Reading Time: < 1 minute Emirates, the world’s largest operator of the Airbus A380, has released the world’s first 360-video tour of the A380 cockpit. Watch Captain Thomas Ziarno from New Zealand and First Officer Abdulrahman Mohamed Al Busaeedi from the United Arab Emirates give an immersive 360-view tour of the flight deck controls of an Emirates A380, the world’s […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes The European Commission updated the EU Air Safety List, the list of airlines that do not meet international safety standards, and are therefore subject to an operating ban or operational restrictions within the European Union. The European Commission updated the EU Air Safety List, the list of airlines that do not meet international safety standards, […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Egyptian officials said they have identified pieces of the cabin of missing flight MS804. The plane’s crashed last month in the Mediterranean Sea, and investigators feared signals from its black boxes would expire soon. The Egyptian committee investigating the plane’s disappearance said on Wednesday it had spotted pieces of the plane cabin in several locations, […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes More than 100 flights will be cancelled and many others delayed according to Airlines for Europe (A4E), a lobby group representing carriers such as easyJet, Ryanair and British Airways’ parent company IAG. The industrial action will disrupt flights operating to or from France, or over French airspace. It is the 50th strike by French ATCs […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Embraer Executive Jets has delivered the first Phenom 100E to Etihad Flight College, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates. The aircraft arrived yesterday in the city of Al Ain, base of the flight school established to train ab-initio pilots for the airline’s rapidly expanding fleet. “Designed for […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute A MiG-27 aircraft of the Indian Air Force crashed into a house near Jodhpur city in Rajasthan on Monday. The pilot managed to escape without any injuries, Asian News International reported. According to ANI, two houses were damaged in the crash, but no one was injured. However, NDTV reported that at least two people were […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Today, the MC-21 aircraft has been rolled out for official presentation in the factory of the corporation “Irkut” in Irkutsk, Russia. As Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said, the first serial production of the medium- and short-range passenger jet is planned for 2017. “This is a huge victory for our aviation industry and Irkut Corporation, our scientists, designers, […]
Reading Time: 5 minutes The huge buzz emerged after Delta placed a firm order for 75 CSeries Bombardier jets. Whether it is great a success or a sorrowful loss depends on the point from which you look at. Canadian manufacturer cannot be more proud to have such an honorable airline within its clients. However, big players may be a […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Over 500 passengers aboard the first Qatar Airways direct flight from Doha to Atlanta on a super jumbo A380 faced inconvenience as they got caught up in an international rivalry between airline heavyweights. When Qatar Airways Flight 755 flew over 12,000 km from Doha, Qatar’s capital, and landed at Atlanta airport, the world’s busiest, a […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Moscow and Beijing are to sign a deal to produce a new wide-body passenger aircraft by end of June, reports Life News citing Russian ministerial sources. The project is part of a reported $13 billion aviation cooperation deal signed in 2014 during President Vladimir Putin’s visit to China. The long-haul plane will be developed in […]