A man who climbed onto the wing of a plane as it prepared for takeoff at the airport in Nigeria’s Lagos city has been arrested, authorities said. The man, who has not been identified, walked towards the aircraft on the runway and was spotted by the pilot, who slowed down and later turned off the…
An unnamed child, 13, sneaked into the runway at Taihu National Holiday Resort, on the shores of Taihu Lake in Huzhou City, China, and managed to glide both light-sport aircraft around after midnight on July 15. Staff became alarmed when they arrived the following morning to discover both SeaRey flying boats – one red…
Ryanair will fly 5 million fewer passengers than planned next year owing to delayed deliveries of Boeing’s grounded 737 Max aircraft, and warned that jobs would be affected and airport bases closed as a result. Europe’s biggest low-cost carrier was expecting to bring the first five of 135 planes on order into service this year,…
An Emergency Airworthiness Directive released by EASA says that cracks have been detected on the rear wing spars of the early A380s. The cracks are between ribs 33 and 49, on both side and could affect the structural integrity of the wings. The European Aviation Safety Agency, therefore, recommends operators repeated checks for the affected…
Police at Heathrow Airport are investigating how a 12-year-old boy slipped through security and managed to board a British Airways flight to Los Angeles without a ticket or boarding pass. The unaccompanied child, who had no travel documents, mingled with passengers getting on the flight and was only spotted when cabin crew asked to see…
United Airlines expects to cancel more than 8,000 flights through October because of the grounding of its Boeing 737 Max planes. United said Friday that it is dropping its 14 Max jets from the schedule until Nov. 3 — a month longer than previously planned. The airline has used spare planes to cover flights that…
Ryanair has dropped the word ‘MAX’ on of one of its Boeing 737 MAX 200. A photo posted by a Renton-based aviation spotter (@AeroimagesChris) shows a Ryanair Boeing 737 MAX 200 without the MAX branding. The word ‘MAX’ on the exterior of the aircraft, which is now simply designated as a Boeing 737-8200. Ryanair has…
A series of planned strikes at Heathrow Airport in a dispute over pay is threatening to cause summer travel chaos. More than 4,000 workers, including security guards, engineers, passenger service operatives and drivers, are set to walk out on 26 July and 27 July, 5 August and 6 August, and 23 August and 24 August,…
A French inventor and entrepreneur on Sunday soared above the Champs-Elysees on a turbine engine-powered flyboard in front of President Emmanuel Macron and other EU leaders. Former jet-skiing champion Franky Zapata, grasping a rifle in a sign of the possible military uses of his device, took to the air in a futuristic showpiece of the…
British Airways has announced that all direct flights to and from Heathrow and Beijing will move to new state-of-the-art Daxing airport from October 27th . The flag-carrier follows Finnair into the airport. With a massive 52,000m2 available for retail, food and beverage and service, facilities at Beijing Daxing for British Airways’ customers will include over…
Boeing’s 737 jet program manager, Eric Lindblad, will retire in a matter of weeks after roughly 12 months on the job, according to a company memo seen by Reuters on Thursday. Lindblad’s departure, after a 34-year career at Boeing, comes as the world’s largest planemaker navigates one of the worst crises in its history. Boeing’s…
