Singapore Airlines is looking to launch no-destination flights that will depart from and land in Changi Airport next month, in a bid to give its ailing business a lift. Sources told The Straits Times that the national carrier is working towards launching this option for domestic passengers – dubbed “flights to nowhere” – by end-October.…
Greece announced its intention to acquire 18 Rafales to equip its Air Force. In an annual state of the economy speech, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Greece would obtain 18 new French-made Rafale fighter planes to replace its aging Mirage 2000 fighters. However 12 aircraft would be second hand aircraft from the French Air Force.…
RAF fighter jets have intercepted two Russian aircraft off the coast of Scotland. The Eurofighter Typhoons were scrambled into action after the Tupolev Tu-142 planes “entered the UK’s controlled zone of international airspace”, the Ministry of Defence said. An MoD spokesman said that monitoring the zone ensures the safe passage for all other aircraft, including…
Air France-KLM might not survive its current crisis if the airline group cannot lower its costs, Dutch Finance minister Wopke Hoekstra said on Sunday. “The survival of Air France-KLM is not a given,” Hoekstra said in an interview on Dutch public television. “They will have to address their cost base even as things stand now.…
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said a training review for the grounded Boeing 737 MAX will begin on Monday in London, a key milestone for the plane’s eventual return to service. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said a training review for the grounded Boeing 737 MAX will begin on Monday in London, a…
Allegiant Air claim the elderly man was forced off for ‘repeatedly disrupting the pre-flight safety briefing’ but other passengers report flight attendants not wearing masks properly. An elderly man was reportedly forced off a plane after complaining that a flight attendant was not wearing a face mask properly. The elderly passenger was taken off the…
Air New Zealand has grounded its Boeing 777 fleet until at least September 2021 due to the ongoing impact of Covid-19. Chief operating officer Carrie Hurihanganui says the airline’s international network will recover more slowly from the global pandemic than initially thought. “The recent resurgence of cases in New Zealand is a reminder that this…
A New Orleans couple, originally from Connecticut, exchanged vows at the airport Friday, right before hopping on a flight to enjoy their honeymoon in Mexico. A photo of the newlyweds in the midst of their ceremony was tweeted out by the airport’s official Twitter account as the airport was on the hunt to find the…
Finnair has updated its traffic programme for October. The demand for air travel in Finnair’s network has recovered slowly due to the development of the corona pandemic and related travel restrictions, and hence the previously published traffic programme cannot be implemented in full due to low demand. Finnair reduces flights from its traffic programme and…
Malta’s state hospital witnessed an unexpected birth of a boy on Monday, hours after an airplane made an emergency landing because the mother had gone into labor. A Turkish Airlines Boeing 737 plane landed in Malta after the pregnant woman, who was in her eighth month, ruptured her waters and started the process to give…
China’s International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition, the country’s biggest airshow, will go ahead in November, the organizer said on Wednesday, backtracking on an earlier announcement the 2020 event had been canceled due to COVID-19. The biennial event usually draws key suppliers – such as Airbus, Boeing and Commercial Aircraft Corp of China – and has…
Russian fighter jet Su-27 was scrambled to intercept US and Swedish reconnaissance aircraft over the Baltic Sea, the Russian Defense Ministry’s National Defense Control Center (NDCC) said. “On September 8, Russian air control systems detected two air targets approaching the Russian state border over neutral waters of the Baltic Sea. To identify air targets and…