EasyJet cabin crews in Spain will strike for nine days at the height of the summer holiday season in July. The budget airline’s attendants will walk out in three phases across the month – between the 1st and 3rd, between the 15th and 17th, and finally between the 29th and 31st.
You might be able to cope with lift off and landing, but when the plane starts to shake and quiver even the most comfortable flyer feels their stomach drop. But, a TikTok star has been offering help to those with a fear of flying with a visual hack she claims to have learnt from “a…
A sea of baggage has accumulated at Heathrow’s Terminal 2 after a technical malfunction left thousands of travellers separated from their bags. Some outbound travellers were forced to take off without their suitcases while others have suffered significant delays at check-in, the airport said in a statement. Those arriving at T2 faced a two-hour wait…
An Indigo A320 suffered a birdstrike in India. An Indigo Airbus A320-271N (reg. VT-ITB) suffered bird hit during take off from Guwahati International Airport on Sunday. The aircraft returned back for a safe landing on Runway 20.
A SpiceJet aircraft suffered a birdstrike on takeoff at Patna Airport. A SpiceJet Boeing 737-800 (reg. VT-SYZ) turned around for an emergency landing following a birdstrike into engine #1 during take-off. The incident involved flight #SG723 from Patna Airport to Delhi, India. The aircraft suffered a birdstrike into engine #1 during take-off from runway 25.
A Jordanian airline company this weekend debunked a video showing a group of people trying to storm the cockpit of one of its planes. Jordan Aviation said the video, which went viral on social media, was actually filmed months ago on a flight between Nigeria and Saudi Arabia and did not depict a hijacking, as…
Bright spots in the dark filmed by the International Space Station. These images, released in early May, come from an orbiting camera pointed at Earth. They were not rigged, but NASA explains that they are most certainly fishing boats off the coast of Argentina. A hypothesis corroborated by the investigations of the AFP. As the…
An official report has been filled after a possible mid-air collision avoided by SriLankan Airlines crew in Turkish airspace. The incident involved a SriLankan Airlines Airbus A330-300 (reg. 4R-ALM) performing flight UL504 with 275 people onboard from London Heathrow to Colombo’s Bandaranaike International Airport and a British Airways Boeing 777-200 (reg. G-VIIG) performing flight BA105…
A Russian military aircraft has crashed in Belgorod Oblast. A Russian Su-25 aircraft has crashed in Belgorod according to Russian state news agency TASS. According to the Russian news agency, the pilot is alive. Based on preliminary information, the plane hit a power line.
A first Qantas A380 has started to be dismantled. The A380 (reg. VH-OQF) is currently being dismantled in the Mojave Desert, California. The parts recovered from the A380 will be used as spare parts, and kept in Australia as at Los Angeles airport. The aircraft was delivered in January 2010 and stored in California since…
A plane triggered the air defences of six NATO members before landing on Thursday (9 June) in a small airfield in Bulgaria, whereby the pilot and passengers promptly disappeared. Fighter jets of several countries were scrambled to intercept the mysterious plane, trying to initiate contact with the pilot, without success. The plane was reportedly spotted…
London Heathrow Airport has reopened Terminal 4 two years after it was closed due to the coronavirus pandemic. It has been shut to passengers since May 2020 as international travel restrictions cut the amount of airport traffic. The move led to airlines such as Air France, Etihad and KLM moving to Terminal 2. Piccadilly and…