London-Gatwick Airport is set to lose around 600,000 passengers following the demise of Thomas Cook Airlines. In the final week of September, following the collapse, 50,000 passengers at Gatwick Airport alone were stripped off their flights, representing around 254 commercial operations. It is understood that easyJet and Jet2 have snapped up over 65% of the…
Hong Kong Airlines, controlled by cash-strapped Chinese conglomerate HNA Group, must shore up its financial position by Dec 7 or risk the suspension or loss of its licence, the Hong Kong government said on Monday (Dec 2). Hong Kong’s Transport and Housing Board (THB) said it met with the city’s second-largest airline on Nov 27…
The Federal Aviation Administration said on Tuesday it notified Boeing that the agency will be the only issuer of airworthiness certificates for all new 737 MAX planes. In a letter sent to Boeing on Tuesday, the FAA said it “has determined that the public interest and safety in air commerce require that the FAA retain…
British Airways Boeing 747-400 G-CIVG made its last and shortest flight from Cardiff to St Athan, most likely for scrapping. A British Airways Boeing 747-400 registration G-CIVG, has completed its final flight, yesterday morning at Cardiff airport. The aircraft flew from Cardiff to St Athan where she was decommissioned. The trip was a distance of…
Boeing marked a key milestone as thousands of employees gathered for the debut of the first 737 MAX 10 at the company’s Renton, Washington factory. During a ceremony, Boeing leaders highlighted the team’s accomplishments and recognized their efforts in completing production of the newest member of the 737 MAX family. The 737 MAX 10, the…
Air France is the second airline to retire an Airbus A380. The Airbus A380 flew from Paris CDG to Malta International Airport MLA after arriving from Johannesburg. The aircraft landed in Air France livery. This aircraft was on lease to Air France from the Dr. Peters group and will return to the lessor after a…
Airbus’s A320 family have overtaken the Boeing 737 in terms of total orders. Over 55 years of history, the Boeing 737 jetliner has become the best-selling airplane of all time. But the crisis that’s grounded the latest generation of the plane, the 737 Max, has cost the plane its crown. Through the end of October,…
A man has been arrested at at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport. The man was caught dressed as a captain of the German airline Lufthansa. He even had a fake identity card to reinforce the get-up. He was arrested at the Terminal-3 of Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport after a CISF official got suspicious…
Aircalin has been forced to return one of its brand new A330neos to Airbus after several complaints by crew members and passengers of “smelly socks”. Their second A330-900 (reg. F-ONET) which is just about six-weeks olds was forced to return to Toulouse. Both staff and passengers reported the smell of oil, some saying it being…
The man was booked on flight EZY603 to Belfast departing at 7.40am on 18 November, but accidentally got on the EZY7023 service to Jersey that was scheduled for the same departure time. The Jersey flight was delayed by around 25 minutes after the security breach was discovered, while the man deplaned and boarded the correct…
TARMAC Aerosave has completed the first A380 dismantling project, which was launched at the beginning of this year. TARMAC Aerosave managed this project in collaboration with the aircraft owner, the German Dr Peters company, and the end of life manager, the American company VAS Aero Services for the sale of the spare parts. This A380…
British airline Virgin Atlantic on Tuesday said that it will start a second daily flight on the London-Delhi route from March 29. The new flights to Delhi will go on sale on November 23. “Virgin Atlantic will introduce a second daily service between Heathrow (at London) and Delhi, offering 1,08,000 additional seats for summer 2020,”…
