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Famous boxer Mike Tyson has been involved in a scuffle with an annoying passenger on a JetBlue flight to London. Website TMZ has the video which you can see here. Apparently, the man was seated in the row behind him and clearly was annoying Mike Tyson and did not stop despite being asked to, a …
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DALLAS – Elon Musk’s satellite internet company, Starlink, looks to deliver wireless connectivity aboard airplanes. Delta Air Lines (DL) is testing the idea. Delta Chief Executive Ed Bastian stated in a recent interview reported by the Wall Street Journal that the Atlanta-based airline has held talks with SpaceX’s internet unit, Starlink, and conducted exploratory tests …
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DALLAS – You’ve heard of it flying around Europe. Now you can see it in the US. On Wednesday, Icelandic low-cost carrier PLAY Airlines (OG) launched service from Baltimore/Washington International Airport (BWI) to Keflavik International Airport (KEF) in Reykjavik, Iceland. Passengers then could connect to one of PLAY’s 22 European destinations. The airline uses an …
DALLAS – S7 Airlines (S7) has been suspended from the oneworld alliance due to Western sanctions imposed on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine. The suspension is in force as of April 19 and will last until further notice. When flying S7, privileges for customers of partner oneworld member airlines will be suspended. In addition, …
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DALLAS – Today in Aviation, Tasman Pacific Airlines (ZQ), operating as Qantas New Zealand, suspended operations in 2001. Thousands of passengers were left stranded by the collapse. Air New Zealand (NZ) stepped in, announcing it would honor tickets for the airline and add extra flights to assist stranded passengers. However, the airline’s collapse left more …
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will make its Zero Tolerance policy against air rage permanent. “Behaving dangerously on a plane will cost you; that’s a promise,” Acting FAA Administrator Billy Nolen said. “Unsafe behaviour simply does not fly and keeping our Zero Tolerance policy will help us continue making progress to …
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Boeing has told key airlines and parts suppliers that 787 deliveries would resume in the second half of 2022, according to a report from Reuters. Boeing’s 787 inventory, which numbers over 100 aircraft has locked up cash and cut airline capacity as global travel starts to take off. Boeing had hoped to resume deliveries in …
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DALLAS – Air Canada (AC) subsidiary, Air Canada Cargo, operated its first dedicated freighter flight into Nova Scotia today. The airline’s Boeing 767-300ER took off from Toronto Pearson Airport (YYZ) and landed at Halifax Stanfield International Airport (YHZ) after a flight of 1 hr 51 min. The addition of this link will allow AC to …
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DALLAS – Spirit Airlines (NK) will expand its presence in Houston by establishing a maintenance facility at George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH). When the Spirit Technical Operations team starts its initial phase of operations, the building, which is situated along John F. Kennedy Boulevard, will function as a huge aircraft maintenance hangar with offices and …
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DALLAS – Air Europa (UX) has become the first airline to mint a plane ticket as an NFT, making it the most valuable ticket sold in commercial aviation history. TravelX, the company developing the travel industry’s first blockchain-based distribution protocol, and UX, the third-largest Spanish airline with flights to over 60 destinations worldwide, announced the …
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DALLAS – Today in Aviation, the Ukrainian subsidiary of the Hungarian LCC Wizz Air (W6), Wizz Air Ukraine (WU), ceased operations in 2015. Wizz Air Ukraine commenced operations with a single Airbus A320 on July 11, 2008, from its Kyiv International Airport (IEV) base. Initially, the airline served seven domestic routes, including flights to Lviv …
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Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE, is launching comprehensive environmental testing over the next week on over 30 flights to test operational efficiencies, technology and procedures that will reduce carbon emissions, in an expansion of its ongoing sustainability flight testing regime. The week-long programme, coinciding with Earth Day on April 22, includes over …
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AirlineRatings.com Editor-in-Chief Geoffrey Thomas has appeared on ABC’s 7.30 Report to talk about the long delays impacting Qantas and other Australian airlines. SEE the show here. READ: Can the giant AN-225 fly again? About AirlineRatings.com Airlineratings.com was developed to provide everyone in the world a one-stop shop for everything related to airlines, formed by a …
