Qantas has announced a “points plane.” The flight can only be booked with Qantas Frequent Flier Points. The first Qantas points plane will be an A380 flying Melbourne to Tokyo on 21 October, with seat bookings opening 7:00am AEST 16 May. The flight will have 14 first class, 64 Business, 35 Premium Economy and 371…
Drake revealed his very own “Air Drake” on Friday, a massive plane emblazoned with his own logos. Drake, whose real name is Aubrey Graham, created the personalized private plane with Cargojet, a Canadian airline. The company announced their partnership with the rapper earlier this month. The rapper purchased a Boeing 767 cargo plane and…
Today, VINCI Airports completed the acquisition of a majority shareholding (50.01%) in London Gatwick airport, a freehold property and the UK’s second-largest airport. With this transaction, VINCI Airports becomes the world’s second-largest airport operator with over 240 million passengers a year including 46 million at London Gatwick. VINCI Airports now operates the world’s largest and…
WestJet says it has agreed to be acquired by Onex Corp. and will become a private company in a transaction valued at $5 billion including debt. The deal that came as a surprise to some, including the head of the pilots union. Under the agreement announced Monday, Onex will pay $31 per share, or $3.5…
Ryanair announced the deployment of GlobalBeacon, a live flight monitoring platform that combines FlightAware’s data processing capabilities and web-interface with global flight tracking coverage from Aireon. The Aireon network tracks aircraft via their ADS-B (automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast) out antennas, which are mandated in many parts of the world including throughout Europe. This enables most airlines…
A couple was removed from an Air New Zealand flight after they refused to listen to the safety briefing on Tuesday. NZ424 from Wellington to Auckland was forced to turn back to the gate to offload the passengers, who were seated in an exit row. The plane was met at the gate by airport police…
Qantas performed the worlds first zero waste flight – QF 739 between Sydney and Adelaide – on Wednesday. Every product on board will either be re-used, recycled or composted – a total of 34kg of waste will be diverted from landfill. 9News reports that Qantas currently produces 13,000 tonnes of waste that goes to landfill…
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has released a report into a “serious accident” after a trainee solo pilot from Flight Training Adelaide became “unconscious” for 40 minutes while in the air. The pilot of the Diamond DA40 had set off from Port Augusta Airport and was heading to Parafield Airport. The pilot fell unconscious…
Yamal Airlines has cancelled its planned order of 10 Sukhol Superjet 100s following the fiery crash at Moscow according to Reuters. The airline stated the servicing costs were too high for the Russian type. Yamal is Russia’s second biggest operator of the type behind Aeroflot.
Boeing statement: On every airplane delivered to our customers, including the MAX, all flight data and information needed to safely operate the aircraft is provided in the flight deck on the primary flight deck displays. This information is provided full-time in the pilots’ primary field of view, and it always has been. Air speed, attitude,…
Air Arabia is likely to place an order for 100 aircraft in the next three or four months, according to CEO Adel Ali. Speaking on a panel at the Arabian Travel Market in Dubai, Ali said that the airline had yet to take a decision on what aircraft it would order, but said that it…
An 11-year-old girl somehow survived after she was carried alone in a hot air balloon for seven miles in Crimea. The child had gone for a ride with her parents, another adult and an instructor. But the balloon hit the ground and all passengers except the girl fell out of the basket before it rose…
