PIA is suspending all international flight operations
PIA is suspending all international flight operations from March 21, 2020, 8PM PST to April 4, 2020, 8 PM PST as per the directives of Government of Pakistan.
Manchester Airport to close two terminals
Manchester Airport is to close two out of three of its terminals next week as flights have been badly hit by the coronavirus pandemic. A statement from airport bosses said from Wednesday only Terminal One would be in operation. The statement also said: “In some instances, where people find themselves returning to a different Terminal…
BREAKING Emirates is suspending flights to France, Germany & New York JFK until further notice
Emirates, one of the world’s biggest international airlines, is suspending all flights to France, Germany, Nigeria, New York and New Jersey due to the coronavirus outbreak, according to internal emails seen by Reuters. France, Germany and Nigeria flights would be suspended from March 23 until further notice, a company email said. Flights to New York…
ALERT Vietnam to suspend all inbound international flights
Vietnam will suspend all inbound international flights to contain the spread of coronavirus in the country, the government said in a statement on Saturday. “(Vietnam) will suspend all the flights carrying foreign passengers to minimise the number of people coming to the country,” Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said in the statement, without giving a…
BREAKING easyJet to ground nearly all of its fleet
EasyJet has said it will ‘ground the majority of its fleet of aircraft’ from Tuesday. It will operate rescue flights ‘as required to repatriate customers’ still abroad and will continue to run a ‘minimal schedule of essential services’. The minimal scheduled services will mainly involve routes serving the UK, it has been reported. The EasyJet…
BREAKING SAA suspends all international flights with immediate effect
South African Airways (SAA) has announced that it will immediately suspend all international operations until 31 May 2020 in response to a government travel ban aimed at stopping the transmission of the Coronavirus (Covid-19). The COVID-19 pandemic and attendant travel restrictions, resulted in substantial decline in demand for air travel. The situation caused many airlines…
BREAKING JFK Airport control tower temporarily closing after technician tests positive for #coronavirus
A Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) technician who is assigned to the air traffic control tower at John F. Kennedy International Airport tested positive for COVID-19 yesterday. The technician has not been to the facility since March 16. He left the building after a brief visit and did not enter the air traffic control tower cab…
ALERT Farnborough International Airshow is cancelled
Farnborough International Airshow was due to take place 20-24 July. Statement It is with great regret that we announce the Farnborough International Airshow 2020, due to take place in July, is cancelled. After very careful consideration, the unprecedented impact of the global Coronavirus pandemic has forced this decision in the interests of the health and…
Coronavirus: Ecuadorian Airport workers parked their cars on runway to prevent an Iberia Airbus A340 from landing
Coronavirus has pushed Ecuador to prevent planes from Europe landing. Workers at the Jose Joaquin de Olmedo airport in the city of Guayaquil have parked their cars across the runway. A video footage, filmed from a helicopter, captured the scenes from the air. The vehicles can be seen strewn up and down the ground, leaving…
Two runways of Copenhagen Airport to be converted as aircraft parking zones
Copenhagen airport is converting two of its three runways as aircraft parking. The operator says it expects an important number of aircraft to be parked at the Danish capital hub “before long”, and that the parking issue is a “pressing challenge”. It will maintain flight access by keeping a single runway, 22L/04R, in operation for…
INCIDENT Ho Chi Minh Airport grass caught fire following Vietnam Airlines A321 tire explosion
A Vietnam Airlines A321 has suffered a tire explosion on takeoff at Ho Chi Minh airport on Wednesday morning. The flight number VN920 was due to depart for Phnom Pehn in Cambodia mid-afternoon, but a tire failure meant it couldn’t take off. In an unusual twist, the tire explosion appears to have caused a…
BREAKING Paris CDG Airport to close two runways
Paris CDG airport will close south runways. Paris CDG Airport will close south runways (08LR&26LR) to allow planes to be parked. Paris CDG has 4 runways in total.