On Tuesday, Delta Air Lines (DL) retired its MD-88 and MD-90 aircraft earlier than previously planned. The carrier accelerated the retirement schedule of both aircraft as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Greece has suspended flights to and from Qatar after 12 passengers arriving from Doha to Athens tested positive for the novel coronavirus. The Greek civil protection authority said 12 out of 91 people on a Qatar Airways flight that arrived on Monday had tested positive for Covid-19. “Following these epidemiological facts, flights from and to…
Airbus signalled it would sue airlines refusing to honour contracts in the face of the coronavirus crisis. The warning by Chief Executive Guillaume Faury in a news interview came as Airbus announced May deliveries well below normal, despite a partial recovery to 24 jets. Planemakers and lessors have received multiple requests from airlines to delay…
A Boeing 737-400 Special Freighter operated by Kalitta Charters II ran off runway at Rochester, New York a rejected take-off on 5 June Kalitta Charters II (on behalf of DHL) Boeing 737-400 (reg. N733CK) ran off runway 22 at Rochester Airport (KROC), NY during a rejected take-off coming to rest on the grass. The airport…
Ground stairs of SpiceJet airlines crashed into an IndiGo aircraft at at Mumbai Airport. The collision happened due to strong winds on Saturday. As per a statement released by the Mumbai Internation Airport Ltd, the only damage that the IndiGo aircraft sustained in the accident was to its wing and engine cowling. “Unpredictable cyclonic storms…
French BEA tweeted that technical work (downloading and decoding FDR & CVR data) has ended. However analysis will continue. Pakistan’s AAIB will publish at a later date a preliminary statement on the event based on downloaded data.
As Black Lives Matter protests roil cities across the United States and the world, a pilot seems to have drawn a fist in the sky as a gesture of solidarity to protestors. The piece of space art was created this yesterday afternoon in about two hours by a pilot who took off from Halifax airport…
Copa Airlines undoubtedly has that sinking feeling today after one of its 737s got stuck in the mud. The Boeing 737-700 was being pushed back at San Jose International Airport in Costa Rica when it skidded off taxiway. The right main landing skidded into the grass. The Boeing 737 (reg. HP-1374) was being pushed back…
A British Airways Dreamliner skidded off taxiway at Edmonton, Canada. As the Boeing 787-9 was preparing to perform flight #BA3587 to London Heathrow, the push back didn’t happened as planned. As the Dreamliner (reg. G-ZBKP) was pushed back, the right main gear left the parking area into the grass. Work was in progress to pull…
From July onwards, Austrian Airlines will take off to regular long-haul flights for the first time since mid-March. Bangkok, Chicago, New York and Washington will then be available with up to three weekly flights. The first long-haul aircraft will take off for New York at 10:15 a.m. on 1 July. In Europe, the airline add…
Following the UAE Federal Government’s announcement to lift restrictions on transit passengers services, from 15th June Emirates will offer passenger services to 16 more cities on its Boeing 777-300ER aircraft. With travel restrictions remaining in place in most countries, customers are reminded to check entry and exit requirements before their journeys. Flights to the following…
Virgin Atlantic said on Thursday it would restart some flights that have been grounded by the COVID-19 pandemic on July 20 and aimed to restore further services in August. The airline said that services to Orlando and Hong Kong from London Heathrow would resume on July 20, with flights to New York JFK, Los Angeles,…
