Boeing and Southwest Airlines today announced the carrier will continue to build its business around the 737 MAX family with a new order for 100 airplanes and 155 options across two models. Southwest had been exploring options to modernize the largest component of its fleet: the 737-700 that serves the airline’s needs for a 140-150…
JetBlue has secured a total of 270 London Heathrow slots for the summer 2021 season, according to Airport Slot Coordination Limited (ACL). The New York-based carrier has been allotted 180 slots for New York-JFK flights and 90 slots for Boston flights. JetBlue could fly daily between New York-JFK and London Heathrow as soon as August…
Three Kalahari lions were ferried from Khamab Kalahari Reserve to Mabula Game Reserve on board a Pilatus PC-12. Kalahari lions are renowned for being the largest of Africa’s lions. The Kalahari lion is a sub-species that behaves and looks different from other lions due to its adaptation to the Kalahari environment. These three lions weighed…
Aircraft lessor SkyWorks Leasing is auctioning 17 LATAM Airlines Group aircraft currently stored in Victorville, California. LATAM Airlines Group rejected several leases last year due to its Chapter 11 bankruptcy process. LATAM is currently evaluating the adequate fleet needs for the following years. In a statement, the carrier said: “Given the filing for voluntary reorganization…
Norse Atlantic Airways has begun hiring cabin and flight crew for the Boeing 787. Norse Atlantic is an upcoming low-cost transatlantic carrier. OSM Aviation is looking to hire cabin and flight crew members on behalf of Norse Atlantic Airways. Norse Atlantic Airways will be deploying Boeing 787 Dreamliners on flights between Europe and the USA.…
Authorities have arrested a man after he boarded an empty Mauritania Airlines plane sitting on the tarmac at the international airport in Nouakchott and threatened to set it on fire, the government news agency reported Thursday. There were no passengers on board at the time of the incident and it was not immediately clear how…
An ex-Qantas cabin team leader is currently on trial in Western Australia for “committing indecent acts” against a colleague. ABC Australia reports that 54 year old John Vatovec is accused of fondling the breast of a 21 year colleague and also exposing himself to her. The offences are alleged to of occurred while the…
A group of American Airlines Boeing 737 crew members have been robbed at gunpoint at San Jose International Airport in Costa Rica. The American flight AA1204 bound to Miami was delayed by seven and a half hours, as reported by View From The Wing. The crew had been travelling from their hotel for an early…
Lufthansa A380 (reg. D-AIMD) left Frankfurt Airport this morning to Teruel, SPain for long term storage.
Organisers of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games have confirmed that no international spectators will be permitted at the event. The organising committee said it had been prepared to welcome guests until recently, but an upsurge of Covid-19 cases around the world had now made this impossible. The event itself has been delayed by…
NASA Boeing 747SP took off from Cologne Bonn airport back to Palmdale, CA. NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, SOFIA, conducted a serie of science observations from Cologne, Germany in February and March, 2021. Many of the observations seek to answer fundamental questions in astronomy, including how stars can transform galaxies and what is the…
President Joe Biden stumbled twice then fell as he ascended the steps of Air Force One on Friday. Biden, 78, recovered quickly after falling to his knees and carried on up the steps before giving a salute at the top. He then disappeared into the aircraft. The President quickly got back on his feet and…
