The family of a 67-year-old wheelchair-bound woman who alleges she was abandoned in the airport overnight on Friday after her American Airlines flight from Chicago to Detroit was canceled might have some explaining to do. (www.yahoo.com) 更多...
A Southwest Airlines flight skidded off the runway Thursday morning at the Hollywood Burbank Airport. Southwest Flight 278, which departed from Oakland, rolled off the end of runway eight shortly after 9 a.m., the FAA said in a statement. (www.fox10phoenix.com) 更多...
The skies over Oakland County were busy Saturday with an estimated 250 flights by aircraft of all sizes taking off with gifts for foster children across Michigan. It’s called Operation Good Cheer, a unique charitable effort in its 48th year sponsored by the nonprofit Child and Family Services of Michigan. (www.detroitnews.com) 更多...
Berlin - Lufthansa Group is currently in talks with Boeing and Airbus about further widebody orders. The company will make its final decision in the coming months whether to order the Airbus A350 or Boeing 787. (airlinerwatch.com) 更多...
A Brazilian federal court on Thursday granted an injunction blocking the proposed tie-up between U.S. planemaker Boeing Co and Embraer SA , a deal the Brazilian company says is crucial to its survival. Embraer shares in Sao Paulo closed 2.42 percent lower, although it remained too early to say whether the injunction will actually block or significantly affect the deal. Labor groups in Brazil often bring court challenges against significant business deals and the injunction could be reversed. The… (www.yahoo.com) 更多...
Investigators say bad maintenance practices at a Georgia air force base missed a deteriorating propeller blade that broke off six years later as a U.S. Marine Corps transport plane cruised over Mississippi at 20,000 feet, causing the KC-130T to break into pieces and plunge into a soybean field, killing 15 Marines and a Navy corpsman. (www.c-130.net) 更多...
With the 2018 airshow season having come to a close, we would like to give thanks to our many fans, show sites and sponsors who have made this season possible. The team is already working hard to gear up for another incredible year! The Patriots Jet Team is a civilian aerobatic formation team that performs in air shows across the western United States of America. The team currently operates as a six-ship team, flying the Czech-built Aero L-39 Albatros (www.youtube.com) 更多...
Airbus has secured European certification for a cadet pilot training programme jointly developed with the French university Ecole Nationale de l’Aviation Civile. The programme will initially be introduced at the Mexican flight school Escuela de Aviacion Mexico early next year. (www.flightglobal.com) 更多...
Boeing has flipped on the power to its first 777X test aircraft, a move that allows the company to progress with a broad array of systems tests prior to next year's planned first flight. The company performed the power-up in early December at its site in Everett, where two flight-test 777Xs are in final assembly. The power-up procedure occurs when airframes move to the final position in the assembly process and enables "hundreds of functional tests" to be performed, says Boeing. (www.flightglobal.com) 更多...
The airline has 190 Boeing jets worth $22 billion at list prices waiting to be delivered, on top of 197 already taken, making it one of the largest U.S. export customers. (www.reuters.com) 更多...
Airbus has secured European certification for a cadet pilot training programme jointly developed with the French university Ecole Nationale de l’Aviation Civile. The programme will initially be introduced at the Mexican flight school Escuela de Aviacion Mexico early next year. (www.flightglobal.com) 更多...
The reports cover a span of years between 2014 to 2018 and show 95 reported drone sightings in the Las Vegas area. Dr. Walach said the number of reported drone sightings to the authorities is on pace to double in 2018 compared to the previous year. (www.ktnv.com) 更多...
When Air New Zealand flight NZ26 pulled into Chicago-O’Hare’s (ORD) Terminal 5, gate M11 at 12:33 on November 30, 2018, the occasion was historic for both the airline and the airport. Flight NZ26, which had taken off at 17:01 Auckland time and traveled roughly 8,200 miles, was the carrier’s first commercial nonstop to ORD and its longest flight ever. It also was the longest flight in the airport’s history. The Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner actually landed more than half-an-hour early after spending 14… (airwaysmag.com) 更多...
