Could this new airline spell the end for the failing flag carrier? Italian airline carrier Meridiana officially changed its name to Air Italy with support of its new shareholder, Qatar Airways. The airline formerly known as Meridiana, founded as Alisarda in the 1960s in an aim of promoting tourism in Sardinia, purchased Air Italy in late 2011,…
Airbus has delivered the world’s first A350-1000 widebody airliner to launch customer Qatar Airways at a delivery event in Toulouse, France. The aircraft is the first of 37 A350-1000s ordered by the carrier and is the first ever Airbus aircraft fitted with the revolutionary new Qsuite seats, offering the first ever double bed in Business…
A nose cone from the Concorde is going up for auction. The 3.35m (11ft) high nose cone with a 1.35m (4ft 6″) diameter base, will be auctioned off Thursday 22 February. The nose cone is believed to be the only unused nose cone from the few that were originally made for the fleet by BAC…
The Darwin Regional Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre has today issued an aviation red notice after Mount Sinabung on the island of Sumatra erupted. Ash clouds from the volcano rose to 5 kilometres (16 400 feet). Mt Sinabung is currently 1 of 3 volcanoes currently erupting in Indonesia. It was dormant for 400 years before erupting…
A passenger was recorded trying to dry a pair of wet underwear on a flight. According to Russian media RYB, a recent video which has been circulating online featured a woman on a flight that was heading to Moscow from Turkey. Passengers on the flight were shocked as she took out a pair of underwear…
An Egyptian Air Boeing 777 was damaged by the engine fire of a towing truck at Cairo Airport. The towing truck was attached to the nose gear when it caught fire. The flames from the truck damaged the nose section of the aircraft. There were no passengers on board the plane at the time of…
The passenger apparently kept breaking wind on board a Transavia Airlines flight from Dubai to Amsterdam Schiphol last week. Two Dutchmen sitting next to the flatulent passenger reportedly asked the man to stop, but he refused and continued to break wind aboard the Transavia Airlines flight from Dubai to Amsterdam Schiphol. Despite a warning from…
Boeing announced today that the 737 MAX 9 has received an amended type certificate (ATC) from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), officially certifying the airplane for commercial service. Boeing’s new 737 MAX 9 has received FAA certification and is now being prepped for first delivery. Paul Weatherman photo. This certification marks the culmination of…
A man is accused of trying to lure two underage girls to New York with the promise of jobs in entertainment and modeling. But a quick-thinking American Airlines ticketing agent is being credited with keeping the girls safe after they were just one free flight away from meeting a suspected human trafficker met on…
A Small Planet Airlines aircraft drew a giant “100” in the sky of Lithuania to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the restoration of the state. The Airbus A320 (reg. LY-SPD) took off from Palanga at 21h UTC and landed 2 hours later in Vilnius.
Norwegian is continuing its global expansion today by launching the UK’s first low fare route to South America, with a non-stop service from London Gatwick to Buenos Aires. The new year-round service of four weekly flights from London Gatwick to Buenos Aires Ezeiza International Airport breaks the monopoly on direct flights to Argentina with fares…
A leaping elk has brought down a low flying helicopter in Utah. The helicopter was flying at a height of about 3 metres (9.4 feet). The helicopter crew had tried to throw a net over the elk and sedate it in order to place a tracking collar on it. After the attempt failed the pilot…
