El Al’s new Dreamliners: fuel efficient headache
El Al Israeli Airlines is currently in a process of fleet renewal, introducing new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners. The…
Cathay Pacific warns protesters Cathay City is off limits
Cathay Pacific warns its employees against participating in a rally in its global operations headquarters, which is allegedly…
Cracks in salvaged A380 engine part to prompt safety checks?
Updated on August 23, 2019, to include a statement from the EASA Investigation into a mid-air engine explosion…
Qantas to launch Project Sunrise research flights
Qantas Airways is launching three ultra-long-haul research flights, as part of the “Project Sunrise”. Around 19-hour long non-stop…
Air New Zealand awaits Rolls Royce Trent 1000 engine return soon
Air New Zealand is awaiting its last remaining out-of-service Rolls-Royce engines to return to operation in the upcoming…
Qantas to pick BoeingAirbus aircraft for Project Sunrise by 2019
Qantas Airways is to make the final decision on which aircraft to choose for its Project Sunrise by…
Airbus clarifies A320neo, A321neo issues flagged by EASA
Within less than a month, the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has issued two airworthiness directives addressing…
BEA calls for witnesses into Swiss A220 engine loss incident
The French authority is calling for public help to find and identify Pratt & Whitney PW1524 engine parts…
Boeing MAX ‘situation’ costs airlines $1B per month
In March 2019, aviation regulators and airlines around the world grounded the Boeing 737 MAX airliner after two…
Airbus goes the distance, prepares to unveil A350-1000ULR
Airbus A350XWB family of jetliners have become the aircraft-of-choice for many airlines competing in the ultra-long-haul market. But…
Retrospective: The beginning of the end of Airbus A340
Airbus was competing with Boeing, McDonnell Douglas and Lockheed’s TriStar only in short and mid-hauls until 1993. But…
Airbus latest figures: deliveries up, cancellations shadow orders
While the industry is still reeling from the half year 2019 results posted by the world’s two largest…
China Eastern Boeing 777 loses part of wing on take-off
China Eastern Boeing 777-300, headed for Shanghai, experienced a “mechanical failure” shortly after take-off from New York on…
Indonesia to release final report on Lion Air crash by October
Indonesian investigators are reportedly preparing to release the final report into last year’s fatal crash of Lion Air…
Norwegian Boeing 787 engine fragments rain down on cars, houses
Updated on August 13, 2019, to include comment from the victim. Engine fragments of a Norwegian Boeing 787…
Top 5 reasons to attend a pilot job fair
They’ve done it: finished their pilot training, gained their type rating, accumulated hours and landed their job as…
BA + IT = Misery
It has been a day of complete misery for thousands of British Airways passengers as yet another IT…
British Airways IT glitch strands passengers at 3 London airports
If troubles with its pilots and repercussions from last year’s data breach incident were not enough, British Airways…