The US Federal Aviation Administration has issued an alert to airlines following an inspector’s report that a first officer’s cell phone began ringing at a critical phase of a take-off recently, an incident the agency says was “a potentially serious hazard”.
According to the FAA air safety inspector who was in he jump seat of […]

While several major network carriers are making major adjustments to their operations to cope with falling demand, Emirates will continue its capacity growth in 2009.
The Dubai-based carrier says it will add 18 new passenger aircraft in its 2009-10 fiscal year, which ends on 31 March 2010, including seven more Airbus A380s, 10 Boeing 777-300ERs, […]

Initial inspection of Virgin Atlantic’s long-haul Airbus fleet, after a fire emergency on an A340-300, has found a number of aircraft missing wiring-protection…

Even with oil at $40 a barrel, fuel costs still managed to cause some airlines fresh pain as fuel hedging losses mounted

Virgin Blue’s new long-haul carrier V Australia today received its air operators’s certificate, clearing the way for it to have its inaugural flight on 27…