British Airways retired its Concorde aircraft in October 2003. When it announced this date, Virgin Atlantic had hoped to purchase the airline’s seven examples of the iconic supersonic airliner. Indeed, its founder, Sir Richard Branson, even appealed for support for

On Boxing Day, December 26th, a British Airways flight from London to Athens was forced to divert to Zurich Aiport when the first officer became unconscious. The plane landed without incident. It later continued to its original destination where it

The European Union (EU) has extended its ban on Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) for a further three months. On Saturday, the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) informed PIA that the ban on flights to Europe would only be lifted

Eclipsing the population of New York City, Moscow has an estimated 12.4 million residents within its city limits and over 20 million residents in its greater Metropolitan Area. To support this massive population, the city has four commercial airports. However, its two

More and more airlines are providing WiFi access on flights. It may still be expensive, and sometimes frustratingly slow, but it is nevertheless a great addition. You may have wondered, though, exactly how you get a connection at 35,000 feet.

Dubai-based carrier Emirates announced on December 27th that it had made changes to the leadership of its commercial team. The moves, affecting positions at Dubai as well as East and West Asia and Africa, have been undertaken in response to

In the early hours of December 27th in central Russia, a Rossiya Airbus A319 departed the  Siberian city of Surgut for the major western city of St. Petersburg. However, as the aircraft was performing its climb after takeoff, the crew

Twin-engine aircraft are limited in operations and routing by ETOPS ratings. The latest high ratings, though give so much flexibility there is little advantage left for four-engine aircraft. In theory, there remains a small patch of the globe twinjets cannot

Being the last week of the year, it is a good time to look at what is going on with the Qantas fleet. What’s flying and what’s not? Diving into the numbers, you might be surprised. While planes are still

Boeing is wrapping up their 787 Dreamliner production in Everett, Washington, in March. That is four months earlier than planned. February will see the last Everett made Dreamliner. After that, production of the Dreamliner will shift to North Charleston in