Delta Air Lines is turning to technology to revolutionise travelling with pets. Partnering with CarePod, the airline will offer smart boxes to transport pets across the United States. With a constant connection to the ground, pets will be monitored 24/7. Delta is introducing a new product to keep pets safe while travelling. Photo: Getty Images […]
A C-130 Hercules water bomber crashed during a fire fighting operation in Australia on January 23, 2020. The three crew members on board were killed. The aircraft registered N134CG and owned by the Canadian company Coulson Aviation was dropping fire retardant on bushfires near Snowy Monaro, a hundred kilometers of Canberra in southern New South […]
The South African carrier that assured its passengers and stakeholders on January 20, 2020, that its flights continue to operate as normal, on January 21, 2020, canceled domestic and international flights from two of its South African hubs, Johannesburg (JNB) and Cape Town (CPT). South African Airways, which is in the middle of a business […]
Swiss International Airlines has given a new lease of life to its Airbus A340 aircraft. The airline recently completed a cabin refurbishment program on all five of its A340s which includes a new entertainment system and internet access. Swiss still operates five Airbus A340s. Photo: Swiss Swiss has finally finished upgrading its Airbus A340s. The […]
The development of the Boeing 777X, the manufacturer’s first new airliner since the ill-fated 737 MAX, is moving ahead. The first twin-engine jet to be able to carry more than 400 passengers might take to the skies for its maiden flight as soon as the end of the week, media reports indicate. In particular, the […]
British Airways brand-new Airbus A350 XWB, delivered to the operator just in the previous month, was reportedly damaged after a hard landing in Tel Aviv Ben Gurion International Airport, Israel (TLV) on January 19, 2020. Curiously, this is already the second incident in which the month-old aircraft is involved. British Airways flight BA163 took off […]
Delta Air Lines will pay out an extra $1.6 billion amongst over 90,000 employees. This comes after the carrier posted an excellent year financially. A known airline for profit sharing, this is a record amount for Delta. On the heels of an excellent year, Delta will distribute an extra $1.6 billion in profit sharing amongst […]
The Lockheed Martin F-35 has demonstrated has demonstrated a capability to downlink targeting data about multiple “air-breathing threats” to ground forces. The work took place at White Sands Missile Range in December 2019, according to Lockheed Martin. A pair of US Air Force F-35s were integrated with the US Army’s Integrated Air and Missile Defense […]
Steven Udvar-Hazy, Executive Chairman of the Board at Air Lease Corporation (ALC), an aircraft leasing company with 15 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft in its disposal and 135 more on order, bluntly told what the manufacturer should do with the MAX brand during a conference in Dublin on January 20, 2020. “We’ve asked Boeing to get […]
Avion Express, leading ACMI operator in the world, is delighted to announce that the company reached record yearly production results in 2019. During 2019 Avion Express expanded its fleet to the all-time high number of 22 Airbus A320 family aircraft. Last year Avion Express produced a record number of over 60,200 block hours (BH) in […]
