The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a directive to inspect cabin altitude pressure switches on all Boeing 737 aircraft....
Given the recent events the industry has faced in the first half of 2020, many people would question the timing and strategy tied with a carrier launch especially in the African aviation sector as a majority of businesses have adopted a defensive and conservative approach to ensure financial survival. However, former Comair CEO and founder of Lucid Ventures and Kulula.com - Gidon Novick - sees the current industry terrain as an “opportunity...
Following a lengthy investigation into the deadly Southwest Airlines flight 1380 in April 2018, the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) urged Boeing on November 19, 2019, to redesign the fan cowl on all 737 Next Generation family aircraft and operators of the type to retrofit their airplanes with the new design. This comes after investigators found the fan cowl structure on the 737NGs to be more “susceptible” to failure....
Emirates announced it has taken delivery of the final Boeing 777-300ER aircraft on its order books, marking this the 190th B777 to be delivered to the airline. The announcement comes just over a week after Emirates posted an image of a “blinged out” 777 on social media, sparking a media frenzy. ...
Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport makes the headlines again. In what could be called a severe misstep by flydubai’s pilots, on December 2, 2018, the airline’s Boeing 737-800 attempted take off without clearance from the air traffic control (ATC). The plane was halted to avoid a possible ground collision with another incoming aircraft....
One of the largest U.S. carriers, Southwest Airlines, grounded 34 Boeing 737-700 aircraft on Thanksgiving eve after discovering shortcomings in maintenance documents, which fall short to FAA safety requirements....
On October 16, 2018, Norwegian Group launched operations of its Argentinian subsidiary, named Norwegian Air Argentina....
A Boeing 737 of the Malaysian company Malindo Airlines skidded off the runway with 139 passengers onboard on the evening on April 19, 2018. The aircraft finished its course in amud after pilots decided to interrupt a takeoff. No injuries were reported....
When asked what the most popular aircraft in the world is, for many the Boeing 737 passenger airliner is the first that comes to mind. Fear not, the impression is correct and even backed by the Guinness world record, as Boeing rolled out the 10,000th 737 off the production line....
A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 skidded sideways on a taxiway while preparing for take-off on February 7, 2018, at Baltimore-Washington International (BWI) Airport in Maryland, U.S. The outbound aircraft was carrying 143 passengers and six crew members when the incident happened. No injuries were reported, according to airport officials....
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