SEATTLE, Mar. 12, 2015 – Boeing [NYSE: BA] is pleased that Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) has announced a commitment to purchase three additional 777-300ER (Extended Range) airplanes. Link
SAVANNAH, Georgia, March 10, 2015 — Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. today announced that the Gulfstream G280 has been certified by Brazil’s Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil (ANAC). This approval validates the airworthiness of the aircraft’s design and clears the way for in-country deliveries to begin. Link
A plane landed safely without its front landing gear at O’Hare International Airport Saturday afternoon. No one was hurt on Go Jet Flight 3645, which is operated by United Airlines. The flight originated in Grand Rapids was bound for Chicago. United Airlines flight 3645 out of GR lands in Chicago without nose gear. All ok.…
British Airways flight BA105 on Thursday 12th March returned to Heathrow because of passengers becoming distressed by an unfortunate smell on their flight which forced them to be accommodated overnight in a Heathrow hotel. The flight was operated on Boeing 777-200ER registration G-RAES The captain had informed the passengers that the smell was from ‘liquid…
The Chicago Department of Aviation’s Airport Noise Management System recently revealed that noise complaints near the international airport are at an all time high. An official report cites that 63 percent of the 39,000 complaints in January came from just six addresses. Link
The Irish budget airline many know of, Ryanair, will become the first airline to begin regular flights to a Spanish airfield, named as the “ghost airport”. Ryanair’s flights will begin to Bristol and London Stansted from 15th September. It will be the airports first significant boost since it opened in 2011. The airport in Castellón…
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Emirates – 144 (50 on order) United – 74 Cathay Pacific – 65 (5 on order) Air France – 64 (4 on order) American Airlines – 64 (3 on order) All Nippon Airways – 54 (9 on order) Singapore Airlines – 58 (2 on order) British Airways – 58 Korean Air – 38 (17 on…
Villagers in eastern Ukraine have told Reuters they saw a missile flying directly overhead just before a Malaysian airliner was shot out of the sky on July 17 last year, providing the most detailed accounts to date that suggest it was fired from territory held by pro-Russian rebels. The accounts from four villagers of Chervonyi…
A KLM Boeing 777-200, registration PH-BQD performing flight KL-791 from Amsterdam (Netherlands) to Sao Paulo Guarulhos,SP (Brazil), was enroute at FL340 over the Atlantic about 200nm northwest of La Coruna,SP (Spain) when the crew decided to return to Amsterdam due to a malfunctioning weather radar. The aircraft descended to FL270 for the flight back and…
