Air France said it was suspending its flights to Sierra Leone from Thursday because of an Ebola outbreak that has killed at least 1,400 people in West Africa. The French flag carrier announced the “temporary suspension” of its flight to Freetown that it runs three times a week but insisted it would continue to serve…
NASA has completed a complex series of tests on one of the largest composite cryogenic fuel tanks ever manufactured, bringing the aerospace industry much closer to designing, building, and flying lightweight, composite tanks on rockets. At NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, the tank was lowered into a structural test stand where it…
Start-up carrier Cambodia Bayon Airlines has inked a contract with AVIC Aircraft for up to 20 Xian Aircraft MA60 turboprops. View article
Brazilian regional carrier Azul has sold a new ATR 72-600 delivery to DAE Capital under a sale and leaseback deal, confirms the Middle Eastern operating lessor. View article
Cargo Air Lines (CAL) has purchased a new Boeing 747-400ERF, to complete the upgrade of its fleet to two new open nose and door freighters. View article
Qatar Airways’ first Airbus A350-900 has broken cover with its full livery, although the aircraft has yet to have its powerplants installed. View article
AN elderly man has been charged over an aircraft incident that forced a pilot to make an emergency landing near Oberon on Monday afternoon. View article
A fan blade failure on a Rolls Royce Trent 700 engine resulted in an engine fire and emergency landing at Singapore Airport in May 2011, according to an investigation report published by the Air Accident investigation Bureau of Singapore.
27th August 2014 06:30 – from geoscientist on duty The night started with a 5.3 event in Bardarbunga at 00:16 hours. Around half an hour later activity around the tip of the dyke started increasing and reached some kind of “high” around 2 o’clock and has continued at that level since with many events of…
Irish budget carrier Ryanair has launched a new “Business Plus” product aimed at corporate travellers. View article
A light plane was forced to make an emergency landing in a paddock when an 82-year-old passenger tried to grab the aircraft’s controls. View article
