Shanghai’s international airport momentarily descended into chaos Sunday night, after authorities ordered a mass testing drive in response to a small outbreak of Covid-19 linked to several cargo handlers. Since the beginning of November, seven cargo workers and their close contacts at the Shanghai Pudong International Airport have been diagnosed as confirmed coronavirus cases, including…
A Skywest Embraer E-175 was damaged when it was hit by 3 fully loaded cargo dollies while parked at Seattle Tacoma International Airport. The Embraer was the only parked airplane in the vicinity at that time. The three Lufthansa freight dollies detached from a runaway train. The total collective weight of the three dollies was…
A British Airways Boeing 747-400 parked at Castellon Airport caught fire. The Boeing 747-400 (reg. G-CIVD, One World livery) suffered important damages. The fire broke out right behind the cockpit. Firefighters from Castellón airport managed to extinguish the fire in an aircraft. There have been no injuries and the fire is already confined.
JetBlue has secured slots for up to three daily roundtrips to London, spread across Gatwick And Stansted. JetBlue has targeted London as its first European destination. JetBlue has secured 14 weekly slots at Gatwick. Similarly, JetBlue also secured all 28 weekly slots it had requested at London Stansted Airport. However, JetBlue has not received any…
Speaking on Australian tv show A current Affair, Alan Joyce, the CEO of Qantas, has confirmed that the airline will change it’s terms and conditions. The change will ask all international travelers to have a COVID vaccine before getting onboard their aircraft. Mr Joyce also believes vaccinations will be a “common theme” across the entire…