Aviation authorities in Indonesia and India on Thursday pushed for more simulator training for Boeing Co 737 MAX pilots following the deadly Lion Air crash, while the world's largest planemaker reiterated that its top-selling jetliner was safe. Boeing Chief Executive Officer Dennis Muilenburg told a CNBC interviewer on Thursday he was "very confident" in the safety of the 737 MAX, the newest version of a jet that has been a fixture of passenger travel for decades. (www.yahoo.com) 更多...
Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage suffered a landing anomaly, failing to land on Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. Instead, the Falcon 9 first stage made a water landing in the Atlantic Ocean. Hans Koenigsmann. SpaceX Vice President of Mission Assurance, explains the anomaly. (www.youtube.com) 更多...
AirAsia , the largest low-cost carrier in Southeast Asia, said on Thursday that it has agreed with its partner in Vietnam to launch a domestic airline next year, to gain a footprint in the fastest growing air travel market in the region. The Malaysia-based carrier and Thien Minh Group, a Hanoi-based tourism business, agreed on Thursday to invest in aircraft to form a fleet for the new airline. TMG CEO Tran Trong Kien said that the fleet will mainly consist of Airbus A320s and A321s, both short-… (asia.nikkei.com) 更多...
A Norwegian Air flight bound for Paris made an emergency landing early Wednesday morning in the Twin Cities due to an intoxicated passenger. MSP Airport officials say Norwegian Air flight DY7080, which departed from Oakland, was diverted to Minnesota because of the unruly man. The plane landed in the Twin Cities at about 1:30 a.m. Police took the man to Hennepin Health in downtown Minneapolis. The plane remained on the tarmac for 90 minutes, according to Norwegian Air officials, and arrived in… (minnesota.cbslocal.com) 更多...
In another attempt to solve the ongoing controversy at Dallas Love Field Airport, the city of Dallas crafted a resolution that, if enacted, would force Alaska Airlines to accommodate additional flights Delta wants to fly out of Love Field. Additionally, Southwest would have to continue to allow Delta to fly its five daily flights out of Gate 15. Both of the forced accommodations would occur for a minimum of three years, the city said in the court filing. This proposed resolution comes in the… (www.bizjournals.com) 更多...
Civilian contract to US Air Force AMC went down today at Bagram. Condolences to the familys and friends of the 8 crew-members aboard. According to the Aviation Herald, listeners on the frequency heard the aircraft report a shifting load as the aircraft aprupty pitched upward and stalled right after takeoff. (avherald.com) 更多...
Ms Zwick said she and Lucy had boarded American Airlines flight 588 when a flight attendant approached them and informed them a passenger in first class wanted to switch seats. (www.aviationrepublic.com) 更多...
Pilor Vartan Seferian described the emergency landing he made Wednesday at Chicago Executive Airport as a ‘holiday miracle.’ (www.aviationrepublic.com) 更多...
Loganair, Scotland’s national airline, are to place an order for 20 ATR42-600s to renew its aging fleet of Saab 340/2000s, some of which are approaching 31 years of age. The first of these new ATR aircraft will arrive during the second half of 2019, according to sources, launching the replacement of the airline’s aging Saab fleet. (airwaysmag.com) 更多...
Airbus SE firmed up an order for 100 single-aisle aircraft from Avolon, the aircraft-leasing company owned by China’s HNA Group Co. The deal, worth $11.5 billion before discounts, seals an outline accord unveiled at the Farnborough Air Show in July, the Irish lessor said in a statement Friday. Aircraft orders typically come in stages, and aren’t counted against order totals until finally signed off. The announcement provides a late boost for Airbus’s 2018 tally after it had struggled to finalize… (www.bloomberg.com) 更多...
Ask anyone what they think of when the words "artificial intelligence" and aviation are combined, and it's likely the first things they'll mention are drones. But autonomous aircraft are only a fraction of the impact that advances in machine learning and other artificial intelligence (AI) technologies will have in aviation—the technologies' reach could encompass nearly every aspect of the industry. Aircraft manufacturers and airlines are investing significant resources… (arstechnica.com) 更多...
