Boeing continues to locate fuselage defects in Dreamliners
Boeing has continued to find defects in the fuselage of its undelivered 787 Dreamliner jets, noting it has found the same defect as previously identified in other parts of the jet. The US planemaker continues to conduct quality inspections on its assembled Dreamliners, and has now said the same flaw reported in the jet’s fuselage
JAL latest airline to announce free COVID-19 insurance cover
Japan Airlines (JAL) has followed the likes of Emirates and Virgin Atlantic in announcing its own JAL COVID-19 insurance coverage up to €150,000 for any customer who contracts the virus on their travels. Coverage is automatically applied free of charge to any passenger who flies on an international JAL flight between 23 December 2020 and
London Heathrow extends Terminal 4 closure to late 2021
London’s Heathrow International Airport has announced that it will continue to keep Terminal 4 closed until the end of 2021, suggesting a pessimistic outlook for passenger traffic in the short term. Terminal 4 was first closed in May this year, following the first announcement that the UK would enter into a mandatory lockdown period, and
Virgin Galactic space plane flight test abandoned after rocket motor failure
Virgin Galactic has been forced to cut short a test flight of its SpaceShipTwo spaceplane over the weekend after its rocket motor’s ignition sequence failed to complete. Sir Richard Branson’s space tourism company was conducting the third crewed test of its VSS Unity spaceplane into suborbital space on Saturday when the test was abandoned partway
Analysis: Post-COVID conditions see airlines bank on freighters
Airlines and aircraft lessors appear to be turning their sights to converting old passenger jets into freighters, as they bank on a post-COVID boom in e-commerce, and benefit from the falling price of used planes. According to aviation analytics firm Cirium, the number of passenger-to-freighter (P2F) conversions around the world will increase by 36 per
Emirates anticipates over 400,000 passengers through holiday season
UAE-based carrier Emirates has announced it is expecting more than 400,000 passengers to travel through Terminal 3 at Dubai International Airport during the busy Christmas period, as customers travel home or abroad for the holiday season. The carrier has said it expects around 200,000 outgoing passengers through the terminal, based on the airline’s latest booking figures,
