The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued a safety directive warning pilots of 787-8 and 787-9 airplanes to avoid abrupt flight-control inputs in the event of sudden, unrealistic drop in indicated airspeed. The FAA also requires 787-8 and 787-9 operators to update the flight manual with the warning message: AIRSPEED DROP In the event of…
Low cost airline Norwegian continues their UK expansion by putting on sale a brand new route from London Gatwick to Crete. The airline will be operating one way fares for £29.90. This marks the 5th new summer route that the airline is introducing for this summer. The flights are due to start on April 28th…
German carrier airberlin have announced plans to massively expand their Winter Schedule for 2016/17. The second largest airline in Germany will base an additional Airbus A330-200 aircraft at Berlin Tegel Airport, with 19 seats in Business Class and 271 in Economy. The Economy Seats feature the 48 XL Seats which offer 20% more legroom. This…
The CEO of Air France-KLM, Alexandre de Juniac has announced that he is stepping down from the airline to become the CEO of the International Air Transport Association (IATA). It was announced on Tuesday April 5th. No replacement has been found so far and the airline have said that they are hiring “Head-hunters’ to find…
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…
