ALERT Activists from Extinction Rebellion entered runway at Paris Orly Airport
Calling for a ban on domestic flights, which contribute to greenhouse gas emissions, around 20 environmental activists from Extinction Rebellion (XR) entered Friday morning, on June 20, on a runway…
easyJet to resume 500 flights a day from next week
easyJet will be relaunching more flights from airports across Europe. EasyJet is to launch hundreds more international flights at airports across the UK from next week. The airline said it…
Emirates suspends flights from Pakistan after 26 passengers test Covid-19 positive
Emirates has suspended flights from Pakistan after passengers who transited through Dubai tested positive for Covid-19. The decision was taken after 26 people on board a flight from Pakistan to…
PIA has announced the suspension of early 150 pilots who hold “dubious” pilots licenses
Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) will be grounding nearly 150 out of its 426 pilots, amid an inquiry that they hold “dubious” licences, a company spokesman said. The decision comes at…
ALERT Administrators agree to sell Virgin Australia to Bain after Cyrus abandons bid
Virgin Australia administrators, Deloitte. have agreed to sell the airline to Bain Capital after the only other remaining bidder, Cyrus Capital Partners, pulled out of the sale process. Cyrus cited…
Qantas update – 6000 jobs slashed, early aircraft retirements
Qantas CEO Alan Joyce has announced today that Qantas will be a smaller airline for the foreseeable future. He has also announced the axing of 6000 jobs with another 15000…
Paris Orly airport has reopened this morning after three-month shutdown
The first flight took off from Orly airport south of Paris at 6:25am Friday, marking a reopening after shutting down on March 31 due to the coronavirus crisis, but with…
ALERT Around 40% pilots in Pakistan have ‘fake’ flying licences, says aviation minister
At least 262 out of the total 860 active pilots in the country did not give proper exams. Around 40 per cent of the pilots in Pakistan have fake flying…
ALERT Qantas to ground its A380 fleet in the Mojave desert for at least 3 years
Qantas will ground its A380 aircraft fleet in the Mojave desert. Qantas will ground its entire flagship Airbus A380 fleet until at least the middle of 2023 as the airline…
PIA crash: the pilots were having a conversation about coronavirus instead of focusing on landing- report
An initial probe into the plane crash near Karachi last month that killed 97 people has found the pilots did not properly carry out a set of procedures and were…
BREAKING New livery of UK Government’s Airbus Voyager A330 fully revealed
The RAF VIP plane used by Boris Johnson and senior members of the government to travel around the world is to have its grey livery repainted estimated to cost about…
Emirates to reactivate A380 fleet to London and Paris
From 15 July, A380 will return to the skies with flights to London Heathrow and Paris. For Emirates is operating all its passenger flights on the Boeing 777. A total…
