Lufthansa offers free online chatting on all long-haul flights
Lufthansa now offers unlimited free messaging on its intercontinental flights. Passengers can send and receive as many messages as they like—including photos—using their own smartphones or tablets and their favorite…
Air France-KLM plans to acquire a majority stake in Scandinavian airline
Air France-KLM announced today its plans to acquire a majority stake in Scandinavian carrier SAS. The Air France-KLM group said on Friday it will acquire a majority stake in Scandinavian…
TUI Boeing 737 MAX 8 just returned to Manchester, surrounded by fire trucks
A TUI flight to Cape Verde was met by fire trucks after it returned to Manchester Airport. The TUI flight BY366 departed from Manchester Airport on runway 23L at 09:37…
A Delta Boeing 737-900 has lost part of a wing flap during approach to Raleigh-Durham Airport
The Federal Aviation Administration has launched an investigation after a piece of a Delta Air Lines aircraft detached mid-flight and landed in a residential driveway. At approximately 8:30 a.m. on…
Hawaiian Airlines flight HA864 returned to Tokyo shortly after takeoff
A Hawaiian Airlines flight from Tokyo to Honolulu was forced to make an U-turn shortly after takeoff due to a persistent odour in the cockpit. Flight HA864 had just departed…
Fire reported at Milan Linate Airport
Air traffic disrupted at Milan Linate Airport after smoke form a grass fire reduced the visibility. Flight operations were halted at Milan Linate Airport following a grass fire near the…
easyJet flight U23407 is declaring an emergency and circling after takeoff from Liverpool
A flight to Bodrum, Turkey has declared an emergency after departure from Liverpool, UK. The easyJet flight U23407 departed from runway 27 at Liverpool at 16:15 BST (40 minutes late).…
F-16 fighter jets scrambled following Russian drone strikes near the Romanian border
Fighter jets were scrambled from the Air Base in Borcea in Romania after Russian drones were detected at the Ukrainian border. Two F-16 fighter jets from the Romanian Air Force…
Virgin Australia Boeing 737 MAX 8 from Melbourne delayed due to snake in cargo hold
A flight in Australia was delayed for over an hour after a stowaway snake was found in the cargo hold. Today, Virgin Australia flight VA337 to Brisbane was delayed at…
Delta flight DL25 to Atlanta is declaring an emergency right after takeoff
Delta Air Lines flight to Atlanta has declared an emergency right after departure from Nice. The flight DL25 departed Nice, France at 11:21 CEST from runway 22L. The Boeing 767-400ER…
A Boeing 737-800 to Tokyo suffered loss of cabin pressure, forcing rapid descent to Osaka
A flight from Shanghai to Tokyo Narita diverted to Kansai Airport after the Boeing aircraft experienced a cabin depressurization. On June 30, 2025, a Spring Airlines flight experienced a cabin…
New air traffic controller strike to cause major disruption in Paris and south of France
A strike by air traffic controllers in France is expected to severely impact flight to/from/over France during 2 days. The French Civil Aviation Authority (DGAC) has requested a nationwide reduction…
