that are no longer in the fleet such as the Airbus A310, Boeing 737-300 and specially the…
A woman on a flight to Los Angeles International Airport was dragged off a Southwest plane Tuesday night by two police officers after claiming she was deathly allergic to two dogs on the flight. Video shows the woman being forcibly removed by two law enforcement officers. She can be heard yelling, “Don’t touch me,” and…
JustPlanes filmed Seaplane operator EUROPEAN COASTAL AIRLINES across Croatia in the cockpit of the Twin Otter. Thanks to some external cameras we also caught some fantastic views of the amazing scenery along with water takeoffs and landings. For the full video visit http://www.worldairroutes.com/ECA.html
WestJet today announced the name and logo for its ultra-low-cost airline (ULCC) in Canada. Named Swoop, the ULCC will begin selling flights in early 2018. “The name Swoop denotes exactly what we plan to do,” said Bob Cummings WestJet Executive Vice-President, Strategy and the executive member responsible for the launch of Swoop. “It’s a powerful…
Lufthansa Group’s board has approved a €1 billion ($1.18 billion) investment in the “acquisition and leasing” of 61 aircraft for low-cost subsidiary Eurowings, as talks on taking over some of Air Berlin’s assets continue.
Airbus’s A340 laminar-flow test demonstrator took to the air for the first time Tuesday for the EU-sponsored Clean Sky “Blade” project. The four-engine jet, dubbed “Flight Lab,” took off from the Tarbes aerodrome in southern France at 11 a.m. local time and landed at Airbus facilities in Toulouse after a three-hour, 38-minute test mission.
