Japan Airlines the latest to drop gendered greetings
Japan Airlines has implemented a new policy to replace the term “ladies and gentlemen” in both its in-flight and airport announcements, in favour of gender-neutral expressions. The airline has said it will use phrases such as “all passengers”, “good morning” and “good evening” in its English language announcements, in efforts to be more inclusive of
It’s official: Boeing to move Dreamliner production in 2021
Boeing has officially announced that it will move the rest of its 787 Dreamliner production from its Seattle-based Everett plant to its factory in South Carolina by mid-2021. The cost-cutting move casts doubt on the future of Boeing’s iconic Everett plant, which was built in 1967 to house the 747 program. Since then, the factory
Emirates slapped with $400k fine from US
The US Transportation Department has fined UAE flag carrier Emirates $400,000 for flights that went through Iranian airspace amid a period of heightened political tensions between the US and Iran last year. The fine has been served on the basis that Emirates, which has a codeshare agreement with New York-based airline JetBlue Airways, flew through
Travel crisis could affect 46m jobs: ATAG
The impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the aviation sector could wipe out as many as 46 million jobs around the world, according to new research by the Air Transport Action Group. A Geneva-based aviation coalition, the Air Transport Action Group (ATAG) has published a report that shows that more than half of the 88
BEA calls for parts review following A380 engine blowout
France’s civil aviation investigation unit, BEA, has called for a review of the design and maintenance of titanium alloy engine parts on Airbus A380s, following an engine blowout three years ago. The BEA has said it recovered a fragment of the blown-out Engine Alliance engine, which showed tiny fatigue cracks in one of its titanium
Sonic boom from French fighter rattles Paris
A French fighter jet broke the sound barrier above Paris on Wednesday, as it scrambled to assist two commercial airliners that had both lost contact with air traffic control. The warplane had climbed to around 34,000 feet when it was permitted to break the sound barrier, with the noise amplified thanks to cloud cover. The
