New Istanbul Airport open on March 3, 2019

The New Istanbul Airport (ISL) is now due to open on March 3, 2019. The opening has been delayed twice. (worldairlinenews.com) Altro...

Is this the new Aer Lingus livery?

Is this the new look for Aer Lingus with less green? (worldairlinenews.com) Altro...

Lufthansa Group is the largest airline group in Europe

Lufthansa Group becomes the largest airline group in Europe with 142 million passengers in 2018 (worldairlinenews.com) Altro...

British Airways to return to Osaka

British Airways to return to Osaka, Japan and a new route from London City (worldairlinenews.com) Altro...

Southwest planes collide on Nashville airport tarmac

Two Southwest Airlines planes have collided on the tarmac of Nashville International Airport. Airline officials say no injuries were reported in Saturday night's collision. An emailed statement from Southwest Airlines spokeswoman Michelle Agnew says the winglet of the St. Louis-bound Southwest Flight 1555 "came into contact" during pushback with the winglet of Southwest Flight 4580, headed for Atlanta. (www.msn.com) Altro...

Lufthansa, British Airways suddenly suspend all flights to Cairo as 'precaution'

The British government issued a travel warning for Egypt on Saturday citing a “heightened risk of terrorism against aviation,” as British Airways and German carrier Lufthansa suspended flights to Cairo as a security "precaution." British Airways flights were suspended for seven days, while Lufthansa flights will resume on Sunday. The United Kingdom's Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) issued a statement stating: "There’s a heightened risk of terrorism against aviation.… (www.msn.com) Altro...

30 injured as turbulence hits turkish airlines

Thirty people were injured inclunding to cabin crew. Though there were injuries none were life threatening. The worst injury was a broken leg sustained by a cabin crew (www.hurriyetdailynews.com) Altro...

OPINION: Safety gains must not be undone by technology

Diligent application of hard-earned experience has made safety a hallmark of modern aviation; let's not lose our grip on the basics of sound technique. (www.flightglobal.com) Altro...

Wizz Air expands its Chisinau operations

Wizz Air has announced the allocation of a third aircraft to Chisinau, the capital of Moldova (worldairlinenews.com) Altro...

airBaltic breaks new passenger milestone

airBaltic transported 528,449 passengers in June, or 24 per cent more than during the same month last year. (www.breakingtravelnews.com) Altro...

easyJet prepares for record breaking weekend as school holidays start

In the UK alone, over 100,000 passengers are set to fly to or from easyJet’s UK airports on 600 flights with Mallorca, Malaga and Alicante topping the list of favourite sunshine destinations this summer. (www.breakingtravelnews.com) Altro...

Лайнер SSJ-100 c треснувшим слоем лобового стекла сел во Владивостоке

Верхний слой лобового стекла треснул во время полета у самолета Sukhoi Superjet 100 авиакомпании «Якутия», который следовал из Южной Кореи. Лайнер благополучно приземлился во Владивостоке, никто не пострадал, сообщили ТАСС в субботу в пресс-службе авиакомпании. «У самолета в воздухе треснул верхний слой лобового стекла. Лайнер следовал из Южной Кореи во Владивосток. Самолет благополучно завершил рейс, никто не пострадал. На борту находились 69 пассажиров, в том числе один ребенок, а также семь… (news.mail.ru) Altro...

British Airways suspends flights to Cairo for seven days

British Airways suspended flights to Cairo for seven days starting on Saturday to allow for an assessment of security there, the airline said in a statement (uk.mobile.reuters.com) Altro...

Ryanair Strike: The flights that could be affected by pilot walkouts this summer

The union’s general secretary, Brian Strutton said: “We have not been able to come to an agreement with the company in relation to any one of our concerns. (www.independent.co.uk) Altro...

Lion Air becomes first A330neo operator in the Asia-Pacific region

The aircraft is on lease from BOC Aviation and is the first of 10 A330neos set to join the airline’s fleet. (www.airbus.com) Altro...

