The Australian managed search for MH370 is now examining what looks like part of its cabin as well as an engine cowl. One of the striking things about today’s ATSB Update No 1 on its examination of what are almost certainly pieces of wreckage from missing flight MH370 is that two of them may have…
A SpiceJet flight (SG487) from Mumbai to Kolkata was stranded at the Nagpur airport on Sunday night due to a technical snag. SpiceJet does not have regular service from Nagpur so there is no support or ground staff here. The plane therefore had to wait at Nagpur till a Spicejet Engineer could check it. A…
An Emirates flight made an emergency landing at Larnaca airport on Monday after a passenger fell ill. The A380 aircraft was headed to the UK from Dubai when it asked for permission to land at Larnaca airport at around 6pm due to a medical emergency before departing for Manchester at 8pm. This was the first…
Finnair celebrated their inaugural flight between Edinburgh and Helsinki on April 18th. The journey, which takes less than 3 hours, connects Edinburgh with Finnair’s portfolio of destinations in Asia as well as other parts of the world that the airline operates to. The airline now operates 3x flights per week between the two capitals using…
A four-month-old baby girl died on board a Cathay Pacific Airways flight from London to Hong Kong over the weekend, leaving the parents inconsolable. According to Apple Daily, a Chinese-French couple took Cathay’s CX256 flight from Heathrow Airport on Sunday along with their infant daughter. The family was planning to take a transfer flight to…
The new Airbus Asia Training Centre (AATC), a joint venture owned 55% by Airbus and 45% by Singapore Airlines (SIA), was officially opened in Singapore today. The opening ceremony was hosted by Fabrice Brégier, President and Chief Executive Officer, Airbus and Goh Choon Phong, Chief Executive Officer, Singapore Airlines, in the presence of S Iswaran,…
Jet2 flight LS232 was on route into Leeds from Barcelona and had 2 failed attempts at landing due to wind. The first attempt was an unstable approach and the second was wind shear at 500ft causing a +25kt speed increase which caused the second go around. Aircraft diverted to Doncaster due to low fuel.
Etihad Airways and Avianca, one of Latin’s leading airlines have announced a codesharing agreement to expand services from Abu Dhabi to South America. Under this agreement made between the two airlines, Etihad Airways will place it’s “EY” IATA code on Avianca operated flights between Bogota and London Heathrow & Madrid Barajas, whereas Avianca will place…
CFM International delivered the first two production engines (a shipset) for Airbus on April 2, two days ahead of schedule. This delivery paves the way for installation on the first customer aircraft and for entry into service by mid-year. The name of the initial LEAP/A320neo delivery customer will be disclosed at a later date. The…
Cobalt Airlines is a new airline based in Cyprus that has appeared into the market very recently. They have plans to launch flights in the Summer and have the true ambition of turning Cyprus into “a major transit point”. They aim to be “bold, colourful, innovative and technologically advanced” as well as “strive to exceed…
Commencing on July 1st 2016, Hong Kong Airlines will be launching direct services between Hong Kong and Narita Airport twice daily with their Airbus A330 aircraft. Tokyo will be the airline’s 7th destination in Japan, which will further strengthen the airline’s portfolio within Asia. Mr. Li Dianchun, Chief Commercial Officer of Hong Kong Airlines said,…
