AviationNews – ASL Aviation Holdings has expanded its owned cargo aircraft portfolio by officially acquiring two Boeing 747-400ERF freighters to address sustained global demand for...
Unlike Ryanair's much larger 737-800s and 737 MAX 8-200s, the airline’s one 737-700 has only 148 seats and is nearly 19 feet (6 meters) shorter than the 737-800. More importantly, its resume has included pilot training, corporate charters, reserve duties, scheduled passenger flights, and holiday charter operations. So, why does Europe's largest low-cost airline still need such a conspicuous fleet outlier?
Wisk Aero, the autonomous aviation company that is currently being acquired from Archer Aviation from Boeing, has broken ground on a new state-of-the-art vertiport at Hollister Municipal Airport in California. The facility will be one of the first vertiports at a US public airport designed to support both piloted and autonomous operations. Located next to […]
AviTrader•Heike Tamm31 Aug
Lisbon-based euroAtlantic Airways is not necessarily a household name, nor does it feature prominently in the public imagination.…
AeroTime•Miquel Ros31 Aug
Israel's new KC-46A Gideon tankers replace aging Re'ems and provide a modern foundation for long-range airpower.
Both planes are nearing the final steps of certification.
An Air Atlanta Europe Boeing 747-400 freighter diverted to Amsterdam Schiphol Airport after encountering an unspecified problem shortly after departing Liège for Kinshasa. Flight CC2615, operated by aircraft 9H-AKA, stopped climbing and entered an extended holding pattern over the English Channel before turning north towards Amsterdam. Flight-tracking data showed the aircraft descending towards Schiphol after […]
Aviation24.be•André Orban30 Aug
Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 durability once problems prompted drastic action from Boeing
Is Rolls-Royce making a turnaround in the 787 market?
For all the benefits afforded by their use, composite materials are complicated to work with
The Boeing 777X is set to shake up the commercial aviation market when it arrives in 2027.
An aircraft taking off from London Heathrow Airport narrowly avoided colliding with a drone flying considerably higher than legally allowed. The plane was a passenger jet operated by Virgin Atlantic. A Near-Miss A drone flying above Woking, Surrey, came within 16 feet of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner jet, almost colliding with the aircraft. Carrying 264 […]
Travel Radar•Melissa Thomas29 Aug
What will happen to these Boeing 777-9s?
Aviation News – Flag carrier Austrian Airlines is accelerating its long-haul fleet overhaul, with plans to officially retire its final Boeing 767-300ER aircraft as early as...
Why Boeing and Airbus have both been significantly extending the range for their widebody aircraft and what it really means.
A passenger died after suffering a medical emergency aboard an American Airlines flight from Miami to Rome, according to aviation news website AIRLIVE. Flight AA52, operated by Boeing 777-200ER N755AN, departed Miami approximately one hour late on 26 August. The medical emergency reportedly occurred during the aircraft’s descent towards Rome Fiumicino the following morning. Cabin […]
Aviation24.be•André Orban28 Aug
A spokesperson from the aircraft manufacturer Boeing has said that the company is beginning to implement plans to limit the impacts of a strike by its workforce’s largest engineering union. Boeing has publicly posted contract positions for engineering and technical staff, which cover the period in which any strike action is likely to occur. This […]
Travel Radar•Billy Stack28 Aug
Boeing published this report: A lot can happen in 15 years – just ask 787 Engineering leader Tyler Savell. He had just joined Boeing as a Systems Integration intern a few months before the 787 Dreamliner received type certification on Aug. 26, 2011. “I remember there was a lot of anticipation at that time because […]
World Airline News•Bruce Drum28 Aug
First aircraft arrived in July and is already in service, while the second reached Luxembourg earlier this week
Air Data News•Ricardo Meier28 Aug
The captain remained on the radio during the emergency as Flight DL437 diverted to Detroit, where he was taken to a hospital
Air Data News•Ricardo Meier28 Aug