Boeing yesterday successfully completed the first test flight of its autonomous passenger air vehicle (PAV) prototype in Manassas, Virginia. Boeing NeXt, which leads the company’s urban air mobility efforts, utilized Boeing subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences to design and develop the electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft and will continue testing to advance the safety and…
British Airways is to paint four of its aircraft in retro livery to celebrate its 100th birthday. The first to be given the makeover will be a Boeing 747 (reg.G-BYGC), which will get a British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) design. This livery was originally used between 1964 and 1974. The aircraft is expected to leave…
A young man did not want his parents, aboard flight #U24319 from Lyon, to join him in Rennes. We now know more about the bomb hoax that forced an easyJet aircraft from Lyon to Rennes, to turn back last Friday after an anonymous call. “The author of the facts has been identified. It is a…
The kingdom of Bahrain will be opening an eco-friendly underwater theme park that will be the largest in the world. Spanning an area of more than 100,000 square meters, the eco-friendly destination will be the final resting place for a 70-meter decommissioned Boeing 747 aircraft, the largest plane ever to be submerged. The unique theme park…
The head of Jordan’s Civil Aviation Regulatory Commission Haitham Misto has expressed Amman’s objection against opening the newly constructed Ramon International Airport in its current location near the Red Sea resort of Eilat. The Times of Israel cites the official as saying that the facility, situated less than 20km from the key Jordanian port of Aqaba, violates “international standards regarding respect for the sovereignty of airspace and…
Germany has banned Iran’s Mahan Air from landing in the country with immediate effect, citing security concerns and the airline’s involvement in Syria, officials said Monday. Mahan Air is on a U.S. sanctions list and Washington has long urged allies to ban the airline from their territories. The decision to ban it came after consultations…
easyJet took a £5m revenue impact and £10m in extra costs after a mystery saboteur wrought 36 hours of travel chaos at London’s second biggest airport. The disruptions affected 82,000 easyJet customers as it cancelled over 400 of its flights. The airline said that booking levels for 2019 were encouraging, despite uncertainty around Brexit, and…
A man has been charged with flying a drone near London’s Heathrow airport. George Rusu, 38 will appear at Uxbridge magistrates court on Tuesday. He is charged with flying a “small unmanned aircraft without permission of air traffic control”, according to court documents. The incident came three days after Gatwick Airport reopened after three days…
Boeing delivered the first of ten 787 Dreamliners to WestJet, marking the start of the airline’s global expansion. Having long operated a fleet of Boeing single-aisle jets, WestJet will use the super-efficient, long-range 787-9 Dreamliner to profitably serve new international routes. This spring, WestJet will use the 787-9 – the longest-range Dreamliner that can fly…
A spokesman for the airport said the base closures will not mean flights will be stopped to the destinations, but will mean local flight and cabin crew won’t be based there. Despite the move, the carrier says there will be no cuts to current flight schedules. The bases due for closure are in Palma, Gran…
Transport secretary Chris Grayling has argued travellers can “continue to book with confidence” following the latest developments in negotiations over Britain’s departure from the European Union. The comments come after the European Commission published a ‘no-deal’ contingency action plan which could come into force in March next year. On transport, it includes a proposal which…
France’s prime minister Edouard Philippe says €50m (£44.3m) will be invested into French ports and airports to mitigate a hard Brexit. France activated its no-deal Brexit plans following UK Prime Minister Theresa May’s historic defeat in the British parliament earlier this week. On Tuesday, the parliament voted against the previous plan on the UK withdrawal from the European Union, backed…