Hot off the heels of commencing service out of Carlsbad's McClellan-Palomar Airport in early-November, California Pacific Airlines has announced two new routes from their home base. Starting March 1, 2019, CP Air will begin service from Carlsbad to Sacramento. And slated to start March 15, 2019, the airline will connect their Carlsbad hub via a layover at Phoenix-Mesa with Denver International, their hub for the Essential Air Service flights to two South Dakota destinations, which they… (www.thecoastnews.com) 更多...
British Airways and other leading airlines are "ripping off" passengers who miss their flight, Which? investigation finds ahead of Christmas getaway It has been revealed airlines are cancelling passengers' return flights if they miss their outward plane - forcing them to pay thousands of pounds to rebook their tickets. (www.telegraph.co.uk) 更多...
After a Boeing 787 hydraulic pump broke down, passengers on board LOT Polish Airlines flight #LO92 were asked to help pay the bill for repairs so they could take off. LOT Polish Airlines flight #LO91 from Warsaw Chopin Airport to Beijing on November 12, 2018 experienced hydraulic failure. The problem was noticed upon arriving in Beijing during the after-flight checkup. The Boeing 787-8 (reg. SP-LRH) needed the replacement of a hydraulic pump to operate return flight #LO92. (www.airlive.net) 更多...
FAR 91.3 defines the responsibility and authority of the pilot in command as: "The pilot in command of an aircraft is directly responsible for, and is the final authority as to, the operation of that aircraft." That is quite clear to me. Yet, every year many planes break up after flying into thunderstorms, or run out of fuel a few miles from the runway because the pilot made several poor decisions in a row. In this article, I want to primarily focus on the pilot-controller…
Boeing, an American multinational corporation that designs, manufactures, and sells airplanes, aims to sign new contracts with EgyptAir in order to supply more Dreamliner jet airliners for the Egyptian company, as both companies are in ongoing cooperation talks, Bernard J Dunn, president of Boeing Middle East, North Africa, and Turkey (MENAT), informed Daily News Egypt. (dailynewsegypt.com) 更多...
Moments after taking off from Jakarta, the pilots flying Lion Air 610 realised they were losing control of their 737 Max jetliner, the newest, most fuel-efficient and most automated model of Boeing’s mainstay aircraft. (www.scmp.com) 更多...
Un tribunal fédéral de Sao Paulo a suspendu jeudi l'accord de partenariat entre les constructeurs américain Boeing et brésilien Embraer, en attendant que le nouveau gouvernement de Jair Bolsonaro entre en fonction en 2019. La justice brésilienne a demandé « la suspension immédiate des tractations entre Boeing et Embraer » qui avaient annoncé en juillet la signature d'un protocole d'accord pour créer une coentreprise, en raison de la « proximité de la prise de fonction du nouveau… (www.lapresse.ca) 更多...
Six militaires américains étaient portés disparus jeudi après que deux avions de l'armée appartenant au corps des Marines se sont percutés lors d'une opération de ravitaillement au large du Japon, a annoncé l'armée américaine. Les avions impliqués sont un chasseur F-18 et un avion de ravitaillement C-130. Parmi les sept personnes à bord, une a été secourue saine et sauve, a indiqué à l'AFP un porte-parole des Forces d'autodéfense japonaises (SDF) qui ont mobilisé quatre… (www.lapresse.ca) 更多...
Près d’une centaine d’employés d’Aéroports de Montréal (ADM) ont été placés devant un choix déchirant tout juste avant les Fêtes, soit d’accepter une réduction de leur rémunération de 28 à 33 % ou de perdre leur emploi au profit d’un sous-traitant. « C’est un fusil sur la tempe des employés », s’est insurgé le porte-parole de l’Alliance de la fonction publique du Canada (AFPC), David Patry, en entrevue avec La Presse canadienne, jeudi. L’employeur a utilisé une provision de la convention… (www.ledevoir.com) 更多...
Airbus is readying to deliver the first A320 passenger jet built in the U.S., capping a global assembly footprint that now touches three continents. (www.bizjournals.com) 更多...
French authorities opened an investigation on Tuesday following a rocket fired against a police helicopter flying over Notre-Dame-des-Landes. New clashes erupted on Tuesday morning between the police and the illegal occupants of Notre-Dame-des-Landes. Notre-Dame-des-Landes is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. The commune was the planned site of the new Aéroport du Grand Ouest, intended to replace Nantes Atlantique Airport. (www.airlive.net) 更多...
