The specially modified short takeoff/landing (STOL) aircraft that were a hit at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2014 will return to Wittman Regional Airport for the 63rd annual convention and fly-in. These aircraft compete at the annual Valdez, Alaska, fly-in and air show each May, and more than a dozen of them will demonstrate their unique capabilities…
Deutsche Lufthansa has achieved its operating-result objective for 2014, reporting €954 million operating profit for the year. This was a €255 million, or 37 per cent, improvement on the prior-year result. Following a revision of its original projections owing to negative yield trends and the extraordinary impact of strike action, the company had projected an…
Deutsche Lufthansa has achieved its operating-result objective for 2014, reporting €954 million operating profit for the year. This was a €255 million, or 37 per cent, improvement on the prior-year result. Following a revision of its original projections owing to negative yield trends and the extraordinary impact of strike action, the company had projected an…
Qantas’ first Boeing 747-400, celebrated for having flown the longest commercial flight in history from London to Sydney, made its shortest and final journey earlier from Sydney to Illawarra Regional Airport in New South Wales. After less than 15 minutes in flight, Qantas’ B747 touched down at 07:47 and was delivered to its new home…
They are one of the most iconic performance groups in existence, amazing millions yearly. Their shows feature seemingly super-human levels of precision. Now, one of them is going to tell you what it’s like to don the blue flight suit as part of the elite of the elite, as a member of the US Navy…
CUTLERVILLE, Mich. (WZZM) — A West Michigan man says he was forced to buy a new plane ticket home after the airline told him that he failed to show up for his original flight. Link
AirAsia chief executive Tony Fernandes has lashed out at airport charges in Australia as some of the highest in the world and warned that “tourists won’t come forever because there is plenty of choice”. Link
The crew of a Regional Express Saab 340B mistook a coal loading and storage facility in Newcastle for the local airport and began manoeuvring to land there, according to an Australian Transport Safety Bureau report. Comparison between the two locations (ATSB, via Crikey) The November 2012, flight from Sydney to Newcastle Airport was on descent…
An Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) investigation has found Virgin Australia Regional Airlines (VARA) significantly under-reported occurrences of terrain warnings during flights operated by its fleet of ATR 72 turboprops. The descent profile of VH-FVR into Moranbah. (ATSB) The ATSB discovered the under-reporting while looking into an incident on May 13 2013, when multiple terrain…
The Blue Angels, Marine Corps’ C-130 Hercules, affectionately known as “Fat Albert,” flies over the Silent Drill Platoon at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, AZ.
Uruguay has wings again as its new airline, Alas Uruguay, received its first aircraft on Wednesday. Link
