A Los Angeles bound flight was forced to make an emergency landing less then an hour into it’s joarney. United Airlines flight UA804 from Sydney was climbing through 1,000 feet when the crew reported they had struck birds. Air Traffic Controllers (ATC) were already aware of the larger number of birds the the north of…
EasyJet has opened talks with EU member states’ aviation regulators about relocating its headquarters from the UK, underlining how the decision to leave the European Union is impacting corporate Britain. Sky News has learnt that easyJet’s chief executive Carolyn McCall has signalled in private meetings this week that moving its legal HQ from the UK…
Spirit Airlines flight Airbus A321 flight #NK417 to Fort Lauderdale (FLL) returned to Detroit (DTW) due to loss of cabin pressure. Spirit Airlines announced a ‘maintenance delay’. Oxygen masks were deployed for the passengers and crew. AIR EMERGENCY: Spirit flight en route to Ft. Lauderdale heads back to Metro due to loss of cabin pressure.…
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The Department of Transportation (DOT) has denied a bid by Norwegian Air to fly to the U.S. after facing months of scrutiny from labor groups, the aviation industry and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. The company applied for a foreign air carrier permit for one of its subsidiaries, Norwegian Air UK, in order…
Joint Base Andrews is currently on lockdown due to a reported active shooter situation and all personnel are being asked to shelter in place, according to Joint Base Andrews Twitter account. UPDATE “All Clear” at Joint Base Andrews, the lock down on base has been lifted. There was a misidentification of the security forces emergency…
A bord du #CSeries: atterrissage tout en douceur piste 29 à Mirabel. pic.twitter.com/uM1ivGkAjU — Maxime Landry (@MaxLandryTVA) June 29, 2016 Bombardier has marked yesterday a major milestone in the CSeries family aircraft program, with the handover to launch operator SWISS of the first of 30 airliners on order. The event also included a media flight…
In Parliamentary questions this morning, Patrick McLoughlin said while he had hoped the government would be able to announce a decision this summer, it will now be delayed. “Being realistic, I cannot foresee an announcement until at least October,” he said. “[However], the government is fully committed to delivering this important infrastructure project.” Source cityam.com
XFW Spotter on Flickr has taken a picture of the first Pegasus Airlines Airbus A320neo. She was seen today being pulled by a tug at Hamburg Finkenwerder Airport! Make sure to check out his Flickr for more pictures from Hamburg!
Regional officials in Germany say the planned sale of Frankfurt-Hahn Airport to a Chinese logistics and construction company has been put on hold. Volker Wissing, the economy minister of Rhineland-Palatinate state, says the sale is being suspended because “doubts have arisen about the reliability of the purchaser.”
