On June 10th, Chinese Carrier Hainan Airlines launched their brand new Manchester route from Beijing. B-8287, their Airbus A330-300 in the Hai Manchester Livery arrived at around 6am and departed at 12:25pm. This is a significant route in terms of UK Aviation History as well as Manchester’s history as this is the first direct Chinese…
Gates are locked for security pic.twitter.com/E3DT0VZyXT — Gerald Ruperto (@thedesignergene) June 10, 2016 Reports of a shooting at baggage claim in Dallas Love Field airport. Police is on scene and an evacuation is on progress. I just got off the plane at Dallas Lovefield airport and this what I come out to 😳 Une vidéo…
Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has marked the first anniversary of its service to Edinburgh Airport, which was launched on 8 June 2015. Over the past year, the top five destinations for the airline from Edinburgh Airport have been Abu Dhabi, Sydney, Bangkok, Melbourne and Perth. In March 2016, Etihad…
Head of the Russian Air Force, Colonel-General Viktor Bondarev has ordered the grounding of the country’s entire Su-27 fleet, until the reasons behind the crash that led to a pilot’s death on Thursday are clear, the TASS news agency reported. The Defense Ministry confirmed that the jet crashed while returning to the airbase after a…
UK Regional Airline Flybe has returned to profit after a tough period. The airline had a loss of £35.6m the previous year but have miraculously brought the airline back into profit with a pre-tax annual profit of £2.7m. Over the past year, the airline have launched 52 new routes, which helped the airline increase passenger…
New pieces of debris have been found in Madagascar by a man searching for parts of missing flight MH370. Blaine Gibson, who has already found possible debris in Mozambique, made the latest discovery on the east coast of Madagascar. Boeing 777 flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, had 239 people on board when it vanished…
A F-5 from Swiss demonstration team crashed near Leeuwarden Air Base in the Netherlands prior to AirShow Friday and Saturday. Eyewitnesses say that a second aircraft was involved in the accident, but that can not yet be confirmed. UPDATE: the pilot was able to eject prior the crash. Video few mins after Swiss F-5…
Boeing [NYSE: BA] and Hainan Airlines today celebrated the delivery of the carrier’s first 787-9 Dreamliner. Hainan becomes China’s first operator of both the 787-8 and 787-9 variants of the Dreamliner family. Hainan Airlines, the largest privately owned airline in China, leased the airplane through an agreement with Air Lease Corporation (ALC). The delivery is…
Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) has announced its Brussels-Atlanta service will resume from March 2017, doubling its network from Belgium. The U.S. airline currently operates a daily year-round service between Brussels and New York-JFK. The service, which will begin on March 26, 2017, will be the only nonstop flight between the Belgian capital and Atlanta and…
Flybe, Europe’s largest regional airline, is pleased to report that its third franchise partner, Blue Islands, took to the skies on Monday 6th June 2016 in its distinctive new operating colours. Vincent Hodder, Flybe’s Chief Revenue Officer said: “The start of Blue Islands’ Flybe franchise operation marks a significant milestone for both airlines, creating an…