Airlines, unions and regulators are working to understand the 737 Max's flight systems while unions uncover seeming errors in emergency "runaway stabiliser" checklists. The work comes amid reports that the US industry was unaware Boeing had equipped the 737 Max with a new system that has been linked to the 29 October crash of a Lion Air 737 Max 8. "We are working at an extraordinarily positive pace to share information," says a spokesperson for the Allied Pilots… (www.flightglobal.com) 更多...
Bombardier sold its Ville St-Laurent/Montreal factory and more news, Global 7500 first delivery this month, changes to the Challenger, future of the CRJ etc... Very informative (www.fliegerfaust.com) 更多...
All Nippon Airways will operate its new Airbus A380 Honolulu service from Narita International Airport, with services to commence on 24 May 2019. The service will initially operate thrice weekly, growing to ten times per week in July when the second aircraft is delivered, says ANA. The arrival date for the third aircraft has yet to be disclosed. The first aircraft, MSN262, is being fitted out at Airbus’s facility in Hamburg. It rolled off the Toulouse final assembly line in August. (www.flightglobal.com) 更多...
When you were tuning out of the pre-flight safety briefing, this eight-year-old boy was doing the opposite — and it’s left Jetstar’s staff stunned. Beau, from Melbourne, became so enthralled by the safety demonstration on his Jetstar flight he memorised it word for word. (www.aviationrepublic.com) 更多...
Italian flag carrier, Alitalia, is ready to take delivery of its three Airbus A321neos while it continues to operate under exclusive administration. As the carrier continues to operate in the face of mounting uncertainty over its future beyond 2019, Alitalia is now embarking on a small scale fleet modernization, which will see a limited number of second-hand new generation Airbus A321neo join its fleet in the coming months. (airwaysmag.com) 更多...
Indian Low-Cost Carrier (LCC) Indigo received its 200th airplane, a brand-new Airbus A320neo, bearing the registration VT-IZI (MSN 8570). The aircraft was ferried to Delhi nonstop from Toulouse. The Indian LCC launched operations in August 2006. Since then, it has grown to become the country’s largest airline in terms of fleet and passengers carried. (airwaysmag.com) 更多...
Les actions à droit de vote multiples chez Bombardier font une fois de plus l'objet de critiques, cette fois-ci de la part du Mouvement d'éducation et de défense des actionnaires (MÉDAC), qui réclame l'abandon d'une telle structure. En justifiant mercredi sa prise de position, qui a fait l'objet de débats à l'interne, l'organisme a notamment évoqué les décisions mises de l'avant au cours des dernières années, qui, à son avis, sont trop orientées vers des… (www.lapresse.ca) 更多...
Iceland's Wow Air has returned four aircraft to lessors as its financial position continues to erode. The low-cost carrier returned two Airbus A320 family aircraft and two Airbus A330-300 aircraft to their respective lessors, Wow says in a statement on 27 November. It calls the move part of a "necessary restructuring". Wow operates 17 A320 family – A320, A320neo, A321 and A321neo – aircraft and three A330-300s, Flight Fleets Analyzer shows. (www.flightglobal.com) 更多...
American Airlines flight 3284 took off from O’Hare shortly after 5 p.m. but had to turn around and head back to Chicago midflight due to the passenger being disruptive, a spokeswoman for the airline said. Police were waiting at the airport when the plane landed, she said. Police said the couple was arguing midflight to the point where the plane turned around and landed. They were removed after the “small verbal argument,” police said. There were no visible injuries and no charges were filed,… (www.airlive.net) 更多...
The incident involved an F/A-18 Hornet fighter jet made by McDonnell Douglass, and a KC-130, a refuelling plane with propellers made by Lockheed Martin. One US Marine has been found alive. “Search and rescue operations continue for US Marine aircraft that were involved in a mishap off of the coast of Japan around 2.00 am Dec 6,” a Marine Corps news release said.The aircraft involved in the mishap had launched from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni. Marines believed to be aboard KC-130 and 2… (www.airlive.net) 更多...
