A new museum, which is home to the last Concorde aircraft to fly, has opened to the public. On display at Aerospace Bristol is Concorde Alpha Foxtrot. which made its final flight into Filton Airfield in November 2003. The aircraft is on show in a purpose-built hangar at the £19m attraction. Other items in the…
Airbus and Bombardier have announced a partnership for the CSeries program Airbus to acquire a 50.01% majority stake in Bombardier’s CSeries. The aircraft manufacturers plan to reduce production costs through Airbus’ supply chain expertise and boost sales. Assembly and headquarters of the CSeries will remain in Quebec, Canada. The Bombardier CSeries currently has 360 orders…
Lufthansa Group is planning an investment offer of 500 million euro for parts of the Italian airline in a deal with the Italian government, but wants to cut thousands of jobs. The German airline may take over a large part of Alitalia for 500 million euro (590 million USD). Lufthansa has confirmed this offer just…
With Ophelia, operations will be disturbed for airports in North West of Europe due to extreme winds. Aer Lingus #EI491 Airbus A321 from Faro landing at Dublin during strong crosswind this afternoon. Aer Lingus A330 landing during Ophelia crosswind at Dublin airport. Please reload the page for updates… Dublin Airport UPDATE Mon. 1800 LT 180 flights…
The last three Air Berlin long-haul flights have landed at Düsseldorf Airport this morning. Flight #AB7001 from Miami was the very last arrival. Air Berlin has suspended its long-haul operations today. The final long-haul departure from Düsseldorf Airport was flight #AB7008 to Fort Myers yesterday. The last four operating routes were: DUS-New York JFK DUS-Miami…
All major airports in Ireland have released statements encouraging travellers to check with their airlines before making their way to the airports tomorrow, Monday 16th as Hurricane Ophelia is set to batter the country. Winds are expected to reach speeds of 80 km/h and gusts in excess of 130km/h. Passengers are advised to check latest flight…
Jetstar is investigating after a baggage handler was caught on camera going through passengers luggage on a Jetstar Asia plane at Phuket International Airport last Tuesday. The flight was to Singapore. Airport Security had iniated a sting operation which caught the 27yo handler. The handler worked for a 3rd party company called BAGS. He was…
The first ever scheduled commercial passenger flight to remote Atlantic island Saint Helena has arrived on Saturday, October 14. It was operated by an SA Airlink Embraer E190-AR for South African Airways under flight number #SA8131 from Johannesburg (JNB) via Windhoek, Namibia (WDH) to Saint Helena Airport. The aircraft touched down at 1:58pm local time…
The investment arms of Boeing and jet Blue are helping fund start-up Zunum Aero, an electric-hybrid plane manufacturer. Zunum are designing and building 10-50 seat planes for trips of up to 1125km (700 miles). They aim to sell 10 seat electric-hybrid planes by 2022. The aircraft would travel at a speed of 545 km/h (340mph)…
The remote island of Saint Helena – in the middle of the south Atlantic ocean – will get its very first scheduled commercial passenger flight on Saturday, October 14th. An SA Airlink Embraer E190-AR on flight #SA8131 (operating for South African Airways) will touch down on one of the most isolated runways in the world at…
Traditionally, ground based ADS-B receivers along with Radar have been used to track aircraft. This method, however, has had its own set of challenges since ADS-B is based on the line of sight principle. Mountains, buildings, vast water bodies and other obstructions can significantly decrease a receivers range and ability to receive transponder emitted signals.…
Qantas has announced plans to use biofuel on it’s LA-Australia routes by 2020. The announcement is the first of it’s kind in Australian aviation. They have partnered with US-based company SG Preston, who will provide 30 million litres (8 million gallons) of jet biofuel a year over 10 years. The fuel is 50% traditional fuel…
