Passengers flying from Melbourne to Los Angeles will be the first to experience the Qantas 787-9 Dreamliner when the inaugural international service takes-off on December 15th next year. The Qantas Dreamliner will carry 236 passengers in a three-class configuration and complement the daily Airbus A380 service already flying from Melbourne to Los Angeles. Source
German flag-carrier Lufthansa has confirmed that it will exercise its call option on the outstanding 55% of the shares in SN Airholding, parent company of Brussels Airlines (as had been revealed earlier this year, in September), and also provided further details of the deal. Source
British Airways cabin crew have voted overwhelmingly for strikes in a dispute over pay, the Unite union says. More than 2,000 workers were balloted about the action, which will take place at Heathrow Airport. It comes after cabin crew rejected a 2% pay rise. The action will begin after 21 December and Unite has yet…
A bomb threat has forced a Frankfurt bound flight to make an emergency landing in New York tonight. Lufthansa flight #LH441 was at 37,000 feet passing over New York from Houston when the Lufthansa headquarters recieved a bomb threat via phone. The port authority and emergency services at John F. Kennedy Airport were notified immedietly.…
A passenger didn’t check in with gate agent and walked right on. The woman blew by gate agent and didn’t check in because she wasn’t an early boarder and deserved overhead bin space. Colleague in back by her said she was mouthy and had a huge attitude. Police tackled her out of her seat and brought…
A winter storm moving through the Great Lakes region dumped snow in the Midwest and led to the cancellation of more than 1,400 flights Sunday in Chicago. In nearby Detroit, a plane slid off a runway into the grass and snow. Parts of the nation felt the effects of the cold weather on Sunday, as…
An Embraer ERJ-190-100 jet aircraft, operated by Embraer Commercial Aviation as a non-commercial trial and demonstration flight, visited St Helena Airport between Wednesday 30 November and Friday 2 December 2016. The flight, carrying 11 crew, including two SA Airlink pilots, arrived from Recife, Brazil, and made a smooth landing on Runway 02 (from the south).…
Direct flights from Perth to London will be introduced in 2018, marking the first time Australians will be able to fly direct to Europe. Announcing the new non-stop service, Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce said the 17-hour flights would be the third-longest passenger flights in the world. Mr Joyce said the airline’s new 787 Dreamliner…
IranAir said it signed a deal on Sunday to buy 80 passenger planes from U.S. aircraft maker Boeing, state news agency IRNA reported, including 50 737 MAX 8s, 15 777-300ERs and 15 777-9s. It is the biggest U.S.-Iran deal since the 1979 Islamic revolution. The agency quoted Farhad Parvaresh, the chairman of Iran’s flag carrier,…
The head of LaMia Airlines — the charter carrier that was transporting Brazilian soccer team Chapecoense before their plane crashed in Colombia last week — has been apprehended by authorities, according to a Bolivian state media report. Gustavo Vargas, the general manager of the airline, and two other employees were detained Tuesday, Ivan Quintanilla —…
The airport in east London had cancelled 43 arrivals and departures by 9am on Tuesday leaving hundreds of passengers stranded. Up to 18 flights were also delayed or diverted as fog shrouded the city causing poor visibility. An airport spokesman said: “Adverse weather is causing delays and cancellations this morning. Due to poor weather conditions…
KLM pilot suffered a heart attack minutes before take off from Glasgow airport. The Dutch captain on flight to Amsterdam became unwell as he taxied to the runway. He was resuscitated by the crew with the help of an on-board passenger. Firefighters from Glasgow airport helped take the Dutch pilot off the plane. He was met by…
