Aerolineas Argentinas will fly non-stop between Sydney and Buenos Aires from 01 July, dropping its Auckland stopover.
The A340 operated service will be increased from three times a week to five times a week from December.
Taken from an ATC recording of Boston Tower:
Air New Zealand is increasing its capacity into the North American destinations of Los Angeles, San Francisco and Vancouver.
The airline will move to 14 return services per week on the Auckland – Los Angeles route from mid June, including three flights on Saturdays and a double daily service most other days of the week. The additional Los Angeles services will be operated with a combination of 304 seat Boeing 777-200 and 332 seat Boeing 777-300 aircraft. Continue reading ‘Air NZ increases capacity to US destinations’
Philadelphia International Airport has reopened after a drunk driver forced the closure of the airport earlier today.
The drunk driver drove through a gate and onto the runway.
The driver was charged with drunk driving and reckless endangerment.
Listen to a live air traffic control recording of the incident below:
Video of the chase:
An Air Force aircraft with 12 passengers on board made an emergency landing in Auckland this afternoon after smoke was reported in the cockpit.
A call was made to the fire service after 3pm this afternoon, although the aircraft had landed when the call was placed.
Numerous fire appliances from as far away as Ponsonby as well as police and ambulance were called to the scene, but were stood down once it was established there was no fire on board.
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An Air New Zealand flight to Hong Kong had to turn back to Auckland last night after a smoke warning light activated in the cockpit.
The crew of the 777-200 reported the incident not long after take off and returned to Auckland as a precaution. Continue reading ‘Air NZ flight returns to Auckland after smoke alert’
On Friday 6 April 2012, Singapore Airlines bids a fond farewell to a legend of the air with special flights between Singapore and Hong Kong to mark the retirement of our B747 fleet after nearly four decades of service.
Passengers can look forward to a pre-boarding party at the departure gate, a unique inflight menu, exclusive Singapore Airlines collectibles, and a certificate to mark their participation in the 747′s farewell flight. Continue reading ‘Singapore Airlines farewells its 747 fleet with special flights’
Turtles were to blame for delays at one of the world’s busiest airports overnight.
Continue reading ‘Audio: Turtles takeover at JFK Airport’
SQ286 is a Boeing 777-300ER service operated by Singapore Airlines.
Video: SQ286 Friday March 11, 2011:
It appears that you can’t escape the Bieber, even when you are a pilot at 30,000 feet.
This audio taken from LiveATC.net:
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Air New Zealand’s newest aircraft the Boeing 777-300ER arrived in Auckland this morning.
The aircraft made famous by its ‘Cuddle Class’ interior will begin regular flights to London via Los Angeles from April, with ad hoc flights on various Australian routes until then.
Here are some pictures I took this morning:
Continue reading ‘Pics/Video: Air New Zealand’s new 777-300 arrives in Auckland’
