The first A380 for All Nippon Airways (ANA) has rolled out of the Airbus paint shop in Hamburg, Germany, bearing the airline’s distinctive and unique Hawaiian Green Sea Turtle livery. ANA has firm orders for three A380s, becoming the first customer for the superjumbo in Japan. The airline will take delivery of the first A380…
Sixteen passengers were hauled off a Norwegian Air flight before it departed for Orlando International. Police booted 16 passengers off a Norwegian Air flight departing from London Gatwick to Orlando before the aircraft departed. A spokesman for the budget airline said the passengers were escorted off the plane “due to an immigration issue”. The flight…
Impact anticipated mostly at beginning of shifts but Marseille ACC may be affected all day. The ATC Industrial Action is expected from 13th December 1800 UTC till 15th December 0500 UTC. Minimum service will be provided with precautionary measures. No cancellation or reduction of flights expected. LFMT (Montpellier) : ATC closure likely during the first night…
China aims to almost double its current number of 234 airports to 450 by 2035, according to the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC), meaning that China will surpass the U.S. as the world’s largest aviation market if the prediction is accurate. This growth in investment is mainly caused by China’s huge increase in air…
Boeing Business Jets today announced it is launching the BBJ 777X, a new Boeing Business Jet model that can fly more than half way around the world without stopping, farther than any business jet ever built. “Our most exclusive customers want to travel with the best space and comfort and fly directly to their destination.…
American Airlines flight 3284 took off from O’Hare shortly after 5 p.m. but had to turn around and head back to Chicago midflight due to the passenger being disruptive, a spokeswoman for the airline said. Police were waiting at the airport when the plane landed, she said. Police said the couple was arguing midflight to…
The luxurious plane used to transport Mexico’s former president around the world flew away permanently, in one of the first moves by the new president to rid the country of what he has derided as a symbol of excess. “We are selling all the planes and helicopters that the corrupt politicians used,” President Andres Manuel…
A Brazilian pilot is making headlines in the Arab world after he reportedly took a brief break from guiding the plane to convert to Islam as he flew a passenger jet above Saudi Arabia. Captain Amalo, a Brazilian pilot for an unidentified airline, was filmed reciting the Shahada, an Islamic creed accepting the religion, in…
Passenger Latsamy McAdoo from Miami was travelling from Bangkok to Koh Samui when she found out that she had the entire plane to herself. She was visiting family in Thailand and expected the plane to be full as it usually is – but this time it was empty. In a video from January this year,…
Airbus A220 has obtained certification by the European safety regulator. Both the A220-100 and -300 have been approved for low-weather minima autoland operations down to Category IIIa and IIIb. Category Decision height Runway Visual Range I > 200ft (60m) > 550 m (1800 ft) or visibility > 800m (2600 ft) II 100-200ft (30-60m) ICAO: > 350m…
Malaysia has told Singapore it intends to take back control of airspace that the city-state has managed since 1974 amid a dispute over a flight path to a secondary airport in Singapore, Malaysia’s transport minister said on Tuesday. Singapore has put in place a new instrument landing system at its small Seletar airport to be…
Lufthansa is currently in talks with Boeing and Airbus about further widebody orders. During conference in Berlin, CEO Spohr told Airlineratings.com at an interview: The Boeing 787 would be an alternative to ordering more A350s, for which we still have options. We would not operate A350s and 787s side by side at the same hub, but…
