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On July 13th a video surfaced of the aftermath aboard the upper deck lounge of an Emirates A380. According to  Paddle your own Kanoo , the incident is said to have taken place on Friday, July 12th. The flight was reportedly Emirates flight EK449 from Dubai to Auckland, New Zealand. Emirates has 111 Airbus A380 aircraft. Photo: Wikimedia Commons We can see in the video (below) that serving trolleys lie sideways with their contents spilled. Trays of cakes and sandwiches can be seen all over the floor, along with bottles of water and alcohol. It’s predictable that unsecured items like these would be strewn about in a case of turbulence. However, seeing a piece of an exit sign cracked and on the floor truly demonstrates the severity of this particular incident. Below is the original video of the incident: Seref Sezgin @SEREF737 Severe turbulence hit an A380 Emirates SEVERE TURBULENCE hit an A380 Emirates flying from Auckland to Dubai yesterday, flight...

In news that many might find hard to believe, business class airfares in Australia are falling, down 10.6% from July 2018.  Australian Aviation  is reporting the (Australian) Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) results also indicated that July 2019 is the fourth consecutive month that business class airfares have fallen. BITRE reports business class airfares in Australia are down 10.6% since July 2018. Photo: Andrew Curran / Simple Flying The result is compiled by tracking the cost of fares on the top 70 routes in Australia, collected from the websites of the two Australia airlines with business class cabins – Qantas and Virgin Australia. Fares include all taxes and charges and are adjusted for CPI movements. The Australian  quotes Westpac’s Matthew Hassan, an economist, as saying the demand for premium seats is “restrained”, and that, “There has been a clampdown on discretionary spending … it may also be to do with corporates tighten...

With trade tensions, disputes over aircraft subsidies and the slowing global economy, it is a tough time to be in the   aviation industry. But there is a more troubling trend that the industry could do without. 2018 was the deadliest year the aviation industry has experienced for some time. There were 523 deaths last year - the highest number in four years, and up from just 59 in 2017. And this year is already looking bad - there were 232 deaths from the accidents involving Ethiopian Airlines and Russia's Aeroflot. That is well above the five-year average of 189 fatalities a year, according to the Aviation Safety Network. On the front line of the industry's troubles is plane manufacturer Boeing. Its 737 Max has been grounded since March after two fatal crashes, which killed a total of 346 people. Preliminary investigations have suggested that software intended to improve the plane's handling was faulty. Aviation analyst Alex Macheras tells   Counting the Cost ...