Boeing’s 737 jet program manager, Eric Lindblad, will retire in a matter of weeks after roughly 12 months on the job, according to a company memo seen by Reuters on Thursday. Lindblad’s departure, after a 34-year career at Boeing, comes as the world’s largest planemaker navigates one of the worst crises in its history. Boeing’s…
The pilot of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 was in control of the plane “until the end”, French investigators reportedly suspect, after gaining access to “crucial” flight data. The readouts “lend weight” to suspicions that he crashed into the sea in a murder-suicide, they were cited as saying. The revelations based on Boeing data came days…
Flights are suspended at Gatwick Airport due to “an air traffic control systems issue”. Please reload the page for updates… UPDATE 4 Traffic is resuming as @emirates #EK9 was about to divert to Heathrow but now heading to Gatwick. UPDATE 3 easyJet #U28552 is landing at Gatwick. UPDATE 2 According to ATC, Gatwick Airport is…
Switzerland’s Patrouille Suisse squadron has apologized for making a fly-by over the wrong municipality. Instead of marking the centenary of an aviation pioneer’s death, it startled visitors at a yodeling event. The commander of the Swiss air force’s aerobatics team has apologized after a fly-by on Saturday that was meant to have taken place over the birthplace…
A stowaway who survived a 10-hour flight from India to London now works at Heathrow airport. In October 1996, two brothers from India sneaked onto a British Airways plane and attempted to enter the UK as stowaways. Pardeep Saini, then 22, and his brother Vijay, 19, braved temperatures of -60C and as they flew at…
A man whose behavior on a Hawaiian Airlines flight to South Korea forced it to return to Honolulu has been ordered to pay the air carrier more than $172,000. Kyong Chol Kim was sentenced Wednesday to six months in jail for interfering with flight attendants and crew members on the flight in February. Prosecutors say…
Many pilots reported that they have experienced loss of GPS signal in the vicinity of the Ben Gurion International Airport (LLBG) in Tel Aviv, Israel. Since early June, GPS signals at the airport have been unreliable for pilots and planes using the location. The missing navigational data has had a “significant impact” on airport operations,…
Saudi Arabian budget carrier Flyadeal reversed a commitment to buy as many as 50 Boeing 737MAX jets. Flyadeal will operate an entirely Airbus SE fleet, the company said Sunday in a statement, buying 30 A320neo-family planes from Boeing’s European rival. “We understand that Flyadeal will not finalize its commitment to the 737MAX at this time…
British Airways is set to be fined more than £183 million by the Information Commissioner’s Office over a customer data breach, the company said. The total proposed fine of £183.39 million is the equivalent of 1.5% of BA’s global turnover for the financial year ending December 31. It relates to the theft of customers’ personal…
Boeing announced $100 million in funds to address family and community needs of those affected by the tragic accidents of Lion Air Flight 610 and Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302. These funds will support education, hardship and living expenses for impacted families, community programs, and economic development in impacted communities. Boeing will partner with local governments…
London City Airport has published a draft master plan, detailing how it could respond to continued demand for business and leisure air travel, in a sustainable and responsible way, over the next 15 years. It follows a 42% increase in passengers at London’s most central airport over the past five years and the continued shift…
Operators of the Airbus A330-900neo recently have been reporting toxic fume leakages in the aircraft’s cabin, potentially coming from the engines, sources tell AirlineGeeks. TAP Air Portugal, the first A330neo operator having taken delivery of the aircraft in November 2018, has been affected by air leakages infiltrating the cabin through the air conditioning system. The…
