FAA to take strong action against any passenger who disrupts or threatens the safety of a flight, with penalties ranging from fines to jail time
FAA Administrator Steve Dickson today signed an order (PDF) directing a stricter legal enforcement policy against unruly airline passengers in the wake of recent, troubling incidents. The FAA has seen…
BREAKING UK bans flights from South America over Covid variant found in Brazil
Secretary of State for Transport Grant Shapps said on Thursday all travellers from Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru have been banned from entering the UK. All arrivals…
BREAKING Norwegian Air to stop long-haul flights
Norwegian Air plans to close its long-haul operation and focus instead on a scaled-down European business as it seeks to contend with the coronavirus crisis and complete its debt restructuring,…
INCIDENT Passengers evacuated at Baltimore/Washington Airport after crew found a written threat upon arrival
Via Reuters, news from Southwest saying 101 people have been evacuated from a flight at Baltimore/Washington International Airport after crew found a written threat upon arrival. Nearly 100 passengers were…
INCIDENT Indigo A320 has hit a snow mound at Srinagar Airport, India
A Delhi-bound IndiGo plane hit a snow mound at Srinagar airport. Engine of Indigo plane carrying 233 passengers has accumulated snow at Srinagar Airport, India on Wednesday during taxi. All…
ALERT Qatar Airways to retain only half of its Airbus A380 fleet
Qatar Airways has confirmed that the airline will only retain five of its Airbus A380-800s in the future as it recovers from the Covid-19 pandemic. Speaking during a CAPA live…
ALERT Jet2 suspends all flights until late March
Jet2 has decided to suspend all flights and holidays until March 25 due to the continued uncertainty and travel restrictions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. Last Week, Virgin Holidays also…
Atlas Air Worldwide Purchases Four Boeing 747-8 Freighters
Boeing and Atlas Air Worldwide today announced an agreement to purchase four 747-8 Freighters. “The 747-8F is the best and most versatile widebody freighter in the market, and we are…
London Heathrow dropped out of the top 30 of busiest airports for first time
Heathrow has fallen out of the top 30 busiest airports globally for the first time in its history. Last year just 91,400 passenger flights touched down at the west London…
Emirates to resume flights to to Seattle, Dallas, San Francisco and boost flights to New York, Los Angeles and Sao Paul
Emirates has announced it will resume non-stop services to Seattle (from 1st February), Dallas and San Francisco (from 2nd March). The addition of these three destinations will take Emirates’ North…
Air India flight #AI176 all-women cockpit crew flew over the North Pole to SFO
With four women pilots, Air India's longest direct route flight landed at Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru from San Francisco, flying over the North Pole and covering a distance of…
A new study shows how Covid-19 spread on an 18-hour flight from Dubai
A new study shows how Covid-19 spread on an 18-hour flight from Dubai to Auckland, eventually infecting four people on-board. On September 28, Emirates Airlines flight 448 departed Dubai for…
