Hong Kong International Airport’s HK$10-billion Midfield Concourse, as well as its auxiliary facilities including the aviation fuel supply system and the Automated People Mover connecting Terminal 1 and the MFC, has been completed on schedule. Construction of the 105,000-square-metre five-storey new concourse began in 2011. Details
ANA Holdings will order three Airbus A380s as it seeks to expand international service amid a peaking market for domestic flights. The deal, worth around 150 billion yen ($1.23 billion) based on the market price, would make ANA the first Japanese airline to add the superjumbos to its fleet. The planes are to be introduced…
airberlin is installing 3G connectivity across its entire longhaul fleet. airberlin is the first airline to offer the AeroMobile 3G eXPhone service. Details
DXB airport experienced 2 hour delays and 15 flights were diverted. Arrivals were disrupted by 2 hours and departures delayed by one hour but still departing. Arrivals were on hold for a moment due to due runway closed (now reopened). A Saudia flight had a bird strike. Emily
A study of government-sourced near misses shows 241 close encounters between pilots and “drones” (UAS). These are defined as aircraft within 500ft of each other. Most incidents occurred at higher than 500AGL and within 5nm of an airport.http://ift.tt/1YLPwoW
The Sharm el Sheikh resort shows no sign of recovery after a Metrojet crash in October killing all on board. Tourism numbers has reduced by 85% since the suspension of UK tourists and flights into the county. Hotels and businesses in Sharm suffer and struggle to remain open following to fall in tourists visiting the…
The Brookes family was flying to Durban from Manchester on Christmas Eve with a stop in Dubai. Son, Joshua, who is 12 was stopped from flying because of a missing travel document. Apparently, new laws now require child visitors to have a full birth certificate which caused Joshua and his Mum to fly out six…
Look what we got from Santa… New Boeing Sky Interiors coming soon!! #Ryanair #AlwaysGettingBetter pic.twitter.com/JRoQzBLGvI — Ryanair (@Ryanair) January 2, 2016
Hong Kong International Airport opened a new $10 billion concourse this week. The Midfield Concourse’s 19 gates and 20 aircraft parking stands will allow the airport to handle an additional 10 million passengers per year. Details
Deadly Plane Crashes That Shook The World In 2015 4 February – TransAsia Airways Flight GE235 TransAsia Airways Flight GE235 (B-22816) was a domestic flight from Taipei Songshan Airport, Taiwan to Kinmen Airport, Taiwan. The flight was carrying 53 passengers & 5 crew members. Two minutes after take off from Taipei the pilots reported an…
