Airline news
Norwegian 787 Stuck In Bangkok After Pump Fails
Norwegian Air Shuttle suffered yet another Boeing 787 Dreamliner breakdown on Friday when a hydraulic pump failed, delaying a flight to Stockholm from Bangkok, a spokesman said on Friday. Norwegian’s two 787s have ...
Vietnam Air To Buy 19 Boeing 787s
Vietnam Airlines has agreed to buy 19 Boeing 787 Dreamliners valued at more than USD$4 billion at list prices, according to people familiar with the matter. The order is in addition to the airline’s existing orders...
Italy Seeking Deal With Banks For Alitalia
Italy is working on a temporary financial agreement with banks to keep Alitalia afloat and put it in a stronger position to seek partners, daily Il Sole 24 Ore quoted Industry Minister Flavio Zanonato as saying. Since be...
LOT Gives Boeing Three Months To Settle Over 787s
Polish national airline LOT has given Boeing until the end of the year to settle on compensation over faults with its 787 Dreamliners or face court action, the company’s chairman was reported as telling a newspaper...
Emirates Says Work Needed On Potential 777X Order
Emirates is closing in on a widely anticipated deal to order Boeing’s 777X but still has “a lot of work to do” in negotiations on the price, the airline’s president was quoted on Thursday as sayin...
Two Pilots Fell Asleep On Lengthy Haul Flight
Two pilots on a British airliner on a protracted haul flight fell asleep within the cockpit, leaving the packed jet flying unsupervised on autopilot, Britain’s Solar newspaper said on Thursday. Some of the pilots o...
