United Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner at San Francisco on Feb 7th 2016, windshield problem

A United Boeing 787-800, registration N27908 (at the time of writing, the aircraft has been reported on zero times on AeroInside while United has been mentioned at least 221 times in total) performing flight UA-35 from San Francisco,CA (USA) to Osaka Kansai (Japan), was climbing out of San Francisco's runway 28L when the crew requested to level off at 5000 feet reporting they had a windshield problem. After holding at 5000 feet for about 20 minutes the crew declared emergency and requested… (www.aeroinside.com) 기타...

Air NZ to begin new Texas service from December 15 2015

Well finally the kiwi airline Air NZ has the go ahead to fly to Houston, Texas beginning December this year. They will be using the 777-200 aircraft for this route and not the 787-919's. tickets have being reduced to $999.00 NZ. Air NZ CEO Chris Luxton says until we get a few more of the 787-919 being delivered into the fleet this year the Boeing 777's are economical for the long haul flights (www.nzherald.co.nz) 기타...

Jetstar v Air NZ on regional domestic travel shake up

Well it has being announced by Jetstar Qantas off shoot budget carrier will be taking on anz in a airfare war to regional centers using bombardier aircraft. This announcement comes as anz shares hit a all time low on the stock market. Jetstar said it has always being anz monopoly game to ouster out or competitors on the NZ air routes. When anz made history in the war on airfares a few years ago offering $1 airfares anywhere in NZ followed VirginBlue.com.au tatic's but it proved profitable… (www.nzherald.co.nz) 기타...

Air NZ fourth B789 ZK-NZD joins the fleet

Another Boeing 787-919 has being delivered into the air new zealand fleet making this the fourth B789 to be delivered. ZK-NZD quietly made it touch down at NZAA in the early hours of Thursday morning last week from The Boeing airplane company in Seattle. These are the old registrations of there DC8-52 fleet from the late 1965 and 1970's which the aircraft are registered as. ZK-NZD is on the NZAA/Shanghai Pudong route now. Look for it on the live maps of FLIGHTAWARE (www.airnewzealand.co.nz) 기타...

Air NZ air fare wars lowest in decades

The airfare wars between the domestic carriers within New Zealand has not effected air new zealand at all. In fact it has back fired on it's rival Qantas/Jetstar who lowered airfares withing NZ. The price of a discount seat on Jetstar or Qantas NZ from AKL.WLG was $69.00 one way anyday of the week. Air New Zealand has now come out with the Koru fare on the same route for $29.00 one way this also includes the night rider fares at the same price. CEO Christoper Luxton said Jetsatr and Qantas… (www.couriermail.com.au) 기타...

Daughter of missing MH370 flight steward gets a surprise visit from soccer team

This is a real nice thing for a soccer team to do for a young girl who's father Andrew Nari is missing on board the doomed MH370 which disappeared a year ago and has not being found. But yet to be found. Liverpool fans will be so heart wrenched to see how there soccer team who plays Malaysia tonight had visited Maria and to pay there respects to her and her family. I mean that is outstanding for a big soccer club known around the world to to this for her. We are also all proud of Liverpool… (www.express.co.uk) 기타...

Air NZ Dreamliners go paperless

Air New Zealand is going paperless in its Boeing 787 Dreamliner fleet. Boeing today announced the full integration of its Electronic Logbook (ELB) within the airline's six 787s, replacing paper logbooks with electronic records that improve operational efficiency and reliability. "Advances in digital technology, such as the ELB, provide a more data-driven predictive maintenance process. With this capability we can proactively troubleshoot and quickly solve maintenance items, further… (www.nzherald.co.nz) 기타...

UNSW to offer “QantasLink approved” pilot training scheme

To the backdrop of a Dash 8-Q400 and a Diamond DA-42 trainer, QantasLink and the University of New South Wales announced a collaboration that will offer the next generation of pilots an exciting new direction. It is not the first time that the two organisations have worked together, but this partnership takes their relationship to a new level. UNSW aviation students will have the ability to become ‘QantasLink Approved’ through the course of their degree studies. As QantasLink CEO John Gissing… (australianaviation.com.au) 기타...

FED EX oldest DC10-30F to be scrapped

fedex will be retiring th grand three holler DC10-30 which is at the age of 45 years old this DC10 has served a long haed life with a few different carriers and was once the most advanced aircraft in the world in it's era back in the early seventies. N565FE served with American airlines PAN AM Northwest and then UAL until she was retired from passenger service the aircraft will be retired from August this year and flown to KVCV for the chop sad to here but that is great for a aircraft… (www.usatoday.com) 기타...

Air NZ forecasts $400mln first half pre-tax profit

United is returning to New Zealand for the first time in 13 years with a new San Francisco-Auckland service due to start on July 3 2016. The flights will initially operate three times a week with Boeing 787-8s before increasing to daily from October 30 2016 with the larger 787-9 Dreamliner. United said its flights would be operated in coordination with fellow Star Alliance member Air New Zealand, which currently flies daily between San Francisco and Auckland. The pair already work together and… (australianaviation.com.au) 기타...