The United States and Cuba signed an agreement on Tuesday morning to resume commercial air traffic for the first time in five decades, starting the clock on dozens of new flights operating daily by next fall. U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx and Cuban Transportation Minister Adel Yzquierdo Rodriguez signed the deal in a ceremony at…
The latest airline-safety statistics show that for all of 2015, not a single passenger died from a jetliner accident anywhere in the world. Capping years of unprecedented improvements in overall commercial-aviation crash rates, data released Monday by the airline industry’s leading international trade association show what had been considered an unreachable goal: zero fatalities from…
Middle East carrier Oman Air has paid a record amount for a pair of take off and landing slots at Heathrow. The airline paid $75m for the two slots in a deal with Air France-KLM. The airline declined to confirm the price paid for the slots. Air France-KLM refused to comment. This price would make…
A radio jammer has been used to perform a complete act of selfishness. ATIS first reported that Melbourne Airport’s ground frequency 121.70 was down at about 4:50pm on Monday afternoon. Airservices Australia later confirmed that a unknown vehicle parked at the airport was to blame. “@S118869 @Melair A vehicle at airport had an open mic…
Montreal – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for the 2015 safety performance of the commercial airline industry. The 2015 global jet accident rate (measured in hull losses per 1 million flights) was 0.32, which was the equivalent of one major accident for every 3.1 million flights. This was not as good as…
United from the 5th April to 24th May is to begin 787-9 service on its route between San Francisco and London Heathrow. One of their twice daily service will be operated by the 787-9 instead of 747. UA901 departs SFO at 12:45 and arrives at LHR at 07:10 the following day. UA900 departs LHR at…
Iberia begins on 24th April service to Asturias from London Heathrow. The new flight will operate on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays. IB3610 departs Asturias at 18:20, and arrives LHR at 19:15 The return IB3603 departs LHR at 20:30 and arrives back to Asturias at 23:25 From airlineroute.net
Malaysia Airlines has delayed its plans to sell some of its A380 jets. It now plans to keep all six until 2018 after it retired is 777 fleet. The airline has tried to unsuccessfully sell the planes for the last year as a cost cutting plan in which also saw the airline stop many European…
Korean Air has confirmed that after almost five years since it introduced the A380 aircraft to its fleet, the double-decker will come into service on the Seoul Incheon-London Heathrow route. The A380 daily flight will commence with the start of the summer service on March 27th, with the flight leaving Seoul at 13:25 arriving at…
Taxi burst into flames while parked outside Glasgow Airport today with black smoke billowing up above nearby terminals. Footage recorded at the scene shows the vehicle burning on the road while emergency services clear the area. Flames can be seen leaping up towards a nearby terminal, while black smoke drifts over the airport buildings. A spokesperson…
O’Hare International Airport is a step closer to developing a gate capable of accommodating the world’s largest passenger aircraft, reversing an embarrassing gap at the city’s primary aviation hub. The city’s Department of Aviation yesterday pulled a permit to build out one gate that could handle an Airbus A380 plane, in Terminal 5 at O’Hare,…
