A couple of major U.S. airlines have just reversed their policies on their mask mandates. American Airlines and Southwest Airlines both decided that they will no longer allow medical exemptions as a reason not to wear a face mask. On Wednesday, American Airlines issued a news release detailing its new face mask policy. Beginning on…
Lufthansa has announced the resumption of services between London City Airport and Frankfurt from September 7.
Luxair (LG) has announced a mysterious livery on Instagram. A few lucky observers were able to photograph a very special Boeing 737-800. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Luxplanepics (@luxplanepics) on Jul 24, 2020 at 6:04am PDT
All Nippon Airways is opening its Airbus A380 test flight for the public. ANA will lift the “Flying Honu” superjumbo for a 90-minute soar from Narita to Narita on August 22, 2020. ANA said it was organizing the charter flight NH2030 in response to customers’ voice, particularly for the people who wanted to experience a…
A plane is thought to have collided with a hot air balloon shortly before it crashed into an apartment block, killing three people and injuring a child. A fire was started when the light aircraft hit the building in the German city of Wesel, around 35 miles north of Dusseldorf, on Saturday afternoon. Witnesses told…
The top U.S. aviation regulator issued an emergency order requiring operators of the Boeing 737 passenger jet to inspect and potentially replace a key engine component, following four reports of unexpected engine shutdowns. The FAA’s “emergency airworthiness directive” applies to any 737 that has been in storage, which covers any plane that has not been…
The transcript from the black boxes from a Ukrainian jet accidentally shot down by Iran on Jan. 8 confirm the fact of illegal interference with the plane, Ukraine’s deputy foreign minister wrote on Twitter on Friday. Yevhenii Yenin said Kyiv was expecting an Iranian delegation to visit Ukraine next week for talks. The Canadian Transportation…
Two men who were arrested on suspicion of making threats to endanger an aircraft have been released from bail without charge. The aircraft was forced to land at Stansted Airport on Monday, July 13 at around 6.40pm, when a note left in one of the aircraft’s toilets was found during the flight from Krakow to…
Emirates continues to reopen international routes from the U.S. to Dubai with service to Los Angeles International Airport and to Boston Logan International Airport. Flights from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) will operate twice a week beginning July 22, increasing to four times per week on August 2. Emirates flights from Boston Logan International Airport…
Dramatic video captured a melee that erupted at Puerto Rico’s international airport in San Juan after a drunken woman refused to get off a Philadelphia-bound plane, according to a report. The chaotic incident took place Monday at the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport, where the woman refused to disembark at the crew’s request, according to…
New cabin interior look for Hi Fly Airbus A340-300 9H-JAI, now able to offer more than 250 m3 of volume capacity and 50 tons of cargo. Since the COVID-19 crisis began, air cargo has been a vital partner in delivering much-needed medicines, medical equipment, and in keeping global supply chains functioning. Hi Fly has created…
The empty Airbus A380 flew over South Korea for a few hours a day for three days in May to enable pilots to practice taking off and landing. Airlines are taking extreme measures to survive the pandemic, with Asiana Airlines flying the world’s biggest commercial plane more than 20 times, going nowhere and carrying no…