A United Airlines flight attendant has been removed from flight duties after she is said to have “purposefully” deployed a plane’s emergency slide Monday, a spokesman said. The purported breach of protocol happened shortly after Flight 1246 landed at Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, and pulled up to a gate. There were 159 passengers and…
Qatar Airways, the world’s third largest air cargo operator, has commenced a daily cargo service between Logan International Airport (BOS) in Boston and Hamad International Airport (DOH) in Doha. All cargo is being transported on board the Airbus A350, as part of the airline’s daily, non-stop passenger service, which launched on March 16th. Boston becomes the airline’s 14th cargo destination in…
Emirates & Malaysia Airlines unveiled new routes under their codesharing agreement on April 4th to provide customers with even more connections when they are flying across the world. The new routes cover 15 Malaysian Cities: Langkawi Penang Johor Bahru Kuching Miri Bintulu Sibu Kota Kinabalu Sandakan Tawau Labuan Alor Setar Kota Bharu Kuantan Kuala Terengganu…
Singapore Airlines celebrated 30 years of flying to Manchester on April 4th. The first Singapore Airlines flight launched in April 1986 and flew the first direct flights between Singapore & Manchester. This makes Singapore Airlines the longest serving long-haul carrier at Manchester Airport. In 1986, the route was flown by the airline’s popular Boeing B747-300…
LOT Polish Airlines launched 5 routes on March 30th to expand their network within Warsaw Chopin Airport. They have added the following routes to their portfolio: Chopin-Beirut (Operated by E175 3x per week) Chopin-Cluj-Napoca (Operated by a Dash 8 Q400 4x per week) Chopin-Košice (Operated by a Dash 8 Q400 5x per week) Chopin-Palanga (Operated…
Over 400 passengers on a Dubai bound flight were diverted to Sydney overnight due to engine issues. Qantas flight QF9 was 3 hours into it’s joarney from Melbourne to Dubai, when the pilots noticed an abnormal engine vibration. The captain of the flight made a call to divert to Sydney as a safety precaution. …
Straightline Aviation, based in Wolverhampton Business Airport has signed a £330m deal with Lockheed Martin for 12 airships and is currently working with Hybrid Enterprises, Lockheed Martin’s seller of the airship to finalise the agreement. Straightline Aviation hopes to receive their fleet by 2018. Mike Kendrick, the co-founder and CEO of Straightline Aviation said: “We are…
The third largest international cargo airline, Qatar Airways Cargo have announced the launch of their first mobile app, named QR Cargo, which is available for both Android & iOS devices via the Google Play Store & the Apple App Store. This application aims to give customers information about where their deliveries are with up-to-date status…
Boeing & Ryanair marked a milestone on April 4th 2016 with the delivery of Ryanair’s 400th Boeing B737-800 Next Generation Aircraft on April 2nd, registered as EI-FRC. The Irish LCC operates the largest fleet of B737-800NG’s in the world. “The Boeing 737-800 aircraft, with its industry leading technical reliability and seating capacity, has been the…
A pilot has been suspended after posting online videos of himself in the cockpit of jets. The Air China employee attracted almost 72,000 fans on his Weibo account, the Chinese equivalent of Twitter, with his clips. But the pilot, believed to be called ‘Andy’, has now been suspended by the company, which said his actions…
Following the expansion of their Istanbul services, Etihad has gone one-up again and have announced extra daily flights between Abu Dhabi and Johannesburg, South Africa. There will be 3 additional flights per week between the two destinations running between July & September with their Boeing B787-9 Dreamliner aircraft. The increased services are to cater for…
Alaska Air Group, parent company of Alaska Airlines, agreed to purchase carrier Virgin America for approximately $2.6 billion. This will make Alaska Airlines a much bigger airline, adding Virgin America’s 60 Airbus A320 jets to Alaska’s mainline fleet of 147 Boeing 737s. Alaska would overtake JetBlue, which it beat in the bidding for Virgin America, to…
