Category: World

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, […]

Mandarin Airlines ATR-72-212A Experienced Runway Excursion

Reading Time: < 1 minute A Mandarin Airlines Avions de Transport Regional ATR-72-212A, performing flight from Magong to Taichung (Taiwan) with 70 passengers and 4 crew, landed on Taichung’s runway but contacted a number of runway edge lights. There were no injuries, the aircraft sustained substantial damage however. Taiwan’s ASC rated the occurrence an accident and opened an investigation.

Qantas Group Commits to Second Pilot Academy Site

Reading Time: < 1 minute The Qantas Group has confirmed it will open its Pilot Academy across two locations in regional Australia to meet anticipated demand. The Academy is part of the Qantas Group’s plans to build a long-term talent pipeline for its airlines and the broader industry to meet the increasing need for skilled aviators. Boeing’s latest estimates show […]

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 […]

China Encourages Private Investment into Aviation Projects Worth $16B

Reading Time: < 1 minute China would encourage private investment in 28 airport, drone and maintenance projects worth a total of US$16 billion, as part of its efforts to make the sector more globally competitive, the Civil Aviation Administration on China said in a joint statement with the National Development and Reform Commission, Reuters report. Eleven of those projects already […]

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 […]

Russia is Developing a Prototype of Vertical Take-Off Plane

Reading Time: < 1 minute Russia is developing a prototype of a completely new vertical take-off plane on the instruction of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov said on Tuesday. “This work has, indeed, been included in the state armament program and is being conducted on the instruction of the supreme commander-in-chief. Now work is underway to […]

American Airlines Expands European Footprint and Modifies Asia Service

Reading Time: 2 minutes American Airlines is expanding its European network next summer with nine new routes designed to meet customer demand. Additionally, given the current fuel and competitive environment, American will suspend service between O’Hare International Airport (ORD) in Chicago and Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) in October and seek a dormancy waiver from the U.S. Department of […]

Air France Boeing 787 Experiences Air Conditioning Problem

Reading Time: < 1 minute An Air France Boeing 787-900, performing flight from Paris Charles de Gaulle (France) to Bogota (Colombia), was climbing out of Paris when the crew stopped the climb. The climb was stopped due to a problem with the air conditioning and decided to return to Paris for a safe landing on Charles de Gaulle’s runway about […]