Archive for July, 2010

Mexicana A319 seized at Calgary, airline in deep financial troubles

A Mexicana ( IATA : MX ) operated Airbus A319 was seized at Calgary this morning ( 29th evening local ). The aircraft, XA-MXG, MSN 1630, was an original Air Canada aircraft and had apparently been subleased to MX. Reportedly two other MX aircraft have also been seized at...

AirBlue flight 202, A321, crash near Islamabad

AIR – An AirBlue passenger aircraft with over 150 passengers has impacted Margala Hills near Islamabad and crashed . Flight ED202 was operating from Karachi ( KHI ) to Istanbul ( IST ). An AirBlue spokesperson confirmed this. The aircraft was Airbus A321, AP-BJB ( more info below )....

Lufthansa Cargo MD-11 Crash Lands at Riyadh ( with Photos, Aircraft's History and Flight History )

(AIR) – A Lufthansa Cargo McDonnel Douglas MD-11, registration D-ALCQ , operating flight LH8460 crashed while on approach to Riyadh Airport ( RUH ). The flight was on a Frankfurt – Riyadh- Sharjah – Hong Kong routing. Photo copyright AlRiyadh Photo copyright AlArabiya Photo copyright AlRiyadh Photo copyright AlRiyadh...

Photo of the Week: Rainbow Contrails and new Virgin Atlantic livery

Seeing a great photo made me wanting to call back a special edition of this old weekly feature. This week’s Photo of the Week is a Virgin Atlantic Airways Airbus A340-600. The photographer has been able to capture a magnificent effect of the nature as the aircraft passes a...

Stelios to easyJet : Get Punctual in 90 days or Leave the Name

The easy Group lawyers, representing Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou has sent a letter to easyJet informing them to improve punctuality within 90 days or to lose the easy branding. Sir Stelios states ” It is regrettable that the obvious mismanagement by Harrison in the last 6 months of his tenure...

Gulf Air to launch service to Aden and Colombo

Gulf Air from onset of Northern Winter will launch service to Aden, Yemen and Colombo, Sri Lanka. Service to Aden ( ADE ) from Bahrain ( BAH ) will operate four times a week with an Airbus A319 and will be a new destination for the carrier. Service to...

Week in Brief

Week in Brief 6 OCT – 12OCT * To compensate the delay in taking delivery of its 5th A330, SriLankan Airlines wetleased a Boeing 767-300ER for two months. The aircraft, CS-TQI, in a two class layout is operated to Milan/Rome and Singapore/Kuala Lumpur by Luzair. More info can be...

WTO rules Airbus received illegal subsidies, Boeing claims victory

WTO yesterday settled a six-year old dispute between Airbus and Boeing – ruling a majority of Boeing’s claims were correct and calling Boeing the winner of the case. WTO’s 1000 page report released yesterday ( which you can download here ), on case DS316 “European Communities and Certain Member...