What’s an Important Risk Management Tool for a Pilot?
What is risk management? it is the vital process of making constructive and effective decisions. It includes two frequently-used tools: PAVE and the 5Ps. I chose to write, in detail,…
Boeing Airpower Teaming System
The Boeing Airpower Teaming System (ATS), also known as the Boeing Loyal Wingman project, is an unnamed stealth aerial vehicle in development by Boeing Australia to perform autonomous missions using…
FAA Chief satisfied after testing the 737 Max
FAA chief, Steve Dickson flew alone in the 737 Max to test the aircraft and he indicated that he is very satisfied with the 737 Max but recertification is not…
How tandem-rotor helicopters started
In the history of aviation, the goal to fly vertically was not far away from application. The world’s first practical vertical flight other than hot air balloons was accomplished by…
What is the humanitarian delivery flight program developed by BOEING ?
What is humanitarian program? The Humanitarian Delivery Flight Program was developed in 1992 as between Boeing and its customers to transport humanitarian supplies assistance around the world on newly delivered…
Green energy powers Malaysian Airlines
In corporation with Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB), a multinational electricity company, Malaysian airlines Chief Financial Officer, Boo Hui Yee signed an agreement to install solar panels on four MAB’s buildings at…
Pilots Can Suffer From Airsickness
Motion sickness, or airsickness, is actually very common at the beginning of flight training. What is airsickness? It occurs because of the opposition between the information we receive from our…
British Airways’ double delivery
Today, the 2nd of October 2020, UK flag carrier;British Airways took delivery of 2 aircraft.The carrier took delivery of its first Boeing 777-300ER in 6 years and its seventh Airbus…
Questions Pilots Ask Themselves Before their Flights
Pilots need to have great self-awareness; they need to understand what they’re capable of. Each flight is different, so while pilots do a thorough check of their aircraft, they must…
The Boeing 777X Engine ( GE9X ) took the certification from the FAA.
The GE9X one of the biggest and most powerful engine for any aircraft has been manufactured as well as developed by GE Aviation ( General Electric ) specially designed for…
ICAO Council encourages rebuilding sustainably at ATAG
The tragic incidences that occurred in the history of aviation such as the great depression in 2008, the SARS and the MERS pandemics did not affect air transport as COVID-19 did.…
EASA looking forward in November to release the 737 Max BAN
EASA, European Aviation Safety Agency, is expecting to lift the Boeing 737 MAX ban. The whole Boeing 737 MAX family has been grounded for many months after two extreme accidents.…
FAA advocates the Airlines to warn the pilots about a Boeing 787’s ILS Issue
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin for operators of Boeing’s Dreamliner on Thursday. The bulletin applies to the three Dreamliner models, the 787-8, 787-9, and…
How the aviation industry influenced motorsport.
It has been obvious that motorsport, especially Formula racing cars has been technologically advanced in term of every aspect even in simplest components of the car. Then for the car enthusiasts,…
Airport interior layout: Boarding Procedures.
As airports all around the globe become nearly as dense as a seaport, the layout of them has been evolved and changed to create the momentum for the passengers to…
FAA administrator set to fly the Boeing 737 Max next week.
On September 30th, FAA administrator Steve Dickson is expected to pilot the 737 Max next week. Previously the FAA stated that Dickson personally will fly the plane before the type…
FAA And EASA found a certain A320 Neo engine problem with the fuel used in the A320
Airlines use a popular fuel preservative called KATHON FP 1.5 biocide to counter microbial contamination and other operational problems in refined fuel. But according to both EASA and the FAA,…
What is BWB or HWB in aviation means?
In the design of aircraft, the configurations of the wings have been the main goal and focus for the aircraft designers to achieve the maximum aerodynamic efficiency and power reduction…
Airbus revealed three concepts plane( Zero Emission)
Toulouse, 21 September 2020 Airbus has reveals three concepts commercial planes and the goal of these three aircraft is to celebrate zero emission which could enter service in 2035. It…
Why Some Pilots Can’t Enter a Cloud
If you want a quick answer, keep scrolling down untill you reach the final 2 paragraphs. But if you want to learn about the types of clouds as well, take…
New FIRST CLASS with doors launched by British Airways Boeing 777-300ER
British Airways’ new Boeing 777-300ER jets will include upgraded first-class suites with sliding doors, The move follows the launch of the carrier’s Club Suite business class product last year, which…
The future of transportation: personal flying Drones
As we see the drone technology has skyrocketed the past few years. And I thinks each one of us think if this quadcopter that has been used for the modern…
What is the Boeing 777X current status?
