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Russia's Yakutia Airlines secures $10.5mn in state subsidies

FlyLAL awarded €16mn in case against Air Baltic

A Vilnius regional court has ordered Air Baltic (BT, Riga) to pay defunct Lithuanian operator FlyLAL (TE, Vilnius) EUR16 million (USD17.31 million) in damages after it was found guilty of anti-competitive practices. In its ruling, the court said Air Baltic had gained significant benefit from pref...

EasyJet plans to cut carbon emissions with hydrogen fuel-cell trial

EasyJet has unveiled plans to use hydrogen fuel cells on its aircraft to save up to 50,000 tonnes of fuel a year and cut its carbon emissions. The airline hopes to trial technology later this year that would allow planes to taxi to and from the runway using zero-emissions fuel. Around 4% of ea...

Rocket-shaped object shot past Birmingham Airbus

A rocket-shaped object the size of two "two litre fizzy drink bottles" passed "very close" to a passenger aircraft at about 1,500ft (457m), a report has found. The A321 Airbus pilot estimated the object passed 100ft (30m) from his jet, the UK Airprox Board report said. The pilot saw the object pass the jet's starboard side after departing from Birmingham Airport last...

Brand New B737-800 N. Karamzin Joins Aeroflot Fleet

Aeroflot took delivery of its new B737-800 Next Generation aircraft made by Boeing. The plane is named in honour of Nikolay Karamzin, Russian historian, poet, and journalist who was the leader of the national sentimentalist school. Aeroflot’s Boeing 737-800NG has two-class composition with 20 seats in business class and 138 seats in economy cla...

How high can Carolyn McCall take easyJet before she bails out?

Annual pre-tax profits have surged from £154m in 2010 to a record £686m last year. “I’m not going anywhere,” insists Dame Carolyn McCall, the chief executive of easyJet. She might be trapped in a window seat on a flight to Italy, but the airline boss is not talking about escaping the journalists accompanying her to the opening of easyJet’s 27th European ba...

New British cargo airline, CargoLogicAir, awarded AOC and prepares for take-off

CargoLogicAir (CLA), the new British all-cargo airline, has been awarded an Air Operator Certificate (AOC) by the UK Civil Aviation Authority. Headquartered at London’s Stansted Airport, CLA is an independent airline with its own executive and management team and fleet. In line with its business strategy, CargoLogicAir aims to become a leader in the European air cargo market off...

United Is Adding a Training Safety Day for All 12,000 Pilots

United Continental Holdings Inc. is adding special training for all 12,000 pilots to boost safety and improve communication as the industry braces for a generational turnover among cockpit-crew members. The day-long sessions follow a strong letter United sent to pilots a year ago, warning of “major safety events and near misses” that included the use of an aircraft’s ground pr...

Jazeera Airways Eyes Long-Haul Venture

Kuwaiti low-cost carrier Jazeera Airways could set up a long-haul service with a foreign partner as an alternative to buying a stake in national carrier Kuwait Airways. Jazeera Chairman Marwan Boodai told Reuters news agency he would still prefer a stake in loss-making Kuwait Airways, but that he was preparing an alternative strategy. "Plan 'B' is tying up with an international...

Delta Flight Attendants Fight, Plane Makes Unscheduled Landing

Flights have been diverted and have had to make emergency landings for a variety of reasons. I just came across an article about one of the strangest (and most unprofessional) reasons that a Delta flight had to land. Two female flight attendants got into a fist fight on a recent Delta flight, according to Yahoo News. Delta flight 2598 was flying from Los Angeles to Minneapolis when the capta...

In 2001, Two JAL planes carrying 677 in total narrowly avoids disaster

15 years ago, two Japan Airlines jetliners narrowly avoided a mid-air collision near Yaizu, Shizuoka, Japan.   Japan Airlines Flight 907, a Boeing 747-446D (JA8904)  was en-route from Haneda International Airport to Naha International Airport with 411 passengers & 16 crew members on board.   Japan Airlines Flight 958, a McDonnell-Douglas DC-10-40 (JA8546) was...

The Wackiest Airplane Themes from Star Wars to Pandas

Scrolling through the grievances of the 708 million passengers the TSA screened in airports last year is enough to make you wish teleportation was possible so you could bypass the entire hassle of being in an airport. From baggage fees, to change fees, to getting charged $8 for a blanket, the fun seems to have gone out of travel like the perfect container of Talenti Gelato melting unloved and unea...

Reports of 'unruly passengers' on planes drop; social media might be the reason

The number of airline passengers who are reported for disrupting commercial flights has been dropping for several years. But the decline may have more to do with social media than any improvement in fliers’ manners. In 2015, the incidents of “unruly passengers” reported to the Federal Aviation Administration fell to 82, from 145 in 2014, a 43% drop. Federal law says passeng...

Qantas frequent flyer expands points-earning options for its members

Qantas has further expanded the range of points-earning opportunities for its ever-growing frequent flyer membership base through a new partnership with Vodafone. The tie-up allows Qantas’s frequent flyer members to earn points on eligible Vodafone mobile plans, while Vodafone will sell prepaid products on board some of the Flying Kangaroo’s international flights. The Vodafone in...

ANA, Iran Air end A380 order drought

Airbus’s flagship A380 has ended a three-year drought for new orders with confirmation Japan’s ANA and Iran Air will be new operators of the world’s largest airliner. On Friday, ANA Holdings (ANA HD) confirmed it would take three A380s that were earmarked for Skymark Airlines, with first delivery is due in 2019. ANA said the A380, which will be powered with Rolls-Royce Tren...

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Air Baltic Corporation AS , Latvia’s national airline and the leading carrier in the Baltic States, announced that airBaltic and its subsidiaries participating in the voluntary Ch...

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Qantas Freight and Australia Post expand air cargo capacity with Airbus A321 freighter in western Sydney

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Turkish Airlines and CFM sign landmark MOU for more than 600 LEAP-1B engines

Turkish Airlines has taken another major step in its fleet expansion strategy with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with CFM International for more than 300 LEAP-1B engines and a long-term...