Turkish Airlines orders 220 new planes

2023-12-15 16:55:04 Full box for Airbus. The Turkish airline Turkish Airlines has ordered 220 aircraft from the Toulouse manufacturer, including 150 large-capacity A321 single-aisle aircraft and 70 long-haul A350 aircraft, the company announced on Friday. This contract follows two previous orders: the first last July, for four A350-900s; the second in September, ten other planes … Read more

Countering the Threat of Kamikaze Drones: New Technologies and Strategies for Protection

2023-11-18 09:00:00 “The war in Ukraine has demonstrated that a small drone costing a few hundred euros can cause great damage, particularly by carrying an explosive,” explains a Thales expert. These small devices are very difficult to detect by airport radar systems. “The Ukrainians are now even making drones out of cardboard so that they … Read more

Darpa wants an X-Plane VTOL capable of flying fast

2023-11-16 14:11:54 Darpa is putting four aircraft manufacturers in competition to create an X-Plane VTOL capable of cruising at high speed. The first concepts have just been revealed. This will also interest you [EN VIDÉO] Kézako: how to fly a plane? Worldwide, approximately one plane takes off per second. A century after its beginnings,… The … Read more

AAIB Report: Damaged Portholes and Aviation Safety Concerns

2023-11-11 13:05:12 Report AAIB Report AAIB The damaged portholes, pointed out in the report of the British investigation office. AVIATION – All’s well that ends well. But a plane disaster could well have occurred a few weeks ago over the Atlantic if a passenger had not noticed early enough that the plane was missing windows. … Read more

Plane ticket prices are increasing again… and are not likely to fall

2023-11-08 14:22:36 The decline was short-lived. Air ticket prices increased by 5.8% in September according to figures published on October 17 by the General Directorate of Civil Aviation and relayed by Capital. Enough to erase the drop in prices of 2.3% over one year observed in July and the too slight drop in prices in … Read more

Tragic Death of Two-Year-Old British Girl: Ruptured Appendix Goes Undetected by Doctors

2023-11-06 18:14:00 A two-year-old British girl has died after a ruptured appendix after doctors apparently failed to detect the symptoms before letting her board a flight home. Isla Sutcliffe, a little English girl, suddenly fell ill during the last days of vacation in Turkey with her parents Laura Carolan, Ryan Sutcliffe and her sister Karis. … Read more