NEWS Gulfstream Breaks Round The World Record With Only One Fuel Stop
Gulfstream’s new ultra long-range G650ER set a record while flying around the world in one stop in an ass-numbing flight from New York to China and finally Savannah, Georgia. Link
NEWS 'Aerosuarus Rex'? Microsoft co-founder turns two Boeing 747s into the world's biggest plane
Take two used Boeing 747s, pull off all the engines, strap six of them to a pair of custom-built composite hulls and you’ve got the world’s biggest and most eye-catching airplane – a 590 ton ‘aerosuarus rex’ called the Stratolauncher. Link
NEWS Video of Russian Tu-95 bomber shadowed by RAF and French fighters
First post ever to FA, but found this video fascinating: a film inside Tu-95 as it’s escorted by RAF Typhoons and French Mirage jets over northern Europe. Link
NEWS Air Austral Set For Two Terrible Teen Boeing 787s
Air Austral (UU, St. Denis de la Réunion) is set to take delivery of a pair of “Terrible Teen” B787-8s the NYC787 blog has reported. Link
NEWS Air Europa adds new ’35 minute’ flight from Majorca to Menorca
Spanish airline Air Europa from May is launching new intra-Balearic Island service, with the introduction of a 6 daily Palma Mallorca to Menorca Mahon flights. First flights begin on 1st May with a Swift Air ATR42. The Skyteam member also is launching Palma Mallorca to Ibiza route on the same day. UX1902 PMI0805 – 0840MAH…
NEWS Drunken passenger assaults airport staff – @ABC
Authorities allege a drunken Delta passenger had assaulted Delta staff and police at Los Angeles Airport before she then was arrested. City News Service reports that 32 year old Lisa Piasecki of Erwin, North Carolina, was held at T6 by three crew members, who told officers she assaulted a Delta personnel. The Airport police say…
NEWS Protectionism Won’t Work Against New Competition
If there was any need to show how serious a threat the Gulf carriers have become to the club of legacy airlines, then the Big Six airline groups in the U.S. and Europe could not have come up with more impressive action: In December, Air France-KLM and Lufthansa Group wrote a letter to the European…
NEWS Travel Advocates, FedEx Join forces to Maintain US Open Skies Policy
A group of lobbyists and a FedEx Express executive accused the three US major airlines of trying to roll back the clock on Open Skies policy and keep out international competition. Link
NEWS Air France-KLM profits hit by pilots’ strike – @BBCBusiness
Air France-KLM is planning to speed up cost cuts and reduce investment after it had reported a drop in its full-year profits following last years’ pilots’ strike. The strike followed a dispute with pilots over plans to expand the groups budget airlines Transavia. The airline’s pilot strike which was the longest in 20 years had offset the…
NEWS British Airways launches short film to promote their new Kuala Lumpur route
British Airways has released a 3 minute video to promote its return to Kuala Lumpur from Heathrow, scheduled to begin from the 27th May. The video which was created by the marketing agency Cedar features advice on the town from Antony Lee, chief executive of AIG Malaysia, Cheryl Yeoh, a local start-up entrepreneur, Tan Kee…