There has been lot of excitement towards the 777X program since it was announced in 2013. Many airlines were looking forward to getting their hands on the 777-8 and 777-9…
Emirates to launch flights to Israel in 2021
The normalisation of UAE/Israel relations took the world by surprise and with companies looking to capitalise on this new opportunities the Dubai carrier, Emirates is the next company looking to…
How to be a bad pilot?
It’s not easy being a pilot, one mistake and it’s game over. Studies have shown that certain attitudes can interfere with a pilot’s better judgment and they are called “hazardous”…
What do you know about the best AIRPORT in the Globe?
Singapore Changi International Airport, commonly known as Changi Airport is a significant civilian airport in addition its one of the largest transportation centres in Asia. It’s rated the world’s best…
Why flight delays and how to avoid
Most of us have faced flight delays at least once. And these delays could be one of the two situations. The first is a controllable situation which could be the…
What do you know about Emirates First class?
Only 5% of the world population has ever been on a plane, so you can consider yourself lucky if you have ever taken a flight before. However, some privileged passengers…
EASA Completes Boeing 737 MAX Test Flights
EASA, European Union Aviation Safety Agency declared two days ago the completion of Boeing 737 MAX’s test flights in Canada. The data will be analyzed before a meeting of the…
De-icing : why and how
Why de-icing is important? A question that can come up to one of us. So, let us know first of all what is this process and why it is necessary.
Runway design: between present and future.
The essential part of an airport is the runway which connects between both passengers and the airplane. And in the past several years the evolution in runway design has been…
Boeing and FFA Reveled a new fresh problem with the 787 Dreamliner
Unimaginable, one more issue has been found in the wide-body, the 787 Dreamliner. The new problem is also related to the shimming problem this latest defect reportedly relates to the…
LUFTHANSA TO RETIRE A380 FLEET
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted airlines greatly with many airlines reporting astonishing losses, with a vaccine still undergoing trials and Europe facing a second wave it seems that airlines will…
Pilots Negotiate with Terrorists
We have all heard the phrase “we do not negotiate with terrorists”, which is the correct response in order to not give the terrorists leverage, but unfortunately a pilot cannot…
World’s Enormous aircraft
The Antonov AN -255 Mirya (Cossak) is an strategic cargo aircraft designed by Energia rocket’s boosters and the Buran-Class orbiters for the Soviet Space program in the Ukrainian within the…
Why do pilot eats different food than the passengers?
The life of everyone on board any aircraft all comes down to the pilots. Such as the safety and the controlled flight deck. So when pilots show up to work,…
Airbus A380s’ Retirement
The Super-jet aircraft, the A380, the world’s biggest passenger aircraft that is well known in making flights more comfortable and luxurious. Super-jet aircraft will be stopped in 2021 -Traveller.com It…
Why is the Landing gear important?
As it is an essential part of cars to have a suspension system and tires, all types of aircraft must have a landing gear system. The landing gear consists of…
Airbus 220 Family
The Airbus 220 is narrow body, medium range with twin engine (Rolls Royce) there are two categories in the A220 : A220-100 and A220-300 . In these type they upgraded…
Inside: Commercial airliner interior
For the past decade airlines are competing on how to get the most from the space inside the airplane. As long as the space inside the airplane is limited and…
EL AL to begin cargo flights from Israel to Dubai
On August 13th 2020,The UAE and Israel announced that they would be normalising relations between the two countries. The news stated that the first commercial flight between Israel and the…
The next generation of Aircraft (V-shaped)
KLM ( Royal Dutch Airlines) CEO Pieter Elbers and Dean Of the faculty of Aerospace Engineering at Delta University of Technology (TU Delft) professor Henri Werij had signed a cooperative…
EXTERIOR LIGHTS OF AN AIRCRAFT
All aircraft are equipped with a variety of lights that are used for navigation, safety, and to improve visibility during flight or when taxiing on the ground. The external lights…
Airbus A350 VS. Boeing 787
There is no doubt that the COVID-19 pandemic has affected air travel and airline industry. These effects eventually quickened the retirement of the 4 engines airliners such as the 747…
AIRBUS A318-WHERE CAN I FLY THE BABY BUS?
The Airbus A318 is the smallest aircraft of the A320 family, dubbed “the baby bus” it never sold as well as other variants of the A320 family.With British Airways retiring…
The Queen of the Skies’ Success Story
There is perhaps no other commercial airliner as iconic as the Boeing 747. A presence in our skies for over fifty years, it has transported millions of passengers across the…
A supersonic tragedy: Air France 4590.
