Air New Zealand in doubt over sight seeing flights to Antarctica

Back in February of 2012 many families who lost loved ones on the DC10-30 ZK-NZP TE901 accident in the Antarctica had revisited the sight of what remains the memorial and the wreckage of flight TE901 on the lower slopes of Mt Erebus. Air New Zealand put on a specail public charter using there own B744 too the ice after 35 years ago when they lost one of there DC10-30 aircraft.257 passengers and crew perished. Now the airline has run into trouble trying to find a suitable wide bodied aircraft for… (www.nzherald.co.nz) More...

Skylease B744 fuel leak at Amsterdam

A skylease Boeing 744F was preforming freighter flight KYE-4851 from Amsterdam to KMIA when a aircraft was just cleared for take of and became airborne noticed fuel on the runway. Tower stopped the flight from leaving and closed the runway. (www.aeroinside.com) More...

New Zealand calls in navy to beat jet fuel shortage before vote

A New Zealand navy vessel will ferry diesel fuel around the country as the government rushes to alleviate a days-long fuel shortage that has cast air travel into disarray in the run-up to Saturday's national election. Recommended for you:Qantas Flights - Find Cheap Flights at Webjet | webjet.com.au webjet.com.au/Airlines/Flights | Sponsored The ship would transport up to 4.8 million litres of diesel - equivalent to 150 tankers - to enable industry to focus on providing jet fuel to… (www.msn.com) More...

First Class air war intensifies with suites replacing seats

The airline battle for big spenders has intensified, with Emirates launching what it claims to be “game-changing” First Class” — with design inspired by a car maker. At the start of the Dubai Air Show at its home base, the airline said each First Class passenger on its Boeing 777 jets will be assigned up to 40 square feet of personal space with “suites” measuring 7ft by 5ft 8in. (www.msn.com) More...

Newest airliner heading for Auckland

Grant Bradley Aviation, tourism and energy writer for the Business Herald Newest airliner heading for Auckland 3:00 PM Tuesday Feb 2, 2016 Save Like on Facebook64 Twitter0 Post on LinkedIn0 +1 on Google+0 Airlines Aviation Business Business Travel The Airbus A350 XWB test aircraft during its stopover at Auckland International Airport. Photo / Brett Phibbs The Airbus A350 XWB test aircraft during its stopover at Auckland International Airport. Photo / Brett Phibbs Cathay Pacific is on… (www.nzherald.co.nz) More...

Qantas airways QFA15 B744 turns back to YBBN medical emergancy

A Qantas flight QFA15 en route YBBN/KLAX was 54NM from YBBN at FL38000ft when the crew decided to return back to Brisbane after a passenger had collapsed after take off, Passengers reported the person had stopped breathing who was seated in seat 19A in the forward business class section. The F/O had come from the flight deck to investigate as the female flight attendant could not resuscitate the passenger and a doctor was quickly called up from the economy class section to help. The Boeing… (edition.cnn.com) More...

Jetstar schedules three Bali recovery flights

Jetstar schedules three Bali recovery flights November 6, 2015 by australianaviation.com.au Leave a Comment Jetstar will soon have a new chief pilot. (Rob Finlayson) Jetstar says conditions in Bali have improved. (Rob Finlayson) Jetstar says improved conditions around Bali Airport will allow the low-cost carrier to operate three recovery flights to the Indonesian tourist destination on Friday. Passengers on the two Bali-Perth flights and one Bali-Melbourne service, which are scheduled for… (australianaviation.com.au) More...

Qantas adjusts domestic flights to improve Canberra reliability

Qantas has moved to address nation-leading flight cancellation rates on the Sydney to Canberra route, adjusting its schedule from next week and adding larger aircraft for capital flights. Flights between Canberra and Sydney topped the nation for cancellations in September, with Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development statistics showing cancellations reached 8.1 per cent of all flights, ahead of Sydney to Melbourne flights at 7.5 per cent and Melbourne to Sydney at 7.4 per cent. (www.msn.com) More...

Flight to Bali makes emergency landing after woman's discovery on husband's phon

Qatar Airways plane flying from Doha to Bali has been forced into an emergency landing after a woman discovered mid-flight that her husband was having an affair. VIDEO United Airlines Flight Turns Around After Passenger ‘Initiated an Altercation’ with Flight Crew The Iranian woman unlocked her husband's phone while he was asleep and found evidence that he was cheating on her, The Times of India has reported. She caused such a commotion that the flight crew were unable to calm her down, and… (au.news.yahoo.com) More...

Qantas flight forced to return to terminal after passenger refuses to switch tablet to airplane mod

A Qantas flight was forced to return to the terminal after a passenger refused to set his tablet to airplane mode. The airline temporarily grounded flight QF2133 from the Australian capital Canberra to Melbourne on Friday night. It confirmed that a passenger "did not follow instructions with regards to electronic devices on flights". (www.msn.com) More...