Rolls-Royce will carry out extra inspections on some of its Trent XWB engines which power the Airbus A350 airliner. Rolls-Royce said on Tuesday that the issue would not cause significant customer disruption or material cost, as it affected a small number of XWBs of a certain age. The Trent XWB-84 engine is set to be…
More than 6,000 of the 27,000 staff from the Singapore Airlines (SIA) Group have taken no-pay leave of varying lengths to help the company cope with the collapse in air travel due to Covid-19. In addition, more than 1,700 employees, including ground staff, pilots and cabin crew, have signed up for volunteer positions and jobs…
A Hi Fly A380 flew over the beaches of the Algarve in Portugal, frightening tourists who were on the beach. In the footage took by a tourist at the Falésia beach and Albufeira beach, people are seen running in fear of the presence of the large plane, which flies at low altitude. The route of…
A plane travelling from Nice in France to Oslo in Norway landed just minutes after the mandatory quarantine was imposed, meaning all 158 passengers needed to self-isolate for 10 days. The Scandinavian company SAS plane landed minutes after France officially became part of Norway’s “red list”, a Norwegian minister confirmed. Flight #SK4700 landed few minutes…
The remuneration of Air France pilots is partly linked to the hours flown. Hence the decline observed since April. The pilots of Air France and its low-cost subsidiary Transavia have seen their salaries decrease significantly since April, “efforts made necessary” by the Covid-19 crisis, the SNPL union estimated on Monday. “The airline pilots of Air…
The airline plans to fly to London Heathrow from September. Budget carrier SpiceJet on Tuesday said it has secured slots at the London Heathrow Airport, which will allow the airline to commence flights to the UK from next month. Sources at SpiceJet said it has got one daily slot and the airline plans to operate…
German airline Lufthansa has become the latest to recommence services from Birmingham Airport. The company has resumed daily flights this week between the city and Munich after they were paused because of the coronavirus crisis. This latest move follows last month’s announcement by Jet2 that its summer programme of flights and holidays had returned to…
A passenger looked on in shock as a stubborn pigeon refused to give up its perch on a plane engine during takeoff. The unusual incident took place during a flight from London, with the pigeon refusing to budge even as the plane began to accelerate rapidly along the runway. In the footage, the pigeon attempted…
Virgin Atlantic Airways has filed for bankruptcy protection for its United States business, as it tries to nail down a $1.6 billion rescue plan announced last month. It’s the second of Richard Branson’s airlines to do so during the COVID-19 pandemic, after Virgin Australia filed for “administration” — a form of bankruptcy in countries like…
Today, the outbreak of a global pandemic has brought with it a great deal of concern. We might see changes in the way we will travel for the foreseeable future. Our world may not be the same as it was half a century ago, but aviation will continue to play a key role. During the…
On August 2nd, 2020 the world’s largest plane, the Antonov AN225 Mriya, touched down in Scotland for the first time in 8 years. The last visit was back in March 2012. It touched down from Gander Bay in the US at 14:45 local time, then departed a few hours later to Châteauroux in France, around…
British Airways plan to dispose of its Airbus 318s, which operated the London City to New York route. British Airways started the route from London City in 2009. BA1 was a business class only service with just 32 seats. It attracted mainly business people who worked in the city. The closeness of the airport to…
