Thread: Airline News

Hope their not re-routed over Ukraine airspace.

Originally Posted by OhOh

Hope their not re-routed over Russian-occupied Ukraine airspace.

FTFY.

Bangkok Airways to launch new direct routes: Chiang Mai - Krabi and Chiang Mai - Luang Prabang

Bangkok Airways will launch Chiang Mai - Krabi (one-way) service with a three-flight-per-week operation (Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday) during March 31-April 29 and will be adjusted to a daily flight from April 30 April onwards.

The airline will use a 144-seater Airbus A319 aircraft to service this route. The outbound flight PG246 will depart Chiang Mai International Airport at noon and arrive Krabi International Airport at 1.55pm.


These services will start from March 31 onwards.


Meanwhile the airline’s Chiang Mai - Luang Prabang (Laos) (round-trip) services will be operated three flights a week (Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday) with a 70-seater ATR 72-600 aircraft.



The outbound flight PG983 will depart Chiang Mai International Airport at 4.30pm and arrive Luang Prabang International Airport at 5.45pm. The inbound flight PG984 will depart Luang Prabang International Airport 6.30pm and arrive Chiang Mai International Airport at 7.45pm. These services will start from April 2 onwards.


For reservations, passengers can contact Bangkok Airways 24hrs Call Center at 1771 or simply go to www.bangkokair.com for more information.




Bangkok Airways to launch new direct routes: Chiang Mai - Krabi and Chiang Mai - Luang Prabang

When does the Bangkok - Loeng Nok Tha airstrip service restart?

A passenger has described hearing a “big bang” as his departing flight “skidded to a stop” at Stansted Airport.


Thomas Steer was on a Vienna-bound Laudamotion flight which suffered a “scary” aborted take-off shortly after 8pm on Friday.

The estate agent, 24, from Essex, said it had been accelerating for around 15 seconds before there was a “big bang on the side of the aircraft which skidded to a stop”.

He said: “It was scary. And then staff shouting ‘evacuate evacuate’.


“My friend opened the emergency exit and we slid down the slides, a few old people fell over and the fire brigade treated them.

“No-one was seriously injured just minor things.”

An airport spokesman said it had received reports that eight people suffered minor injuries in the incident.

Stansted tweeted: “Flights at @STN_Airport are currently suspended due to an aircraft on the runway following an aborted take off due to a suspected engine problem.

“We will post further updates as soon as they become available. Thank you.”

Passenger tells of ?big bang? in aborted take-off as Stansted suspends flights | BT

Who'da thunk.
Fiji.

The little Pacific island nation was the first to incorporate GPS into its aviation system – and in doing so forever changed the way we get from Point A to distant Point B.

BBC - Travel - How Fiji changed the way we travel

Ethiopian Airlines flight to Nairobi crashes with 157 people on board


NAIROBI (Reuters) - An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 passenger jet to Nairobi crashed early on Sunday with 149 passengers and eight crew members aboard, the airline said.


Flight ET 302 crashed near the town of Bishoftu, 62 kilometres southeast of the capital Addis Ababa, the airline said, confirming the plane was a Boeing 737-800 MAX, registration number ET-AVJ.


The flight left Bole airport in Addis Ababa at 8.38 am local time, before losing contact with the control tower just a few minutes later at 8.44 am.

“Search and rescue operations are in progress and we have no confirmed information about survivors or any possible casualties,” the airline said in a statement.


The prime minister’s office sent condolences via Twitter to the families of those lost in the crash, without offering further details.

State-owned Ethiopian is one of the biggest carriers on the continent by fleet size. It said previously that it expected to carry 10.6 million passengers last year.

Its last major crash was in January 2010, when a flight from Beirut went down shortly after take-off.

https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-et...QR07Z?rpc=401&

Sad news.

All 149 passengers and eight crew on board an Ethiopian Airlines jet that crashed on Sunday morning have been confirmed dead.

The Ethiopian Airlines Corporate Communications Director Asrat Begashaw said there were 33 nationalities on board, and the airline is due to hold a press conference shortly.

https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2019...irmed_c1905107

Reports that the pilot asked to return to base. Also eerily similar to JT610.

At least 30 different nationalities on board flight
Ethiopian Airlines chief executive Tewolde GebreMariam gives an update on the nationalities of the passengers on board the flight.
He says they included:
:: 32 Kenyans
:: 18 Canadians
:: Nine Ethiopians
:: Eight Italians
:: Eight Chinese citizens
:: Eight Americans
:: Seven British citizens
:: Seven French nationals
:: Six Egyptians
:: Five Dutch citizens
:: Four Indians
:: Four people from Slovakia
:: Three Austrians
:: Three Swedish nationals
:: Three Russians
:: Two Moroccans
:: Two Spaniards
:: Two Polish citizens
:: Two Israelis
:: Belgium, Indonesia, Somalia, Norway, Serbia, Togo, Mozambique, Rwanda, Sudan, Uganda and Yemen each had one citizen on board.
:: Four of those on board were listed as using United Nations passports and their nationalities were not immediately clear

https://news.sky.com/story/live-33-nationalities-on-board-doomed-ethiopian-airlines-flight-to-nairobi-11660830

It's been four months since the Boeing/FAA alert.

The pilots should have read about it even if it hadn't yet been updated in manuals.

As a matter of interest H
Do you check what aircraft you fly on, ie track its service history etc?

I do when i have the time.

Originally Posted by Jack meoff

As a matter of interest H
Do you check what aircraft you fly on, ie track its service history etc?

I do when i have the time.

So, what do you conclude from your checking?

Whether to wear my tinfoil hat or not

In this case I would be more concerned that the pilots had received adequate type training as that appears to be what Boeing are suggesting about the Lion crash.

Nothing to do with the fact the engines have been moved forward causing "unnatural flying" characteristics, new to the Boeing 737 family which has been around and flown successfully worldwide, for decades.

Originally Posted by Jack meoff

As a matter of interest H
Do you check what aircraft you fly on, ie track its service history etc?

I do when i have the time.

No, but I try and avoid third world airlines with bad safety records flying aerial jalopies.

Originally Posted by OhOh

In this case I would be more concerned that the pilots had received adequate type training as that appears to be what Boeing are suggesting about the Lion crash.

Nothing to do with the fact the engines have been moved forward causing "unnatural flying" characteristics, new to the Boeing 737 family which has been around and flown successfully worldwide, for decades.

I'm pretty sure they are going to be taking a look at MCAS rather than the position of the engines.

^ A little early to know what caused this accident. MCAS was installed as a direct result of engine position, and the plane would lose its certification without it. This could be be a potential disaster for Boeing...

There were 18 Canadians on board. Quite a lot for that neck of the woods. I wonder if they were travelling as a group.

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

No, but I try and avoid third world airlines with bad safety records flying aerial jalopies.

Then, I take a coach...

737- Max is what I am booked on to get back to London- seriously mulling canceling it and finding a different airline that does not use this deathtrap

Chinese authorities are the first to ground the 737-max.

Apologies for lack of link but several media outlets reporting this.

Personally, I think it would be wise to ground until reason for last accident is clear and if MCS ground until a triple redundant sensor system is fitted. The max appears to be one mod too many for the 737...

I've got 6 upcoming flights within the next month.
Checked them all.
They are all A320s