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      Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun to step down in wake of cabin panel blowout

      news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · 3 days ago - 12:21


    Calhoun announces plans to resign amid biggest safety crisis for Boeing since crashes of two of its Max 8 jets in 2018 and 2019

    The CEO of Boeing has announced plans to resign as the planemaker fights to repair its reputation following a terrifying cabin panel blowout.

    Dave Calhoun will step down at the end of this year. He plans to “complete the critical work underway to stabilize and position the company for the future” over the coming months, it said.

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      Campaigners warn over failure to curb Europe’s ‘runaway’ transport emissions

      news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Wednesday, 20 March - 05:00

    Greenhouse gases from sector could make up 44% of continent’s total output by 2030, says transport group

    The failure to tackle Europe’s “runaway” transport emissions could lead to the sector pumping out nearly half of the continent’s planet-heating pollution by 2030, a report has found.

    Driven by polluting cars and pushed higher by the growing thirst for flights, transport emissions in Europe have grown 26% since 1990 – even as efforts to clean up other areas of the economy have led to an overall emissions fall.

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      Pilot who tried to fly plane from Edinburgh to New York while drunk is jailed

      news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Tuesday, 19 March - 16:23


    The Delta airlines employee was caught with a half empty bottle of Jägermeister in his hand luggage

    A pilot who was found to be almost two-and-a-half times over the aviation alcohol limit as he prepared to take charge of a transatlantic flight from Edinburgh to New York has been jailed for 10 months.

    Capt Lawrence Russell Jr was caught with two bottles of Jägermeister in his hand luggage, one of which was half empty, during a bag search at Edinburgh airport in June last year.

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      EasyJet joins calls for UK government to help fund hydrogen-powered flight

      news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Monday, 18 March - 15:17

    Carrier says technology could be a reality by end of the next decade, as it launches a base in Birmingham

    EasyJet has joined aerospace manufacturers in urging the government to help fund hydrogen-powered flight, as the budget carrier launched an operation out of Birmingham airport – its first new UK base since 2012.

    The airline, along with companies including Airbus, Rolls-Royce and GKN, said hydrogen planes could be a reality by the end of the next decade, setting out a detailed roadmap to change the sector.

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      United Airlines CEO vows to review recent safety incidents and learn ‘the right lessons’

      news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Monday, 18 March - 13:47

    In recent weeks, Unites Airlines planes have had a panel missing, rolled onto the grass at an airport and lost a tire after takeoff

    United Airlines is reviewing recent safety incidents in which it has been involved and using the insights to update safety training and procedures for employees, CEO Scott Kirby said on Monday.

    The Chicago-based airline has experienced several safety emergencies in the past two weeks. Last Friday, an external panel was found to be missing from a United aircraft when it landed in Oregon, prompting an investigation by the US Federal Aviation Administration.

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      United Airlines Boeing plane loses external panel in flight

      news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Saturday, 16 March - 09:17


    FAA investigating loss of panel before Boeing 737-800 landed safely in Oregon

    The US Federal Aviation Administration is investigating how a United Airlines Boeing 737-800 lost an external panel before landing safely in Oregon.

    United flight 433 landed at Medford airport at about 1.45pm on Friday carrying 139 passengers and six crew after departing from San Francisco, the FAA and airline said.

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      Boeing cockpit seat switch mishap reportedly led to Latam flight incident

      news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Friday, 15 March - 14:21


    New scrutiny of planemaker’s 787 Dreamliner over terrifying drop adds to safety crisis after cabin panel blowout on 737 Max 9 jet

    Another Boeing jet is facing scrutiny after the planemaker reportedly told airlines to check the cockpit seats of 787 Dreamliners following a terrifying drop during a flight from Sydney to Auckland.

    Dozens of people on Latam Airlines Flight 800 were said to have been hurt this week when the plane fell sharply, throwing passengers around the cabin.

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      Review into UK air traffic control failure finds ‘lack of pre-planning’

      news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Thursday, 14 March - 08:22

    Nearly 750,000 passengers were caught up in widespread grounding of flights last August bank holiday

    An independent review into the August bank holiday air traffic control meltdown , which affected nearly 750,000 passengers, has highlighted a “significant lack of pre-planning”.

    Flights were grounded across UK airports on 28 August after the ATC provider National Air Traffic Services (Nats) suffered a technical glitch while processing a flight plan.

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      Vueling airline owes us £969 but won’t pay up

      news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Wednesday, 13 March - 07:00

    Compensation was due after a cancelled flight but it is ignoring us despite a ruling from the watchdog

    Can you help me get the £969 I am owed by Spanish airline Vueling . You really are my last hope.

    In September 2022, we were due to fly from Gatwick to Barcelona, but the airline cancelled the flight while we were waiting to board. The whole thing was a nightmare and we ended up driving to Heathrow and paying more than £1,000 to get on a BA flight.

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