News Thursday the 17 of May
Sichuan Airlines A319 loses windshield mid-flight
A Sichuan Airlines Airbus A319, registration B-6433, had reached its cruising altitude of 32,000 feet en route to Lhasa and had reached Chengdu airspace when its right windshield separated from its housing causing significant damage to the cockpit, as well, causing a de-pressurization and causing the First officer to be sucked out from the waist up, luckily able to come back in and help land the plane safely at Chengdu International Airport. Fortunately, there were no fatalities and the only significant injuries were from the first officer. The incident is currently being investigated but so far it has been found that the windshield was faulty but was never replaced. Subscribe to stay updated.
EU caught illegally paying Airbus
The European Union has been caught by Boeing illegally paying Airbus billions after being told to stop back in 2016. The EU had been paying aid to the A350 and A380 program. What will happen to the airline will be decided by an independent company, from what I understand. View the article here. Subscribe to keep updated.
Japan Airlines will launch new low-cost carrier
Japan Airlines has plans to launch a new low-cost carrier that will commence operations around 2020. Its destinations will likely include Japan, Asia and possibly The US. They haven't yet said what it will be called or what fleet it will have but it will likely operate 787's. The reason for launching this is likely because of ANA's merging of their 2 Low-cost carriers, Vanilla Air and Peach Aviation by 2020.
New Low-cost carrier for Canada
WestJet has recently launched a new Ultra-Low cost carrier called Swoop. It recently received its first-of-six Boeing 737-800 (B738). They currently have 5 destinations including John C Munro Hamilton Int'l (hub), Halifax Stanfield Int'l, Edmonton Int'l, Abbotsford Int'l and Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson Int'l. They plan to be the biggest and cheapest ULCC in Canada.
Spirit installs wifi on their planes
American low-cost carrier Spirit has announced they will apply internet to their 119 A320's by late summer 2019 (winter in NZ). They have been working out how to apply it with their low-cost structure. It will cost around US $6.50 to access it. It will take Spirit some time to market it but could work as many people who travel on Spirit are businessmen so they may invest just a little to roam. We'll have to wait and see I guess.
Sichuan Airlines A319 loses windshield mid-flight
A Sichuan Airlines Airbus A319, registration B-6433, had reached its cruising altitude of 32,000 feet en route to Lhasa and had reached Chengdu airspace when its right windshield separated from its housing causing significant damage to the cockpit, as well, causing a de-pressurization and causing the First officer to be sucked out from the waist up, luckily able to come back in and help land the plane safely at Chengdu International Airport. Fortunately, there were no fatalities and the only significant injuries were from the first officer. The incident is currently being investigated but so far it has been found that the windshield was faulty but was never replaced. Subscribe to stay updated.
EU caught illegally paying Airbus
The European Union has been caught by Boeing illegally paying Airbus billions after being told to stop back in 2016. The EU had been paying aid to the A350 and A380 program. What will happen to the airline will be decided by an independent company, from what I understand. View the article here. Subscribe to keep updated.
Japan Airlines will launch new low-cost carrier
Japan Airlines has plans to launch a new low-cost carrier that will commence operations around 2020. Its destinations will likely include Japan, Asia and possibly The US. They haven't yet said what it will be called or what fleet it will have but it will likely operate 787's. The reason for launching this is likely because of ANA's merging of their 2 Low-cost carriers, Vanilla Air and Peach Aviation by 2020.
New Low-cost carrier for Canada
WestJet has recently launched a new Ultra-Low cost carrier called Swoop. It recently received its first-of-six Boeing 737-800 (B738). They currently have 5 destinations including John C Munro Hamilton Int'l (hub), Halifax Stanfield Int'l, Edmonton Int'l, Abbotsford Int'l and Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson Int'l. They plan to be the biggest and cheapest ULCC in Canada.
Spirit installs wifi on their planes
American low-cost carrier Spirit has announced they will apply internet to their 119 A320's by late summer 2019 (winter in NZ). They have been working out how to apply it with their low-cost structure. It will cost around US $6.50 to access it. It will take Spirit some time to market it but could work as many people who travel on Spirit are businessmen so they may invest just a little to roam. We'll have to wait and see I guess.
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