Passengers were temporarily evacuated from all three Lithuanian airports on Monday morning. According to a report by Lithuanian Airports, initial information about a possible explosive device was received at around 08:00 on Monday morning. Police department spokeswoman Revita Janavičiūtė told BNS that information about the explosive was received by e-mail. The e-mail demanded that the…
Passengers waiting at the gate to board BA2597 in Verona, Italy had to wait 6hrs to find out if they would be flying to Gatwick. To avoid a passenger mutiny, the Captain had to be brought to the gate after local agents provided no information, to be told that the flight developed an emergency fault…
Ryanair installed Split Scimitar Winglets to the first of over 400 of its Boeing 737-800 Next Generation aircraft. Following a $175m agreement with Aviation Partners Boeing (APB), Ryanair installed Split Scimitar Winglets to the first of over 400 of its Boeing 737-800 Next Generation aircraft. This modification will improve aircraft fuel efficiency by up to…
An U.S. Air Force military cargo was unable to land at RAF Mildenhall after holding over one hour. A Lockheed C-5M Super Galaxy took off from Dover Air Force Base, US to RAF Mildenhall in the UK. The aircraft was on hold in Mildenhall and Lakenheath area for over 90 minutes waiting for better weather…
More than 12,000 British Airways passengers are facing cancellations as flights from Heathrow airport are grounded due to freezing fog. More than 80 BA flights have been grounded on the first day of the working week. The “flow rate” of arrivals has been reduced because of fog at the UK’s busiest airport, which is also…