Airbus mimics nature with 'Bird of Prey' concept plane

Airbus (AIR.PA) on Friday unveiled a concept aircraft with splayed wingtips and a fanned tail inspired by the feathers of an eagle as it experiments with “biomimicry” technology that could eventually lead to quieter landings and less pollution. (uk.reuters.com) Altro...

Crash victim families seek new type certification for Boeing 737 Max

Relatives of 737 Max crash victims want regulators to re-certificate the troubled Boeing narrowbody as a completely new aircraft, and only after crash investigations are complete. (www.flightglobal.com) Altro...

Boeing's 737 Max crisis hits pilots at Southwest, European airlines

The fallout from the Boeing 737 Max jet's global grounding is taking a toll on airline pilots in the U.S. and Europe. Pilots are facing reduced flying hours needed for promotions, hiring freezes and layoffs since Boeing suspended airline deliveries in March after the jet's grounding, which came after two crashes killed a combined 346 people in Ethiopia and Indonesia. Southwest Airlines Vice President of Flight Operations Alan Kasher told the airlines pilots recently that first officer… (www.bizjournals.com) Altro...

Man jumps on plane wing as it prepares for takeoff

Lagos, Nigeria (CNN) A man who climbed onto the wing of a plane as it prepared for takeoff at the airport in Nigeria's Lagos city has been arrested, authorities said. The man, who has not been identified, walked towards the aircraft on the runway and was spotted by the pilot, who slowed down and later turned off the engine as the man continued to wander around the aircraft, Azman Air said in a statement. He then jumped onto a wing of the plane and tried to access the cabin, the airline… (www.cnn.com) Altro...

New Aviation-Themed Mini Golf Course Highlight’s Stapleton’s History

DENVER (CBS4) – The former air traffic control tower is known site anywhere around Stapleton. Now that it’s been repurposed, families can have fun putting around a unique mini golf course while learning a little about the area’s aviation history. (cbsloc.al) Altro...

Airbus closes in on Air France jetliner deal: sources

Airbus is close to a deal worth billions of dollars to sell dozens of A320neo-family and smaller A220 aircraft to Air France as the French network carries out a keenly awaited renewal of its medium-haul fleet, industry sources said. (www.reuters.com) Altro...

Plane makes emergency landing on North Idaho highway, pulls into driveway

Plane makes emergency landing on North Idaho highway, pulls into driveway (www.ktvb.com) Altro...

The 737 MAX Fiasco Will Cost Boeing Over $8 Billion

Between production inefficiencies, customer compensation, payments to victims' families, and regulatory penalties, Boeing will pay a big price for the 737 MAX's safety problems. (www.fool.com) Altro...

Летевший из Москвы в Томск лайнер сел в Екатеринбурге из-за неисправности

Пассажирский самолет авиакомпании «Уральские авиалинии», летевший из Москвы в Томск, совершил вынужденную посадку в Екатеринбурге из-за неисправности. Об этом сообщает ТАСС со ссылкой на старшего помощника транспортного прокурора Томской области Сергея Кривошеина. По его словам, во время полета на борту самолета произошла техническая неисправность. Подробную информацию о поломке он не сообщил. По словам Кривошеина, в Екатеринбурге самолет должны починить. (www.rbc.ru) Altro...

После инцидента с самолетом NordWind в Шереметьево госпитализировали двух человек

"В 00:45 мск рейс N4 477 SVO — EVN B738 (VP-BSZ) при разбеге в пассажирском салоне появился посторонний запах. Экипаж прекратил взлет и после освобождения взлетно-посадочной полосы и выключения двигателей организовал эвакуацию пассажиров (162 взрослых, 11 детей) по аварийным надувным трапам", — говорится в сообщении, размещенном на официальном сайте перевозчика. в Шереметьево уточнили, что, несмотря на задымление в салоне, возгорания на борту самолета не было. Сейчас аэропорт работает… (tourism.interfax.ru) Altro...

Brazil: Read the recommendations LATAM announced for those traveling in July and August

During school holidays, passengers should be aware of news such as the new rule for boarding children under 16 years of age unaccompanied... (cmsherbert.blogspot.com) Altro...

