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Philippine Airlines Doubles Down on Long-Haul Future With 18 Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-97 Engines for New A350-1000 Fleet
Rolls-Royce and Philippine Airlines strengthen their long-standing partnership with a major engine deal that will power the airline’s next generation of flagship long-haul aircraft. The two companies have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for 18 Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-97 engines to equip nine new Airbus A350-1000 aircraft. The agreement also includes engine options for up to…
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Wreckage Found After 74 Years: What Really Happened When Pan Am Flight 526A Lost Both Right-Wing Engines And Ditched Into The Atlantic
For 74 years, the final resting place of Pan American World Airways Flight 526A remained one of aviation’s greatest unsolved mysteries. The Douglas DC-4, named Clipper Endeavor, vanished beneath the Atlantic Ocean off Puerto Rico on Good Friday, April 11, 1952. While the tragedy forever changed commercial aviation safety, the wreck itself remained hidden until…
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“Unwavering Courage”: Fallen Airman Maj. Alexander Davis Returns Home To Goldsboro Under Honor Escort
A solemn homecoming took place in North Carolina as Maj. Alexander “SMO” Davis, one of the eight crewmembers killed in the tragic B-52 bomber crash on June 15, was escorted home to Goldsboro by the North Carolina Patriot Guard. The 34-year-old U.S. Air Force officer died when the B-52 crashed shortly after takeoff from Edwards…
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Spain Returns Home As World Champions To A Hero’s Welcome After Dramatic World Cup Triumph
Spain’s national football team received a spectacular hero’s welcome on Monday after returning home with the FIFA World Cup trophy following their thrilling victory over Argentina in the United States. Captain Rodri proudly carried the World Cup trophy down the aircraft’s gangway as the champions arrived to cheering supporters and media. The squad paused briefly…
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“It Could Have Been the Seatbelt… Maybe It Was Fate” – Passenger Nearly Sucked Out Of Ryanair Jet After Window Shatters Mid-Flight Shares Incredible Ordeal
He Was Halfway Out of a Plane at 15,000 Feet… But Refused to Let Go of Life. What began as an ordinary Ryanair flight to celebrate his brother’s birthday turned into a fight for survival that few people could even imagine. Ljubisa Karović, a 61-year-old entrepreneur from Serbia, was asleep in his window seat when…
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Mid-Air Mayhem! 10-Person Brawl Forces easyJet Flight EZY3352 To Turn Back To Tenerife
Mid-Air Chaos! easyJet Flight Forced Back to Tenerife After Mass Passenger Brawl An easyJet flight from Tenerife, Spain to Liverpool, UK (EZY3352) was forced to make an emergency return shortly after takeoff when a violent mid-air brawl involving around 10 passengers erupted onboard. About 30 minutes into the flight, the captain decided to turn back…
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Double Diversion Drama! Twice Turned Back! American Airlines Flight AA108 Passengers Couldn’t Catch A Break On Their Way To London
American Airlines Flight AA108 to London Faces Two Major Setbacks in Less Than 24 Hours. What should have been a routine transatlantic flight turned into an extraordinary travel ordeal for passengers on American Airlines Flight AA108 after the service suffered two separate aircraft problems involving two different Boeing 777-200s before it could make its way…
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Historic Policy Shift: Trump Ends 41-Year Ban On Direct U.S.-Lebanon Flights
President Donald Trump has announced that he is directing his administration to lift the long-standing ban on direct commercial flights between the United States and Lebanon, a restriction that has been in place since 1985. The ban was originally imposed after the infamous hijacking of TWA Flight 847 by Hezbollah militants, a 17-day hostage crisis…
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JetBlue Wins $58.5M Bid For 22 Ex-Spirit LaGuardia Slots, Plans Major New York Expansion
JetBlue has won the bidding war for 22 former Spirit Airlines takeoff and landing slots at New York LaGuardia Airport (LGA) with a $58.5 million bid, beating Frontier Airlines and positioning itself for a significant expansion at one of America’s busiest and most slot-constrained airports. If approved by the court, the FAA, and other regulators,…
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U.S. Supreme Court To Decide If Alaska Can Seize A Pilot’s $95,000 Plane Over A Six-Pack Of Beer
A decades-long legal battle involving an Alaska bush pilot is now headed to the U.S. Supreme Court in a case that could redefine the limits of government asset forfeiture. The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the appeal of 80-year-old Alaska pilot Kenneth Jouppi, whose 1969 Cessna aircraft has been at the center of a…
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