It seems that parts of the United Kingdom have received a major dusting of snow today. As most people know, the United Kingdom can't handle snow in any shape or form (a common joke that we use in my office is that the city grinds to a halt when a flake of snow hits the ground, and goes into panic if two flakes of snow land. Any more than that is... well). Initial predictions … [Read more...]
ALL operators ground Boeing 787 Dreamliners *UPDATED*
In a cascade effect, more Civil Aviation agencies and airlines are pulling their Boeing 787 Dreamliner fleets Known grounding so far (Latest ones at the bottom): All Nippon Airlines (17 aircraft) Japan Airlines (7 aircraft) United Airlines (6 aircraft) LAN Airlines (3 Aircraft) LOT Polish Airlines (2 aircraft) Qatar Airways (5 Aircraft Air India (6 … [Read more...]
FAA Grounds Boeing 787 Dreamliners – UPDATE x 2
The Federal Aviation Administration has taken the action of grounding Boeing 787 Dreamliners according to a release at www.faa.gov Direct quote: As a result of an in-flight, Boeing 787 battery incident earlier today in Japan, the FAA will issue an emergency airworthiness directive (AD) to address a potential battery fire risk in the 787 and require operators to temporarily … [Read more...]
Etihad to launch Amsterdam service, KLM/Etihad codeshares announced
Etihad is to launch a service to Amsterdam in May, with KLM codesharing on day one on the route. The route will be operated as such: EY077 DEPART AUH 09:30 ARRIVE AMS 13:40 EY078 DEPART AMS 22:00 ARRIVE AUH 06:35+1 Booked Equipment: Airbus A330-200 Commences: 15th May 2013 Operates: Daily Etihad's code already exists on the current KLM service to Abu Dhabi as … [Read more...]
ANA Grounds its 787 fleet after an emergency landing in Japan – JAL follows.
BREAKING: JAL is to ground its fleet of 787 Dreamliners as well according to AFP. Well, its finally happened - the first airline who had 787's delivered have grounded their 787 fleet pending safety inspections. According to Reuters and BBC News, All Nippon Airways flight NH692 operating from Yamaguchi Ube to Tokyo's Haneda made an emergency landing at Takamatsu after a … [Read more...]
How long to self tag a bag? 24 seconds according to LCY…
London City Airport has a habit of being fast over anything - be it turning around a plane, quick immigration or luggage claim. Well according to their web site, they're managed to get self bagging down to a lightning 24 seconds. The service offered by London City Airport and British Airways allows passengers to print their own luggage tags at the airport. Simply visit … [Read more...]
Singapore Airlines firms up more A380’s and A350’s
Time to turn our attention away from the Boeing 787 and turn to the other new big aircraft in the air/in development. Singapore Airlines has finalised an order with Airbus for five A380's and 20 A350-900 aircraft, with a list price of US$7.5 Billion. This will boosts the Singapore Airlines cadre of A380's to 24 aircraft - with 19 in operation at the moment. Only Emirates … [Read more...]
FAA to review Boeing 787 Dreamliners – No Groundings at present
Well this isn't unexpected, but its been coming after some high profile news articles, with the US Federal Aviation Administration announcing they are to launch a review into the Boeing 787 Dreamliner - in particular they will be reviewing its design and construction. It's important to note at this point, the 787's that are out in the real world can still fly, and are not … [Read more...]
Kingfisher Airlines aircraft – now impounded
For Kingfisher Airlines, it just got a lot more tougher to restart services with news that the remaining aircraft in the Kingfisher fleet have been impounded by the Indian Service Tax Department. The impounding notice states the aircraft cannont be flown outsite the airports where they are parked since the grounding of the airline. This is due to a high service tax bill that … [Read more...]
Air France goes “Mini” on some routes to combat Low Cost Carriers
The spread of Low Cost Carriers has raised questions for some legacy carriers on how to handle them. Some set up airlines (Lufthansa and Germanwings), some operate an airline within an airline (who remembers Ted by United, Song by Delta) and some do LCC pricing inside the airline to fill extra capacity. This is the line that Air France are taking, with the introduction of … [Read more...]
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