20 years ago, on the 25th of July 2000, an Air France Concorde thundered down 26R at Paris; Charles De Gaulle airport. However, what no one knew was that this…
Is it safe to fly an airplane nowadays?
Nowadays, the globe is undergoing extraordinary conditions-ones that were never experienced before! These conditions are especially tough on the aviation and airlines industry; but with travel demand increasing day by…
QATAR A380’S. WHAT HAPPENS NOW?
During the covid-19 pandemic the majority of the airlines operating the Airbus A380, including Qatar Airways, grounded the aircraft. But with travel demand increasing day by day and as countries…
British Airways to retire its 747 fleet immediately.
The covid-19 pandemic has drastically reduced the demand for aircraft meaning that airlines don’t particularly need their older fleets of aircraft such as the 747. This week Qantas completed its…
A HOPE FROM MIDDLE EAST: ETIHAD PLANE LANDS IN MEXICO WITH STUCK COMPATRIOTS AND MEDICAL SUPPLIES
The morning of July 15th, an airplane of Etihad Airways coming from the United Arab Emirates landed at Mexico City’s International Airport. The aircraft was carrying medical equipment and supplies…
Subersonic flights are back!
50 years since the Concorde first took to the skies, a brand new supersonic jet is preparing for lift off.
VIRGIN ATLANTIC TO RECEIVE £1 BILLION BAILOUT.
Virgin Atlantic is working to secure a deal worth £1 BN. The package includes a cash injection from Richard Branson, whom has previously stated that he is not able to…
“BORIS FORCE ONE”
There is no doubt that the covid-19 pandemic will have long lasting effects on the world for years to come. However in the middle of a pandemic that has proven…
INTERJET PREPARES ITSELF TO TAKE OFF UNDER NEW NORMAL
The world finds itself in the 5th month since the massive spread of the new COVID-19 virus, and the airlines sector is taking new movements to reactivate the normal operations…
IS THE A380 FINALLY RETURNING TO OUR SKIES?
On the 24th of June 2020 Emirates announced that it would be restarting A380 flights to Paris Charles De Gaulle (CDG) and London Heathrow (LHR) on the 15th of July.With…
Air France and Hop! Airlines willing to reduce their workforce due to medical crisis
Two days ago on July 3rd 2020, the news was released that Air France and Hop! airlines are taking into consideration reducing their operational staff to the quantity of 7,580…
UK announces quarantine free countries
While the world is still working through the covid-19 pandemic, we are starting to make our way back to some form of normality.With that people are starting to want to…
The super cute “super guppy” aircraft.
The Aero Spacelines Super Guppy is a large and wide-bodied cargo aircraft that is used for hauling outsize cargo components. The aircraft is powered by 4x Allison 501-D22C turbo-prop engines.…
UAE halts flights from Pakistan
The General Civil Aviation Authority of the United Arab Emirates has announced that flights from Pakistan will be halted starting Monday due to the worsening covid-19 crisis faced by Pakistan.…
Almost 30% of pilots in Pakistan have fake licenses, aviation minister says;
Islamabad, Pakistan – On Wednesday the 24th of June 2020, Pakistan’s Aviation Ministry revealed the most extraordinary and terrible story in the aviation history: “Almost 1 in 3 of civilian…
SpaceX’s historic crew launch.
Saturday May 31, at 10:16 a.m. EDT, a falcon 9 rocket lifted off from launchpad 39A at Kennedy space center in Florida. However, this was no ordinary falcon 9, this…
Emirates Boeing 777X
At the Dubai Airshow in 2013, Emirates placed the largest order in the 777 order books for 150 Boeing 777-8 and -9’s. However, we don’t know too much about the…
The biggest jet engine in the world.
Have you ever wondered how big the engines are while boarding an aircraft? Ever imagined yourself standing inside the engine as if it was a miniature room or car? Well,…
Turkish Airlines to relaunch 4 US routes this month.
As countries around the world start to get the coronavirus under control, we will now start to see the slow rebound of air travel. Although airlines don’t expect that capacity…
Airbus A320 Replacement by 2030
Along with the announcement of the €15 billon aid package for the French aviation sector, the French government has revealed that it will be heavily backing the development of a…
British Airways 747
The world’s favourite aircraft,with the world’s favourite airline With the covid-19 pandemic taking an ever increasing toll on the aviation industry and the introduction of more fuel efficient aircraft such…
The 747 that carried America’s space dreams
We all saw how spectacular and successful last Saturday’s SpaceX launch was, as it marked the first time in almost a decade that America has launched people into space. But…
Raise Awareness about Black People’s lives.
