Billionaire Elon Musk, owner of Tesla and Space X, reportedly offered a student $5,000 to stop tracking his private jet and posting the information on twitter. According to CNN, Florida based Jack Sweeney received a Direct Message from Elon Musk on twitter asking him to stop tracking his private jet [read more]
Qatar Airways is set to spurn European airframer Airbus by awarding an order for up to 50 Boeing 777X Freighter aircraft. According to industry sources the Qatari carrier, a long-time Airbus customer, had been eyeing the A350F for its freighter role but an ever-deepening row between the two companies means [read more]
Airbus has announced that it is now offering its Airbus BelugaST to freight companies needing oversized cargo logistics. Previously used exclusively by Airbus for the movement of airliner parts such as fuselage sections and wings, the BelugaST has long been touted for wider use. The type is now being replaced [read more]
The UK Government has set out plans to curb the current relaxed slot rules for Summer 2022. Under the current situation the 80/20 rule, where airlines must utilise 80% of their allocation, is suspended but many airlines have called for that to be scrapped to prevent legacy carriers “hoarding slots”. [read more]
Two Royal Air Force (RAF) BAe 146 Mk2 transport aircraft are set to be preserved at aircraft museums in the UK following the type’s retirement at the end of March 2022. The BAe 146 Mk2 is operated by 32 (The Royal) Squadron at RAF Northolt and have been used to [read more]
19-year old Zara Rutherford, a British-Belgian teenager, has entered the record books as the youngest female pilot to fly solo around the world. Somewhat destined to fly, Zara is the daughter of British professional pilot Sam Rutherford and Belgian pilot Beatrice de Smet, Zara was born in Brussels. She completed [read more]
Qatar Airways (QR/QTR) has responded to Airbus cancelling its order for 50 A321neo aircraft by posting a video of paint damage to one of its Airbus A350 aircraft. Airbus disputes that the paint issue affects safety but Qatar Airways says that the Qatari regulator insisted it grounded affected aircraft. The [read more]
Qatar Airways has had an order for 50 Airbus A321neo aircraft cancelled by Airbus in a widening dispute over A350 paint defects. Airbus has accused Qatar Airways of carrying out a local grounding of A350 aircraft affected by the paint defect in an attempt to claim compensation, effectively of conspiring [read more]
Irish budget carrier Ryanair has announced its most expansive flight program from its home base of Dublin Airport (DUB/EIDW) this summer. The airline will operate 900 flights per week during Summer 2020 to over 120 destinations from the Irish capital. Ryanair will also increase its presence at the airport by [read more]
Romanian carrier Blue Air is adding a third daily flight between Bucharest Otopeni and London Heathrow from 14th April 2022. The new rotation will be an evening flight arriving at London Heathrow at 19:35 and departing for Bucharest at 20:25. Like the current rotations, it will be operated by a [read more]
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