Category: Europe

LOT Polish Airlines Canadair CRJ-900 Brakes Overheat on Departure

Reading Time: < 1 minute A LOT Polish Airlines Canadair CRJ-900, performing flight from Riga (Latvia) to Warsaw (Poland), was climbing out of Riga’s runway when the crew stopped the climb and decided to return to Riga reporting they had a right hand brakes overheat indication. On final approach, in contact with tower, the crew advised they would use just […]

Lithuania’s Capital Airport Signs ACL to Manage its Slots in 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutes Lithuania’s Vilnius Airport has contracted UK-based Airport Coordination Ltd (ACL) for the management of its flight schedules slots facilitation. The agreement follows a competitive tender and comes into force from the end of March 2019, which coincides with the start of the IATA summer timetable. Lithuanian capital’s gateway instigated the move to managed slot allocation […]

Icelandair Struggles Despite a Hot Local Tourism Market

Reading Time: < 1 minute Icelandair shares fell sharply in the first trading of the day on the Iceland Stock Exchange, RÚV reports. Just before 10.00am, the company’s exchange rate had fallen by nearly 20%. Björgólfur Jóhannsson, CEO of the company, announced his resignation and the company’s projected profits were lowered. Björgólfur stated earlier this month that Icelandair was well-positioned to […]

Ryanair Boeing 737-800 First Officer Incapacitated

Reading Time: < 1 minute A Ryanair Boeing 737-800, performing flight from London Stansted (UK) to Palermo (Italy) with 186 people on board, was on final approach to Palermo’s runway descending in turbulent weather conditions when the crew initiated a go around. The captain subsequently reported the first officer had become ill, the captain decided to divert to Trapani located […]

airBaltic Receives Eleventh Airbus A220-300 Aircraft

Reading Time: < 1 minute Latvian airline airBaltic welcomed its eleventh Airbus A220-300 jet, registered as YL-CSK. By the end of 2018, airBaltic plans to have a total of 14 Airbus A220-300 aircraft in its fleet. Thus far, airBaltic has carried over 1 450 000 passengers on the Airbus A220-300 aircraft with every third airBaltic passenger flying on the aircraft. […]

Ranking of Aviation Training Centres Raising the Value

Reading Time: 2 minutes Ranking of Aviation Training Centres, the project launched by a global aviation news provider Aviation Voice, is glad to be of help to people engaged with aviation. By grabbing the attention of potential candidates for training, strengthening its reputation among business people and becoming a reliable partner for training institutions, the ranking is becoming an […]

Ryanair to Invest $200M in London Luton with 2 New Based Aircraft

Reading Time: < 1 minute Ryanair, Europe’s No.1 airline, announced an investment of $200 million at London Luton airport with 2 new based aircraft for its winter 2018 schedule and added 6 new routes and more flights on its existing Vilnius route. Ryanair’s winter 2018 London Luton schedule will now deliver a total of 21 routes. At London Luton Airport, […]

Tips on How to Fly Your Drone Safely

Reading Time: 3 minutes If you have just bought your first drone, congratulations! You are going to have tons of fun or even start a business with that small device. However, before you can do any of that, you will need to learn to safely fly it. In this article, we are going to give you some tips on […]

Wizz Air Airbus A321-200 Experiences Slats Problem

Reading Time: < 1 minute A Wizz Air Airbus A321-200, performing flight from Bucharest Otopeni (Romania) to Eindhoven (Netherlands) with 228 people on board, was on approach to Eindhoven when the crew reported they had a flight controls problem and needed to level off and enter a hold. The crew subsequently reported they had slats and flaps problems and because of that […]

PFA Orders New Simulators and Aircraft for 6 Million Euros

Reading Time: < 1 minute Pilot Flight Academy will before the end of 2018 have more than 300 cadet pilot students and are now investing for further expansion. Following a newly signed contract with L3 CTS for training of cadets, PFA are in talks to sign contracts with other players and Airlines for ab-initio pilot education. PFA are expanding their […]