No one wants the middle seat on airplanes. This design could change that.

(CNN) - It is a truth universally acknowledged that middle seats on airplanes are the worst. (www.cnn.com) Altro...

Boeing takes $4.9 billion charge for prolonged grounding of 737 MAX planes

Boeing Co (BA.N) said on Thursday it would take an after-tax charge of $4.9 billion in the second quarter on estimated disruptions from the prolonged grounding of its lucrative 737 MAX passenger planes (www.marketwatch.com) Altro...

Fraport will use FlightAware data – What does that mean for the whole ATM community?

We are now entering a time where a private organization, not run by a state, can provide better data and prediction than national or even trans-national ANSPs. In this age of data, it is also likely that FlightAware and the like can provide better flight profile and performance data than theory and research based models like BADA. (radar.foxatm.com) Altro...

Russian airline passengers roast in 50c cabin

Boarding to the smell of burning.. cabin roasting at 50c (122f) told a/c is malfunctioning and they won’t let them off... (www.google.ca) Altro...

A bird-damaged Southwest Boeing 737 returns to service in 48 hours

A Southwest Boeing 737, which was damaged by a bird strike, returned to service just in two days thanks to the quick work by NVision Inc., a 3D non-contact optical scanning and measurement company. The rapid turnaround helped Southwest avoid the financial losses caused by grounding an aircraft for a long period. Bird strikes cost airlines billions of dollars each year. Not only because of the damage, but also the incurring capacity loss due to the grounded aircraft. In 2017, bird strikes caused… (airlinerwatch.com) Altro...

Embraer Executive Jets Joins FlightAware’s Entry into Service Program

FlightAware announced today that Embraer Executive Jets will begin participating in their Entry Into Service Program. The program provides owners and operators of new or pre-owned Embraer business jets with a complimentary, one-year subscription to the premium version of FlightAware Global,a professional and private flight tracking service. FlightAware Global offers worldwide flight tracking that fuses thousands of data sources and makes them available to unlimited users via FlightAware’s web or… (flightaware.com) Altro...

Were the crew of Air Niugini Flight 73 criminally negligent?

At what point does a "just" safety culture accept willful violation of SOPs? A Captain with over 19,000 hours of experience, a fully trained and experienced F/O, a perfectly operational aircraft, ignored procedures and crashed into the ocean, killing one passenger. (linkedin.com) Altro...

Frontier Airlines to add 5 routes this fall; Phoenix gets the most new flights

Frontier Airlines announced Tuesday that it's adding four new routes from Phoenix's Sky Harbor International Airport and one new route between Trenton, New Jersey, and Sarasota, Florida. And flyers can snag seats for as low as $29-$79 each way with discounted intro fares. Starting in November, the airline will add year-round, daily service from Phoenix to San Diego and Salt Lake City and seasonal non-daily service from Phoenix to Detroit and Fargo, North Dakota. The latest Phoenix… (www.yahoo.com) Altro...

Britain's easyJet reassures on outlook, hires Ryanair operations chief

Britain's easyJet on Thursday reported third quarter trading in line with expectations, boosted by more customers taking optional extra services and enabling it to reiterate its full-year profit forecasts. The budget airline also announced that it had poached Peter Bellew as its chief operating officer from Ryanair. EasyJet said revenue for the quarter ending June 30 increased by 11.4% to 1.8 billion pounds, driven by more bookings, initiatives to optimise its pricing and more ancillary… (www.yahoo.com) Altro...

Airline CEOs to meet with Trump amid feud with Persian Gulf carriers

President Trump and Vice President Mike Pence are expected to meet on Thursday with top executives of the nation’s largest airlines, as the carriers push the White House to take more aggressive action to stop the United Arab Emirates and Qatar from unfairly subsidizing their government-owned airlines. United Airlines CEO Oscar Munoz, American Airlines CEO Doug Parker, Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker and JetBlue CEO Robin Hayes will be in attendance. FedEx CEO Frederick Smith will also be at the… (www.yahoo.com) Altro...

