Australia confirms purchase of 40 Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawks
Australia has confirmed the acquisition of 40 Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk four-blade twin-engine medium-lift utility military helicopters in a $1.96 billion deal with the United States government. The purchase agreement…
ROUTES | Etihad announces two new European routes: Dusseldorf & Copenhagen
Etihad Airways announced that it is launching two routes starting October 1, 2023, flying to Dusseldorf International Airport (DUS), and Copenhagen Airport (CPH) from Abu Dhabi International Airport (AUH). BIG…
Russia, Belarus launch ‘purely defensive’ joint air force drills
Russia and Belarus have commenced joint air force drills using Belarus’ military airfields. The military exercises will be conducted until February 1, 2023, according to the Belarusian defense ministry. “Today,…
FAA, NTSB to investigate AA and Delta runway near-miss at JFK
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) indicated that they would investigate a recent near-miss between a Delta Air Lines Boeing 737-900 and an American…
A pilot couple killed in air crashes in Nepal – 16 years apart
In 2010, Anju Khatiwada joined Nepal’s Yeti Airlines, following in the footsteps of her husband, a pilot who had died in a crash four years earlier when a small passenger…
UPDATE | Searchers find black boxes of aircraft in deadly Nepal crash
Searchers on Monday found both the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder from a passenger flight that crashed on Sunday, killing at least 68 people in Nepal’s deadliest plane…
INCIDENT | British Airways Boeing 777 Emergency Slide Deployed During Pushback
A spokeswoman for British Airways confirmed that the emergency slide was accidentally inflated rather than being activated in response to an actual emergency aboard a Boeing 777-200 headed for Lagos,…
Boeing 737 MAX makes first passenger flight in China since March 2019
A Boeing Co 737 MAX made its first passenger flight in China in nearly four years on Friday, marking a major milestone in the U.S. planemaker’s attempt to rebuild its…
Australian low-cost airline Bonza obtains AOC and will soon be selling tickets
Australia’s newest low-cost startup Bonza has obtained an Air Operator’s Certificate (AOC) from the country’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) and will soon be selling tickets. The AOC, which was…
Southwest CEO, claims responsibility of meltdown, all options ‘on the table’ he said
Southwest Airlines Co is looking at all options to ensure the operational meltdown it suffered last month is not repeated, Chief Executive Bob Jordan said on Thursday. The Dallas-based carrier…