Qantas has completed its first real-world ‘tech trial’ of the airline’s inflight Internet system, during a three hour flight along the east coast between Sydney and Brisbane. The special charter flight came ahead of the Boeing 737 starting public trials in the coming weeks, and the results were promising, with Qantas reporting typical download speeds…
SpaceX statement: We are excited to announce that SpaceX has been approached to fly two private citizens on a trip around the moon late next year. They have already paid a significant deposit to do a moon mission. Like the Apollo astronauts before them, these individuals will travel into space carrying the hopes and…
With this latest delivery, Air Caraïbes becomes the first French airline to operate the A350 XWB. The aircraft, leased from AerCap, was delivered during a ceremony held at the Airbus Delivery Centre in Toulouse on 28 February. It will take off at 14:00 heading for Paris Orly Sud before embarking on its first commercial flight…
Heathrow welcomed a record 75.7 million passengers in 2016, up one per cent on the previous year. Passenger charges fell by one per cent at the UK’s largest airport, as Heathrow retained its position as Europe’s best hub for the third year running. Source
A Boeing 737 diverted to Denver on Monday evening after encountering severe turbulence. American Airlines Flight #AA1296 from San Diego to Chicago ORD landed at Denver International Airport at 0130 UTC. There were 148 passengers and six crew members on board which landed without incident. Medical services greeted the plane and five passengers asked for medical…
Yesterday, Turkmenistan Airlines flight #T5429 (Boeing-757 reg. EZ-A011) en route from Ashgabat (Capital of Turkmenistan) to Birmingham made an emergency landing in Russia’s southern city of Volgograd over the death of a passenger. “The decision to make an emergency landing was taken by the pilot when the passenger was still alive but when the plane landed in Volgograd…
On Saturday, Air Canada Flight 623 was traveling from Halifax to Toronto Pearson airport with 118 persons on board. Towards the end of the flight, the aircraft (an Airbus A320) was flying an Instrument Landing System approach to runway 15R. Just after midnight, during the landing sequence, the aircraft traveled through the grass on…
