Plane makes emergency landing in Edinburgh after fuel leak

Here is a better article from the one I posted earlier A plane bound for Chicago has made an emergency landing at Edinburgh Airport. The United Airlines flight 929 from London Heathrow made the diversion after it began leaking fuel. The Boeing 767-300 aircraft, which left London at 07:02, landed at Edinburgh just before 10:00 after circling above Scotland dumping fuel. (www.bbc.com) More...

Delta to expand Airbus A321-200 aircraft order; defer 10 A350 deliveries

Delta Air Lines has agreed with Airbus SE to place an expanded A321-200 order for 30 firm additional aircraft and to defer 10 of the airline’s 25 A350-900 aircraft deliveries set for 2019-2020 by two to three years.The airline plans to operate its first A350 revenue flight in the fourth quarter. (news.delta.com) More...

Officers handcuff, remove Delta passenger from flight after overhead bin squabble

A Delta passenger became irate when there was no room for his luggage in overhead bins on a plane — and was forcibly removed from the New York-bound aircraft Wednesday. The captain refused to fly the plane with the man on board. (www.nydailynews.com) More...

Delta Air Lines To Decrease MSP Airport Flights

You may find it is a little harder to fly Delta Air Lines in and out of Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport starting next year. The airline says fewer seats does not necessarily mean fewer flights; the airline will just be flying different planes. More people are choosing to fly Delta’s competition in the meantime. Sun Country, Southwest, Spirit and Frontier are all adding seats and destinations out of MSP. (minnesota.cbslocal.com) More...

Airliner with most seats ever unveiled

"The biggest airliner in the world just got more seats than ever before. Emirates airline unveiled a new Airbus A380 outfitted with 615 seats. "For those keeping score, that is the most ever," writes aviation blogger Gilbert Ott. Currently Air France A380s fly the largest capacity configuration in active service -- 538 seats. Think about it: 615 passengers is like an entire town flying on one airplane. In fact, assuming the 2010 Census is accurate, this plane actually has enough… (www.cnn.com) More...

Video: Delta CEO Bastian: ‘This isn’t who we are’

Delta CEO Ed Bastian apologizes for the outage this week and explains how they will issue refunds and travel vouchers. (news.delta.com) More...

Air Wisconsin Airlines Announces A New Maintenance Base Facility At Appleton International Airport

Air Wisconsin Airlines, operating as United Express on behalf of United Airlines, has announced plans in conjunction with Appleton International Airport and Outagamie County, WI to build a new aircraft maintenance base facility in Appleton. This new facility will be located near the north-west area of the airfield and will have approximately 30,000 square feet of hangar space in addition to 7,000 square feet of office and maintenance support space. (www.aviationpros.com) More...

Richard Branson's Love Letter to Virgin America Is a Tearjerker

“I would be lying if I didn’t admit sadness that our wonderful airline is merging with another,” wrote Sir Richard Branson shortly after Virgin America’s takeover by Alaska Airlines. In a thought-provoking post on the Virgin Group’s blog, he fairly bares his soul as few CEOs do, over both the merger and the future prospects for the U.S. airline industry. (www.forbes.com) More...

Incident: Minnesota Vikings plane slides off taxiway at Appleton International Airport

The Minnesota Vikings say a plane carrying the NFL team slid off the taxiway at Appleton International Airport Friday afternoon. Airport director, Abe Weber, said the incident happened at 5:10 p.m. The plane landed safely but Weber said as the plane was taxiing in, one of the rear main landing gears left the pavement. The team remained on the plane for more than four hours for their safety, Weber says. (fox11online.com) More...

Delta’s First A350 Aircraft Begins to Take Shape

Delta’s newest widebody and flagship aircraft, the state-of-the-art Airbus A350-900, is taking shape at the planemaker’s massive Toulouse, France, assembly facility. Large portions of the fuselage, wings, tail and other components began arriving in Toulouse in January, marking the beginning of the final assembly process and years’ worth of work to bring the 306-seat widebody jet to Delta’s fleet. Expected to begin service this fall, the A350-900 will be deployed primarily on routes across the… (aviationtribune.com) More...