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DALLAS – The LATAM group (LA) anticipates passenger operations of up to 70% in April compared to the same month in 2019. This is a 2.1 percentage point rise from March and the highest figure so far this year. April also sees the group launch operations from Lima (Peru) to Cartagena (Colombia) and Rio de …
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Virgin Australia has launched invitation-only private Beyond Lounges in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, reserved for corporate partners, some high-status Velocity Frequent Flyer members and key opinion leaders throughout the country. The Beyond Lounges are the airline’s answer to Qantas’s Chairman’s lounges which are located at most major airports. READ: Can the giant AN-225 fly again? The …
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The revolutionary MH370 tracking technology refined by British aerospace engineer Richard Godfrey has detected the missile attack that sank the Moskva. Mr Godfrey said that he “detected and tracked a sub-sonic missile and a decoy aircraft. “It appears that a missile was launched at around 15:28 UTC on April 13, 2022, and took approximately 8 …
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Rodger Foster; Credit Airlink One of the reasons is Airlink operates a tailor-made network of destinations that see actual demand, rather than an overblown intercontinental system such as SAA did and serves them with smaller aircraft that are easier to fill. “Our objective is to be sustainably viable,” says CEO, shareholder and co-founder Rodger Foster …
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DALLAS – With just 42 hours of flying, this massive Boeing 747-8 has left its old airport of storage – Basel (BSL), Switzerland, and that too after 10 years. But this Jumbo is flying back to the United States, and more so, to an airport that’s known to be a graveyard. Is it the end …
DALLAS – Today in Aviation, BMI-British Midland International Airways (BD) ownership was transferred to the International Airlines Group (IAG) in 2012. BMI was purchased by Lufthansa (LH) for £223m in 2009. However, in the first nine months of 2011, the loss-making airline reported further operating losses of £133m. This led LH to put BMI up …
DALLAS – Manchester Airport (MAN) will fully reopen Terminal 3 this week for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The UK’s second-largest airport has announced that, in order to satisfy increased demand for flights following the relaxation of travel restrictions earlier this year, Terminal 3, the airport’s smallest terminal, will re-open …
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Photo by Joël Super on DALLAS – Every time you step into an aircraft, you are entering an environment that is highly controlled to be as safe as possible. From the design of the doors and seats to the safety briefing, everything is highly regulated. However, many of these regulations are sometimes considered to be …
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DALLAS – The role of a pilot is to get his or her aircraft and passengers safely and efficiently to their destination, on time and without incidents. Most passengers dislike turbulence; it is uncomfortable and is the main source of anxiety for nervous flyers (and non-fatal injuries). There are four main types of turbulence: Clear …
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Dallas – They’ll refer to it as the “Day the Dam Broke.” Most major US airlines are dropping their mask requirements after today’s mandate overturn. Within hours of US District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizell’s rejection of the CDC’s request to extend by two weeks the mask mandate on public transport, including airlines, several major US …
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Eric Garcetti, Mayor of Los Angeles, presents a mayoral proclamation to Jin Ho Lee, Senior Vice President and Director of Korean Air Americas Regional Headquarters, at the Los Angeles City Hall on April 18, 2022. Approximately 11,000 direct and indirect jobs have been created in related businesses in the 13 cities served by the airline, …
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Singapore passenger traffic is soaring as borders lift according to the country’s Civil Aviation Authority with passenger traffic in Singapore now at 31 per cent of pre-pandemic levels. There were 400,000 passengers for the week ending Apr 17, the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) said on Monday 18, in a press release. The increase …
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DALLAS – The Amelia Earhart Hangar Museum is set to begin construction of its new exhibit as its capital campaign draws closer to its US$15m target. The museum project relies on the assistance of FedEx, Garmin, and Lockheed Martin, among others. The new museum, which will be located at the Amelia Earhart Memorial Airport (K59) in …
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DALLAS – A judge in Florida has struck down the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) mask mandate on airplanes and public transportation. The mandate, which was set to expire today, was extended by two weeks to May 3 by the CDC. But US District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizell, a Trump appointee, said in …
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