A Mirage 2000 crashed approximately 9 miles northeast of Skyros island. The aircraft was returning to its base after a dog fight with Turkish fighter jets that violated Greece´s airspace according to Greek media. UPDATE Greek fighter pilot killed in crash after Turkish intercept mission: officials. UPDATE Greek Ministry of Defence says there was no dogfight. By the…
International Airlines Group (IAG) has announced that they have bought a 4.61% stake in Norwegian carrier Norwegian and are in further talks regarding a complete takeover of the airline. IAG describes Norwegian as an attractive investment but says that apart from the current investment there were no further talks regarding a possible takeover yet. Norwegian…
LATEST: 2 fighter jets have just landed in the past few minutes at RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus, the nearest air base to Syria. It’s as Theresa May is to hold a ‘war cabinet’ later this morning to discuss strike action in #Syria after the alleged chemical weapons attack by Pres. Assad. pic.twitter.com/CcejevPjfW — Nathan Lee…
Russian and Syrian forces are reportedly bracing for an imminent strike in response to a deadly chemical weapons attack on civilians in the suburbs of Damascus. Pro-government forces are said to be evacuating from major airports and military air bases, according to the Times of Israel, citing reports from the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.…
Kuwait Airways, the country’s national carrier, has announced it will cease all flights to Beirut starting Thursday. The decision was made in light of a security warning that came from the Cyprus government, it said. The company announced on Twitter that it made a decision to stop all flights bound for Lebanon “on the basis…
Qantas is selling it’s catering arm, Q Catering, to Emirates subsiduary dnata for an undisclosed sum. The deal requires approval from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission before it is finalised. dnata already services catering for Qantas in Adelaide, Canberra, London and Johannesburg and has 11 catering facilities in Australia and operates in 13 countries.…