The British Royal Air Force’s (RAF) A400M Atlas aircraft has carried out beach landing trials on Pembrey Sands beach in southern Wales. The trials were conducted for the first time and involved 206 Squadron members and engineers front-line squadron LXX based at RAF Brize Norton. During the trials, the Airbus-built turboprop military transport aircraft performed…
Passengers from Manchester were held at Prague airport after a drawing of a bomb was found on a piece of paper in the toilets. Jet 2 flight from Manchester to the Czech capital landed at around 6.30pm local time last night. The 183 people on board were evacuated from the aircraft but then held at…
Two individuals, one of whom was listed as potentially dangerous in Germany, were seen taking pictures at Paris CDG airport. Border Police (PAF) deployed at Paris CDGy airport spotted Thursday “strange behavior” of two people, including one person on a German terror watchlist for radical Islam. According to the JDD, a man in a Mercedes Sprinter van parked…
Boeing delivered the 787th 787 Dreamliner to come off the production line, marking a special milestone for the super-efficient airplane family and the fastest-selling twin-aisle jet in history. Since its first delivery in September, 2011, the 787 family has flown nearly 300 million passengers on more than 1.5 million flights around the world, including more…
A Southwest Airlines flight was en route to Dallas from Seattle when crew members found a human heat onboard. On Sunday afternoon, a Southwest Airlines flight bound for Dallas made a hairpin turn over eastern Idaho and headed back for Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Southwest Airlines says the organ was flown to Seattle from California, where…
An Aeromexico Boeing 737-800 aircraft allegedly collided with a drone as it approached the runway at an airport in Tijuana, Mexico, according to local media. The Boeing 737-800 (reg. XA-ADV) sustained damage to its radome and weather radar on approach to runway 09 at Tijuana International Airport, Mexico. The flight #AM770 from Guadalajara completed the…
Part of Amsterdam Schiphol was evacuated tonight after a man threatened several people with a knife and shouted that there was “something in his bag”. The man has been arrested and the airport is accessible again. The police examined the man’s bag, but could not find anything harmful. The train traffic from the airport was…
The latest test flight by Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic successfully rocketed to the edge of space and back. The firm’s SpaceShipTwo passenger rocket ship reached a height of 82.7km, beyond the altitude at which US agencies have awarded astronaut wings. On Thursday, the SpaceShipTwo passenger rocket ship took off from the Mojave Desert in…
The first A380 for All Nippon Airways (ANA) has rolled out of the Airbus paint shop in Hamburg, Germany, bearing the airline’s distinctive and unique Hawaiian Green Sea Turtle livery. ANA has firm orders for three A380s, becoming the first customer for the superjumbo in Japan. The airline will take delivery of the first A380…
Sixteen passengers were hauled off a Norwegian Air flight before it departed for Orlando International. Police booted 16 passengers off a Norwegian Air flight departing from London Gatwick to Orlando before the aircraft departed. A spokesman for the budget airline said the passengers were escorted off the plane “due to an immigration issue”. The flight…
Impact anticipated mostly at beginning of shifts but Marseille ACC may be affected all day. The ATC Industrial Action is expected from 13th December 1800 UTC till 15th December 0500 UTC. Minimum service will be provided with precautionary measures. No cancellation or reduction of flights expected. LFMT (Montpellier) : ATC closure likely during the first night…
China aims to almost double its current number of 234 airports to 450 by 2035, according to the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC), meaning that China will surpass the U.S. as the world’s largest aviation market if the prediction is accurate. This growth in investment is mainly caused by China’s huge increase in air…