The Air France–KLM Group, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for 60 A220-300 aircraft to modernise its fleet. These A220s are intended to be operated by Air France. “The acquisition of these brand new A220-300s aligns perfectly with Air France–KLM’s overall fleet modernization and harmonization strategy” said Benjamin Smith, CEO of the Air France-KLM…
Middle East Airlines – Air Liban ME435 Doha-Beirut on the 27th diverted to Kuwait after a passenger onboard gave birth to a baby girl slightly after entering the Iraqi Airspace. The professional and well trained crew delivered the women according to procedures and took good care of the baby until the plane landed. Hats off…
Air France will announce a firm order of about 60 aircraft type A220 with options. No major orders had been placed since 2011 by Air France. Some aircraft families, such as the A340 quadreactor or ATRs, are scheduled to be out of the fleet by 2020. Three leased A380s will also be returned to their…
A two-year-old boy has been injured and taken to hospital after climbing on to baggage conveyor belt at Hartsfield-Jackson airport in Atlanta. Surveillance cameras at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Airport – one of the world’s busiest – captured a 2-year-old boy dart away from his mom and climb onto a baggage conveyor belt. The boy was swept…
Southwest Airlines is ceasing operations at Newark Liberty International Airport because of the continued grounding of the Boeing 737 Max. The airline announced Thursday that Boeing’s (BA) “extensive delays” in getting its 737 Max plane back in service, Southwest has to stop flying in and out of the New Jersey airport starting November 3. Southwest…
Southwest Airlines, the first major US carrier to halt all 737 MAX flights for the rest of the year, has entered into negotiations with Boeing over compensation to cover the cost of innumerable canceled flights. The US carrier announced on Thursday that its fleet of 34 MAX planes would remain on the ground for the…
Boeing confirmed it has moved the target for first flight of the 777X to early next year following consultations with General Electric The new GE9X engines continues to suffer delays while the engine company redesigns a stator in the front part of the compressor that had shown more wear than anticipated during testing. Earlier this…
A woman was handcuffed and restrained for six hours on a flight from Miami to London after attacking an eight-year-old boy and lashing out at others. The woman, 51, threw a full bottle of water that hit the boy on the side of the head with ‘some force’ on the Virgin Atlantic flight. Just 20…
Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg warned investors that the company might need to temporarily halt the 737MAX production. Boeing hopes to get approval for the plane to fly again sometime early in the fourth quarter. Dennis Muilenburg said any further delays in approval to resume 737MAX flights could force a temporary shutdown of 737MAX production. Boeing…
Planes at Schiphol cannot be refuelled right now. Aircraft Fuel Supply, a third-party company that controls aircraft fuel supply, currently has a fault in their system. As a result, flights may be delayed or cancelled by your airline. Schiphol and Aircraft Fuel Supply are working hard to find a solution. Reduction in landing rate is…
An American Airlines flight attendant was bitten by an emotional support dog on a flight from Dallas to North Carolina Monday. The incident occurred on American flight #AA3506 from Dallas-Fort Worth to Greensboro, North Carolina, an American Eagle flight operated by Envoy Air, a subsidiary of American. The plane was an Embraer 175, a regional…
United Airlines Holdings said on Friday the Boeing 737 MAX would stay off its flight schedule until Nov. 3, a fresh extension leading to about 2,100 cancellations in September and 2,900 in October as the jets remain grounded worldwide. The decision had been expected after Boeing said on June 27 it would likely take until…
