United Airlines said on Tuesday it plans to end service in October at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport, where it failed to profit over seven years because it offered few connections to other cities, and add flights at its Newark, New Jersey hub.
The french airline is cancelling its service from Paris CDG to Kuala Lumpur, 2 and a half years after it relaunched service to Malaysia. The airline cancelled the service to Kuala Lumpur from the 25th October. AF246 and AF241 will end service on the B777-200ER on Mondays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays.
United currently operates the premium service on Boeing 757 aircraft. United currently operates two ‘premium routes’ from JFK, to San Fransisco and Los Angeles. Service after the 25th October is cancelled. The two premium routes are to be moved to Newark and will continue to operate to San Francisco and to Los Angeles. Reservation for…
Earlier this evening, a hot air balloon lost height, landed safely outside Gaywood surgery, North Street. No harm done, doctors not required, just a lot of social media activity and red faced crew.
An airplane made an emergency landing at Bulgaria’s Sofia Airport on Tuesday afternoon due to a broken window. The Wizz Air airplane was conducting flight number W64363 from Sofia to Bologna with 173 passengers on board, daily Sega reports. The airplane had taken off from Sofia and was above the Serbian city of Nis, when…
The Transportation Safety Board says there were no mechanical problems with an Air Canada passenger jet that crashed about 200 metres short of the runway at the Halifax airport in March. The independent board issued a statement today saying the Airbus 320 was correctly configured for landing, its air speed was consistent with a normal…
Paramedics were responding Monday to an undetermined medical issue involving passengers on a Fiji Airways flight at Los Angeles International Airport. Fiji Airways flight 810 arrived from Nadi International Airport at the Tom Bradley International Terminal around 1:45 p.m, according to an LAX spokesperson. A dozen passengers reported nausea, vomiting and diarrhea, officials said.
Etihad Airways has urged the European Commission to embrace “bold, exciting and world-leading reforms” as part of the Strategic Aviation Package to overhaul Europe’s air transport industry. In a detailed submission to the commission, the airline advocates a policy which actively facilitates competition and consumer choice, addresses critical shortfalls in aviation infrastructure and eases restrictions…
Virgin Atlantic ha revealed the appointment of Erik Varwijk as executive vice president commercial. He will be responsible for leading all commercial teams across the business including sales and customer engagement, marketing and customer experience, network and alliances and revenue management.
An Air Canada jet that declared an emergency while flying from Toronto to St. John’s, Newfoundland, because of a report of smoke has landed safely at Maine’s Bangor International Airport. Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Jim Peters says the pilot decided to divert Flight 692 because of a report of smoke in the cabin. The Embraer…