NEWS Trump attacks F-35 maker for ‘out of control’ costs
Here we go again. Donald Trump has tweeted another critique about a major defense company — and the stock immediately fell. Trump tweeted Monday morning that “the F-35 program and cost is out of control. Billions of dollars can and will be saved on military (and other) purchases after January 20th.” Shares of Lockheed Martin…
NEWS Last ship departs to search for missing #MH370 Malaysian aircraft
The one remaining ship still looking for missing Malaysia Airlines flight 370 has begun what is likely to be its final search. Dutch-owned Fugro Equator left the Australian port of Fremantle on Monday. Several ships have combed the seabed of a vast search area in the Indian Ocean since the plane disappeared in 2014. The…
ALERT 2 planes skid off icy airport runway in western China
Two passenger planes skidded off an icy runway just before take-off at Urumqi Diwobao International Airport in Urumqi, Xinjiang. The first incident occurred at 9.33am, when Shanghai Airlines’ flight FM9220 bound for Shanghai veered off the runway while making a turn. About forty minutes later, Shenzhen Airlines’ flight ZH9240 bound for Shenzhen slid off the…
NEWS Woman dragged by police off a Delta jet today in Detroit bound for San Diego
A passenger didn’t check in with gate agent and walked right on. The woman blew by gate agent and didn’t check in because she wasn’t an early boarder and deserved overhead bin space. Colleague in back by her said she was mouthy and had a huge attitude. Police tackled her out of her seat and brought…
NEWS Storm forces cancellation of 1400 flights in Chicago
A winter storm moving through the Great Lakes region dumped snow in the Midwest and led to the cancellation of more than 1,400 flights Sunday in Chicago. In nearby Detroit, a plane slid off a runway into the grass and snow. Parts of the nation felt the effects of the cold weather on Sunday, as…
NEWS Successful Embraer test flights at St Helena Island
An Embraer ERJ-190-100 jet aircraft, operated by Embraer Commercial Aviation as a non-commercial trial and demonstration flight, visited St Helena Airport between Wednesday 30 November and Friday 2 December 2016. The flight, carrying 11 crew, including two SA Airlink pilots, arrived from Recife, Brazil, and made a smooth landing on Runway 02 (from the south).…
NEWS Qantas announced Perth-London direct flights for 2018
Direct flights from Perth to London will be introduced in 2018, marking the first time Australians will be able to fly direct to Europe. Announcing the new non-stop service, Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce said the 17-hour flights would be the third-longest passenger flights in the world. Mr Joyce said the airline’s new 787 Dreamliner…
NEWS Iran Air Signs $16.6 Billion Deal For 80 Boeing Planes (50 Boeing 737s, 30 Boeing 777s)
IranAir said it signed a deal on Sunday to buy 80 passenger planes from U.S. aircraft maker Boeing, state news agency IRNA reported, including 50 737 MAX 8s, 15 777-300ERs and 15 777-9s. It is the biggest U.S.-Iran deal since the 1979 Islamic revolution. The agency quoted Farhad Parvaresh, the chairman of Iran’s flag carrier,…
