On January 13, 2020, David L. Calhoun is starting his role as the president and chief executive officer of the Boeing company. Calhoun is replacing the company’s previous head Dennis Muilenburg, who is believed to have lost the role due to the 737 MAX crisis. Calhoun is taking the role from Greg Smith, the company’s […]
Gulf Air has partnered up with Etihad to share benefits across both loyalty programs. Etihad has partnered up with Gulf Air. Photo: Etihad Press Release What are the details? Members of Etihad Guest, the loyalty program of Etihad, can now use their membership to redeem benefits across Gulf Air, the national carrier of Bahrain. Likewise, […]
UK pilots are alarmed and dismayed over indications that regional operator Flybe is holding urgent discussions over funding. The airline has so far refused to disclose details of the situation, or even confirm any reports, stating that it does not comment on “rumour or speculation”. But UK pilot union BALPA’s leader, general secretary Brian Strutton, […]
Crews on an El Al Israel Airlines flight were forced to divert on Thursday 10th January 2020 after passengers noticed a burning smell in the cabin. The Boeing 777-200 aircraft landed in Canada for inspection without casualties. However, the incident left passengers stranded and seeking humanitarian aid. 4X-ECC was grounded after passengers noticed smoke in […]
The United States Federal Aviation Administration, or FAA, has recently proposed a $5.4 million fine for Boeing. According to the FAA, this fine is due to the installation of nonconforming slat tracks on over 175 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft. Allegedly, Boeing was aware of this. The FAA is proposing a $5.4M fine to Boeing for […]
An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 struck a hungry swarm of grasshoppers late last week, rendering much of the aircraft’s fuselage a nice smear of brown. It might sound trivial but these grasshoppers are big and swarm in their millions. When an aircraft runs into them, they can block visibility from the cockpit and cause significant […]
An interesting incident happened on a flight in Indonesia over the weekend. A family was detained upon arrival in Denpasar after flight attendants overheard a husband and wife complaining about the airline. A Garuda captain ordered a family of five detained last Saturday. Photo: Kentaro Iemoto via Flickr As reported in View From The Wing, […]
The body of a child was found in the landing gear well of an Air France flight between Paris and Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Air France confirmed that the body of a stowaway was discovered in the well of the landing gear of a Boeing 777 (F-GSQY). It was performing flight AF703 between Abidjan Airport (ABJ) […]
Early this morning, a Boeing 737 operating for Ukraine International Airlines crashed minutes into the flight. The aircraft was leaving the capital of Iran, Tehran, to fly to Kiev. However, six minutes after taking off, the plane appeared to burst into flames and crashed. 167 passengers and nine crew members were killed. Here’s what we […]
Before suspending the 737 MAX production in Renton manufacturing site, Boeing has started reassigning some 3,000 employees to other production sites. When announcing the suspension of the Boeing 737 MAX production on December 17, 2019, the manufacturer assured that the future of the 12,000 employees of the Renton assembly line was not threatened. On January […]