Will Jet Airways’ grounding end up benefiting foreign players more than its Indian rivals?

The lure of India’s fast-growing aviation market is attracting more foreign carriers to the country. Domestic airlines like IndiGo and SpiceJet, which have been aggressively adding aircraft and international destinations recently, may soon have to contend with Delta Air Lines, Virgin Atlantic, and Air France-KLM that are eyeing a share of India’s huge outbound passenger traffic. These carriers are former partners of the now grounded Jet Airways, which had inked code-sharing agreements with them.… (qz.com) Altro...

Twitter fury after British Airways loses entire flights worth of luggage

There’s only one thing more frustrating than losing you bag when you’re off on holiday - the entire plane of passengers losing their luggage, too. That’s the reality today for hundreds of passengers whose luggage was left behind at Heathrow. “How does [sic] British Airways lose a whole plane load of luggage from Heathrow to Bologna!!” One disgruntled passenger wrote. He continued: “The whole plane BA0540 apparently left at Heathrow or put on another plane.” It seems that flight BA0540 isn’t the… (www.yahoo.com) Altro...

MoD awards hypersonic propulsion contract to Rolls-Royce, BAE Systems and Reaction Engines

The MoD’s procurement arm, Defence Equipment and Support, intends to place two year contract, worth approximately £10 million, for a UK programme to undertake design studies, research, development, analysis and experimentation relating to high-MACH advanced propulsion systems. (www.pesmedia.com) Altro...

Tanzania to buy new Airbus, Bombardier planes for national carrier

Tanzania's government will buy two new Airbus jets and one plane from Bombardier Inc as part of a fleet expansion plan for the national flag carrier, the president said on Thursday. President John Magufuli has personally taken charge of the revival of Tanzania's loss-making state carrier Air Tanzania Company Limited (ATCL), spending hundreds of millions of dollars purchasing eight new planes since 2016. President Magufuli "has already issued instructions for the purchase of three… (www.yahoo.com) Altro...

Airbus closes in on Air France jetliner deal - sources

Airbus is close to a deal worth billions of dollars to sell dozens of A320neo-family and smaller A220 aircraft to Air France as the French network carries out a keenly awaited renewal of its medium-haul fleet, industry sources said. The deal could include as many as 50-70 Canadian-designed A220 jets, formerly known as CSeries, to replace Air France's ageing fleet of roughly 50 A318 and A319 aircraft, they said. Air France is also expected to pick the A320neo family to replace approximately… (www.yahoo.com) Altro...

Pilot error blamed for ditched Pacific airliner

Pilot error led to an airliner ditching in a Pacific lagoon last year, forcing passengers and crew to swim for their lives, an official crash investigation released Thursday found. One man died and nine other passengers were injured when the Air Niugini Boeing 737-800 attempted to land at an airport on Weno Island in Micronesia, but ended up skimming into a lagoon before sinking. A Papua New Guinea Accident Investigation Commission (AIC) report into the September 28 crash found the pilot and… (www.yahoo.com) Altro...

Lufthansa plane evacuated at Belgrade airport after bomb threat call

A Lufthansa plane bound for Frankfurt was evacuated at Belgrade airport on Thursday after police received a call saying a bomb was on board, the Serbian interior ministry said. Serbian state TV said 130 passangers and five crew members have been evacuated after boarding the 6.15 a.m. (0415 GMT) LH 1411 flight, and the plane was taken off the runway. Special police units were deployed to search the plane. "This morning at 6 a.m. an unknown person called and reported there was a bomb on the… (www.msn.com) Altro...

Are Cellphones a Flight Danger? They Are on These Boeing Jets

U.S. government officials in 2014 revealed an alarming safety issue: Passenger cellphones and other types of radio signals could pose a crash threat to some models of Boeing 737 and 777 airplanes. More than 1,300 jets registered in the U.S. were equipped with cockpit screens vulnerable to interference from Wi-Fi, mobile phones and even outside frequencies such as weather radar, according to the Federal Aviation Administration, which gave airlines until November 2019 to replace the units made by… (www.msn.com) Altro...