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Failure of an oxygen bottle caused the fuselage rupture of a Qantas Boeing 747-400 on July 25, say Australian accident investigators, confirming early suspicions. The event appears to have been unique ... Read more..Friday, August 29th, 2008 Posted in Airline News | No Comments »
Airline orders two 777-300ERs with options for two additional airplanesAirplane order comes after recent lease of six Boeing 777-300ERs Boeing and EgyptAir today announced an order for two 777-300ER (Extended ... Read more..Friday, August 29th, 2008 Posted in Airline News | No Comments »
Grupo Marsans, Spain's largest tourism and transport group, has taken delivery of its first directly purchased Airbus A330-200 aircraft for its subsidiary Air Comet. The aircraft was formally handed over ... Read more..Thursday, August 28th, 2008 Posted in Airline News | No Comments »
Lufthansa and SN Airholding SA/NV in negotiations over strategic equity investment Deutsche Lufthansa AG and SN Airholding SA/NV, the parent company of Brussels Airlines, are in constructive negotiations over an ... Read more..Tuesday, August 26th, 2008 Posted in Airline News | No Comments »
Flyover of Emirates' Boeing 777-200LR Launches Boeing Classic Golf Tournament Boeing and Emirates took advantage of an upcoming delivery of a 777-200LR (Longer-Range) with a dramatic flyover of the ... Read more..Monday, August 25th, 2008 Posted in Airline News | No Comments »
Finnair begins scheduled passenger flights from Helsinki to Yekaterinburg on 2 September. The destination is served three times weekly with Airbus A319 aircraft. Yekaterinburg is Finnair’s third scheduled destination in ... Read more..Saturday, August 23rd, 2008 Posted in Airline News | No Comments »
Spanair will continue to fly its 36-strong fleet of MD-82 aircraft as the investigation continues into the fatal crash of one of its MD-82s on Aug. 20 at Madrid's Barajas ... Read more..Saturday, August 23rd, 2008 Posted in Aircraft/Plane Crash Videos | No Comments »
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WINNIPEG - An Air Canada pilot who left the flight deck to visit the washroom found himself locked out of the cockpit when he tried to return -- forcing the ... Read more..Saturday, August 23rd, 2008 Posted in Aircraft/Plane Crash Videos | No Comments »
In December 2007, this Boeing 737-700 belonging to SAA was taxiing on Lusaka International airport, Zambia, when it hit and overturned a stationary utility truck with the left wing tip. ... Read more..Saturday, August 23rd, 2008 Posted in Aviation Industry News | No Comments »
The U.S. flight agency is proposing an $18,000 civil penalty against United Airlines for two maintenance violations it said occurred before a United jet skidded off a runway and ended ... Read more..Saturday, August 23rd, 2008 Posted in Aircraft/Plane Crash Videos | No Comments »
An eyewitness to the plane crash at Madrid's Barajas airport has said "the whole of the back end of the plane was burnt." Read more..Saturday, August 23rd, 2008 Posted in Aviation Industry News | No Comments »
Boeing on Monday delivered EgyptAir's third Next-Generation 737-800. The airplane, shown here during flight tests at Boeing Field, is the airline's first 737 to be painted in Star Alliance livery. On ... Read more..Saturday, August 23rd, 2008 Posted in Aircraft Information | No Comments »
Formerly known as the A3XX, Airbus' double-decker passenger jet, the A380, will be the largest airliner ever built. Lengthwise, it would nearly stretch from goal line to goal line of ... Read more..Friday, August 22nd, 2008 Posted in Airline News | No Comments »
VLM Airlines has been named Best Regional Airline for Europe, in the World Airline Awards 2008. The World Airline Awards are based on Skytrax's annual World Airline Survey, which was ... Read more..Thursday, August 21st, 2008 Posted in Airline News | No Comments »
Fraport AG is the first airport operator to join the Cargo 2000 quality system, an IATA (International Air Transport Association) initiative involving approximately 60 airlines, forwarders, general handling agents and ... Read more..Thursday, August 21st, 2008 Posted in Airline News | No Comments »
Boeing on Monday delivered EgyptAir's third Next-Generation 737-800. The airplane, shown here during flight tests at Boeing Field, is the airline's first 737 to be painted in Star Alliance livery.On ... Read more..