Iranian authorities on Tuesday said six persons have been arrested in connection to the downing of Ukrainian plane, in which 176 people were killed. “Six have been so far arrested in relation to the ongoing investigations; three of them were released on bail, while the other three are still being held,” Gholamhossein Esmaili, a spokesperson…
Gatwick has announced it will be reopening its North Terminal from June 15th, the same date easyJet, the terminal’s main client, will resume operation. Gatwick is preparing to reopen the North Terminal after the coronavirus pandemic forced it to shut up shop. The North Terminal is set to open up on June 15th, and it…
United Airlines is going to reinstate some of the flights it had suspended due to the coronavirus at 150 U.S. and Canadian destinations. United’s plans for July, disclosed Friday to USA TODAY in an email, came as the week closed with several indicators from airlines that passenger traffic continues to bounce back. United also had…
A LATAM A350 suffered an incident at Sao Paulo GRU airport. The Airbus A350 (reg.PR-XTI) suffered some damages in her engine cowling when a luggage transportation vehicle impacted the nacelle during ground operations.
The pilots’ union Balpa has accused British Airways of undermining talks over proposed job losses by threatening to dismiss and re-hire its members under new contracts. The airline proposes to make 12,000 staff redundant, as it struggles with the impact of the pandemic, with more than 1,000 pilot roles at risk. British Airways said it…
Delta announced that it would suspend flights to eleven United States airports. The suspension for the US airports will come into effect on July 8, 2020. The following airports will no longer be served by DL: Aspen, Colorado (ASE) Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (AVP) Bangor, Maine (BGR) Erie, Pennsylvania (ERI) New Bern/Morehead/Beaufort, North Carolina (EWN) Flint, Michigan…
The U.S. Transportation Department plans to issue a revised order in the coming days that is likely to allow some Chinese passenger airline flights to continue, government and airline officials said. On Thursday, China said it would ease coronavirus restrictions to allow in more foreign carriers, shortly after Washington said it planned to bar Chinese…
On Tuesday, Delta Air Lines (DL) retired its MD-88 and MD-90 aircraft earlier than previously planned. The carrier accelerated the retirement schedule of both aircraft as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Greece has suspended flights to and from Qatar after 12 passengers arriving from Doha to Athens tested positive for the novel coronavirus. The Greek civil protection authority said 12 out of 91 people on a Qatar Airways flight that arrived on Monday had tested positive for Covid-19. “Following these epidemiological facts, flights from and to…
Airbus signalled it would sue airlines refusing to honour contracts in the face of the coronavirus crisis. The warning by Chief Executive Guillaume Faury in a news interview came as Airbus announced May deliveries well below normal, despite a partial recovery to 24 jets. Planemakers and lessors have received multiple requests from airlines to delay…
A Boeing 737-400 Special Freighter operated by Kalitta Charters II ran off runway at Rochester, New York a rejected take-off on 5 June Kalitta Charters II (on behalf of DHL) Boeing 737-400 (reg. N733CK) ran off runway 22 at Rochester Airport (KROC), NY during a rejected take-off coming to rest on the grass. The airport…
Ground stairs of SpiceJet airlines crashed into an IndiGo aircraft at at Mumbai Airport. The collision happened due to strong winds on Saturday. As per a statement released by the Mumbai Internation Airport Ltd, the only damage that the IndiGo aircraft sustained in the accident was to its wing and engine cowling. “Unpredictable cyclonic storms…