A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging a former Boeing chief technical pilot of “deceiving” regulators over evaluations made on the 737 MAX aircraft, which led to two fatal crashes. The indictment from the Northern District of Texas revealed 49-year-old Mark A Forkner provided the Federal Aviation Administration with “false, inaccurate and incomplete”
Bankrupt Alitalia has officially operated its last ever flight after 74 years of service, now set for successor Italia Trasporto Aereo (ITA) to take its place. The Airbus A320 jet took off at 10:05pm on 14 October from Cagliari and landed in Rome at 11:23pm, Flightradar24 shows. ITA is set to operate its first flight
On Wednesday, Chief Executive Officer of the Chicago-based airline Scott Kirby sent a memo to staff claiming 232 employees would be terminated.
Low-cost carrier Southwest Airlines cancelled almost 30 per cent of its flights on Sunday after “disruptive weather” plagued the company’s schedule. The Dallas-based airline cancelled 1,085 flights and delayed 933 flights according to FlightAware, marking the second day in a row of mass cancellations. “ATC issues and disruptive weather have resulted in a high volume
United Airlines is set to fly its biggest domestic schedule since early last year, notching up to 91 per cent of its pre-pandemic capacity. The Chicago-based airline said it would offer over 3,500 daily domestic flights in December in response to the travel surge. According to the company’s app, holiday travel flight searches have increased
British Airways is set to return its Airbus A380 jets to the skies in November amid the reopening of trans-Atlantic travel. It comes as the carrier signed a contract extension in August with its maintenance company for the aircraft to continue flying for a few more years, despite the jet phasing out elsewhere. “This
