Alitalia nears bankruptcy as staff rejects rescue plan
Alitalia staff rejected rescue plan which would have eliminated a number of jobs and cut cabin crew and pilot pay rates by approximately 8%....
View Articlecubana 737 crash
per cnn a Cubana Air 737 has crashed on take off or immediately after takeoff from Havana to Guatemala 3 known survivors 104 plus 9 crew aboard
View ArticleGoing, Going, (Gone-- Not yet but probably soon)
https://crankyflier.com/2019/04/30/the-noose-tightens-at-norwegian-as-losses-continue/ Maybe we should just leave the Queen recording of Another One Bites the Dust on permanent play.
View ArticleEthiopia pushes back at suggestion that pilots not properly trained.
https://www.seattletimes.com/busine...t-public-attention-from-boeing-737-max-flaws/
View ArticleEmergency evacuation of British Airways flight
"British Airways flight BA422 from London to Valencia was evacuated just off of the runway at Valencia airport. Footage shared on social media shows the cabin engulfed in smoke. The cause of the smoke...
View ArticleAnd you thought Spirit was cutting service and amenities to the bone. HA!
It is to laugh. How about taking off with one occupied passenger seat not being equipped with a seat back? Click on the link then scroll down until the photo of missing seatback displays. And, it...
View ArticleAir China experiences huge fire on AB330 at Beijing airport
Fire broke out in cargo area just as boarding started. Fortunately, all passengers and crew evacuated safely. No injuries. https://simpleflying.com/air-china-fire/?utm_source=pop
View ArticlePeruvian Airlines Suspends Operations--4th airline in 2 weeks
https://simpleflying.com/peruvian-airlines-suspension/?utm_source=Bibblio Peruvian did not tell the Tax Man the truth. Mistake. Tax Man froze all of Peruvian's bank accounts.
View ArticleKLM celebrates 100th Birthday today
https://simpleflying.com/klm-100th-birthday/?utm_source=email
View ArticleLatam takes a risky leap into Delta's arms
Cranky Flyer's take on the Delta Latam marriage. While Delta purchase of 20% of Latam is good for Delta, maybe not so much for Latam. Problem is in connections in U.S. Latam can not simply move it's...
View ArticleJFK-SYD test flight 10/18/19
Now this is interesting. 1. First test of world's longest (almost 20 hours, 16,200km) non-stop flight to take-off Friday. (First flight is New York to Sydney. I'm guessing departure airport to be JFK.)...
View ArticleGerman Court gives go-ahead to Lufthansa cabin crew strike
"The strike action is being organised by the UFO cabin crew union. However, Lufthansa does not believe that the UFO in its current form is qualified to represent cabin crew" making the strike illegal....
View ArticleLufthansa converts 777X orders to options
Lufthansa announces that 14 orders (out of a total of 34) for 777X have been converted to options which may or may not be exercised in the future. Though characterized as a step back while they...
View ArticleSYD-DAL (and back) on Qantas A380 produces huge profit
And, everyone said that the A380 was a white elephant because no route needed that many seats more often that 1/week. Qantas is flying this route 6 days/week. In fiscal year ending 30June2019, Qantas...
View ArticleBoarding denied due to reservation not found in system
Hi, I would like to share with you my recent travel experience and seek your advice. Our original flight was from Toronto, Canada to Dhaka, Bangladesh by WestJet (Toronto to Montreal) and by Qatar...
View ArticleOne letter missing in my middle name
Hi I purchased a ticket via travel agency (Travel Up) where the airline was British airways but carrier is Qatar Airways and later noticed that one letter from my middle name is missing. My name is...
View ArticleAir Canada 777 hits Air Canada AB321
https://simpleflying.com/air-canada-777-a321-collision/ Don't you just hate it when this kind of thing happens?
View ArticleLufthansa to be launch partner for Boeing 777x aircraft
777X is used to denote both 777-8 and 777-9, From photgraphs in this article, it's going to be gorgeous. Pay close attention to the picture of the engine that has numours people on the ground in fron...
View ArticleCondor Airlines
I am making plans for a Europe vacation and for the return trip Condor airlines has a very good price from Frankfurt to Seattle. I looked on TripAdvisor and they seem to compare with most US airline...
View ArticleQantas may add fuel stop to "non-stop" Australia to London flights
Necessary to avoid flying over Iran during current conflict. Other option is to reduce passenger load by approximately 90 passengers--the really expensive option....
View ArticleUkrainian 737-800 crashes on take-off in Iran
All 176 onboard perished. Airport spokesperson says "technical issue likely cause. Not much other information at this point
View ArticleFlybe, (Europe's largest carrier) collapses due to virus
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-51746564 Not sure about "Europe's largest" title. Read it somewhere. Flybe tells all passengers not to come to the airport. No flights operating. Ouch. Thread title...
View ArticleSouth African Airways government aid cut off
South African Airways entered bankruptcy in December, and COVID has made things much worse... they're now facing possible liquidation....
View ArticleAvianca files Ch.11
One of the oldest names left in the industry. I did a lot of work with them about 12 years ago... sad to see their situation get to this point, but they won't be the last one we see go into our...
View ArticleFlight Review - Air India A320 business class
We did a short review of a business class flight we took on an older A320 with Air India. The most entertaining take away was that the plane clearly used to have function video screens but Air India...
View ArticleVirgin Australia enters Administration (AU version of Ch.11)
This happened on April 21st. https://thepointsguy.com/news/virgin-australia-goes-bust/ “Our intention is to undertake a process to restructure and re-finance the business and bring it out of...
View ArticleFlight Review - Qatar Airways A350-1000 QSuite Business Class
We did a full review of the QSuite business class flight on the A350-1000 from JFK to Doha. We checkout everything from the food, flying backwards, to the speed of the "super speed internet". It's a...
View ArticleLatam files for Bankruptcy in U.S.
https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wir...les-chapter-11-bankruptcy-protection-70876301 Interestingly, it filed for U.S. bankruptcy protection. Wonder if this affects Delta at all?
View ArticleBrazilian GOL Will Be The First To Fly The Max
I mistakenly called out AA to be the first, now it will be GOL starting yesterday Dec. 9th, Then it looks like AA will follow late Dec. and United in 1st Q 2021, and Southwest in 2Q 2021. 63 more...
View ArticleIndonesia Airlines ONE Black Box is Retrieved
Now just need the voice recorder as well. Hopefully this will bring some answers soon. Yes it is an old aircraft, but as long as it is maintained properly it still has years left in it. 737-500's...
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