Ryanair is asking pilots from Stansted and Manchester bases to take 12 months of unpaid leave or transfer to overseas bases
Airline says numbers must be reduced at bases such as Stansted and Manchester. Ryanair has written to UK pilots asking them to take unpaid leave or transfer to other bases…
Norwegian offers unique opportunity to travel between the Arctic and Antarctica
Norwegian today announces that holidaymakers, travel enthusiasts and #avgeeks now have the unique opportunity to travel between the Arctic and Ushuaia, one of the world’s southernmost cities and gateway to…
BREAKING Azur Air Boeing 767-300 evacuated due to main gear fire on landing
Azur Air Boeing flight #ZF2244 experienced a gear fire on landing. Azur Air Boeing 767-300 (reg. VP-BUV) experienced a fire on right main gear after landing at Barnaul Airport…
American Airlines #AA2408 diverted after a passenger lit joint in the cabin
A plane had to make an emergency landing when one of the passengers claimed he was on cocaine before sparking up a JOINT in the cabin. The unscheduled touchdown happened…
A caring note from a Delta flight attendant has gone viral after a teenage passenger’s mother shared it on Twitter
A caring gesture by a Delta flight attendant has gone viral after a teenage passenger’s mother shared it on Twitter. Back in July, Ashley Ober, a 16-year-old from Hagerstown, Maryland,…
Emirates has become the first airline outside the US to receive approval for biometric boarding from the US Customs Border Protection
Soon, customers flying from Dubai to any of Emirates' 12 destinations in the US will be able to choose facial recognition technology at the departure gates, reducing the time taken…
Suspect arrested by Greek police 34 Years after TWA Flight 847 was hijacked
A 65-year-old Lebanese man suspected of involvement in the hijacking of an American airliner in 1985 has been arrested in Greece, police say. The man, who has not been named,…
Moscow Sheremetyevo SVO Airport becomes Russia’s first three-runway airport
The new, third runway of Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport (SVO) welcomed its first regular flight on September 19, making SVO the first major airport in Russia to be equipped with three…
Flights at Dubai’s international airport were disrupted Sunday due to suspected drone activity
Two arriving flights had to be diverted, it said, while media reports said the planes had landed at a smaller airport in the neighbouring emirate of Sharjah. "Dubai Airports can…
ALERT Adria Airways ‘temporarily’ suspends flight operations due to a shortage of cash
Slovenian carrier Adria Airways has suspended all operations from its three bases in Ljubljana, Prishtina and Tirana for Tuesday and Wednesday due to a shortage of cash. The airline said…
BREAKING Thomas Cook declares bankruptcy and ceases flight operations with immediate effect
Travel giant Thomas Cook has ceased trading after failing to secure a last-ditch rescue deal, leaving an estimated 150,000 Britons abroad awaiting repatriation. Thomas Cook’s chief executive Peter Fankhauser told…
BREAKING UK Civil Aviation Authority is preparing for the worst scenario about Thomas Cook, in talk with airlines to rescue passengers
The UK Civil Aviation Authority is on high alert to rescue Thomas Cook customers if the tour operator cannot be saved from collapse within 24 hours. The CAA has held…
