Like the nineteen year old Yemenia Airlines* Airbus A310-324 that was written up as having passengers with standing room only, unattached seats and an assortment of safety problems that were so bad that the plane was disallowed from flying over European airspace, Air Zimbabwe’s fleet demonstrates how not to run an airline.
There are apparently 5 planes and 50 pilots; far too many engineers (300? For a fleet of 5?), and is an accounting nightmare, being $108 million in debt and accruing more as it is operating in the red, and it has reportedly fallen behind on quarterly insurance payments.
A B767 may be auctioned if Air Zimbabwe fails to pay a monthly installment of US$500 000 to Lufthansa Technics. Repair of the B767-200 engine which requires US$2,5 million for repairs, hinged on the condition of making US$500 000 monthly payments from May 2011 to redeem the debt.
Skytrax, which rates airlines on a scale of 5-1 (5 being good) rates Air Zimbabe as a 2. Passenger reviews include random cancellations, ancient planes, unexpected delays, missed connections, owed reimbursements, misdirected charter flights, and strange excuses from gate personnel.
Yemenia Airlines* is also a 2 star airline.
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The National Transportation Safety Board released its final investigative report Saturday on a plane crash that claimed the life of a pilot in Lake Hartwell two years ago.
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The passenger wrote on Reddit that it “felt good to put [the] seat stealer in her place” after complaining about “all the things people try to pull on flights these days”
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Italian prosecutors on Saturday accused seven people and two sub-contractors of crimes including fraud and breaching airplane safety rules following an investigation into suspected flawed parts produced by an Italian company for Boeing. The prosecutors launched their investigation in late 2021 after Boeing said some parts for its 787 Dreamliner plane supplied by a company working for Italian aerospace group Leonardo had been improperly manufactured. Investigators found that two Italian sub-contractors used cheaper and non-compliant forms of titanium and aluminium to make certain parts, saving significant sums of money on their raw material costs, the prosecutors said in a statement, without naming the sub-contractors or the seven people.
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As Thanksgiving draws closer, it pays to know the best times to purchase tickets for the cheapest rates.
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An Air Self-Defense Force plane evacuated 16 people from Lebanon to neighboring Jordan on Friday amid the escalating conflict between Israel and the Iranian-backed Hezbollah, the Japanese government says.
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There was drama in the sky over Bakersfield Friday afternoon as a small plane — its pilot in distress — was diverted to Meadows Field and successfully landed by its one and only passeng…
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US News: A London-bound Norse Atlantic Airways flight from JFK Airport aborted takeoff to avoid a collision with another plane, reaching 87 knots before brakin
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An airplane made an emergency landing at Meadow Fields Airport after the co-pilot took over for a pilot suffering from a medical emergency on Friday, according to a Kern County
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Social media users were blown away by the man’s incredible vantage point in the viral clip, with one saying, “This is insane.”
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The crash killed pilot Bryan Handyside, 60, and the plane’s only passenger, Matthew Joseph, 64.
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Investigators say another Yute Commuter Service plane turned back from a landing in St. Mary’s shortly before the Sept. 15 crash.
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Blue Grass Airport’s main commercial runway was temporarily shut down Friday morning after a plane that recently landed made its way to a “safety area.”
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The uncrewed plane is equipped with 17,000 solar cells that spend the day collecting sunlight.
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A Silver Spring man was one of five people killed in a plane crash in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, authorities said.
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Rock Bordelon, a political donor who owns Allegiance Health Management in Bossier City, offered roundtrip flights on his personal aircraft and paid for “ground transportation” in the Washington D.C.
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Lightning: It happens all the time, and yet the exact details of how it’s made has long eluded scientists. That is, until now. New research out this week in the journal Nature holds new insights into the precursor to lightning. To figure it out, researchers flew a NASA ER-2 – essentially the research version of a spy plane – over several tropical thunderstorms. What they found: The same high energy radiation is found in places like neutron stars and around black holes. Want to hear more stories about the science behind natural phenomena? Email us at shortwave@npr.org — we’d love to hear from you!
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Rutherford County Airport officials said a plane crash happened on Thursday night.
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Rutherford County Airport officials said a plane crash happened on Thursday night.
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