SpiceJet on Tuesday flagged off a daily direct flight on the Kolkata- Lilabari route, under the regional connectivity scheme, “Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik” (UDAN). “Lilabari is SpiceJet’s first destination in Assam under the UDAN scheme and we are extremely delighted to launch services on the Kolkata-Lilabari route,” SpiceJet Chief Marketing Officer Debojo Maharshi said in a release. (www.livemint.com) 更多...
Ethopian Air cargo plan enroute from Addis Abba to HKG strays off route into Indonesia air space and is forced to land in Batam. (www.straitstimes.com) 更多...
A Travel Service Boeing 737 from Moscow Sheremetyevo (Russia) to Prague (Czech Republic) with 40 passengers and 7 crew, was taxiing northbound along taxiway 14 between the two runways at about 14:15L (11:15Z) and was about to line up runway 24C when the aircraft went off the runway and became (www.aeroinside.com) 更多...
On October 6, 1976, a Cubana de Aviacion Douglas DC-8 exploded mid-air minutes after departing Barbados, killing everyone onboard. (airwaysmag.com) 更多...
Boeing is celebrating a tremendous milestone in its 777 program, which has just surpassing 2,000 units ordered since its launch. (airwaysmag.com) 更多...
Hawaiian Airlines operated its last Boeing 767-300ER flight, putting an end to an era of successful operations between the airliner and the Honolulu-based carrier. (airwaysmag.com) 更多...
Virgin Atlantic, together with the Stobart Group and Cyrus Capital, have announced a bid to save struggling regional airline Flybe, which put itself up for sale at the end of October 2018. The bid is valued at £2.2 million. (airwaysmag.com) 更多...
Près de la moitié des 90 avions Airbus A220 commandés par le transporteur américain Delta Air Lines seront assemblés et livrés depuis les installations québécoises de Mirabel, dans les Laurentides. Cette information se trouve dans des documents fournis mardi par le géant européen à la veille d'un événement à Mobile, en Alabama, où le coup d'envoi des travaux d'une chaîne de fabrication américaine de l'A220 doit avoir lieu. (www.lapresse.ca) 更多...
Boeing has made design tweaks that allow its in-development truss-braced wing to operate at typical jet cruise speeds, a development that could bring significant fuel savings to tomorrow's commercial aircraft. (www.flightglobal.com) 更多...
Theresa May is preparing to immediately fly out the EU headquarters in “May Force One” if her Brexit plan ends up getting beaten down in Parliament. (www.airlive.net) 更多...
Bedford firm Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV), the company behind the Airlander 10 airship (also known as the “flying bum” for its resemblance to a butt), said on Sunday that its current prototype will not be rebuilt but that it plans to build a new generation of airships. It comes after the 302ft (92m) long, £32m prototype of the Airlander 10 was formally retired following successful final testing. This week HAV said it had reached a "significant milestone" after being granted Production… (www.nowscience.co.uk) 更多...
WOW Air will shrink its number of U.S. destinations to just four this summer as it seeks to return to stable financial footing. By summer, WOW’s only gateways in the United States will be Baltimore/Washington (BWI), Boston, Detroit and New Jersey’s Newark Liberty airport. It marks a retrenchment for the Icelandic budget carrier, which flew to more than a dozen U.S. cities as recently just mid-2018. “We are getting back to our roots, getting back to the basics,” WOW Air founder and CEO Skúli… (www.usatoday.com) 更多...
Las Vegas-based discount airline Allegiant will add seasonal nonstop service between Anchorage and Bellingham, Washington, the company announced Tuesday. The service will start May 22 with introductory fares as low as $59 each way. The routes will operate twice weekly between Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport and Bellingham International Airport. Bellingham is about 90 miles north of Seattle and about 50 miles south of Vancouver, British Columbia. The new service marks Allegiant’s… (www.adn.com) 更多...
Air Canada has disclosed several dozen routes on which it might deploy new Airbus A220s, which are expected to come online in January 2020. (canadianaviationnews.wordpress.com) 更多...
On Sunday, an airplane that used to be the most popular in the world flew its last scheduled flight with passengers. A Boeing 727 operated its final passenger flight, between two Iranian cities. (www.msn.com) 更多...
An IATA accreditation is a seal of approval issued to qualified travel agents and cargo agents. Approximately 60,000 agents worldwide are accredited with an official IATA number by the issuing body, International Air Transport Association. Founded in 1945, this industry trade association represents approximately 280 airlines in 120 countries. (www.youtube.com) 更多...
Delta Air Lines CEO, Ed Bastian, said today that the launch of the Airbus A220 will likely be delayed because of the current government shutdown. The airline's Chief revealed that because of the shutdown, approximately $25 million per month of revenues have been impacted. (airwaysmag.com) 更多...
British Airways pilot Jonny the Pilot posted the footage to his Twitter account with the caption: "When you’re running late for work and you forget your keys... " In the video, the pilot, who has not been identified, could be seen with one leg already in the open cockpit window. Using his left arm, he tried to pull himself through - but while trying to get his other leg through, the platform he was standing on moved and he had to start again. Seeming to be stuck, he then looked inside,… (www.foxnews.com) 更多...
A 43-year-old man was caught with a live snake down his pants as he made his way onto a plane on Christmas Eve. The passenger was stopped and searched after security noticed a large bulge in his trousers at Berlin-Schönefeld Airport. (www.aviationrepublic.com) 更多...
SEATTLE, Jan. 15, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Aviation Partners Boeing (APB) announced today that South Africa's Mango Airlines has ordered its latest Split Scimitar Winglet technology for its Boeing Next Generation 737-800 fleet. Mango Airlines plans to perform the first installation of the Split Scimitar Winglets in February at South African Airways Technical facility. (www.prnewswire.com) 更多...
China Southern has announced plans for a dual-hub strategy after a strong 2018. The plan would see the carrier's Guangzhou hub dual up with a new one in Beijing-Daxing Airport later this year. (airwaysmag.com) 更多...
Six months after assuming control of the program formerly known as the Bombardier CSeries, Airbus presented a state of the A220 update with a tour of its Montreal-based Final Assembly Line. Full story and photos here. (airwaysmag.com) 更多...
