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EU regulator warns airlines not to fly low in Pakistan airspace due to terror threat

January 30, 2015 Comments Off on EU regulator warns airlines not to fly low in Pakistan airspace due to terror threat

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The EU regulator European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has issued a Safety Information Bulletin (SIB) No. 2015-02 warning all national aviation authorities and aircraft operators of “an increased risk to flight operation safety due to potential terrorist attacks in Pakistan” The bulletin goes on to state “The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) recommends all operators to exercise extreme caution if …

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Humour photos: What happens when you test run a 737 engine on loose bricks?

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Shaheen Air International Boeing 737-4Q8 AP-BJR damaged during engine run up on pavers.

Very simple ……. this. Unlike bricks and cobblestones, paver blocks are placed on a bed of sand without any concrete. So when some very smart people decided to test run the CFM56 engines of a Shaheen Air International Boeing 737-400 at Sialkot airport in Pakistan, the pavers turned in to barrage of debris damaging the aircraft. Thanks to the aircraft …

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Qatar Airways to fly to Miami from June 2014

October 21, 2013 Comments Off on Qatar Airways to fly to Miami from June 2014

by Devesh Agarwal Image courtesy Qatar Airways Flag carrier, Qatar Airways, has announced Miami to be its sixth destination in the United States with flights beginning June 10, 2014. The airline will offer four non-stop flights a week from Doha using a Boeing 777-200LR aircraft in a two class configuration with 42 lie-flat seats in business class, and 217 seats …

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Emirates to launch Taipei flights

August 28, 2013 Comments Off on Emirates to launch Taipei flights

by BA Staff Dubai-based Emirates has will commence a new six times a week to Taipei from its global hub at Dubai. The airline will use a 354-seat Boeing 777-300ER aircraft in a 3-class configuration (8F / 42J / 304Y). Taipei is the carrier’s 16th destination in the Far East. Barry Brown, Emirates’ Divisional Senior Vice President Commercial Operations East. …

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Pakistan International Airlines cancels Frankfurt and Amsterdam

August 28, 2013 Comments Off on Pakistan International Airlines cancels Frankfurt and Amsterdam

A PIA Airbus A310 at Leeds Bradford – Image Credit: Mark Winterbourne According to the Airline Route blog, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) will be cancelling its twice weeklyservices to Amsterdam and Frankfurt from 7th September. One flight per week is served as a triangular routing Lahore-Amsterdam-Frankfurt-Lahore on Fridays utilizing one of PIA’s 12 Airbus A310-300 aircraft, while the other weekly flight …

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127 feared dead as Bhoja Airlines Boeing 737 crashes near Islamabad Pakistan

April 20, 2012 Comments Off on 127 feared dead as Bhoja Airlines Boeing 737 crashes near Islamabad Pakistan

All 127 people, 118 passengers and nine crew, on board a Bhoja Air flight are feared dead in a crash near the national capital of Islamabad in Pakistan. Bhoja flight B4-213 had departed from the commercial capital of Pakistan, Karachi. There was severe weather in the area of the crash. The aircraft last made contact around 18:20 local (13:20Z) and …

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