The Australian government has handed down it’s budget for the 2018-2019 financial year. The budget contains several aviation related items. As part of the budget, $293.6 million will be put aside over 4 years boost security at Australia’s 9 major airports plus 64 regional airports. There will also be an extra 140 counter-terrorism police officers…
A bride in Brazil has made a memorable entrance to her wedding. The bride was in a helicopter that was also carrying the wedding photographer, pilot and a child. As the helicopter was coming into land at the vineyard wedding venue, a rotor blade hit a castle tower causing the aircraft to crash. Wedding guests…
Lufthansa Group has placed orders for 16 additional aircraft. The order consists of four Boeing 777 and twelve Airbus A320 (neo & ceo). Subsidiary Swiss will receive two new Boeing 777-300ER in early 2020, which will be used to expand the airline’s route Network. Two freighter versions of the 777 are due to join Lufthansa…
In a statement, the Board of Norwegian Air Shuttle (NAS) confirms that it has received two separate conditional proposals from IAG Group in relation to an acquisition of 100 percent of the share capital of NAS. These proposals were reviewed in conjunction with NAS’ financial and legal advisers, and were unanimously rejected on the basis…
Dubai International Airport, the world largest airport, received 7.85 million passengers in March, a 4.5 per cent increase from the same period in 2017, boosted by the Easter holidays, operator Dubai Airports said. In total for the first quarter passenger arrivals climbed to just over 22.74 million, up 1.1 per cent, compared to the 22.49…
Nearly 80,000 square kilometres have been searched since January without finding any sign of the wreckage as the latest search enters its final days. The search enters its final phase this week, more than four years after the jet went down. This comes despite earlier hopes that a 25,000-square-kilometre area most likely to contain the…
Qantas CEO Alan Joyce announced in the airline’s quarterly update that it’s Boeing 747s will fly for the last time in 2020. The airline had previously planned to phase out all Jumbos out by 2022 or 2023. Currently Qantas has 10 747-400 aircraft left in it’s fleet, and is the only Australian airline that flys…
Tigerair passengers are being warned of possible industrial action by pilots between 4 May and 6 May. The Australian Federation of Air Pilots and the Virgin Independent Pilots Association represent 80% of Tigerair pilots. The 2 unions say the protected industrial action will take place unless there is a breakthrough in pay negotiations that have…
President Trump welcomed the crew of Southwest Flight 1380 to the White House on Tuesday. Sitting in the Oval Office, President Trump greeted Southwest pilot Captain Tammie Jo Shults, who safely landed flight #WN1380. He noted that Shults is “one of the first women ever to fly tactical fighter aircraft in the United States Navy.”…
The Airports Commission is proposing a six and a half hour total ban on flights at Heathrow, that the International Air Transport Association (Iata) fears would hamper air cargo, which increasingly relies on overnight delivery, and reduce connecting flights of use to business passengers. At present overnight flights are allowed, but subject to a strict…
Emirates is reducing the number of aircraft in its fleet due to various factors like lower demand, pilot walkouts, weak loads etc. The airline is facing dip in demand, but they are also facing severe pilot shortage as it was reported in media that pilots are leaving the airline in the hundreds. Earlier last month…
A mother is asking why her son was able to fly from Sydney to Bali by himself without permission. After going to Bali for holidays every year, Emma’s son, Drew asked if he could go to the Indonesian island. (Both names are pseudonyms). When he was told no, he went online and researched which airlines…
