The airline has launched a new safety video featuring characters from Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Passengers on the flight will be greeted with classic Star Wars-themed music during the boarding process and distribute commemorative pins throughout December in celebration of the movie’s premiere. The aircraft’s interior will feature a special plaque and include…
The Official Receiver has announced EasyJet has bought Thomas Cook’s landing slots at Gatwick and Bristol airports for £36m from liquidators for the collapsed travel firm. EasyJet acquired 12 of summer slot pairs and 8 winter slot pairs at Gatwick, plus six summer slot pairs and one winter slot pair at Bristol.
Lion Air 610 tests prove the pilots had under one minute to cancel an error LION AIR 610 was a Boeing 737-8MAX (registration PK-LQP) that was on route to Depati Amir Airport. The investigation into the crash last year prompted Boeing to stop the production of the Boeing 737-8MAX and the Federal Aviation Administration to…
On Saturday evening the British Airways flight #BA42 from Cap Town to London Heathrow was assigned the Squawk Transponder code 1232 by sarcastic South Africa ATC. This was a reference to England losing 12-32 to South Africa in the Rugby World Cup final earlier in the day.
Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg will take a significant cut in pay for 2019 and 2020, according to the company’s new chairman. In an interview on CNBC Tuesday morning, Dave Calhoun, who was named Boeing’s chairman last month when the board stripped Muilenburg of that title, said that the CEO called him Saturday morning to suggest…
A German union on Monday said it had called on Lufthansa cabin crew to stage a strike on Thursday and Friday in an escalating battle for better pay and conditions. The walkout, scheduled to start at 11 pm GMT on Wednesday and end on Friday at 11 pm GMT, “will affect all Lufthansa flights” scheduled…
The picture, which shows the female passenger sitting in the captain’s seat and making a peace sign, was widely shared on Chinese social media site Weibo over the weekend. “Thanks to the captain. So happy,” read the caption. Taken on an Air Guilin flight on 4 January, the image’s recent circulation prompted the airline to…
Prosecutors probe flight from Yakutsk to Batagai as leaked video is flagged by local media. The video showing a young woman trying her skills at controlling the plane was sent to news.Ykt.ru news website, with a message from several readers claiming it was filmed during an IrAero airline flight from Yakutsk to Batagai. The woman…
Flights to and from New Delhi’s international airport were delayed and diverted on Sunday as pollution reached “unbearable” levels, leaving the Indian capital blanketed with heavy smog. Visibility was so poor that 37 flights – including at least one international journey – were diverted from the city’s Indira Gandhi International Airport. Pollution indexes saw air…
Boeing 737 MAXs is likely to return to service in Europe during the first quarter of 2020, the head of the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) said on Monday. While the European regulator expects to give its approval in January, preparations by national authorities and airlines may delay the resumption of commercial flights by…
Southwest Airlines are stepping up checks for structural cracks on Boeing 737 NGs after discovering problems with planes that did not require urgent inspections, airline sources said. The cracks are on what is known as the “pickle fork” – a part that attaches the plane’s fuselage, or body, to the wing structure. Repairing the cracks…
IAG, the parent company of Iberia and British Airways, has agreed to buy Spanish airline Air Europa for €1bn in a move it says will strengthen Madrid’s position as a European hub. It will be the airline group’s third Spanish brand, behind the flag-carrier and low-cost Vueling. In a statement to the stock exchange, IAG…
