All airline traffic in and out of Stavanger’s main airport at Sola was halted Tuesday afternoon after a fire in the airport’s parking garage raged out of control. Prime Minister Erna Solberg was among those stranded by the airport closure, which wasn’t expected to reopen until Wednesday morning at the earliest. As the fire spread…
U.S.-based Spirit Airlines has finalized a purchase agreement with Airbus for 100 A320neo Family aircraft. In October, the two parties had signed and announced a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the purchase of up to 100 of the aircraft – a mix of A319neo, A320neo, and A321neo – to meet the airline’s future fleet requirements.…
All flights in and out of Istanbul’s Sabiha Gökçen Airport are halted after a Pegasus Boeing 737 airplane skidded off a runway. According to initial reports, the Boeing 737-800 (reg. TC-CCK) from United Arab Emirates’ Sharjah as it slid off the runway while landing. UPDATE Istanbul’s Sabiha Gokcen Airport suspends flight operations until at least…
Boeing and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) confirmed on Sunday they are reviewing a wiring issue that could potentially cause a short circuit on the 737 MAX. Boeing spokesman Gordon Johndroe said Sunday the U.S. planemaker “identified this issue as part of that rigorous process, and we are working with the FAA to perform the…
Westjet Boeing 737-800 performing flight #WS248 from Toronto has suffered a runway excursion at Halifax Stanfield Airport. UPDATE The airport operations are not stopped. The aircraft was landing on runway 14 in snowy conditions. You can also watch the webcam live at https://cam.airlive.net/yhz/ Busses are en route to transport the 178 passengers back to the terminal.
Air Canada Jazz #AC8684 to Saguenay lost the inside left main landing gear wheel on takeoff form Montreal yesterday. The Dash 8-300, with 49 passengers on board, returned to Montreal. Sparks were seen prior the incident.
2019 has been a rough a year for airlines with more than 20 airlines forced to shut down operations. Asian Express Airline (Tajikistan) – Ceased operations on January 13, 2019 Germania (Germany) – Ceased operations on February 5, 2019 Flybmi (United Kingdom) – Ceased operations on February 16, 2019 Insel Air (Curaçao) – Ceased operations…
Passengers of an Airbus A320 were evacuated via emergency slides due to fire. Passengers of WizzAir flight #W67867 to Paris BVA were evacuated via emergency slides at Debrecen Airport. Pilots were forced to cancel the takeoff due to notice of fire at the rear of the Airbus A320. As the fire broke out at the…
C’en est fini pour F-HPJB. et ce n’est que le premier ! Hier, l’avion a quitté Paris CDG pour Dresden en Allemagne. Il est retourné à son propriétaire Dr. Peters group. Le projet sur la liste est F-HPJD dans quelques mois. Air France est la deuxième compagnie à retirer les A380 de sa flotte après…
That’s it for Air France F-HPJB. And this is only the first! On January 2nd, the aircraft has left Paris CDG to Dresden, Germany. This aircraft was on lease to Air France from the Dr. Peters group and will return to the lessor after a full repainting. It was delivered to Air France in 2010.…
Carlos Ghosn est soupçonné d’avoir voyagé à bord d’un jet ayant décollé vers 5H15 (02H15 GMT) lundi, immatriculé TC-TSR en provenance d’Osaka, au Japon. Cet avion aurait atterri à l’aéroport Atatürk, fermé aux vols commerciaux mais utilisé par les avions transportant des marchandises et pour des vols privés, puis s’est rangé dans un hangar. Vers…
