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...
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 )....
(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...
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...
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 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 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 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...