Delta Airlines has planned to bring back 400 pilots to active flying status this summer, signalling optimism for air travel. In a note, Delta’s senior vice president John Laughter of flight operations, stated that the airline saw an opportunity to build back additional pilot staffing in advance of summer 2022 by bringing 400 affected pilots…
COMAC’s C919 prototype will be heading to Ontario, Canada for certification test flights of natural icing conditions in March. The certification flights will be conducted out of London International Airport. The International Test Pilots School (ITPS) will provide logistics and a test pilot and meteorologist services for the test flights. The test flights are scheduled…
Etihad Airways has told staffs to get COVID-19 vaccine or go without pay if they test positive for the novel Coronavirus. The airline also warned office staffs that they won’t be allowed to work from home during their isolation. In an internal memo sent to the staff, the airline said: “We strongly urge the non-vaccinated…
Lufthansa will continue to offer no First Class on flights to the USA until at least May 2021. Lufthansa pulled its Boeing 747-8s from flights to the U.S. in 2020. Lufthansa used to offer first-class on flights to Chicago and Los Angeles. However, since November 1st, these routes have been operated with the Airbus A350-900.…
A man from Newcastle, New South Wales in Australia has been jailed for two years after falsely claiming a bomb onboard a Singapore Airlines flight. Sanjaya Korat was onboard Singapore Airlines flight SQ423 from Mumbai to Singapore with his own mother and another family member on March 25, 2019. According to Australia’s 9News, in a…
A cat was noticed to be stuck in the cockpit of a locked El Al Boeing 737 parked at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv. The El Al Boeing 737-900ER has been on the ground since January 24th after the plane arrived back to Tel Aviv from Dubai. Ido Wachtel noticed the cat on February…
American Airlines on Wednesday warned some 13,000 U.S. employees of potential furlough in the next few weeks as the pandemic continues to suppress travel demand and the government’s Payroll Support Program (PSP) runs out. “We are nearly five weeks into 2021, and unfortunately, we find ourselves in a situation similar to much of 2020,” American…
Spirit Airlines hosted a virtual concert starring country artist Brett Young on Thursday to celebrate the recent launch of its new Free Spirit loyalty program and Free Spirit Mastercard. The one-hour live-streamed concert was performed in front of an Airbus A320neo from a Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport’s runway. The concert eas live-streamed on Spirit Airlines’…
China has begun using anal swabs to test those it considers at high risk of contracting Covid-19, state TV reported. According to media: “Passengers arriving from abroad in China must undergo a new screening test for Covid-19, carried out no longer in the nose or throat, but in the rectum”. The Chinese authorities impose this…
Norwegian flew an average of just eight aircraft in January, mainly on domestic routes in Norway due to strict travel restrictions. In January, Norwegian only flew 74,224 passengers. The passenger traffic was down by 99 per cent, and the load factor was just 35.9 per cent compared to 81 per cent the same period last…
A stay-at-home dad is turning a Boeing 737 plane into a camper trailer for family vacations. A former aircraft technician turned stay-at-home dad, Jones has found a creative way to combine his love of planes with his duties at home. Last year, he transformed a 13-foot-long nacelle of a VC10 jet engine into a camper…
A federal judge sentenced on Thursday a former Federal Aviation Administration employee to two years’ probation and fined her $5,000 for willfully and maliciously interfering with the working and use of a communication system operated and controlled by the United States. Joelyn DeCosta, 48, of Honolulu was an Airway Transportation Systems Specialist for the FAA…
