British Airways is to launch seven new routes from Manchester Airport this summer and three new destinations from Manchester’s sister airport Stansted. From May the airline will begin summer-only direct flights from Manchester to the popular Spanish sunspots of Alicante, Malaga, Ibiza and Palma, the Greek island of Mykonos, Nice in the South of France…
British Airways has revealed its plans for the next three-day strike by some members of Heathrow-based cabin crew, which is due to start on 5 February. The airline says it will run all long-haul flights to and from Heathrow, as well as all services at Gatwick and London City airport. A spokesperson for BA said: “To…
Today Rossiya’s Boeing 747 EI-XLG departed Cambridge to Russia when during climbing, the gear failed to retract, resulting in a power reduction and low fly pass over the City of Cambridge and ultimately an over weight heavy landing on Cambridge’s runway.
An American Airlines employee at Tulsa International Airport was conducting maintenance Sunday afternoon on a Boeing 757 and found one of seven bricks of the drug, Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Casey Roebuck said. The flight came from Bogota, Colombia, and landed in Miami, Florida, authorities said. The plane was initially scheduled for maintenance in…
Delta flights are departing and a ground stop has been lifted after a systems outage Sunday night led to departure delays and cancellations. In a statement posted on the Atlanta-based airline’s website at 11:45 p.m., CEO Ed Bastian apologized to customers who were impacted by this “frustrating situation.” Delta says about 150 flights have been…
Colombian airline Aer Caribe Boeing 737 cargo suffered a serious accident on the afternoon of Saturday January 28 during landing at the Alfredo Vásquez Cobo International Airport in the city of Leticia, Amazonas. The Boeing 737-300F (reg. HK-5197) from the Bogota skidded off runway during landing. During the accident, the landing gears collapsed. Both engines…
Air Algerie flight #AH2700 from Algiers to Montreal was forced to divert to Toulouse (France) on Saturday Jan, 29 after a passenger died on board. The 67 year old passenger suffered a cardiac arrest during the beginning of the flight. The plane with 178 passengers on board diverted to Toulouse in France after 1 hour flight. The The…
Singapore Airlines A380 flight #SQ286 from Auckland to Singapore was forced to abort the take-off due to a fault with the nose wheel. About 300 passengers are stuck on a Singapore Airlines plane at Auckland Airport after its takeoff was delayed because of a potential fault. The flight had failed to take off due to…
President Donald Trump’s announcement of a sweeping ban on people from seven Muslim-majority nations has prompted an outpouring of grief, shock and anger around the United States. Donald Trump’s executive order to close America’s borders to travellers from some Muslim-majority countries caused chaos on Saturday, as multiple people who had flown to the US were…
A passenger is facing up to 10 years in jail after he allegedly attempted to open a door of a Sydney-bound Qantas A380 above the Pacific Ocean on January 17. According to the Daily Telegraph, the Qantas A380 was cruising at 39,000 feet from Los Angeles, more than an hour away from Sydney when a passenger left his seat and…
