KLM has been flying the Boeing 747 to St Maarten’s Princess Juliana Airport (SXM). The airport’s runway is known for its proximity to the beach, probably the most famous spot for plane watching. But this is the end of the story: KLM will no longer be flying the Boeing 747 to St Maarten airport. The flight will be operated…
Flight attendants’ union Ufo has announced its members working for Eurowings in Düsseldorf and Hamburg will walk out on strike today. As a result of the action, Eurowings has suspended all of its domestic flights today. Passengers have been warned it will also be necessary to cancel or delay flights within Europe, with Eurowings working…
In the cockpit of the Norwegian Boeing 737-800 for a takeoff from the Caribbean bound for New York JFK.
Heathrow has welcomed the government’s decision to support its expansion and confirmed it will begin work to deliver the new runway that will connect all of Britain to the world. The decision declares Britain “open for business”, according to the airport. Expanding Heathrow will keep Britain growing at the heart of the global economy, do…
UPDATE 1619 UTC Small Planet Airlines flight LLX5288 triggered false hijack alarm. UPDATE 1611 UTC The airport is not yet back to normal operations. UPDATE 1607 UTC In a statement, Finnish police says the plane from Malaga landed at 1800 (local time) after an alarm failure. A police operation is in progress at Tampere-Pirkkala Airport (Finland) as an Airbus A320 was escorted…
A British Airways A380 flight #BA286 on its way from San Francisco to London made an emergency landing in Vancouver late Monday night. Number of members of cabin crew were taken to hospital suffering from smoke inhalation. Emergency vehicles could be seen surrounding the plane on the tarmac around midnight Monday.
Five people died this morning after the aircraft they were flying in crashed shortly after take-off in Luqa at around 7.20am (local) killing 5 people including 3 French intelligence agents. UPDATE 1135 UTC The five victims were French customs officials, according to AFP. But Reuters said they were three French defense ministry officials and two private contractors.…
On the occasion of its tour event in South Korea, the Ensemble Matheus gave a concert on board the Air France Boeing 777 flight #AF264 from Paris to Seoul, on Thursday, October 20th. Jean-Christophe Spinosi and his musicians offered to Air France passengers 6 musical interludes of 10 minutes each. An exceptional moment suspended in the…
