Turkish Airlines
I am planning a trip to Italy from Atlanta in early May 2019. When searching for flights, I found that flying from ATL and connecting in Istanbul (both ways) is much cheaper than other airlines. What...
View ArticleAir Transat 737 Diverts to EWR--Fire onboard believed to be reason
https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/09/us/air-transat-flight-diverted-newark/index.html Not much info at this point. Passengers evacuated via slides. Nothing about injuries. Flight was YUL-MIA. Interview with...
View ArticleEthiopian B737 crashes just after takeoff
Flight was enroute from ADD to NBO with 157 onboard... https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/10/africa/ethiopia-airline-crash-nairobi-intl/index.html
View ArticleJET Airways cancels all international flights
Another one bites the dust. Maybe, probably. https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/12/business/jet-india-international-flight-scli-intl/index.html
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...
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