EasyJet has bought Thomas Cook’s landing slots at Gatwick and Bristol airports
The Official Receiver has announced EasyJet has bought Thomas Cook's landing slots at Gatwick and Bristol airports for £36m from liquidators for the collapsed travel firm. EasyJet acquired 12 of…
BREAKING Passengers of British Airways #BA867 are being held and ‘checked over’ by emergency services
Passengers on a British Airways flight #BA867 from Budapest have been held and checked at Heathrow Airport following an incident on the plane. The BA867 flight landed shortly after 7pm…
Pilots of Lion Air 610 had just 40 seconds to fix error – suggests simulation of the flight
Lion Air 610 tests prove the pilots had under one minute to cancel an error LION AIR 610 was a Boeing 737-8MAX (registration PK-LQP) that was on route to Depati…
BREAKING Ongoing police operation at of Amsterdam Schiphol Airport following ‘incident’ on plane
Police is investigating “serious sitution” aboard a plane at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport. Please reload the page for updates... UPDATE The hijacking alert (squawk 7500) was triggered "by mistake" - Air…
Can you guess why South Africa ATC assigned the transponder code 1232 to a British Airways flight on Saturday?
On Saturday evening the British Airways flight #BA42 from Cap Town to London Heathrow was assigned the Squawk Transponder code 1232 by sarcastic South Africa ATC. This was a reference…
Boeing CEO Muilenburg won’t get most of his 2019 pay
Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg will take a significant cut in pay for 2019 and 2020, according to the company's new chairman. In an interview on CNBC Tuesday morning, Dave Calhoun,…
ALERT Lufthansa cancels 1,300 flights over two-day German strike
A German union on Monday said it had called on Lufthansa cabin crew to stage a strike on Thursday and Friday in an escalating battle for better pay and conditions.…
ALERT Kenya Airways #KQ761 returned to Johannesburg right after takeoff following report of missing maintenance engineer
A Kenya Airways Dreamliner was yesterday forced to turn back to Johannesburg right after takeoff. Yesterday, AIRLIVE tweeted at 11.09UTC: "Kenya Airways #KQ761 to Nairobi just returned to Johannesburg after…
A pilot in China has been given a lifetime flying ban after a viral photo revealed he allowed a woman into the cockpit
The picture, which shows the female passenger sitting in the captain’s seat and making a peace sign, was widely shared on Chinese social media site Weibo over the weekend. “Thanks…
French authorities are searching for pieces fallen on the ground after Swiss A220 incident
French BEA is looking for pieces fallen from the engine of Swiss A220 (reg. HB-JCM) following the incident during July. UPDATE Fragment from the engine of Swiss A220 (reg. HB-JCM)…
INCIDENT Lufthansa Embraer 190 forced to return to Frankfurt after hydraulics issue
Lufthansa flight LH1474 from Frankfurt to Chisinau, Moldovia returns to Frankfurt. A Lufthansa Embraer ERJ190 (registration D-AECB) returned to Frankfurt shortly after reaching cruise. The aircraft had a hydraulic problem…
Unqualified woman allegedly took control of a IrAero flight, following the captain’s instructions
Prosecutors probe flight from Yakutsk to Batagai as leaked video is flagged by local media. The video showing a young woman trying her skills at controlling the plane was sent…
