Belgium's Challengair starts seizing Air Namibia funds

Challengair (1I, Brussels National) has begun seizing funds belonging to Air Namibia (SW, Windhoek Int'l) as it seeks to fulfil a German court ruling in its favour. The defunct Belgian carrier was awarded EUR25 million euro (USD29 million) by courts in Paris (in 2011) and Munich (in 2015) as compensation for outstanding debts owed by Air Namibia for services such as maintenance, leasing dues, and insurance premiums that were part of a failed 1998 wet-lease agreement involving B767-300(ER)… (www.ch-aviation.com) Mehr...

Man charged over UK airport drone flight

The chaos led to the travel plans of about 140,000 passengers being affected. Nobody has been arrested over those incidents. (www.thenational.ae) Mehr...

Crashed Indonesia jet's recorder has two hours of cockpit voices

Indonesian investigators will start analyzing next week more than two hours of conversation held in the cockpit voice recorder of a jet that crashed into the Java Sea in October as they seek to unravel the cause of the nation’s worst aviation disaster in two decades. (www.theedgemarkets.com) Mehr...

United Airlines plane diverted to Goose Bay leaves passengers stuck on board for 16 hours

A United Airlines plane diverted to Goose Bay Airport in Labrador Saturday night resulted in a lengthy stay on the tarmac, according to passengers who were stranded on the aircraft. (cbc.ca) Mehr...

DC-3 Crash In North East Ohio

Crash of a DC-3 Following take off killing crew of two. The crash occurred in Wayne County 60 miles south of Cleveland, after striking a utility pole. The plane may have had engine issues. (www.google.com) Mehr...

Cebu Pacific has taken delivery of its first Airbus A321neo, after several rounds of delays.

The Pratt & Whitney PW1100G-powered aircraft is fitted with 236 seats in an all-economy configuration. The jet arrived in Manila on 20 January. Flight Fleets Analyzer shows that the aircraft, registered RP-C4118, is owned and managed by Cebu Pacific Airbus The carrier has another 31 of the type on order. It is also due to take another five A320neo on lease from Avolon this year, with deliveries commencing in the first half of the year. Cebu Pacific initially deferred deliveries of the… (www.flightglobal.com) Mehr...

Last Surviving Crew Member Has 'No Regrets' About Bombing Hiroshima

On this day in 1945, the United States dropped the first atomic bomb ever used in warfare. It flew three strike planes over Hiroshima, Japan. The Enola Gay carried the bomb. Two other planes, the Great Artiste and the Necessary Evil, escorted it. Most of the 34 crew members didn't know they were carrying what was then the most powerful weapon in the world. I recommend that you listen to his story, rather than read it. (www.npr.org) Mehr...

Labrador: des passagers coincés dans un avion pendant 16 heures.

Des passagers ayant dû patienter environ 16 heures dans un avion immobilisé dans un aéroport en période de grand froid à Happy Valley-Goose Bay, à Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador, devraient finalement voir leur cauchemar prendre fin. La porte-parole d'United Airlines Natalie Noonan a indiqué que le vol 179 de Newark, dans le New Jersey, à destination de Hong Kong, avait été détourné vers l'aéroport de Goose Bay samedi soir en raison d'une urgence de santé d'un passager. (www.lapresse.ca) Mehr...

ANA Boeing 787 Dual Engine Shutdown Upon Landing!

All Nippon Airways is currently investigating an incident that occurred on the 17th of January that saw both engines of one of their Boeing 787-8 Dreamliners shutdown simultaneously. (www.fliegerfaust.com) Mehr...

Photo: First Delta A330neo Rolls Out Of Paint Shop

MIAMI — The first Airbus A330-900neo for Delta Air Lines has rolled out of the paint shop in Toulouse. In November, the plane rolled out of the assembly—the same day when the airline confirmed that an additional 10 planes have been ordered. Today, however, the plane came out of the paint shop wearing the full Delta livery. (airwaysmag.com) Mehr...

Calls on Ryanair to refund passengers hit with name-change charges

MoneySavingExpert founder Martin Lewis has called on the chief executives of Ryanair and the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to investigate an apparent name-change booking 'glitch' which has cost many passengers at least £115 to fix – and presented them with a dossier detailing more than 160 reports of the problem. (www.moneysavingexpert.com) Mehr...

