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FlyDubai pilot reported fatigue before plane crash

The FlyDubai captain whose plane crashed in Russia on Saturday was due to leave the airline because of exhaustion, according to a report by the BBC. The crash, which killed all 62 people on board, took place early in the morning on Saturday, just short of the runway at Rostov-on-Don airport runwa...

The Business Class Seat That Remembers Passengers Is Here

As aircraft interior design evolves, we’re getting closer to the promise of a smart seat which will remember passenger preferences, making air travel more comfortable and familiar. The new Waterfront Business class seat, submitted for this year’s Crystal Cabin Awards, is ready to take...

Baltia Air Lines: You’re Drunk, Give Up Already

By Lucky Last week I wrote about how the SEC is investigating an executive from Baltia Air Lines, which is an airline I first wrote about in 2014. They’ve been in “business” (which is to say they’ve been stealing investing other peoples’ money) for 27 years, though they’ve still yet to operate a commercial flight, despite owning a plane for over 20 years....

Riga to Frankfurt with airBaltic

Some of us are travelling less due to job specifics, some much more. Different airports, different airlines, different flight experiences... Each time you are getting to know a new one, it is really interesting, a bit of the premiere feeling. This time we were flying with airBaltic from Riga to Frankfurt. First thing we found really easy and great to use – airBaltic online check-in. fast...

BRUSSELS Airlines Moves Euro flights from Brussels to nearby airports

Due to the closing of Brussels Airport (BRU) due to terrorist bombings, Brussels Airlines is moving a majority of their European schedule to nearby airports to help passengers get to their destinations and reduce disruptions as much as possible for March 24 and March 25.   Most passengers who were originally scheduled to fly to or from ‘BRU’ within Brussels Airlines European...

Amazon Has Spent Nearly $10 Million Lobbying for Drone Delivery

Amazon wants a future where drones will drop off practically anything you order within 30 minutes. To push legislation that will ensure the skies are filled with its autonomous, flying delivery robots, the e-commerce giant has ramped up its lobbying strategy in Washington, D.C. Amazon spent $9.4 million on lobbying in 2015, almost twice the total from the year before, according to records from...

Lufthansa Revises Decision: Will Now Accept More Airbus A320 Neo Deliveries

Lufthansa Airlines has announced that it will be accepting deliveries of more AIRBUS GROUP A320neo aircraft, with certain conditions. The statement comes days after the carrier had declared that it would not take deliveries of more planes until engine issues were fixed. The conditions that changed the company’s mind were not disclosed. According to Lufthansa’s spokeswoman, Anja Lind...

Budget airline Ryanair tells Brits ‘pay £6,000 to fly home from Brussels’

Ryanair told a group of Britons they would have to pay up to £6,000 if they wanted to fly home from Brussels on Tuesday evening after the city was rocked by two terror attacks, which left 34 dead and 240 injured, an MP has said. Labour MP for Sefton Central Bill Esterson told the House of Commons: “I have been contacted by a number of my constituents who are in Brussels, who tr...

EASA feels urgency to provide UAV clarification

European aviation regulators have vowed to implement new rules governing the commercial use of unmanned air vehicles this year in a bid to provide certainty to the fledgling industry. The proposed risk-based regulations were only released 12 months ago, but Trevor Woods, certification director for the European Aviation Safety Association (EASA), believes more needs to be done to bring "cla...

Former colleague of FlyDubai captain tells of clues to crash

A German pilot who worked alongside the captain of Flight FZ981 has spoken of his shock at news of the crash in Russia, and his fears for former colleagues at FlyDubai after Saturday’s tragedy. The 39-year-old has been flying jets since 1998 and received his lead position command for a commercial airliner in 2005. He worked with the experienced Cypriot captain, Aristos Sokratous, for an a...

Statement on Brussels Terror Attacks

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) expressed outrage at today’s attacks in Brussels and offered its sympathies to the victims and their families and friends. “Innocent people have been senselessly murdered in an attack on our humanity. Our thoughts are with the victims, and their families and friends,” said Tony Tyler, IATA’s Director General and CEO....

Two Jet Airways crew injured in Brussels airport explosion: source

Two Jet Airways flight attendants have been injured in Tuesday’s explosions at Brussels Airport, a source has told Gulf News. Explosions were heard at the airport at 8am Belgium time on Tuesday shattering glass at the terminal building, AFP reported quoting Belgian media. “Two Jet [Airways] crew injured but stable. All Jet [Airways] passengers are safe and in a holding area,&rdqu...

airBaltic – 10 Years Since Launch of Vilnius – Stockholm

This week the Latvian airline airBaltic celebrates the 10th anniversary of its Vilnius – Stockholm, Arlanda service. Wolfgang Reuss, SVP of Network Management of airBaltic: “With our Horizon 2021 business plan, we are aiming at operating 11 direct routes out of Vilnius and Tallinn in the next five years. We are happy that since successful restructuring and achieving profitability ov...

Russia may amend its civil aviation rules after FlyDubai plane crash

Russian prime minister Dmitry Medvedev ordered officials on Monday to examine whether Russia’s flight safety rules need to be tightened up after a passenger jet crashed in southern Russia, killing all 62 people on board. Investigators were trying to repair the voice recorder recovered from the plane, so they could recreate the conversations of the pilots in the moments before their Boeing...

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