A member of Air India’s ground staff has been sucked into an aircraft jet engine and was killed instantly. This incident occurred today at Mumbai airport in India while the aircraft was preparing to depart to Hyderabad. The technician was killed after being sucked into the engine during push back at 9pm local time. The…
Kuwait Airways is no longer selling tickets for flights between New York’s John F. Kennedy airport and London’s Heathrow, after the Transportation Department threatened legal action for its refusal to sell tickets to Israelis.
A smoke-filled cabin forced an Alaska Airlines flight to make an emergency landing. Flight 2372 from Seattle to Spokane airport landed safely at 8.15am yesterday with 75 passengers and four crew members on board. The landing was carried out after passengers reported ‘heavy smoke’ throughout the cabin.
UPDATE #IB6025 had an Engine Oil indication and had to shut down one of the engins. LIVE Iberia #IB6025 to Rio is returning to Madrid, holding 20,000ft. Track: https://t.co/UqLQFeWwFC pic.twitter.com/gCvHjoUbuK — AirLive.net (@airlivenet) December 16, 2015
A rare accident occurred today at around 8:45pm local at Mumbai airport (India). An Air India ground staff has been sucked by the engine of an Airbus A319 (reg VT-SCQ) while it was still at parking. The technician died in a mishap during pushback of flight #AI619, incident is being investigated. The flight was going…
Jet Airways has announced the launch of daily non-stop services between India and Amsterdam, its new European gateway which is ideally located for convenient onward connections. With effect from March 27th, 2016, Jet Airways will operate two daily non-stop flights to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, one each from its home hubs in Mumbai and New Delhi.…
Etihad Airways has gone live on the Rich Content and Branding product from Travelport, with Etihad’s Fare Choices structure fully enabled to search, sell and book through the Smartpoint platform. Product innovation is at the foundation of Etihad Airways’ recent move to allow customers to further tailor and customise their travel experience through their Fare…
HNA Tourism Group, the strategic tourism business conglomerate of HNA Group, has been crowned as the World’s Leading Integrated Tourism Group at the World Travel Awards Grand Final hosted in El Jadida, Morocco. In doing so, HNA Tourism becomes the first ever Chinese company to receive the award and is the only company to hold…
Passenger traffic at Dubai International, rose 4.4 per cent in October, according to a traffic report issued today by operator Dubai Airports. Passenger numbers in October totalled 6,250,810, compared to 5,989,007 recorded in October of last year. Details
Air New Zealand’s inaugural flight between Auckland and Houston, Texas has touched down this morning. NZ28 departed Auckland International Airport at 18:30 last night and arrived at Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport at 07:45 New Zealand time. Details
Willie Walsh, the CEO of IAG, has warned that he will grow British Airways out of Ireland or Spain if there is no final decision regarding the 3rd runway at Heathrow Airport. His comments come after the government has announced that a final decision, due to be made this month, has been delayed until at…
A Southwest airplane went off the runway at the Nashville International Airport after landing Tuesday evening. The Federal Aviation Administration told the Boeing 737 rolled off the taxiway into the grass and got stuck while taxiing to its gate around 5:30 p.m. Central Time. It was coming from Houston’s William P. Hobby Airport. Passengers were…