Ural Airlines flight to Dubai made an emergency landing in Volgograd after some passengers between rows 21 and 26 were suffocating

An airliner was forced to make an emergency landing in Russia today after passengers began complaining they were “suffocating”. Panic swept through the cabin of the Ural Airlines flight from Moscow to Dubai about one hour 25 minutes into the journey. One described it as “some kind of plague” and another claimed sickly passengers had “greatly dilated pupils”. Fearing mass poisoning on board, the pilot decided to make an emergency landing in the southern Russian city of Volgograd. (www.airlive.net) Mehr...

LOT Polish Grows: Launches 787 Flights To Delhi and Miami in 2019

LOT Polish Airlines will launch a new non-stop service between Warsaw and New Delhi, starting on September 17, 2019. As with all of LOT’s long-haul services, the new route will be operated by the airline's state-of-the-art Boeing 787 Dreamliners on a frequency of five times a week. LOT Polish will also spread its wings to Miami International Airport starting June 2019, as well as a new service between London City and Budapest. (airwaysmag.com) Mehr...

Eurowings to fly between Berlin Tegel and Munich

Eurowings starting on May 1, 2019, will be flying from Berlin Tegel to Munich up to four times a day according to Flughafen Berlin Bradenburg. (worldairlinenews.com) Mehr...

Chicago Mayoral Candidate wants to reopen Meigs Field

Meigs was the second largest business district airport in North America. Meigs Field airport was closed when Chicago mayor Richard M. Daley ordered the runway destroyed with bulldozers without the thirty-day notice required by Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulations. I propose the restoration of this important third airport with planned enhancements for 21st century personal air travel and much needed revenue source. (chicago.suntimes.com) Mehr...

United B739 at Chicago on Jan 19th 2019, overran runway on landing

A United Boeing 737-900, registration N69816 performing flight UA-656 from Phoenix,AZ to Chicago O'Hare,IL (USA) with 129 people on board, landed on Chicago's runway 04R at 11:27L (17:27Z) but overran the end of the runway and came to a stop with at least the nose gear off the paved surface. The passengers disembarked via mobile stairs and were bussed to the terminal. There were no injuries, the aircraft sustained minor if any damage. (avherald.com) Mehr...

Southwest flight slides off runway

A southwest flight landing in Omaha has slid of the runway after landing bringing the airport to a screeching halt. All the passengers and crew are safe and being taken care of. (www.wfaa.com) Mehr...

Super-Rare XP-82 Twin Mustang Flies Again After Decade-Long Restoration

Of the five Twin Mustangs left in the world, two are on display in the National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, Ohio. Another is a gate guard at Lackland AFB in Texas. One is currently undergoing restoration. And one—just one—is, at long last, ready to fly. (www.popularmechanics.com) Mehr...

Thailand seat capacity growing at slower pace

Last year saw overall seat capacity for Thailand's key airlines expand by 5.5%, with strong international growth offsetting a decline in domestic seats. FlightGlobal schedules data shows that Thailand's top carriers generated 93 million seats in 2018, up 5.5% from 2017, but markedly slower than the 15% average annual growth seen between 2014 and 2017. Thailand overall seat capacity, 2018 Asset Image All data from FlightGlobal schedules Domestic capacity among the leading airlines for… (www.flightglobal.com) Mehr...

Why British Airways Should Order The Airbus A220

The A220 has proved to be a huge hit for Airbus. In fact, it has been selling really well. In fact, just this year we’ve already seen over 130 new A220s ordered by Moxy, Delta, and JetBlue (simpleflying.com) Mehr...

Investigators puzzle over 707's fatal short-runway overrun

Iranian investigators have yet to disclose why a Boeing 707-320C attempted to land at a general aviation airport with a short runway, during which it careered into a residential area. (www.flightglobal.com) Mehr...

NTSB says Notams are "just a pile of garbage" [video]

NTSB Board Chairman, at the Air Canada 759 hearing into the SFO attempted taxiway landing explains that NOTAMs are "just a pile of garbage that no one pays any attention to" "written in some kind of language that only a computer programmer would really understand. Just pages and pages and pages of irrelevant material, the important stuff gets buried." (www.youtube.com) Mehr...

A successful eighth and final launch for Aireon

At 7:31 AM PST (15:31 UTC) a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California and placed the final 10 Iridium NEXT satellites into low earth orbit (LEO). This launch brought the total number of Aireon payloads in orbit to 75 (66 operational payloads and 9 spares), completing the historic launch program and passing one of the last remaining milestones before Aireon ushers in a new era of global air traffic surveillance and aircraft tracking. (aireon.com) Mehr...