Reading Time: < 1 minute Norwegian once again carried more than three million passengers in a single month. More than 3.1 million passengers travelled with the company in October, an increase of 14 per cent compared to the same month last year. The strongest growth was on Norwegian’s intercontinental routes, which have increased the number of passengers by 56 per […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes German pilots’ union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) is looking to Lufthansa offshoot, Eurowings, to provide better conditions after the union had rejected a labor agreement which would have allowed the low-cost carrier to employ staff from the now defunct Air Berlin on German contracts. Lufthansa is looking to grow Eurowings by taking on 1,700 staff from […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Emirates celebrates the milestone delivery of its 100th Airbus A380 aircraft at a special ceremony with Airbus at the manufacturer’s delivery centre in Hamburg. His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al-Maktoum, Emirates’ Chairman and Chief Executive officiated the ceremony. He was joined at the event by Sir Tim Clark, President Emirates Airline; Tom Enders, Airbus […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Опытный самолёт МС-21-300 совершил первый испытательный полёт с аэродрома Лётно-исследовательского института им. М.М. Громова “Раменское” (г. Жуковский Московской области), говорится в сообщении пресс-службы ПАО “Корпорация “Иркут”. В пресс-релизе сообщается, что в ходе полёта, который продолжался свыше трёх часов, определялись характеристики устойчивости и управляемости самолёта на высоте от 6000 до 12000 метров. Отмечается, что все системы […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute A Transavia Boeing 737-700 performing flight from Eindhoven to Tel Aviv was near Prague, when the crew decided to return after both autopilots had failed and the aircraft thus had lost its capability to operate in reduced vertical separation minima. The aircraft descended to FL360 for the return and diverted to Amsterdam (Netherlands) for a […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Air China has taken delivery of the airline’s first 737 MAX 8. China’s national flag carrier is the first airline in the country to receive the 737 MAX. Customers throughout China will take delivery of nearly 100 737 MAXs by the end of next year. Boeing’s partnership with Air China dates back to the 1970s. […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Qatar Airways has announced it is taking an almostQatar Airways 10% stake in Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific Airways. The agreement, which Qatar Airways said it expects to complete Nov. 6, means the Gulf carrier will hold a 9.6% stake in Cathay at a value of about $600 million. Cathay and Qatar are both members of […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute A helicopter carrying several Saudi officials, including a high-ranking prince, has crashed in the kingdom’s southwest near the border with Yemen. Local newspaper Okaz reported the helicopter carrying Prince Mansour bin Muqrin Al Saud, deputy governor of Asir province, went down while the officials were taking a tour of an area near the coast in […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute S7 Airlines, участник глобального авиационного альянса oneworld, объявляет об открытии прямых регулярных рейсов в Рейкьявик. Авиабилеты уже в продаже. S7 Airlines станет первой российской авиакомпанией, которая будет осуществлять полеты в Исландию. Прямые рейсы из аэропорта Домодедово в Рейкьявик будут выполняться еженедельно по субботам с 9 июня 2018 года. Вылет из Москвы в 20:05, прилет в […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Во 2-ю гвардейскую общевойсковую армию Центрального военного округа, дислоцированную в регионах Поволжья, поступили три беспилотных летательных аппарата нового формата “Орлан-10”. Это новейшая модификация беспилотного летательного аппарата. В него включены средства радиоэлектронной борьбы. Основное отличие заключается в его способности устанавливать передатчики помех и зоны глушения сотовой связи. Он может работать с сетями 3G и 4G и […]