NEWS Easyjet 26-year-old airline captain and her 19-year-old co-pilot
Their combined ages are just 45. But that didn't stop 26-year-old captain Kate McWilliams and her 19-year-old co-pilot Luke Elsworth from flying hundreds of passengers to their destinations this week.…
#OnThisDay in 2006, GOL Flight 1907 collides with an Embraer Legacy over the Amazon Jungle
10 years ago today, GOL Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907 (PR-GTD) was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Eduardo Gomes Int'l Airport Manaus, Brazil to Galeão Int'l Airport Rio de Janeiro, Brazil with…
NEWS easyJet adds Apple Pay to web bookings
easyJet has announced that customers can now use Apple Pay on web for bookings made on easyJet.com. This makes payment a seamless “two touch” process. Apple Pay is already available…
NEWS Lufthansa to buy remaining 55% of Brussels Airlines
German carrier Lufthansa on Wednesday said it would buy the 55 percent of Brussels Airlines it does not already own, completing a long-mooted takeover. Shareholders in Brussels Airlines must still…
REPORT Malaysia Airlines flight #MH17 shot down by missile that ‘came from Russia’
A Malaysian airliner shot down in eastern Ukraine was hit by a Russian-made Buk missile launched from a village held by rebels fighting Ukrainian government forces, international prosecutors said on…
EMERGENCY Overheating Samsung tablet forces Delta flight #DL132 to divert to Manchester
Delta flight from Detroit to Amsterdam, but was forced to land in Manchester after a tablet began smoking. A Delta official explained that the tablet fell inside a seat and became jammed after…
NEWS First A330neo starts its final assembly in Toulouse
Airbus has commenced the final assembly of its first A330neo, an A330-900, at its Final Assembly Line in Toulouse with the joining of the wings to the centre fuselage at…
EMERGENCY Asiana Airlines A380 returns to Los Angeles 7 hours later after smoke reported in cargo hold
An Asiana Airlines flight to Seoul returned to Los Angeles on Tuesday after smoke was reported in the cargo hold. According to Flightaware.com the A380 plane with 358 passengers…
