A video has come out showing one flight attendant throwing snacks down the aisle rather than passing them out. If you look, the flight attendants are in their jump seats, which only happens on take-off, landing and during turbulence. Chances are this flight was a little bumpy so the crew wasn’t able to do food…
Emirates is asking staff to take unpaid leave for up to a month at a time due to the rapidly spreading coronavirus that has led to flight cancellations around the world. Emirates has canceled flights to Iran, Bahrain and to most of China because of the virus, and countries around the world have placed strict…
In the video, Sven Mestas, lead game designer at French studio Asobo reveals the astonishing work done by its airport team, which expanded on the 24,000 simulated airports in 2006’s FSX, to the hugely ambitious target set for this year’s game. Expect to see airports of all types, from small countryside airstrips to iconic international…
BA is cancelling 216 flights from 16-28 March from London to destinations including New York, Italy, France, Austria, Belgium, Germany and Ireland. The announcement came on Monday as the UK flag carrier slashed flights on routes across its short-haul network in addition to previously announced route suspensions and reductions to Italy, South Korea, and Singapore.…
Ryanair is cutting a quarter of flights to and from Italy for three weeks from the middle of this month as coronavirus hits bookings. The airline told passengers on Monday that it would cut its short-haul flight programme, mainly to and from Italy, by up to 25 per cent for three weeks from Tuesday, March…
A GoAir flight from Ahmedabad to Jaipur in India was delayed after two pigeons were flying inside the plane just as it was getting ready for take-off. The flight was able to depart after cabin crew members managed to get the birds to leave the aircraft by opening one of the plane’s doors. Video footage…
Last Friday, an Airbus A300B4-203 has hit a tug at Sharjah airport. The aircraft is still parked today at gate 57 and the engine is covered, waiting for repairs. Sharjah Airport is an airport located 7 nautical miles east-southeast of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
An Air Canada flight made an emergency landing and evacuation shortly after takeoff from San Francisco. Flight AC8839 was scheduled to fly from San Francisco to Vancouver. The aircraft departed normally. However, almost immediately after takeoff it declared an emergency due to smoke in the lavatories. The plane landed safely and the crew performed an…
Hong Kong’s flagship airline keeping 120 planes out of the sky at any one time. Bosses say move is in response to market demand as fear of travelling increases. Cathay Pacific Group has 120 planes sitting on the tarmac at any given time, accounting for about half of its fleet, and has scrapped more than…
Drone activity is causing significant disruption at Frankfurt airport. Flight operations are suspended at Frankfurt Airport due to drone activity. All inbound flights are diverting to nearby airports. UPDATE Flight operations are resuming earlier than expected. UPDATE Eurocontrol says the airport will not be available until at least 14h00 local time.
Safety was “much reduced” when a passenger jet came too close to another plane near Stansted Airport, a report said. An Airbus A320 had to pull out of attempting to land as a smaller Saab 340 was preparing for take off on 12 February 2019, an Airprox Board report said. Air traffic controller actions did…
Lufthansa will cut the number of short- and medium-haul flights in response to the accelerated spread of the coronavirus. “Within the coming weeks, the number of short- and medium-haul flights will be reduced by up to 25%, depending on the further development of the spread of the coronavirus,” the airline said. The Lufthansa Group airlines,…