Spanair goes bust – all flights likely to be cancelled as from tomorrow?

It appears Spanair, Spain’s largest private airline, has gone bust after a Qatar investment fund pulled out of an investment talk. EFE, the news agency, is tonight reporting that the company is preparing a report, to be presented tomorrow to Spains’ aviation authority, admitting that it has run out of cash and cannot continue to operate. AENA, the airports authority, is preparing for a wave of cancellations as from midnight, and has already started to Continue reading Spanair goes bust – all flights likely to be cancelled as from tomorrow?

Latest in the Spainair crash in Madrid

The judge investigating the Madrid Barajas Spainair crash has called the two mechanics who worked on the plane before its takeoff for declarations. During the examination by the judge, both mechanics have admitted that they did not consult the official Boeing manual when they removed the fuse that seems to have deactivated the fatal alarm, instead they were guided by the minimum equipment list, which requires a less stringent test of the equipment and is Continue reading Latest in the Spainair crash in Madrid