An Emirates Airbus A380 jet has made the current longest non-stop scheduled commercial flight by distance. The plane covered about 14,200km (8,824 miles) when it touched down in Auckland, New Zealand on Wednesday. It was expected to be the world’s longest non-stop commercial flight by duration as well, but landed too early. The Auckland-Dubai portion was estimated…
A cabin pressure problem forced the emergency landing of an Allegiant Air plane early this morning, March 2, at Jacksonville International Airport. Eturbonews reported that spokesperson Debbie Jones, spoke with First Coast News and confirmed that the plane landed safely at 8:13 a.m., and taxied to Gate C3. The flight, which originated from Orlando Sanford International…
Singapore Airlines has taken delivery of its first A350 XWB in Toulouse, France, becoming the fifth operator of the all-new widebody airliner. With its unrivalled passenger flying experience and operational efficiency, the A350 XWB will form the backbone of Singapore Airlines’ future mid-size widebody fleet.
Captain of Arabian Airlines flight #SV1734 from Bisha to Riyadh died after suffering a heart attack shortly before landing. According to Gulf Digital News report, co-pilot Rami Ghazi Batabara requested an emergency landing and safely landed the plane after alerting the control tower. “The aircraft and the passengers were not in danger for one moment as…
The Museum of Flight is in the final countdown of finishing a 25-year effort restoring the historic, first Boeing 727 and flying it to the Museum for permanent exhibition. This unique jet has not been airborne since it was donated to the Museum by United Air Lines in 1991, and has been under restoration ever…
The return of supersonic passenger air travel is one step closer to reality with NASA’s award of a contract for the preliminary design of a “low boom” flight demonstration aircraft. This is the first in a series of ‘X-planes’ in NASA’s New Aviation Horizons initiative, introduced in the agency’s Fiscal Year 2017 budget. NASA Administrator…
Security officials at Kenya’s major airports are on high alert this week after Kenya’s Airports Authority issued a warning to all airport managers about possible terror threats against the facilities. The internal memo, marked as “secret,” was sent to CNN and has been verified by a high-level source in the Kenyan aviation industry who received…
Suzy Cortez, former Brazilian supermodel and Miss Bum Bum 2005 caused a minor scandal when she posted on social networks a picture of her taken in the toilets of Emirates Boeing 777 flight EK262 from São Paulo to Dubaï. “Breaking a record: the first nude at 11000 meters” Posted on Instagram, the photo quickly went around the web…
Two Israel Air Force fighter jets came “dangerously close” to the Ryanair passenger plane, which had 162 passengers on board, close to Ovda Airport, some 60 kilometers (37 miles) north of the southern resort town of Eilat, Army Radio reported. The incident occurred at 27,000 feet. The Ryanair pilots prevented a crash by changing course…
Wizz Air will launch a new service from Budapest to Sofia, beginning November 1st. The service between the Hungarian and Bulgarian capitals will run three days a week. With the new routes, Wizz Air now offers low fare flights from Budapest to 48 destinations in 23 countries and flights from Sofia to 29 destinations in…
A Spicejet flight had to make an emergency landing in Kolkata today after one of its tyres blasted. The incident took place around 8:30 PM and the flight SG 517 was travelling from Bengaluru to Kolkata. The pilots were able to land the flight safely.
Cathay Pacific Boeing 777 (registration B-KPX) flight #CX234 from Milan to Hong Kong did an emergency landing at Istanbul. Engine #1 was shut down after 3 hour flight. The flight is cancelled and passengers are disembarked. First night in #Istanbul #turkey #canceled-flight #cathaypacific left engine was shut off after flying for three hours departing from…
