Etihad Airways has raised more than Dh1 million for charitable causes in Yemen and Kenya. The national airline raised approximately Dh1 million to support the Yemen: We Care campaign and has helped renovate two schools in Kenya as part of the company’s annual charity fund-raising, in cooperation with Emirates Red Crescent. “As the UAE’s national airline, we are pleased to r...
Air New Zealand will allow international passengers travelling from Auckland the option of checking in their own bag in what the airline describes as a world first. The self-service bag drop kiosks read biometric data stored on passports using technology similar to the SmartGate passport control gates, with a camera to verify the passenger’s identity. Once the passenger&rsq...
A Royal Air Force Airbus A400M Atlas has made a flying visit to Australia. A400M ZM406 arrived in Cairns from Bander Seri Begawan on December 10 and then flew to Hobart via Sydney on December 12. On December 13 the A400M then departed Hobart for Darwin. The visit is believed to be the first to Australia by an RAF A400M, and the second A400M visit to Australia after a French air...
Fuzhou Airlines confirmed on Saturday that foam mistakenly sprayed on one of its Boeing 737-800 passenger liners on Thursday damaged both its engines and would cost about 120 million yuan (HK$144 million) to replace them, The Paper.cn, a news portal based in Shanghai, reported. The airlines said on Saturday on its Weibo account that the fire-retardant foam had entered crucial parts of the...
Honeywell Aerospace leadership and other representatives attended the certification ceremony for the Y-12F turboprop utility aircraft, developed by AVIC Harbin Aircraft Industry (Group) Co. Ltd. (HAIG). Honeywell provides the complete integrated avionics system for the 19-seat Y-12F aircraft. The ceremony marked the milestone of the Y-12F receiving Type Certificate from the Civil Aviation Adm...
The PIA has described media reports regarding sale of airline's profitable routes to a foreign airline and possible sell-out of the national flag carrier as totally unfounded. In a statement here on Sunday, PIA spokesman said the national flag carrier has signed a number of profitable code sharing agreements with various international airlines including China Southern, Thai Airways, Tu...
Etihad Airways has crowned a momentous 2015 by collecting the coveted "World's Leading Airline" award for the seventh consecutive year at the annual World Travel Awards (WTA) Grand Final Gala Ceremony 2015. Last night's red-carpet event was held before an audience of the industry's leading luminaries and international media at the exclusive Mazagan Beach & Golf Resor...
easyJet pilots "lost situational awareness" and flew off course over a ridgeline in Somerset earlier this year, forcing them to abort a landing attempt, it has been revealed. A report into the incident found the Airbus A319 was forced into a go-around on approach to Bristol Airport and at one point was just 500 above ground level. The pilots "became disorientated" an...
Spark-like flashes of light, bangs and shudders forced a Jetstar plane to turn around shortly after take-off and land back at Auckland Airport. An engine issue occurred just after take off on a flight from Auckland to Dunedin on Saturday afternoon, forcing the plane to turn around. Passenger Tony Robinson said there were eight to nine orange flashes of light that looked like sparks, loud ban...
A severe shortage of air traffic controllers (ATCOs) in India may prove to be the latest worry for international aviation authorities and trigger a global fear over flying in the country. The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), a UN agency, completed its audit of Indian aviation last week and is learnt to have red-flagged the shortage. While the ICAO report will be ready in about...
On an Emirates flight to somewhere far, far away passengers will soon be able to watch the first six Star Wars films back-to-back. The airline is adding all six films, including the original trilogy A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi and the later release prequels to its in flight entertainment systems next month. The original t...
Air France (Paris) will be enhancing its flight schedule for summer 2016 with two additional routes. Starting in June 2016, Air France will begin service from New York (JFK) to Paris-Orly, in addition to the four daily frequencies to Paris Charles de Gaulle. Beginning in April 2016, Air France will operate three weekly flights from Paris Charles de Gaulle to Tehran Imam Khomeini Internatio...
The air arm of the Russian Navy’s Pacific Fleet will have received an Antonov An-140-100 transport aircraft before the end of 2015, the press office of the Eastern Military District told journalists on Thursday. "The naval aviation branch of the Pacific Fleet will take delivery of tits first An-140-100 transport plane in December. The second aircraft of the type will be received in e...
to take off from Suvarnabhumi airport on Saturday morning after its captain alerted authorities of a possible threat. Suspicions arose after a Turkish passenger uttered what sounded like his last words, authorities said on Saturday. Authorities were investigating the actions of a man and two women, Thai media reported. Authorities declined to give specifics of the threat on Saturday afternoo...
Pan Am International Flight Training Center – Thailand has begun offering pilot training instruction in their A-320 and B-737NG full-motion Level-D simulators located at their Bangkok training center. Previously, these simulators were available for ‘dry’ lease only—where airline customers provided their own instructors. Pan Am is now offering “wet” training f...
Nordic Aviation, its partner Adria Airways and the biggest Estonian ski tour operators Germalo Reisid and Mainor Meelis will start organising regular charter flights to popular European ski resorts from the second half of February. This is the first contract in the area of charter flights for Nordic Aviation. On Saturday from 20 February to 26 March 2016, there will be return flights to Milan,...
Aurigny is to begin a new, direct, year round service to Leeds Bradford airport beginning on Friday 27th May 2016. Throughout the summer, it will operate on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, leaving Guernsey at midday and arriving in Leeds Bradford at 13.40. The return flight will depart Leeds Bradford at 14.10, arriving in Guernsey just before 1600. From October to May, it will run on M...
When the pilot of an Alitalia jetliner reported seeing a drone while approaching New York's Kennedy Airport in 2013, the likelihood of a collision between a drone and a commercial jet seemed pretty remote. But over the past two years, aviation experts and regulators in the US have become increasingly concerned about the growing number of drones flying near airports and the risks they could...
Just as the federal government is mulling over the privatisation of the national air carrier, the top court has restricted Shujaat Azeem from carrying out his duties as special assistant to the prime minister on aviation affairs. While hearing multiple petitions challenging his appointment, the three-judge apex court bench, headed by Chief Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali, also summoned Captain (ret...
The key design elements of timepieces made for 1940s German Air Force pilots - legibility and a black dial face with white markings - have inspired countless watches since, but there's nothing to beat the real deal, writes Abid Rahman High fliegers Like most sane, sensible and non-weird people, I like to google myself. Often. And after some expert googling I was surprised to learn that...
More than 70 years after it led Allied aircraft during the D-Day invasion, the C-47 That's All Brother is being readied for its new home in Dallas. Before it can fly to Texas, the historic World War II airplane is being resurrected from a Wisconsin aircraft boneyard, where it was discovered last year by an aviation buff. "As soon as the news broke, there was a lot of interest from m...
