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...
Following incidents have been reported after the re-opening of UK airspace last night and are currently believed to have been caused by volcanic ash. But please note that these events are *still* under investigation. A World Airways Boeing MD-11, operating for Allied Air, that flew from Benghazi, Libya to...
A number of countries are looking forward to re-opening their airspace as a considerably heated debate has begun between various interested parties about safety. Among the countries which opened their airspace today are Austria, which was concluded free of ash, and The Netherlands, which opened its airspace on its...
PLEASE SCROLL TO THE BOTTOM FOR LATEST UPDATED INFORMATION Volcanic ash erupting from the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjoll, is expected to cause serious problems to air traffic east of Iceland from the UK to Scandinavia . The disruption is expected to be caused up to FL200, with lesser impact at...
A passenger onboard a Delta flight from Amsterdam ( AMS ) to Detroit ( DTW ) tried to blow up the plane on descent, yesterday. The flight, NW 253, was being operated on an Airbus A330 and had 278 passengers onboard. The suspected passenger, later identified as Abdul Mudallad...
Emirates Airline will be launching daily service to Amsterdam from 1 May 2010. The flights will be operated with Boeing 777-200LRs and Boeing 777-300ERs. Schedule as follows EK145 DXB 0825 – 1330 AMS D EK146 AMS 1530 – 2359 DXB D Emirates was reportedly long unable to launch passenger...