On IndiGo flight 6E 326 from Kolkata to Mumbai, some passengers started capturing video of the cabin crew mid-air. One of the other passengers informed the crew that they were being videographed. The captain was informed about the incident. On arrival, the security staff handed over the three passengers to the airport police.
Gatwick is launching the UK’s first ever direct flights to Chongqing – one of the world’s largest urban centres and a major manufacturing and transportation hub in southwest China. The twice weekly, year round, flights will then continue to China’s fourth largest city, Tianjin, Gatwick announced today. Starting from June 25, Chinese carrier Tianjin Airlines will fly the Airbus A330 on…
A man has died after the JetBlue aircraft he was on made an emergency medical landing at the Wilmington International Airport so that he could be treated. Airport Director Julie Wilsey tells The StarNews of Wilmington that the unidentified passenger suffered an undisclosed medical issue Wednesday night on board the flight from New York to…
American Airlines today submitted an application to the U.S. Department of Transportation proposing to operate daily, year-round, nonstop service to Tokyo’s Haneda Airport (HND) from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW). American’s application follows the historic signing of a new aviation agreement between the United States and Japan in February…
On April 20th, United Airlines reported their Q1 2016 financial results. The airline recorded the following: Excluding special items, UAL reported first-quarter net income of $435 million, earnings per share of $1.23 per diluted share and pre-tax earnings of $688 million. Including special items, UAL reported first-quarter net income of $313 million, earnings per share…
50 years ago today, American Flyers Airline Flight 280 (N183H) was a flight operated on a U.S. Military Air Command contract from Monterey Regional Airport in California to Columbus Airport in Georgia, via Ardmore Municipal Airport in Oklahoma. The Lockheed L-188 Electra was carrying 93 passengers & 5 crew members. The aircraft involved in the…
Some 16.8 million passengers passed through Heathrow Airport in London first three months of 2016, up 2.6 per cent. At the same time, Garuda Indonesia has become the latest airline to move its London operations from Gatwick to Heathrow – boosting British businesses with increased ties to a fast-growing economy.
Thomson Airways, along with First Choice, have announced plans to increase capacity from Liverpool’s John Lennon Airport to Tenerife and Ibiza! The move to introduce new routes is part of the holiday company’s strategy to ensure customers across the UK can fly from their local airport and stay at the best hotels in some of the…
UPDATE 10:28 UTC British Airways is confirming AIRLIVE.net the pilot of #BA68 has requested a priority landing after a medical emergency on board. UPDATE 10:12 UTC We have confirmation British Airways #BA68 safely landed runway 09L at Heathrow. More details soon on this page. UPDATE 09:55 UTC British Airways #BA68 has no serious technical issue…
Norwegian today reported its first quarter results for 2016 with an underlying improvement of more than 400 MNOK (£34m), compared to the same quarter previous year. The company’s intercontinental and Nordic routes had a positive impact on the results. The load factor was record high at 85 per cent, in a quarter that is traditionally considered…
Beijing Capital Airlines will be launching 2 brand new services from Beijing & Hangzhou to Birmingham Airport in the United Kingdom! It is said that these flights will be on sale to UK residents through tour operators instead of directly through the airline. The travel agent is Caissa Touristic, one of China’s most important travel…
