A Pakistan International Airlines flight from Riyadh had to make an emergency landing at the Jinnah International Airport, Karach. PIA flight PK8726 from Riyadh was scheduled to land at Multan airport but developed a technical fault, forcing it to make an emergency landing at the Karachi airport. Sources said that the issue developed with the…
German airline Lufthansa has said it will cut 22,000 jobs as it struggles to deal with the slump in air travel caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The carrier predicted a slow recovery in demand and expected to have about 100 fewer aircraft after the crisis. Lufthansa said half the job cuts would be in Germany.…
Emirates has laid off over a thousand employees including 700 cabin crew and 600 pilots. “We have endeavored to sustain the current family as is… but have come to the conclusion that we unfortunately have to say goodbye to a few of the wonderful people that worked with us,” the airline said in an email…
Footage captured over the weekend shows a plane being struck by lightning just moments before landing at Heathrow. Video shot in central London shows the plane attempting to land in stormy weather passing just over buildings near the river Thames. As it slowly descends the aircraft is suddenly struck by what appears to be three…
Work to remove aircraft parts from house roofs has begun. Wing of crashed PIA Airbus A320 have been removed from the roof of a house in Karachi. Cockpit section and a landing gear of crashed PIA Airbus A320 (AP-BLD) removed from house roofs on June 8. An engine to be removed from a house roof…
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…