Brazilian aviation regulator ANAC on Wednesday lifted the grounding of the Boeing 737 MAX, following U.S. clearance of the plane for flight. Brazil’s top regulator said Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes SA, the only airline to operate the model in Brazil, is implementing the required measures to resume flights.
Volga-Dnepr Group grounds entire fleet of An-124s following incident on November 13 2020. The carrier today filed a letter with the Russian aviation authorities to notify them of the decision to ground its eight operational aircraft immediately. Volga-Dnepr Group has “put safety first” and made what it called the “responsible” decision to ground all its…
Shanghai’s international airport momentarily descended into chaos Sunday night, after authorities ordered a mass testing drive in response to a small outbreak of Covid-19 linked to several cargo handlers. Since the beginning of November, seven cargo workers and their close contacts at the Shanghai Pudong International Airport have been diagnosed as confirmed coronavirus cases, including…
A British Airways Boeing 747-400 parked at Castellon Airport caught fire. The Boeing 747-400 (reg. G-CIVD, One World livery) suffered important damages. The fire broke out right behind the cockpit. Firefighters from Castellón airport managed to extinguish the fire in an aircraft. There have been no injuries and the fire is already confined.
Thirty years ago a British Airways captain was sucked halfway out of his cockpit when a windscreen blew out at 17,300ft over Oxfordshire. He survived because a steward held onto his trouser belt and legs – and thanks to his co-pilot managing to make an emergency landing. It was June 10, 1990, and the flight…
More than 1 million people flew through U.S. domestic airports on Friday, the second-highest daily total since the coronavirus pandemic hit last spring, even as officials warn against travel around the Thanksgiving holiday. Airline passengers still lag substantially behind normal levels, but data posted by the Transportation Security Administration show that at least some people…
The nosecone of an Azul A320 was damaged on approach to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. On November 15th 2020, the Airbus A320-200neo (reg. PR-YRQ) was performing Azul flight #AD4194 from Curitiba to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The plane encountered hail during the approach to Janeiro Santos Dumont/SDU, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. There was 135 PAX…
Following recertification of the 737 MAX by the FAA, airlines in the US plan to resume flight operations. American Airlines said on Wednesday it would make good on its plan to return Boeing’s 737 MAX jets to passenger flights by the end of 2020. The No.1 U.S. airline said it will begin with non-commercial flights…
When Pfizer and BioNTech announced their promising COVID-19 vaccine trial results last week Monday, said EasyJet CEO Johan Lundgren, the carrier’s bookings surged by 50%. According to Reuters, he added that the momentum continued this week Monday, when Moderna also announced a very high efficacy for its candidate vaccine. Similar indications came last week from…
First A330-200 Available for Passenger and Freight Service. AELF FlightService has entered the wide-body wet leasing and ACMI charter market, with its first Airbus A330-200 aircraft, MSN 700, now available for work in passenger and auxiliary cargo configuration. This is the first of four A330-200 aircraft that the company plans to introduce into service by…
The low-cost airline becomes the aviation industry’s largest casualty of the pandemic. Norwegian said late on Wednesday that two of its main subsidiaries would file for examinership in Ireland, a reorganisation process akin to filing for Chapter 11 in the US. The airline said it would use the reorganisation to cut its vast debt pile,…
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today rescinded the order that halted commercial operations of Boeing (NYSE: BA) 737-8s and 737-9s. The move will allow airlines that are under the FAA’s jurisdiction, including those in the U.S., to take the steps necessary to resume service and Boeing to begin making deliveries. “We will never forget…
