Aviation Weekly: News and Highlights 12-19 December
Top News and Stories this week: Airbus A321XLR Operates 13+ Hour Test Flight Air India Begins Mumbai-SFO Flights...
Turbulence Injures Dozens On Hawaiian Airlines Flight To Honolulu
On the 18th of December, thirty-six people on board a Hawaiian flight from Phoenix to Honolulu were injured...
Global Aviation Talk with IATA Director General Willie Walsh
IATA Director General Willie Walsh speaks on the point. I met Willie in Istanbul for an exclusive interview...
Trip Report: Flying Airbus A340 to Antarctica Ice Runway + Tour
On Dec 8th, I boarded a Hi Fly A340-300 chartered for White Desert Antarctica (Tour Operator) to fly...
Miracle On PAL Flight 434 – How a 747 Survived Bomb Explosion?
Twenty-eight years ago, a Philippine Airlines Boeing 747 was seriously damaged by a bomb blast enroute to Tokyo....
United Airlines Places Huge 787 Order: 100 Firm + 100 Option
United Airlines today announced the largest widebody order by a U.S. carrier in commercial aviation history: 100 Boeing...
Condor’s First Airbus A330neo Damaged Before Delivery
On 12th December, a brand new Condor A330neo sustained damage at Airbus facilities in Toulouse after its right wingtip...
Miracle On BA009 – How Pilots Landed a 747 After Losing All Four Engines?
Four decades ago, a British Airways 747 flight lost all four engines while flying from Kuala Lumpur to...
China Eastern Takes Delivery Of World’s First COMAC C919
On 9th December, China Eastern Airlines took delivery of the first COMAC C919 narrow-body aircraft, with COMAC holding...