Days after it announced an investment in South America's LATAM Airlines Group, Qatar Airways (QR, Doha Hamad Int'l) says it has now signed a contribution and shareholders agreement with Alisarda, the parent company of Italian operators, Meridiana fly (IG, Olbia) and Air Italy (I9, Milan Malpensa).
The world's best airline for 2016 is Emirates, according to a survey of millions of airline passengers conducted by Skytrax.
If you thought airplanes were just for flying, think again.
A father-daughter team in the U.K. has re-purposed an old Airbus A320, converting it into the first of what they hope will be many "Aeropods."
Using an old airplane that would have otherwise been sent to the garbage, the pair's company, DappR Aviation, created a livable and versatile outdoor space.
Though their first Aeropod has been designed to function as a garden room, complete with aviation-inspired furniture, the pods can be turned into anything from a playroom, to a home gym, the ultimate man cave, or even a sauna. According to the team, the possibilities are endless.
But they don’t come cheap. These one-of-a-kind clubhouses are currently going for £22-25,000, or roughly $28-32,500.
The idea for these airplanes-turned-pods came as the result of the collaboration between David Palmer, an aviation enthusiast and his daughter, Emily, a furniture designer.
“It was a huge leap of faith to buy our first plane but we’re delighted with the result -- we think it looks stunning,” David Palmer said.
The airplane used for this first project has operated across the world under various airlines over the years. The plane took her last flight to the U.K. in November 2014 and still bears her AtlasJet branding.
This is the first Aeropod the father-daughter team created and it has yet to be purchased.
(culled from abcnews.go.com)
The South African Civil Aviation Authority has cleared the air on the supposedly hijacked SA Airlink plane which disappeared from its controls mid day today.
At least three flights in Indonesia reported “disturbances” on Saturday (July 9) after almost coming into contact with giant balloons released into the air as part of Idul Fitri celebrations, a news website reported.
As airlines and airports increasingly become targets of cyber attacks, the EU’s aviation safety agency has urged taking cyber threats “seriously” by launching a common strategy.
Straightening out costly and disruptive kinks in its production processes is a key priority for Airbus in 2016. As the first half of the year came to a close, the European airframer appeared to be making some progress on issues that have dogged both its A350XWB and A320neo programs.
CAE announces today at the 2016 Farnborough International Airshow a series of contracts, including long-term training agreements with airlines in Asia as well as the sale of 9 full-flight simulators (FFSs) to commercial airlines, aircraft manufacturers and operators worldwide.
A grand unveiling of the Irkut MC-21-300 on June 8 established a relatively firm project timeline for the 160- to 212-seat narrowbody, and marked a measure of vindication for what many in the West have disparaged as a fringe project.
CFM International (Outdoor Exhibit 22) is preparing its support network for the entry into service of its new Leap series of engines with six customers this year.
British engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce (R-R) is “really happy” with good Trent XWB-97 performance results that have generated a “high confidence of achieving targets.” By mid-June, test engines had completed more than 1,350 hours and 1,950 cycles, built “upon the solid foundation of Trent XWB-84,” said head of marketing Tim Boddy.
More than 100 Delta passengers on board a flight bound for Rapid City, South Dakota got an unexpected surprise Thursday night when their plane mistakenly landed at an Air Force Base, about five miles north of the aircraft's intended target.
Global airline passenger traffic increased 4.6 percent in May, slower than expected, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) reported last week.
The Israeli prime minister's office says pieces of wreckage believed to be from the EgyptAir plane that crashed in May have been found on the coast of Israel.
An MQ-9 Reaper drone operated by the U.S. Air Force has crashed in northern Syria, though there is no evidence that the aircraft was shot down, military officials say. There have been no reports of injuries.
