A strong wind gust over Jacksonville, Fla. was blamed Friday for causing severe turbulence on board an American Airlines flight from New York’s LaGuardia Airport to Miami International that hurt five passengers and a flight attendant. Flight 1410 encountered the turbulence about 40 minutes from landing, WSVN reported. The airline said in a statement that the seatbelt light was on at the t...
A survey reveals the healthiest — and unhealthiest — airline meals. Airlines haven’t exactly developed a reputation for providing healthful in-flight foods—and even the world’s best in-flight food service serves up sinful (if not exactly healthful) dishes like creamy lobster mac and cheese, extensive wine menus, and feta cheese with figs and truffle honey. Since...
He calls himself the “Drone Slayer.” And William Merideth, who shot down a drone over his Hillview home last summer, says he’d “do it again, with a smile.” Dismissing criminal charges against him for firing a gun within city limits, a judge said Merideth was within his rights when he took out the $1,800 unmanned aircraft, which Merideth said he feared was peeping o...
Much ink has been spilled in recent years about Airbus' lead overBoeing in the enormous market for single-aisle jets. Airbus ended 2015 with 5,535 firm orders for its A320 family of jets (including the new A320neo). Meanwhile, Boeing ended the year with 4,392 firm orders for its competing 737 family (including the new 737 MAX). THE A320NEO AND 737 MAX HAVE HUGE ORDER BACK...
This year marks the 100th year of U.S. Coast Guard aviation, and much like the Navy did in 2011, this monumental anniversary will be marked by a series of retro paint schemes applied to some of their aircraft. The first in that series is this MH-60T Jayhawk painted just like HH-34 Seahorse, R-5 Dragonfly and HH-19 Chickasaw helicopters during the ‘40s, ‘50s and ‘60s. Here is t...
Iran has agreed to buy 114 civil aircraft from European aircraft maker Airbus, the transport minister was quoted as saying on Saturday, ahead of the anticipated lifting of international sanctions on Iran. "We have taken the first step in agreeing with Airbus to buy 114 planes," Abbas Akhoondi was quoted as saying by the Tasnim news agency. Airbus said it was not engaging in commerc...
Shopping above the clouds will become easier and more convenient for Lufthansa passengers. As of now leisure and business travelers can reserve their desired items from the Inflight-Shopping-selection of Lufthansa WorldShop online at www.LH.com/preflight-shopping before their Lufthansa flight. A free “preflight shopping” reservation is non-binding and can be made up to four d...
Airlines aren’t necessarily scrambling to ensure all aircraft can be tracked, even after the tragic disappearance of Malaysia Airlines MH370, and resulting tracking mandates from ICAO and the European Union. “As a carrier, what you’re interested in is ‘how does this benefit my operations’, so going into a carrier, having them sign a contract and start delivering...
The most restrictive ADS-B out mandate in the world takes effect in U.S. airspace after midnight on Dec. 31, 2019, and installation centers, STC developers and equipment manufacturers are scrambling to help aircraft owners and operators meet the deadline. The mandate means that any aircraft inadequately equipped to be flown in U.S. airspace where a transponder is...
Following the collapse of Transaero Airlines (UN, Moscow Vnukovo) last year, Russia's Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsia) has set about reallocating international traffic rights to several local companies. In its latest bulletins, the regulator awarded Rossiya (FV, St. Petersburg) passenger, mail, and freight rights for seven weekly return flights from Moscow to Miami Int'l and f...
A way of saving lives in plane crashes has been conceived, after an inventor released desings for a detachable cabin. The technology was invented by Tatarenko Vladimir Nikolaevich, who has been working on the project for the past three years. It consists of a detachable cabin that could be ejected at any time during take off, mid-flight or landing and allow the passenger...
A woman fought to save the life of a man having a heart attack for forty minutes on a Ryanair flight, it was reported. The plane was en route to Liverpool from Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands when the man had a heart-attack. The plane was diverted to Cork in Ireland where the unnamed female passenger continued to work on the man, despite heavy turbulence. The woman, who was trav...
