On June 18th, a British Airways 787-8 (G-ZBJB) had collapsed at Heathrow when it was preparing for a cargo flight to Frankfurt. The UK’s Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) has issued a bulletin saying human error caused the incident. The incident took place when crews were performing a “Dispatch Deviation Guide” (DDG) procedure, a procedure…
Newly inaugurated President Joe Biden just signed an executive order to mandate masks when flying travelers but it’s clear that airlines haven’t been waiting on the government for guidance. New data from the country’s largest airlines reveal that more than 2,500 passengers have been banned since the spring for violating onboard mask policies, and the…
Finnair is still Santa’s favorite airline as it has been since 1983. Every year flying Santa across the globe brings joy to thousands of children, mainly in Europe and Asia. The heart of this relationship between Finnair and Santa Claus is Finnair’s collaboration with the Santa Claus Foundation. This organization works aiming to improve the…
FedEx and UPS have begun working together to ship the first batch of COVID-19 vaccines for distribution across the United States after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine on Friday. Both cargo giants have stated that they are prepared and ready to handle shipping the vaccines. UPS President of Global…
Airlines badly affected by COVID-19 are preparing for key roles in the mass vaccine airlift hoping to boost the sector and also to trim their pandemic-triggered losses. Global airline companies will be the workhorses to eradicate the coronavirus by hauling billions of vaccines. According to the World Health Organization vaccines director Kate O’Brien, “Developing vaccines…
The air supply systems on commercial aircraft offer greater protection against COVID-19 than those in hospital operating rooms, research commissioned by the US Department of Defense (DOD) found. The overall risk of exposure to COVID-19 on a flight is “very low,” the research concluded — and “virtually nonexistent” if you wear a mask. If only…
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) today released a report into a near miss between a Virgin Australia ATR72 and a Piper PA-28. The two aircraft came within 22 metres of each other on approach into Albury Airport on 19 October last year. The Virgin ATR had 2 flight crew, 2 cabin crew and 66…
The air leak on board the ISS had been occurring since September 2019, but the leak levels were starting to worsen. To identify the crack, the astronauts used a very specific method. In August 2020, an air leak was confirmed aboard the International Space Station. It appeared a year before, in September 2019. “ The…
While other countries are struggling to even retrieve half of the traffic prior to COVID19 Chinese domestic flights are now running at the same level as before coronavirus crisis. The number of domestic Chinese flights in October topped last year’s levels with passenger numbers indicating the local aviation sector is now a full recovery from the…
The Prime Minister announced a four-week lockdown in a press conference at 10 Downing Street yesterday evening. On Thursday, November 5th, England will begin a four-week lockdown. However only England will be subject to the measures, compared to the entire United Kingdom as was the case in March. There will not much impact on inbound…
V1 speed is the speed by which a decision to continue the flight is made unless there is any condition in which the aircraft will not fly. It can be said that V1 speed is “commit to fly” speed. Actually, there is no such general formula to calculate V speeds. The manufacturer tests out the…
Paris has overtaken Heathrow as Europe’s busiest airport, with the London hub reporting falling passenger numbers and rising losses. Paris Charles de Gaulle has overtaken Heathrow as the largest airport in Europe for the first time, with Amsterdam Schiphol and Frankfurt close behind. All three European airports have implemented testing regimes, with Heathrow repeatedly calling…
