VIDEO Plane carrying 100 Syrian refugees landed today at Glasgow airport
A plane carrying 100 Syrian refugees has just touched down at Glasgow airport. #c4news pic.twitter.com/tQeqH1C7m1— Rob Windscheffel (@RWindscheffel) November 17, 2015
ALERT Intoxicated female passenger tried to open exit door on board British Airways flight to Boston
A spokesman for British Airways said a passenger on board a Boston-bound flight from London tried to open one of the doors of the plane. The woman was restrained after trying to open what the airline said was an exit door.
VIDEO First KLM Dreamliner arriving on delivery flight at Schiphol
The arrival of our first Boeing 787 Dreamliner! https://t.co/eM61G2LbWg— Royal Dutch Airlines (@KLM) 17 Novembre 2015
NEWS Russia confirms terrorism downed Sinai aircraft
FSB chief Alexander Bortnikov has confirmed to Russian president Vladimir Putin that an “act of terror” brought down a Russian A321 airliner in Egypt last month. The Russian security chief said “traces of foreign explosives” were found amid debris from the Airbus plane. Details
NEWS Qantas 737 “tailstrike” was caused by iPad data entry fail
On August 1 last year, a Boeing 737-838 (VH-VZR) operated by Qantas performed a “tailstrike” while taking off from Sydney airport. Today, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has concluded that the strike was caused by the co-pilot fat-fingering the plane’s takeoff weight: instead of typing the plane’s actual weight of 76,400kg into the iPad,…
NEWS Russia confirmed terrorism downed Sinai aircraft
FSB chief Alexander Bortnikov has confirmed to Russian president Vladimir Putin that an “act of terror” brought down a Russian A321 airliner in Egypt last month. The Russian security chief said “traces of foreign explosives” were found amid debris from the Airbus plane. Details
NEWS Norwegian granted a UK Operating License by CAA
Norwegian has been granted a UK Operating License opening up bilateral traffic rights to a series of potential new markets including Asia, South America and South Africa as the airline continues its huge growth in the UK. Norwegian has grown to become the third-largest airline at Gatwick and also operates from Manchester, Birmingham, and Edinburgh.…
NEWS Reed Travel Exhibitions signs oneworld as alliance partner
Reed Travel Exhibitions has signed a global agreement designating oneworld as its exclusive airline alliance partner for 2016, in what is believed to be the biggest yet partnership of its kind. It will see the world’s leading organiser of travel and tourism events offer clients attending these events attractive discounts on the worldwide network of…
NEWS British Airways launches new routes to Greece
Greece is the word for British Airways this week as the airline has added two new destinations to its 2016 summer schedule: Chania and Kalamata. Both sunshine routes will be available to book from today, and the first flights will take to the skies from April 30th, 2016. Details
NEWS easyJet orders 36 Airbus planes as revenues continue to rise
easyJet has signed a firm order for a further 36 A320 Family aircraft taking its cumulative order for the type to 451. The agreement for six A320ceo and 30 A320neo makes easyJet one of the world’s biggest airline customers for the A320ceo Family with 321 ordered and also for the A320neo with 130 on order.…
Russian Metrojet A321, flight 7K9268 plane carrying 224 people crashes in central Sinai, Egypt
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