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Finnair who are withdrawing their Mumbai services for the summer, has decided to resume its Mumbai operations from October with it’s newly inducted Airbus A330-300 fleet. Kari Stolbow, director for the Indian subcontinent has indicated to IANS the carrier will re-start Mumbai services from October 18, 2009. For the first week, Finnair will operate the older Boeing MD-11, after which …
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Emirates to drop A380 from New York, slams Airbus for defects
Emirates recently announced that it will commence services to Toronto and Bangkok with its Airbus A380 superjumbo from June 1st. In order to do this Emirates will have to reposition two of its A380s from the current double-daily New York route. Emirates representatives have confirmed this re-positioning. One aircraft will be deployed on the three times a week Dubai Toronto …
Read More »ATC recordings of US Airways 1549 “bird strike” flight
It was a routine afternoon on January 15th, New York TRACON La Guardia departure (L116) was handling outbound flights, including the US Airways Flight 1549, known by its radio call sign as Cactus 1549 (an America West flight). The routine was rudely interrupted at 15:27:36 EST (20:27:36 UTC) by a terse transmission :“Ah this is uh Cactus fifteen thirty nine, …
Read More »Lufthansa opens uber lounge at New York JFK, Mumbai Paris in 3 months
Lufthansa has opened its new design, super lounge for its premium passengers, in Terminal 1 at New York’s John F. Kennedy airport. The new lounge is spread across 3 levels and has a total area of 1,500 square meters (about 16,000 square feet). The highlight of the new lounge is the First Class area for HON Circle members and First …
Read More »US Airways Airbus A320 Hudson crash video and report
A video of the US Airways A320 crash on the Hudson river, New York, from the Coast Guard camera. The plane hits the water around 2 minutes in to the video. I reproduce the report from Aviation Herald, which I find to be on the best in terms of facts. A US Airways Airbus A320-200, registration N106US performing flight US-1549 …
Read More »Jet Airways connects Bangalore to New York and Toronto
Jet Airways, today connected Bengaluru with New York (Newark and JFK) and Toronto, via its European hub in Brussels with four weekly flights – on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays respectively, till December 14, 2008. In keeping with the higher holiday season passenger traffic, Jet Airways will increase its frequency on the sector, operating daily flights between Bengaluru and Brussels …
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