On our all Social Media platforms; we are happy to welcome everybody. No matter the skin colour, age, gender, religion, origin, ethnicity or sexual identity. We are proud to have…
Emirates declares the Airbus A380 as “over”
The aviation industry is going through a very tough time nowadays due to the global spread of the corona virus, and with its negative repercussions on the aviation industry, demand…
The Antonov AN255 helping to fight the Corona virus pandemic
May 2020: The corona virus pandemic has reached more than 4 Million cases world-wide and the need for medical supplies has reached an all time peak. Correspondingly, the need for…
IATA Recommends mandatory face-coverings for passengers and masks for crew.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) supports the idea of wearing face coverings for passengers and masks for crew while on board aircraft as a temporary procedure to prevent from…
COVID-19 Safety Measures Now Include Compulsory Masks When Flying
COVID-19 has proven to be a tumultuous time for people worldwide. In their effort to keep people safe, certain airlines have instituted new policies which include passengers having to wear…
The Phonetic Aviation Alphabet
Have you ever listened to a conversation between a pilot and the air traffic controller (ATC) during a flight? If yes, then for sure you noticed that they mention strange…
South African Airways Nears Collapse With Plans to Retrench All Staff
South African Airways (SAA) has been a hot topic in the will-they-won’t-they collapse conversation. The Business Rescue Partners (BRP’s) requested a ZAR 10 Billion bailout from the South African Government-which…
Airport Runways: An Overview.
So you’ve boarded an aircraft, strapped yourself in, and the crew announces to the pilot saying “Cabin crew ready for takeoff”. The plane then starts moving slowly for a while.…
25 Million Jobs at Risk with Airline Shutdown.
On the 7th of April, Geneva – The International Air Transport Association (IATA)-released a new analysis showing that 25 million jobs are at risk of disappearing with the plummeting demand…
A clearer look on the career of a flight engineer.
Have you ever been on an airplane and wondered how many people are needed to operate this aircraft? Perhaps a pilot, a co-pilot, flight attendants and maybe a relief pilot…
Airlines And The Novel Corona virus.
The year 2020 has not been kind to the aviation industry so far, it’s only march and aviation movement around the world is grounding to a halt due to the…
Why do we need Airports?
Imagine for a second that you live in New York city and that you need to travel Los Angeles. But here’s the catch, there is no such thing as airports.…
The Top 10 Airline Routes Ranked by Revenue
Throughout the years, many air-routes stood apart from the pool as they enjoy higher demand and more traffic for many reasons, ranging from their respective start and end points, traffic…
The Novel Corona Virus and its effect on aviation.
December 2019 marked the spread of the deadly corona virus in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. Ever since, a global epidemic has began and it is affecting our beloved aviation industry.
The new Boeing 777X
On the 25th of January 2020, after months of delays and issues, Boeing’s newly developed 777-9X aircraft took on the sky for the first time. The 777-9X is the world’s…
Introducing the Boeing 737-MAX 10
On November the 22nd, during a private ceremony dedicated to its employees, Boeing unveiled the newest member of it’s aircraft family: The 737 MAX 10.
Air France Retires Its First Airbus A380
December 2019: Air France, which is France’s flag carrier and one of the world’s biggest airlines, have officialy retired their first airbus A380. It is only the second airline to…
Emirates Breaks Guinness Records with Most Nationalities on Board
Marking the 48th UAE National Day and the Year of Tolerance, 145 nationalities came together to set Guinness World Record on Emirates flight EK2019. The flight included passengers from different backgrounds,…
Dubai Air Show 2019
November 2019: The Dubai airshow (DAS) ended last Thursday being a huge win for Airbus over Boeing over new orders and deliveries. In this article, you’ll find a complete list…
Boeing whistle-blower raises doubts over the 787 oxygen system.
Imagine yourself on a plane in the middle of nowhere-10,000 meters up in the air- when suddenly a window breaks and the air begins rushing out of the aircraft. What…
Etihad Airways signs a partnership with Air Arabia to launch the first low-cost carrier in Abu Dhabi.
Article by Ahmed Detring Dubai, The United Arab Emirates: October 2019, Etihad Airways and Air Arabia group signed an agreement over the creation of Abu Dhabi’s first low- cost airline…
About The Career of a Pilot
Article by Youssef Mohammed About this Story Let me tell you a little bit more about a pilot’s career and how he/she progresses upon joining other pilots on a flight…
