Airframers and engine suppliers, as well as other representatives of the aerospace industry, have established a joint organisation intended to tackle the problem of unapproved parts. Airbus and Boeing, along with CFM International partners Safran and GE Aerospace, are among the founding partners of the Aviation Supply Chain Integrity Coalition. Its formation follows the high-profile…
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Expedia Group, Atout France and CRT Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, today announce a multi-million-euro co-operative campaign to encourage tourism in Cote d’Azur and Provence during Autumn and Winter, supporting tourism in the quieter months. The South of France is one of the most popular places to visit globally with more than 30 million tourists each year traveling…
Venice airport was closed for more than an hour and flights were diverted on Friday due to the presence of a flock of seagulls. Marco Polo Airport in the north-eastern Italian city closed at 09:45 local time (07:45 GMT). Flights were diverted to Treviso, Verona, Trieste and Milan before normal operations resumed at 11:20. Bird…
It may not be politically correct, but the iconic hot air hostess definitely exists. Considering the crazy “Cancel-Culture” environment we live in, this is down-right amazing. Uniforms may be more modest and demure than they used to be back in the 1960s and 1970, but airlines still like to employ pretty young women. The profession…
Ax-2 will send four people to the International Space Station for an eight-day stay. The second-ever private astronaut mission to the International Space Station (ISS) remains on track to lift off this weekend. NASA, SpaceX and Houston company Axiom Space held a flight readiness review (FRR) today (May 15) for the Ax-2 mission, which is…
The German government has approved a Polish request to hand over five Mikoyan MiG-29 “Fulcrum” fighters to Ukraine that had previously been operated by the German Air Force. Warsaw needed re-export approval from Berlin to allow it to transfer the aircraft to Ukraine. Poland is in the process of transferring its entire MiG-29 fleet to…
The spectacular explosion of SpaceX’s new Starship rocket minutes after it soared off its launch pad on a first flight test is the latest vivid illustration of a “successful failure” business formula that serves Elon Musk’s company well, experts said on Thursday. Rather than seeing the fiery disintegration of Musk’s colossal, next-generation Starship system as…
On a clear, sunny day in April 2014, two F/A-18s took off for an air combat training mission off the coast of Virginia. The jets, part of my Navy fighter squadron, climbed to an altitude of 12,000 and steered towards Warning Area W-72, an exclusive block of airspace ten miles east of Virginia Beach. All…
Southwest Airlines has hired and trained 3,000 flight attendants so far this year, nearly triple its record cabin crew member hiring in all of 2018, the carrier told staff last week. Southwest and other airlines are still racing to hire and train staff to cater to a rebound in travel demand, which executives expect to…
From returning to the sky in new livery to fly for another airline, to being recycled for parts or moving an aircraft boneyard, the possibilities for retired aircraft are seemingly endless. Some have been converted into restaurants, museums, cafes and even party venues. But this private jet turned luxury villa, located on a clifftop near…