A Tale of Two Cities; Berlin and Beijing.
Reading Time: 3 minutes read The history of Berlin in the 20th century is one of war, division and reunification. No single airport had served the traditional capital of the country because of the infamous ‘Iron Curtain’ dividing the city into east and west. The...
737-800 Engine shuts down MID FLIGHT
Reading Time: 1 minute read The Boeing 737-800 is one of the most highly recognised airliners in the history of aviation, with over 56% of the manufacturer’s output, being the 737. However, such a reputable airliner came into a spell of trouble on 16th November...
FlyBosnia – Looming despair?
Reading Time: 2 minutes read Recently, Bosnian carrier FlyBosnia, has been experiencing issues: In particularly, not being able to find a suitable local business model to serve it’s home market. Earlier today, it was reported by leading business portal, Biznis...
Inaugural Flight CANCELLED over Bird Strike
Reading Time: 2 minutes read On November 14th, over 180 eager passengers waited at Green Bay, in Wisconsin USA, to board Frontier Airlines’ inaugural flight to Orlando, Florida, but things did not go quite to plan. An Airbus A320-200, registration N210FR,...
Greek Carrier Astra, SUSPENDED from IATA
The International Air Transport Association, abbreviated commonly to IATA, is a trade association of the world’s airlines, with over 290 member airlines (primarily major carriers) which represent a total of 117 countries worldwide. IATA’s member airlines account...
MiG-29K CRASHES during training flight
Around noon, Indian time, a MiG-29K of the Indian Navy crashed during a training flight. The aircraft had only just left the airbase when it got into trouble. Not much later, the Russian-built aircraft hit the ground. This happened not far from Dabolim...
Alitalia looking for partners
Alitalia is Italy’s or perhaps Europe’s biggest worry child. Society has been making losses for years and that doesn’t seem to change much. The Italian airline Alitalia goes down in history as a company with perhaps the most beautiful bankruptcy. The company has...
Qantas continues with 3nd EXTREME long flight
The Australian airline Qantas is specializing more and more in distant flights. It is to be said, in extremely distant flights. The company itself calls the project ‘Project Sunrise’. In this project, research is being carried out into extremely long flights from...
Minimums! South African Airways Update
Strike #1 In yet further trouble at South African Airways, the National Union of Metalworkers and SA Cabin Crew Association-claiming to represent more than 3000 workers at the airline-said on Monday that they would begin ‘the mother of all strikes’ at 4am on Friday...