Lufthansa has announced a standardised A320 cabin configuration for all group airlines, around 100 new A320neo will be delivered to them by 2025. The new configuration will have identical cabins, including seats and luggage compartments which only differ in branding and color of the seat cover. An A320 has 180 seats in the new configuration.…
Lufthansa has just confirmed the airline’s new livery. The German flag-carrier will officially unveil it on February 7th. Yellow was removed from the livery, but the color remains an important part of the Lufthansa design. A Boeing 747-8i (registration D-ABYA) is currently in Rome (FCO) for paint. It will be flown to Frankfurt tomorrow morning.…
Travel blog Live and Let Fly reported the unidentified woman reportedly tried to convince the airlines and offered to buy a separate ticket for the animal, but United Airlines denied all of her requests. “This animal did not meet guidelines for a number of reasons, including its weight and size. We explained this to the…
The first A321LR (Long Range) has taken off on its maiden flight from Hamburg Germany at 11:06 hrs local time, commencing its flight test programme. The aircraft, MSN7877, is powered by CFM LEAP-1A engines. The aircraft is now set to undergo a nearly 100 hour flight test programme, including transatlantic missions, for EASA and FAA…
A couple was arrested after landing in Minneapolis-St.Paul last week after allegedly engaging in oral sex on a flight from Las Vegas. According to the police report, passengers witnessed a woman appearing to perform oral sex on her partner, who covered her head with a blanket. A woman seated behind the couple said the act…
London City Airport’s getting a new control tower: but it’s just going to be a large mast with 14 high-definition cameras on it. The actual tower will be 80 miles away, in the headquarters of NATS near Swanwick.
Ryanair has a formal recognition agreement with the British Airline Pilots Association, who will now be the sole representative body for Ryanair employed pilots in the UK. This agreement follows extensive negotiations with BALPA since Ryanair’s December announcement that it was willing to recognise unions for collective bargaining purposes. While these recognition negotiations were continuing…
On Friday 26th January, operations were momentarily stopped after a fox was spotted on runwat 23L. The video shows the fox wander from the runway to a grassy area while airport officials launched capture attempts. “An animal on the runway can cause serious harm to the aircraft if struck whilst taking off operations were momentarily…
Norwegian’s flight from Oslo to Munich with 84 plumbers was interrupted because of a problem with the toilets. On January 27, Norwegian Boeing 737-800 (reg. LN-DYE) took off at 08:35 UTC but returned to Olso only 1 hour later to fix the problem. Acording to Dagbladet, there were 84 plumbers who were on their way…
Vietnam’s budget airline has apologised for sending scantily-clad models to join the country’s under-23 football squad on a flight home. Vietjet came under fire again for sending models in barely-there costumes to join the footballers heading home from China after Under-23 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Championship on Saturday. The players were treated to a rock…
A Cessna 560 Citation Ultra, registration VH-PSU, carrying senior Queensland emergency services personnel was forced to turn back approximately half an hour into a flight between the Queensland state capital of Brisbane and the city of Townsville. On board the police jet were the Queensland Police Commissioner Ian Stewart, Queensland Police Minister Mark Ryan MP,…
The A350-1000, the newest member of Airbus’ leading Widebody family, has embarked on a three-week Demonstration Tour to the Middle-East and Asia-Pacific region. During the tour, the A350-1000 flight test aircraft reg.F-WLXV (MSN065) will visit 12 destinations to demonstrate the aircraft’s exclusive features to airlines. The itinerary will see it travel over 30,000 nautical miles…
