NEWS Recording-breaking March sees Gatwick race towards full capacity
Nearly three million passengers travelled through Gatwick Airport in March, a 9.2 per cent increase on last year, and the busiest March the airport has ever had in its 57-year…
ALERT Britain’s Royal Air Force scrambles typhoon jets to intercept Russian bombers near UK airspace
Britain has scrambled Typhoon fighter jets to intercept two Russian long-range bombers near UK airspace, the Ministry of Defence said on Tuesday.Tuesday's incident came as Britain hosted war games off…
NEWS Virgin America named top U.S. carrier for 3rd year in a row
Virgin America was named the top U.S. airline for the third consecutive year in the annual Airline Quality Rating (AQR) report. Hawaiian Airlines finished No. 2 and was followed by…
NEWS LATAM Airlines Group reports slight fall in passenger numbers
LATAM Airlines Group and its subsidiaries, the leading airline group in Latin America, have reported its preliminary monthly traffic statistics for March 2015 compared to March 2014. System passenger traffic…
NEWS Stansted maintains position as fastest growing airport in UK
Stansted Airport welcomed nearly one million more passengers in the first three months of 2015 over the same period last year as annual passenger numbers at the UK’s fastest growing…
NEWS Korean Air returns to St. Petersburg with new Incheon flight
Korean Air has announced that as from April 26th it will resume its service between Incheon and Russia’s second largest city St. Petersburg. The service will operate three flights a…
NEWS LATAM Airlines Group reports slight fall in passenger number
LATAM Airlines Group and its subsidiaries, the leading airline group in Latin America, have reported its preliminary monthly traffic statistics for March 2015 compared to March 2014. System passenger traffic…
NEWS US president Obama oversees $6bn Boeing-Copa aircraft order
Panama president Juan Carlos Varela Rodriguez and United States president Barack Obama have witnessed a historic agreement in which Copa Airlines and Boeing announced an order for 61 737 MAX…
ALERT Ramp agent trapped in Alaska Air flight #AS448 cargo hold forces emergency landing
A ramp agent -- employed by Menzies Aviation -- was still inside the cargo area. He told authorities he had fallen asleep, according to Alaska Airlines. Alaska Airlines officials said…
NEWS Singapore Airlines’ new SilverKris Lounge opens in Heathrow T2
Singapore Airlines has unveiled its brand new SilverKris Lounge at Heathrow, following the airline’s recent move into Heathrow’s Terminal 2.
NEWS: Conflict zone risk information website to reduce aircraft risk
The UN agency responsible for overseeing international aviation has set up a prototype repository for conflict zone risk information in the wake of last year’s destruction of Malaysia Airlines flight…
