Two Russian bombers were obviously flying over the coast of Europe today. The alert was given at 0600 UTC by NATO Operations Center in Germany when 6 Russian planes were moving near the Norwegian coast. 4 of the 6 planes then turned around to Russia and 2 Russian bombers continued their flight to the United Kingdom. Two Typhoon Eurofighter…
Singapore Airlines has announced a commitment to purchase 20 Boeing 777-9s and 19 additional 787-10s. The order is theoretically worth $13.8bn at list prices. There had been no 777X order announcements since June 2015. The national carrier and 787-10 launch customer also announced its recommitment for its previous order for 30 787-10 airplanes.
Nationwide, 2,779 flights had been canceled as of 7 a.m. ET, according to flight-tracking service FlightAware. The vast majority of those cancellations were announced on Wednesday, with airlines preemptively grounding flights in anticipation of the storm. Reload the page for updates… UPDATE 1329 UTC Due to weather, there is a Traffic Management Program in effect for…
A Swiss International Airlines Boeing 777 that made an emergency landing in Iqaluit last week remains at the airport while crews replace an engine. On Feb. 1 the Swiss plane traveling to Los Angeles from Zurich lost power on its left engine halfway through its trip. The aircraft landed safely in Iqaluit. There were 233…
A 20-year-old man, who has been arrested for allegedly falsely claiming he found a letter in an airplane bathroom that indicated a bomb was on United Airlines flight, faces a potential penalty of 10 years in federal prison and $250,000 fine. During a flight from San Diego to Denver on January 16, 2017 the passenger allegedly…
The windows in the Boeing 787 Dreamliner are awesome. You can electronically dim them for five different levels of sunlight and visibility. That’s so much better than the typical airplane window shade option of blinding or blocked out. But the coolest thing about Dreamliner windows are how huge they are, like vertical panoramas of the…
Pakistan International flight #PK757 from Lahore (LHE) to London Heathrow (LHR) has diverted to London Stansted (STN). Two fighter jets were scrambled to escort the Airbus A330-300 registration 4R-ALN after unconfirmed reports of security threat. The plane landed safely at 1555 UTC after almost 10 hour flight. Please reload the page for updates… UPDATE 1615…
