Virgin Atlantic is naming its newest Airbus A330neo in honour of her late majesty, Queen Elizabeth II. Virgin Atlantic names its planes with female icons, the latest aircraft will be named after the late Queen Elizabeth II, who passed in September 2022. The airline’s brand new Airbus A330neo has the registration G-VEII, and is the…
A Qantas flight bound for Sydney has been forced to turn back to Fiji as a precaution after pilots were alerted to fumes in the cabin. Passengers on the #QF102 flight which returned to Fiji on Sunday are being re-accommodated by the airline after the Boeing 737 made a priority landing in Nadi. Qantas confirmed…
Passengers were temporarily evacuated from all three Lithuanian airports on Monday morning. According to a report by Lithuanian Airports, initial information about a possible explosive device was received at around 08:00 on Monday morning. Police department spokeswoman Revita Janavičiūtė told BNS that information about the explosive was received by e-mail. The e-mail demanded that the…
Passengers waiting at the gate to board BA2597 in Verona, Italy had to wait 6hrs to find out if they would be flying to Gatwick. To avoid a passenger mutiny, the Captain had to be brought to the gate after local agents provided no information, to be told that the flight developed an emergency fault…
Ryanair installed Split Scimitar Winglets to the first of over 400 of its Boeing 737-800 Next Generation aircraft. Following a $175m agreement with Aviation Partners Boeing (APB), Ryanair installed Split Scimitar Winglets to the first of over 400 of its Boeing 737-800 Next Generation aircraft. This modification will improve aircraft fuel efficiency by up to…
An U.S. Air Force military cargo was unable to land at RAF Mildenhall after holding over one hour. A Lockheed C-5M Super Galaxy took off from Dover Air Force Base, US to RAF Mildenhall in the UK. The aircraft was on hold in Mildenhall and Lakenheath area for over 90 minutes waiting for better weather…
More than 12,000 British Airways passengers are facing cancellations as flights from Heathrow airport are grounded due to freezing fog. More than 80 BA flights have been grounded on the first day of the working week. The “flow rate” of arrivals has been reduced because of fog at the UK’s busiest airport, which is also…
FlyDubai flight to Dubai was forced to make an emergency landing. Flight #FZ1830 from Warsaw to Dubai was diverted to Krakow, Poland due to bomb threat. UPDATE Flights operations are resuming at Krakow Airport. UPDATE Inbound flights to Krakow are currently holding due to operations suspension. UPDATE Passengers are currently evacuated. The Boeing 737 MAX…
A serious medical emergency is forcing American Airlines crew to divert to Ireland. American Airlines #AA107 from London LHR to New York JFK is diverting to Shannon due to a medical emergency. The crew is reporting an unresponsive male passenger. Ambulance is requested at gate. The Boeing 777-300ER is expected to land at 20.26 local…
A Ryanair flight from Poland was escorted by fighter jets to Athens following a bomb threat. The flight FR6385 from Katowice in Poland just landed in El. Venizelos, Greece. UPDATE “All people are well and safe,” said Elena Dimopoulou, the airport spokesperson. UPDATE The pilot reported a bomb threat during the flight. The Boeing 737-800…
A foreign hacker obtained an old copy of the U.S. government’s Terrorist Screening Database and “no fly” list from an unsecured server belonging to a commercial airline. The Swiss hacker known as “maia arson crimew” blogged Thursday that she discovered the Transportation Security Administration “no fly” list from 2019 and a trove of data belonging…
The first airdrop by an A400 has been completed at Sky Blu, in Antarctica. The A400M departed from the Falkand Islands heading south to Antarctica. The aircraft first performed a flyby at Rothera, a research Station is the BAS logistics centre for the Antarctic and home of well-equipped biological laboratories and facilities for a wide…