Flights abroad sell out following Putin’s partial mobilization. According to journalist Amir Tsarfati, Russian airlines have stopped selling tickets to Russian men aged 18 to 65 unless they can provide evidence of approval to travel from the Ministry of Defense. UPDATE The head of Russia’s tourism agency said no restrictions have been imposed on travelling…
Only 9 days after a first incident, an Air France aircraft almost landed at French Naval airbase instead of Brest Airport. Few days after a Volotea aircraft began approach to naval airbase in Brittany, an Air France A319 did about the same. On September 19th, an Air France Airbus A321 (reg. F-GMZA) was operating domestic…
A flight to Spain recently took off without any luggage on board because there was a shortage of baggage handlers at the airport. An Iberia Express flight took off on Sunday evening from Manchester in northern England and landed in the Spanish capital of Madrid a few hours later, according to the airline’s website. Passengers…
A plane has crashed and burst into flames at the Reno Air Races, shocking livestream footage shows. The pilot was flying in the championship round near a Nevada airport when the tragedy took place. The plane appears to fall toward the ground before exploding in a fiery crash that horrified the announcers. “We’ve had a…
A SUV collided with a jetBlue aircraft on the taxiway at LaGuardia Airport. A jetBlue A320 made contact with a car at at LaGuardia Airport today. The reasons are still unknown but the jetBlue A320 was performing flight #B62339 from New York LaGuardia to Jacksonville Airport. Ground operations were stopped for a while. The Airbus…
Changes to Heathrow flights on Monday to respect the funeral arrangements of HM The Queen. About 15% of flights into and out of London’s Heathrow Airport will be disrupted on Monday due to Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral, the airport said. As a mark of respect for the solemnity of this sad and unique occasion, operations…
Vulcan bomber at Wellesbourne airfield has just overshot the runway during a hot taxi run. Almost made it to the road. A Vulcan bomber has run off a runway at an airfield in Warwickshire, narrowly avoiding a local road. Warwickshire Police said Stratford Road was closed near Wellesbourne Mountford Airfield after the incident on Friday.…
Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport chief executive Dick Benschop announced his resignation on Thursday following months of chaos at one of Europe’s largest transport hubs, plagued by long queues and baggage handling issues. The troubles at Schiphol were among the worst in a summer where the global aviation industry struggled to cope with a surge in travel…
Flights operations to be affected at London Heathrow Airport on Monday during events around the Queen’s state funeral. Heathrow Airport says 15% of its schedule will be altered on Monday, as a mark of respect to ensure the skies over London fall quiet during events around the Queen’s state funeral. Affected operations : Flight operations…
A man was arrested for climbing through a luggage carousel at an airport in Ohio in July. A CCTV video captured the incident at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport. The video released by the Cleveland Police Department caught the man, identified as 29-year-old Nicholas Garrett, climbing through the carousel around 4:45 p.m. July 3. A witness…
A Volotea aircraft began approach to naval airbase in Brittany before going around. A Volotea Airbus A319 began to approach the Landivisiau naval airbase in Brittany before going around and landing at the correct airport. The A319 (reg. EC-MTD) was performing flight #V72820 from Ajaccio to Brest Bretagne on September 10, 2022. Two hours into…
Passengers were evacuated via slides after smoke on Air India Express Muscat-Cochin flight IX-442, . As many as 151 people were evacuated from an Air India Express plane at the Muscat airport on Wednesday after fire and smoke were noticed in one of the engines and aviation regulator DGCA is probing the incident, according to…