On Thursday August 15th an aircraft of Ural Airlines had to make an emergency landing in a field where corn was being grown. The aircraft had just taken off from a nearby airport in Zhukovsky and was on route to the city of Simferopol, also in Russia. It had 234 passengers on board and there were … Read more
Hundreds of jobs could disappear with the Irish airline Ryanair. This is a direct consequence of the problems that have been found with the Boeing 737 Max. Ryanair & the Boeing 737 Max In total, Ryanair has ordered 125 Boeing 737 Max aircrafts. It had expected to be able to fly with at least 58 … Read more
In less than three minutes robbers have managed to steal approximately 750 kilos of gold, worth almost thirty million euros. The gold was supposed to be flown to New York and Zurich. The Guarulhos airport near Sao Paulo is the biggest and busiest airport in Brazil. How it happened The criminals arrived in two cars … Read more
In the past week Dusseldorf international airport has had to charter two freight planes to bring suitcases and other luggage to passengers who had lost their suitcases earlier. Also some of the luggage was transported in other passenger aircrafts that were leaving for the same destination. Earlier problems Earlier this week there were luggage problems … Read more
Eric Lindblad, who was responsible for the development of the Boeing 737 Max, has resigned. Lindblad has been a CEO with the company for 34 years. According to the airline, Lindblad is leaving because he wants to retire, and it claims that his departure is not directly linked to the problems concerning the Boeing 737 … Read more
At least till the end of December of this year, the Belgian air space will be closes for all 737 MAX aircrafts. This closure entered in to force on June 27thof this year. The Belgian authorities state that they have taken this measure because they had been informed that, yet another problem had been found … Read more
After having performed substantial negotiations, Ryanair will now start a new airline: Malta Air. This airline will operate besides Air Malta, that already exists and is owned by the state of Malta. Both Ryanair as well as the Maltese authorities have now confirmed this. Konrad Mizzi, the Maltese minister of tourism, does not fear that … Read more
During the annual Salon International de l’Aeronautique et de l’Espace conference in Paris it has become clear that the focus when it comes to flying is shifting to sustainability. We will discuss some of the newest trends with you. The Alice of Eviation Eviation is an Israeli producer of airplanes. They have now developed a … Read more
At the moment KLM and Delta Air Lines are celebrating that they have been in a joint venture for ten years. These airlines work together in many aspects and their joint venture also includes Air France. KLM and Delta Airlines KLM is the biggest Dutch airline, whereas Delta Air Lines originates from the United … Read more
Ethiopian Airlines will be the last airline to fly with the Boeing 737 Max again During the annual IATA conference in Seoul, Zuid-Korea the CEO has announced that they will be the last airline to start flying with the Boeing 737 Max again. First, they want to see the aircraft being flown by other airlines … Read more