Aviation
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The major European carriers saw their share prices decline after the region’s busiest airport had to temporarily close on Friday. Airline shares slipped on Friday after the sudden closure of London’s Heathrow Airport due to a major power outage. Hundreds of thousands of passengers had their flights cancelled after a fire knocked out power at…
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Boeing signalled on Monday it would need more orders from India before it considers setting up a final civil aircraft assembly line in the country, potentially throwing cold water on the government’s hopes of the U.S. planemaker assembling commercial jets in the country. “The business case in order to have final assembly in any region…
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Green Party MP Siân Berry asked an Urgent Question on potential airport expansion during yesterday’s session in the House of Commons. On Sunday, Chancellor Rachel Reeves hinted that the government would support a third runway at Heathrow, saying “sustainable aviation and economic growth go hand in hand”. Responding, Mike Kane, the transport minister, reiterates that…
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The US aircraft manufacturer closed last year with a steep loss and weak sales, according to preliminary figures released by the company. The aircraft manufacturer Boeing, said it incurred nearly $3 billion (€2.85bn) worth of charges in the fourth quarter of 2024 due to a lengthy labour stoppage, job cuts and problems with a number…
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The first Starship flight test of 2025 flew with ambitious goals: seeking to repeat our previous success of launching and catching the world’s most powerful launch vehicle while putting a redesigned and upgraded Starship through a rigorous set of flight demonstrations. It served as a reminder that development testing, by definition, can be unpredictable. On…
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An Australian court on Tuesday approved a fine for Qantas, the national flag carrier, for selling thousands of tickets for canceled flights. The Federal Court of Australia approved a 120 million Australian dollar (80.7 million U.S. dollar) settlement between the national flag carrier and consumer watchdog the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) over the…
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A poll has offered some insight into whether Britons would support limiting airport drinking. Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary wants a two-drink limit at airports to stop drunken behaviour in the sky. Wetherspoons boss Sir Tim Martin suggested Mr O’Leary might want to look at his own airline’s discounting of alcohol before imposing rules on others…
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An Alaska Airlines flight was forced to make a diversion after one of its pilots made a shocking admission to passengers and crew, according to multiple witnesses who spoke with Cowboy State Daily and a Reddit post from a user claiming to be present on the ill-fated flight. Alaska Airlines and SkyWest Flight 3491 left San Francisco ahead of schedule and was…
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Boeing factory workers say they were pressured to work too fast and asked to perform jobs that they weren’t qualified for, including opening and closing the door plug that later blew off an Alaska Airlines jet. Those accounts from inside the company were disclosed Tuesday, as federal investigators opened a two-day hearing into the blowout,…
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The North American Aerospace Defence Command has intercepted Russian and Chinese military aircraft flying near Alaska. According to the Russian defence ministry, the bombers were carrying out joint air patrols over the waters of the Chukchi and Bering Seas as well as the North Pacific. The US and Canada, which together make up the North…
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Vice President of Nigeria, Kashim Shettima, has cancelled his trip to the United State of America and returned to Nigeria. Shettima was scheduled to attend the 2024 US-Africa Business Summit in Dallas, Texas. However, in a statement signed by the president’s aide on Media and Communications, Stanley Nkwocha, it was confirmed that the Minister of…
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Airline Finnair has said it is pausing flights to Tartu in eastern Estonia for the next month, due to GPS disturbances in the area. “Finnair will suspend its daily flights to Tartu, Estonia, from 29 April to 31 May, so that an alternative approach solution that does not require a GPS signal can be put…
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Southwest Airlines will limit hiring and stop flying to four airports as it copes with weak financial results and delays in getting new planes from Boeing. Both Southwest and American Airlines reported first-quarter losses Thursday. Demand for travel remains strong, including among business flyers, but airlines are dealing with higher labor costs, and delays in…
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The Nigerian College of Aviation Technology, NCAT, Zaria, has no single helicopter for training, the Acting Rector of the institution, Shaka Imalighwe, has disclosed. He made the disclosure during an investigative hearing organised by the House of Representatives to probe the sale of two helicopters belonging to the College. Imalighwe told the House of Representatives…
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Poland has demanded an explanation from Russia after reporting one of its missiles strayed briefly into Polish airspace during a major missile attack on Ukraine. The Polish foreign ministry intends to summon the Russian ambassador, after the incident prompted the NATO member to activate F-16 fighter jets. The missile was part of Russia’s third big…
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A United States aviation lawyer, Robert Clifford, has said the helicopter crash that claimed the lives of the Group Chief Executive Officer of Access Holdings, Herbert Wigwe and his family in California last Friday, could have been averted. Clifford said this in a press statement posted on the company’s website on Wednesday. Wigwe, his wife…
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