This morning the Australian Transport Safety Bureau issued its findings into the incident in March last year involving an AirAsia X Airbus A330, registered 9M-XXM operating from Sydney to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The report said that on departure from runway 16R the aircraft was observed by air traffic control to enter the departure flight path…
An ambitious recruitment programme is launched this month to find both direct entry captains and first officers to join BA CityFlyer, the wholly owned British Airways’ subsidiary that operates from the Docklands airport to more than 30 business and leisure destinations across Europe. The new recruits will join over 200 existing pilots who currently fly…
Flight Jet2 #LS819 to Rhodos returned to Manchester due to landing gear issue. UPDATE 1112 UTC Jet2 #LS819 landed runway 05R. UPDATE 1104 UTC Jet2 #LS819 leaving hold and returning to Manchester runway 05R. UPDATE 1047 UTC Jet2 #LS819 will leave hold to approach runway 05R in 10 minutes. UPDATE 1041 UTC Jet2 #LS819 is still…
Customers who book a Club World (business class) seat for travel between September 7 and December 11, 2016 will have the opportunity to upgrade to First one-way for free. Customers who would like to take up the offer can do so by contacting their travel agent, or calling the British Airways contact centre on 0344 493…
Passenger traffic at Dubai International has exceeded all previous records in July surging to an historic high of 7.6 million, according to the monthly traffic report issued by operator Dubai Airports. Passenger numbers in July totalled 7,616,792 compared to the 6,682,676 handled in July 2015, a significant increase of 14 per cent.
[td_block_weather w_location=”Amsterdam”] [td_block_text_with_title custom_title=”KLM #KL605 to San Francisco”]Flight KLM #KL605 from Amsterdam to San Francisco stopped to clim shortly after departure due to a technical issue and returned to AMS. Reload the page for updates… UPDATE 1032 UTC #KL605 safely landed runway 18R. UPDATE 1019 UTC #KL605 Boeing 747-400 starting approach to Amsterdam. UPDATE 1011 UTC…
Ms Al Mansouri watched brother Ali earn his flying credentials and join Abu Dhabi Police, then saw her sister, Maj Mariam Al Mansouri, make headlines as she led the UAE mission against ISIL in Iraq. Ms Al Mansouri said that she also dreamt of becoming a pilot and realised her dream when she graduated from…
At 05:40hrs on Tuesday, 6 September, officers were alerted to a number of protesters who had made their way airside at London City Airport. UPDATE 1037 UTC Protestors have now been removed. Operations to resume shortly at London City airport. Nine people erected a tripod and locked themselves together on the runway. Officers negotiated with…
British Airways is reporting problems with its computer system as passengers at multiple airports complain of delays and long lines. “Our IT teams are working as hard as they can to quickly fix a problem with our check-in system,” the airline said in a statement. “We’re sorry for the delays some customers are experiencing as…
